The Hong Kong protests started in June 2019 over a controversial bill and now after weeks of demonstrations, marching citizens are fighting for the future of Hong Kong. In the midst of all the activists protesting, digital currencies like bitcoin cash are being promoted as a way for people to remove themselves from China’s system....Read More
Carnage and fear have returned to the crypto market in a big way, now that Bitcoin price has dropped from the trading range it has been locked in over the last 3 months. It’s caused even the most bullish crypto investors to consider bearish scenarios.The trading range that’s now in Bitcoin’s rearview mirror eventually formed...Read More
GRAM tokens are finally coming to investors, Telegram says. The company behind the second-largest cryptocurrency sale expects to ship tokens in the next two months, the New York Times reported yesterday. The issuance will end a saga that began almost two years ago, when a handful of private investors put $1.7bn into the proposed Telegram...Read More
The jury is still out on dApps. Despite dApp stores, smart contracting platforms, launchpads, and distributed storage solutions soaking up vast amounts of ICO money before the tide went out on that fundraising model, they’ve yet to achieve critical mass within the cryptosphere, let alone mainstream society. “It’s still early – give it time,” dApp...Read More
Photo: Wikimedia Commons PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. finally went live with the blockchain payments platform RippleNet. By doing this, it became a first-ever American bank that decided to process cross-border payments just a year after they decided to adopt Ripple’s technology. As one of the ten largest banks in the U.S., the inaugurating of...Read More
The entire cryptocurrency market was in free fall yesterday, with all major cryptocurrency reporting a significant slump. The first in the line to succumb, as usual, were the top altcoins and the king coin. At press time, the market remained red, with Bitcoin recording a fall of over 5 percent and Ethereum spotting a negative...Read More
Blockchain software development firm Parity released an update for its Ethereum (ETH) node software which fixes a vulnerability present in some instances. Remote node crashing vulnerability In a blog post published on Aug. 29, Parity announced the release of an update for its Ethereum node software fixing the Remote Procedure Call (RPC) vulnerability. Per the...Read More
Cardano Dips Below 0.045909 Level, Down 6% Investing.com – fell bellow the $0.045909 level on Wednesday. Cardano was trading at 0.045909 by 18:13 (22:13 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, down 6.44% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage loss since August 28. The move downwards pushed Cardano’s market cap down to $1.18838B, or...Read More
As bitcoin prices continue to post strong rallies, traders are looking at higher potential valuations for BTC/USD on a long-term trend basis. Not surprisingly, many of these projections deal with important psychological levels that may be likely to guide market activity. By most accounts, market valuations in BTC/USD have had a strong year. Bitcoin has...Read More
After several leaks of their existence last week, Canon has officially lifted the veil off the EOS M6 Mark II and EOS 90D cameras. More importantly, the camera are set to launch in Malaysia next month in September. ADVERTISEMENT We’ll start off with the EOS M6 Mark II. Canon has made several improvements with this...Read More
Few technologies garner as much attention and enthusiasm as blockchain technology and artificial intelligence (AI). Both technologies are featured prominently in Deloitte’s 2019’s Tech Trends Report, and they are drawing significant investments at the enterprise level. For instance, PwC’s 2019 Global Blockchain Survey found that 84% of executive-level survey respondents indicated that their companies are...Read More
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced pressing charges against Bitqyck Inc. and its founders for defrauding investors in securities offerings of two digital assets and operating an unregistered exchange. Quoting the official statement, “Bitqyck and founders Bruce Bise and Sam Mendez created and sold Bitqy and BitqyM (tokens) in unregistered securities offerings to more...Read More
Binance Coin has seen a major decline of 11.7% over the past 24 hours, as it currently trades at around $21.90. The drop is largely attributed to the 7% price decline seen in Bitcoin, however, BNB has also fallen further against BTC adding to its demise. Binance Coin has now plunged by over 17% throughout...Read More
If you’ve ever had to buy a used car, you know how easy it is to be taken for a ride. Between rolled-over odometers and new cars that have never seen a drop of oil, secondary markets are a rusty minefield of hidden problems and iffy maintenance. Now, one of the leading auto giants is...Read More
Major phone operator China Telecom has released a white paper on blockchain-powered smartphones in the 5G Era. China Telecom introduced the white paper at the China International Intelligent Industry Expo on Aug. 27, according to a report by local finance news outlet Sina. Existing troubles In the document, China Telecom pointed out the potential benefits...Read More
Via Twitter, the Maya Preferred 223 (MAPR) Team has announced that their forward split pricing of $250 a token will be concluded at the close of business on August 30, 2019. MAPR is currently traded on two crypto exchanges, FatBTC and Cat.ex, at 0.025 BTC per coin, which at press time comes to approximately $250.30....Read More
Bitcoin has lost almost 7% during the last 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap data, taking analysts by surprise. Here are main reasons why the cryptocurrency is testing new support levels right now. CME’s Bitcoin Futures Bitcoin’s latest crash, which started on Wednesday afternoon, sent prices below the $9,500 level for the first time since July....Read More
Sygnum, a cryptocurrency company that claims to develop an integrated solution that enables its clients to securely issue, store, trade and manage blockchain-based cryptoassets, is seeking for a banking license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to enable it to offer brokerage, tokenization and other crypto-related services to qualified investors in the region, reports...Read More
Cryptocurrency markets are in the midst of a significant sell-off, with top digital assets losing over five percent in value over the past twenty-four hours. As the Bitcoin price has now fallen through two key support levels, analysts are predicting further losses, with BTC likely to fall below $9,000. Cryptocurrencies experienced a sharp drop at...Read More
The UN’s cyber czar blamed Bitcoin and other crypto assets for making it significantly harder to fight child sexual exploitation and other crimes. | Source: Twitter (i), Shutterstock (ii). Image Edited by CCN. By CCN Markets: A senior UN official, Neil Walsh, claims that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have made the task of fighting money...Read More
Bitcoin is very much different than any other form of currency you know. It is a virtual form of currency that is very popular and attractive. What makes it fascinating is the fact that Bitcoin cannot be obtained in physical form. It is stored virtually and exists in the online world only. If you want...Read More
Disclaimer: This a paid post, and should not be treated as news/advice. The problem with trading and acquiring cryptocurrencies is well known and always presents itself as follows, “Where can I purchase crypto currencies safely, quickly, and easily, and above all, at a reasonable price?” The practice turns out then with their answer mostly difficult,...Read More
The court proceeding of shutdown Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX has relocated the case to focus on the users based in Ontario. Ernst & Young (EY) the accounting firm that serves as the exchange’s bankruptcy trustee, appealed to relocate their case. The case is currently being handled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, but they want to move...Read More
Background Founded in July 2011 by Jesse Powell (Present CEO), Kraken is renowned to be one of the most widely accepted and oldest cryptocurrency platforms. Kraken, which has its base in San Francisco, was officially launched as an exchange platform in September, 2013. One of the landmark achievements of this platform was in 2014 when...Read More
Bitwala, a German-based bitcoin enabled banking platform available in the EU, today announced the launch of new apps for iOS and Android. Berlin-headquartered Bitwala enables customers in 31 European countries to buy, sell, and store bitcoin. Bitwala is the only banking service presently active in the European Economic Area offering a current account with a...Read More
For nearly a decade, my go-to lights for summer backpacking trips have been the index-finger-size Fenix LD01 and second-generation Fenix LD02 ($30, 0.8 ounces), which clip to my hat brim and are impressively bright (up to 100 lumens) for their size and weight, given the LED technology at the time of their release. But while guiding trips...Read More
BTC price slid as low as $9,320 Investor in “extreme fear” as monthly chart looks ugly Following Bitcoin, Altcoins plunge, wipes out almost $20 billion from the market cap Just yesterday, we have been reporting how the Bitcoin price clock is ticking and commentators have been expecting Bitcoin to finally make a move. And Bitcoin...Read More
XRP is down 5 percent on the day and has seen a significant retreat this year. | Source: Shutterstock By CCN Markets: To say that Ripple (XRP/USD) is a laggard would be a huge understatement. The cryptocurrency has been in a long downtrend ever since it posted an all-time high of $3.30 in January 2018. It...Read More
Tron (TRX) will be launched on the IDAX crypto exchange. Users of the company will be able to trade TRX tokens. It may help to make the token more mainstream and increase its long-term adoption. TRX can be traded on the IDAX platform against Bittorent Token (BTT) and WINk (WIN) as a base currency on...Read More
Looking beyond short term market peaks and troughs paints an entirely different picture for the crypto industry. Doom merchants and mainstream media will have a riot when bitcoin prices plummet ten percent, but they rarely acknowledge industry interest which can be measured in education. Crypto Studies Double in 2019 According to US crypto exchange Coinbase,...Read More
