Litecoin’s recent halving event had led many investors and analysts alike to believe that it was poised for a large bull run throughout the second half of 2019, but LTC’s lackluster price action as of late has dissolved all the hype that was previously surrounding it.Now analysts are noting that the crypto is likely to...Read More
The browser war between Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and others continues unabated. For companies developing these products, upgrades and improvements are required. Firefox version 69 will come with some very interesting updates. All of this functionality will of great value to users all over the world. Blocking Crypto Miners One of the bigger threats to emerge...Read More
On 2 September, 2019, Crunchbase News posted an article citing data that highlighted decreasing investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain-related ventures this year. Despite considerable recovery from the lows of late-2018, investors don’t seem to be as enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies, when compared to previous years. This year, the rate of blockchain and cryptocurrency deals is slower...Read More
Argentina’s besieged Macri government has imposed new restrictions on foreign currency in a bid to shore up the Peso and stabilize the economy. The maneuver will do little to douse concerns of legacy government and institutional capacity to ably manage economies. At the same time, distrust in government, central banks, and the fractional reserve system...Read More
San Francisco-based, fiat-focused crypto exchange, OKCoin, recently announced the launch of a voting-driven initiative to donate up to 1,000 BTC to developers of Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV). Voting starts today According to a press release shared with Cointelegraph on Sept. 3, OKCoin, one of the top exchanges by adjusted...Read More
FINSUM 2019 kicked off today, at the Japanese capital of Tokyo. Organized by the NIKKEI INC, and Japan’s Financial Services Agency (FSA), the 3-day event is going to be a mega ‘fintech, blockchain, crypto and the future of finance’ bonanza. Yes, you read that right! Japan’s Financial Services Agency Loves Bitcoin and Lightning Network Bitcoin...Read More
The Dutch Central Bank is putting crypto companies on notice, saying it will even include their shareholders under its microscope. | Source: Shutterstock The Dutch central bank has run out of patience with the crypto space. The De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB) put certain players on notice that they have until 2020 to register. That’s when...Read More
After surging past $10,000 yesterday, Bitcoin (BTC) has been able to further extend its upwards momentum and is now nearing its next key resistance level that lies within the upper-$10,000 region.Bitcoin’s recent surge has drastically altered the overall market sentiment for the better, but some analysts are expressing caution and are noting that it may...Read More
Binance Moves to Next Phase in Lending Scheme with Additional Assets Binance moves onto stage two of its lending program, by adding a whole portfolio of selected coins and tokens. Initially, lending started with Binance Coin (BNB), Tether (USDT), and (ETC). In the second stage, eight variations of the lending and returns mechanism were offered,...Read More
Elon Musk tweeted about new Tesla automotive insurance today. Followers came out in flocks, claiming the new insurance is so much better than other companies. | Source: Source: REUTERS/Mike Blake Elon Musk took matters into his own fingers today and pumped the new Tesla auto insurance on Twitter. The rock-star smart-guy, known for space travel...Read More
EOS is devalued by 65% from its 2019 high. The crypto is facing heavy resistance, but the price appears poised to bounce very soon. | Source: Shutterstock After a stellar first half of 2019, EOS has been under the tight grip of the bears. From a 2019 high of $8.6503 in June, the cryptocurrency has...Read More
Bytom has wrapped up the 2019 Bytom DevCon conference held in Fort Mason, San Francisco on 24 August. The event was a success, marked by the presence of over 50 teams contesting for the coveted price of $30,000 worth of BTM tokens. Following this announcement, Bytom as also launched Bystack, a blockchain service platform with...Read More
Public blockchain Bytom successfully hosted its second blockchain developers conference – DevCon – in Fort Manson, San Francisco, on August 24th, 2019. After its initial success in China last year, Bytom are gradually working towards its goal of popularizing research and development into blockchain technology. Bytom is a blockchain protocol as well as an interactive...Read More
Virtual assets have evolved over the past decade. The entire concept began as an idea of a financial asset for a peer-to-peer transaction. However, over time, different crypto-projects have entered the cryptospace, with the likes of stablecoins, exchange-launched tokens, dApp tokens and privacy coins gaining popularity quickly. The working principle of privacy coin hardly differs...Read More
Ron Hammond took to Twitter today to confirm to the XRP community that he is the new manager of government relations for Ripple. Token Taxonomy Act On Sept. 3, Ron Hammond took to Twitter to announce that as of today, he is the new Manager of Government Relations for Ripple. Hammond was reportedly part of...Read More
Growing from a boutique web hosting service into one of the most demanded ones, GeeksHosted has become a major player in the market within 6 years of its inception. The company offers high-quality web hosting, development and other related services at competitive rates. More importantly, GeeksHosted has a reputation for listening to what its clients...Read More
Designed for Geeks! GeeksHosted, the web hosting ecosystem built “for geeks, by geeks,” has recently announced that it will be accepting crypto payments on its platform when clients opt to pay in either Bitcoin or a host of other 50 alternate cryptocurrencies. This allows the web host, whose range of services is well patronized by...Read More
Walmart is taking its toughest stance ever on gun-related sales. With the nation screaming for gun control, investors seem just fine with the ramifications. | AP Photo/Danny Johnston, File Walmart’s latest hard-line stance on gun sales and even carrying the weapons in its stores may be drawing sharp criticism but not from investors. Despite the...Read More
Tron (TRX) appears to be fading fast as the project’s Twitter engagement slumps to near all-time lows and TRX price struggles to find bullish support. Tron Fans Depart The vast community of an otherwise well-hyped Tron is depleting at an increasingly faster rate, as brought to notice by The Tie. The crypto data analysis firm...Read More
With Bitcoin maintaining its position above the $10,000 mark, the crypto-market saw a host of significant whale movements between wallets. In spite of the larger market’s sideways movement, Ripple and its token, XRP, have benefited from the king coin’s surge.Whale Alert, one of the web’s major cryptocurrency transaction trackers, shared news of a significant transfer...Read More
The Electric Coin Company (ECC), the developer of second-biggest anoncoin Zcash (ZEC), has reneged on its declared intent to share its trademark with the non-profit Zcash Foundation. The decision has — from the perspective of the Foundation — lowered the Zcash ecosystem to the level of “decentralization theater,” according to an official blog post on...Read More
The altcoin market continues to bleed out, setting one fresh low after the next. It’s caused the overall crypto market sentiment to reach extreme fear and despair, with many worrying that the altcoins they hold may never again return to their previous all-time high prices.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
2019 DevCon, Contestants and Winners The 2019 Bytom DevCon (DevCon) was held in Fort Mason, San Francisco, United States. During the event, more than 50 teams from all over the world, including the US, India, Belgium, Russia, China and Brazil took part in it. The teams were given a chance to develop practical use cases...Read More
Software developer Awemany has published a potential alternative approach to instant transactions on the Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network called “delta blocks” or Storm. The idea utilizes weak proof-of-work (PoW) for instant confirmations on Bitcoin Cash. The new Storm concept has piqued the interest of many BCH proponents who are eager to solve the instant or...Read More
VanEck plans to launch a bitcoin fund designed for institutional investors that The Wall Street Journal falsely describes as a “limited version of a crypto ETF.” | Source: Shutterstock The bitcoin bulls have wrestled back control of the BTC price, with the leading cryptocurrency barreling for $11,000 once again. While the positive momentum emerged over...Read More
Last week, Bitcoin price fell below $10,000 yet again, and with the break of support, much of the market turned bearish and began calling for lows around $8,000 to be tested. However, before the long Labor Day weekend concluded, Bitcoin price was back well above $10,000, and is already closing in on $11,000 not even...Read More
This week, Litecoin creator Charlie Lee tweeted another round of criticism against Dash, claiming that the coin has become a highly centralized project. This is just the latest potshot in Lee’s long-running feud against Dash, which seems to have become his favorite target. Lee has even called Dash “trash” and “a scam“ in the past....Read More
With many industries globally finally embracing the benefits associated with cryptocurrency payments, the travel industry is also stepping up to include it in its business operations. Doing so is contributing towards increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies across all sectors. Booking platform Travala’s recent revelation that more than 62% of its bookings were done using digital assets...Read More
