From the moment 2019 began, Bitcoin has been on a steady rise upward. And while it began as a slow trickle, the crypto asset soon after starting moving like a rocket.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The association between Bitcoin and criminal activity cannot be ignored. Criminals favor cryptocurrency due to its wrongfully perceived anonymity. Thankfully, numerous services try to address that situation. BitcoinAbuse is a very intriguing and noteworthy service in this regard. Although it largely depends on community participation, no stone should be left unturned. BitcoinAbuse in a Nutshell...Read More
Pocketnet is a blockchain based social media platform similar to Steemit. Unlike Steemit and and other social networks, Pocketnet is fully decentralized, with no corporate identify and nodes that are truly equal in validating the blockchain and social network. How to get Pocketcoins? You get Pocketcoins for posting quality content and have a personal page...Read More
2019 has been largely regarded as a year of the bulls after collective bullish sentiment drove major cryptocurrencies to a price hike. Besides the bull run, stablecoins were also a major topic of discussion as the community’s attention were grabbed by the Bitfinex-Tether fiasco and the launch of Facebook’s Libra. Other than the aforementioned virtual...Read More
Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey says he has not even considered creating a Libra-like native currency for his own social media platform. Instead, the entrepreneur believes Bitcoin to be much more suited for use as a “currency for the internet” than anything else available or in the works to date.Dorsey claims that Bitcoin’s resilience,...Read More
Slack stock plunged in after-hours trading after it forecast a wider-than-expected Q3 loss. This happened even though Q2 results beat expectations. | Source: REUTERS/Brendan McDermid Slack stock (NYSE: WORK) plunged as much as 15% in after-hours trading after it forecast a wider-than-expected loss for the third quarter. The stock tumbled even though second-quarter results beat...Read More
Rainforest Foundation US is a New York-based, non-profit NGO working in Central and South America, which is now hoping to support anti-deforestation efforts with crypto and blockchain tech. Deforestation and fires in the Brazilian Amazon On Sept. 4, the Rainforest Foundation reached out to the crypto and blockchain community to ask for their support to...Read More
Tron completed the first phase of the buy-back plan it had announced two months ago. This phase is in line with measures being taken to prevent the plummeting prices of Tron on the cryptocurrency charts. With a number of projects set in motion to boost Tron’s presence in the crypto-ecosystem, the successive release of BTFS,...Read More
While cryptocurrency’s volatile market stands as another road block for new investors, Bitcoin and its altcoin competitors continue to set new records in various niche metrics. According to the latest report from Coin Metrics, the market cap for BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, and BCH decreased while witnessing a spike in the transaction count. Moreover, it...Read More
The altcoin market is currently in crisis mode, with most of the various individual crypto assets outside of Bitcoin reaching new yearly lows, and in general, bleeding out all remaining value generated during the 2017 crypto hype bubble.The post appeared first on NewsBTCRead More
The native cryptocurrency of Ripple is now changing hands at around $0.26 after seeing a price drop of 0.63% over the past few hours. XRP is holding strong above the $0.25 support level and providing the market with a possible bounce back In our previous Ripple’s XRP analysis, we identified a key support at the...Read More
President Trump doubled-down on a previous prediction that the stock market would be trading 10K points higher were it not for his obsession with China. | Source: Shutterstock The broader stock market finished the day in the green, with all three of the major indices extending their 2019 gains. Not only that but year-to-date, the...Read More
In ending last week in the red, the world’s fifth-largest cryptocurrency, litecoin, has confirmed its longest weekly losing streak in a year. LTC suffered an 8 percent drop in the week ended Sept. 1, having registered 3.17, 15.10, and 5.74 percent losses in the preceding three weeks, according to Bitfinex data. That is the longest...Read More
The Republic of Burundi in central Africa has banned the trading digital currencies in the country due to associated risks. As Bloomberg reported on Sept. 4, some Burundian citizens urged the government to take action regarding cryptocurrency trading after they lost money while dealing with virtual currencies. The government subsequently banned crypto trading explaining that...Read More
Vitalik Buterin is “very confident” about launching phase zero of Ethereum’s mammoth scaling project early next year, but less so about the incentives driving people who will use the blockchain. Ethereum’s cofounder made his remarks. and a host of others—on subjects as diverse (and unconnected) as altruism and Facebook’s Libra coin—during then 80,000 hours podcast...Read More
In 2017, Union Square Ventures co-founder and managing partner, Fred Wilson had said that Ethereum’s market cap will surpass that of Bitcoin by year-end. That didn’t happen and now he is taking his words back, for good. Wilson: Ethereum ‘Confounds’ Me Not just the USV chief, Ethereum has left many of its investors in a...Read More
Alongside several financial and non-financial institutions finally embracing crypto, successful entrepreneurs from other business sectors have also taken the leap, with many launching their own brand of new cryptocurrencies. One of the most prominent figures in this space is renowned musician and record producer, Akon, who made a rare appearance in an interview to discuss...Read More
In recent news, a Twitter account named AppleBeta2019 has shared a 10 page document from Apple, which reveals a substantial amount of information about the upcoming Apple product line-up. Apple, one of the world’s leading tech companies, has just experienced yet another inside document leak which reveals iPhone 11 branding details, OS release dates, new...Read More
Social impact investing isn’t just for bleeding hearts anymore. Investing in companies with strong environmental, social, and governance (ESG) credentials has grown from an idealistic niche to a highly profitable investment strategy. A number of studies and data points suggest that an ESG investment portfolio tends to outperform one that gives scant regard to corporate...Read More
Finding new use cases for Bitcoin as a payment method is a struggle. Most companies do not see merit in exploring this option now or in the future. Surprisingly, FanDuel is one of the service providers willing to take a chance. The company confirmed Bitcoin payments will go live very soon. Payments will be processed...Read More
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has just launched the second phase of its Sandbox Framework initiative. The effort aims to explore how crypto assets might be used at licensed online casinos.The leading iGaming licensing authority will now accept applications to start using blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies within their platforms. It follows the successful completion of...Read More
Jonathan Johnson, the interim CEO of Overstock in a recent interview with Fox Business Network addressed the speculation that SEC’s investigation being the reason behind the controversial exit of former CEO Patrick Byrne. Johnson claimed that the two-year investigation by the SEC into Overstock’s blockchain business is “almost dormant.” Johnson claimed that SEC has not...Read More
After a bearish crypto-winter towards the end of 2018,, the market regained some modicum of bullish momentum this year. Off late, the king coin has struggled to stay above $10,000, with its price oscillating within the range of $9,400 and $12,000. Owing to this movement, altcoin volume has dipped to all-time lows, with the world’s...Read More
What you do with your digital currency ought to be nobody else’s business. Unfortunately, law enforcement, regulators, blockchain forensics firms and other opponents of civil liberties are constantly seeking to usurp this basic human right. As a result, crypto developers are caught in a constant battle to maintain a reasonable degree of transactional anonymity. Also...Read More
Freewallet has once again expanded its list of available cryptocurrencies, this time adding one of the most high profile coins on the market in Binance Coin. Binance Coin was launched in the summer of 2017 as a native means for users to pay transaction fees on the Binance exchange. As of press time, Binance Coin...Read More
<p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="The number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least 10 bitcoins ($105,000) recently hit an all-time high.” data-reactid=”28″>The number of Bitcoin addresses holding at least 10 bitcoins ($105,000) recently hit an all-time high. <p class="canvas-atom canvas-text Mb(1.0em) Mb(0)–sm Mt(0.8em)–sm" type="text" content="As of September 1, there are 157,000 addresses holding...Read More
