Despite regulatory uncertainty, the developers of Facebook’s Libra project continue forward. Recently, the Libra team released its second Roadmap, with points preparing for mainnet launch. Facebook’s Libra, which still has no hard and fast dates for an actual launch, continues to build up its community. A recent blog post by its developers suggest the project...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has tended to look “boring” in 2019. But the coin has regular, dramatic price moves, exceeding 20% per day. This behavior has continued since BTC moved into the mainstream. Bitcoin Surprise Moves Happen Despite Overall Low Volatility Bitcoin saw volatile days from 2017 until now, with 20 occasions of price moves above 20%....Read More
Ripple’s partnership with SBI and MoneyGram proved to be beneficial for expanding the digital asset’s use cases. During the Swell Conference of 2019, Ripple spoke about several partnerships it had kept undercover, which will be announced in 2020. As the year comes to an end, Ripple talked about three major themes of 2020 that might fuel...Read More
Crypto research group Coin Metrics recently released issue 30 of its “State of the Network” series, which ranks crypto assets by auditability. Taking into account node operation, synchronization, normal operation, code audit and extraction of ledger data, the top 10 cryptocurrencies by market cap were ranked. These were also ranked on ease of ledger reconstruction,...Read More
Charles Hoskinson tweeted yesterday to update the Cardano community on progress with the Shelley incentivized testnet. It comes as welcome news, baring minor issues, that the staking process has been largely successful.Very happy about the launch. Lots of minor issues and intermittent bugs reported. We will cut a new release with updates to Jormungandr, the...Read More
Ripple, the company behind one of the world’s largest cryptocurrencies by means of total market capitalization, has received $200 million as a Series C funding. The money will go towards improving the XRP Ledger and to push the utility of XRP, in general. Ripple Seals $200M Investment Deal According to an official announcement, Ripple has...Read More
It seems Ripple is pretty serious about pushing XRP adoption in a massive way. The San Francisco based fintech firm announced a $200 million funding on Thursday for the same. Ripple intends to redefine cross-border payments by onboarding banks, financial institutions, and third-party payment operators. XRP, the company’s native cryptocurrency is going to prove instrumental...Read More
Are authorities in Australia starting to turn bearish on cryptocurrency as we enter a new year? The nation’s AML Agency ‘AUSTRAC’ has now revoked three of its previously issued licenses to cryptocurrency exchanges for alleged criminal ties. AML Agency Cancels 3 Cryptocurrency Licenses According to Australian news site itnews, the Australian AML Agency AUSTRAC has...Read More
Brian Armstrong, CEO of Coinbase Exchange is constantly making efforts to revolutionalize the crypto world. Latest we hear he has secured a patent to send cryptocurrency through email. Isn’t it exciting! Sending Bitcoin by just a click of email without memorizing the Bitcoin address. The patent filed in March 2019, was rewarded this December. The...Read More
Ripple announced raising $200 million Series C funding, led by Tetragon with participation from SBI Holdings and Route 66 Ventures. This investment set a record for the company and affirmed the value of blockchain in improving global payments. SBI Holdings’ partnership with Ripple has been cemented through its venture, ‘SBI Ripple Asia’ to fuel ODL...Read More
Between 04:52:11 UTC and 04:53:47 UTC on 20 December 2019, the trading engine stopped all operations as a result of an infrastructure related issue. No data was lost during this time, and upon resolution 95 seconds later the trading engine continued normal operations. As there was no activity in the trading engine during this time,...Read More
With many countries clarifying regulatory stance on crypto, U.S. Congressman Paul Gosar introduced a draft bill for the same. The bill dubbed the ‘Crypto-Currency Act of 2020’ was introduced to shed light on which Federal agencies regulate digital assets. These agencies will be required to notify the public of any Federal licenses, certifications, or registrations...Read More
The U.S. cryptocurrency scene might be on the way to seeing clear cut crypto regulations as Congress prepares to consider a new bill detailing modalities for digital asset oversight. Clear Definition for Digital Assets According to Forbes, the proposed bill titled ‘Cryptocurrency Act of 2020’ seeks to provide a clear framework for crypto regulations in...Read More
Today, we will be analyzing some of the historical price movements of ADA as well as its development status in order to formulate a Cardano price prediction for December. Cardano Overview Cardano is the blockchain platform in which the ADA cryptocurrency facilitates the direct transfers of digital funds. The platform was also designed to run...Read More
Becoming a cryptocurrency community leader is a good way to bring about the future you want to see in the world by taking real action today. Now you can also be directly rewarded for your work with the Bitcoin Cash community’s new SLP token, Lead (Leaders of Education, Adoption and Development). Also Read: How to...Read More
The past four months saw Bitcoin volatility continue to rise, as prices moved between highs above $10,000 and lows near $6,500. But transaction levels also tell a story of sudden activity just before or during active rally phases. Bitcoin Activity Linked to Transaction Spikes, but Also Sharp Drops Bitcoin transactions, both in number and size,...Read More
Want to use HitBTC Exchange? Thinking about its trading feature and fees? In this HitBTC review, I bring forth to you the information you need to know about this exchange. HitBTC Review About HitBTC HitBTC boasts itself as the “most advanced Bitcoin exchange.” HitBTC is one of the advanced exchange platforms started in 2013. The...Read More
Bitcoin is still in a consolidating bull market, shows the 2020 prediction of Mike McGlone, senior commodity strategist at Bloomberg Intelligence. Bitcoin Evaded the Worst Scenario of Fast Slide, So Far The behavior of BTC has been erratic in the last months of 2019, leading to even more erratic predictions for the next year. But...Read More
KuCoin, one of the leading cryptocurrency exchange and trading platform has announced an improvement to its Bitcoin Perpetual Contract by increasing the maximum available leverage. In a recent announcement, the platform confirmed that users on its KuMEX (KuCoin Mercantile Exchange) platform can now avail maximum leverage of 100x, which is five times the earlier 20x...Read More
The crypto market is catching up the pace, there is a lot of buzzes surrounding the bullish market this year. Many users are looking for an secure exchange platform to trade the cryptocurrencies. I have researched on Stellar DEX commonly known as SDEX much more for my users and figure out the points to explain you, ...Read More
This is a paid press release, which contains forward looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for or liable for any content, accuracy or quality within the press release. There are not many contests in the cryptocurrency sector on such a scale! CoinCasso worldwide exchange platform is...Read More
The leading global crypto exchange, Binance announced its strategic investment in the cryptocurrency derivatives exchange, FTX, incubated by liquidity provider Alameda Research. The investment amount was not disclosed. With regard to the partnership, the Malta-based crypto platform and FTX will essentially work together to further develop the cryptocurrency ecosystem. According to the official blog post,...Read More
An unknown investor sold more than $10 million worth of bitcoin at the price of $7.125 on BitMEX, the biggest cryptocurrency margin trading platform.Yet, the bitcoin price is currently holding firm at $7,135. It suggests that the market absorbed the 8-figure dump relatively quickly.BitMEX $BTC Whale:$10,000,000 worth of #Bitcoin sold at $7,125.32 09:21:59 2019/12/20| ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????...Read More
The continuous protests in Hong Kong have taken another turn as of late, as the police have frozen $9 million from a foundation working with the protesters. The money was allegedly being used for money laundering, but the opposition is declining the accusations, and legal authorities are questioning if there is political involvement. Hong Kong...Read More
As 2019 approaches its end, many are sharing their views on what 2020 and the future of Bitcoin may look like. Fundstrat’s Head of Research, Tom Lee, seems to be very optimistic. The end of the year for crypto usually means the time when prices are surging, although this seemed more and more unlikely in...Read More
South Korea’s leading telecom company, KT is all set to launch its digital currency called Dongbaek Currency. According to reports from a local publication, the blockchain-powered “local currency” will be rolled out in the city of Busan on 30th December. This initiative aims to strengthen Busan’s local economy and to help small stores and merchants. However,...Read More
The week is drawing to a close with Bitcoin back above $7,000 which keeps it consolidating as the bulls and bears battle it out. Long term trend lines are holding as is strong support but those are not the only reasons why the next bull run could be imminent.Bitcoin Holds Major SupportSince its big mid-week...Read More
The Ethereum platform is streets ahead of its competition in terms of dApps and developers according to recent research. Ethereum User Base Growing A recent industry review from DappRadar paints a rosier picture for the Ethereum ecosystem than its current bearish price reflects. The decentralized application metrics firm released its first end of year industry...Read More
In the last two days there have been two critical posts published against the Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision network (BSV). On December 17, Binance Research published an allocation mining report that analyzed the mining activities of BTC, BCH, and BSV and the research detailed that BSV miners are mining irrationally to protect their investment. The following...Read More
The United States-based pure crypto to crypto exchange, Poloniex has reduced its KYC verification for entry-level account holders. Users can now start trading by signing up with just an email and password. Although creating an account in Poloniex has become very easy, the entry-level account has limitations until KYC verification is completed. With Level 1,...Read More
