Members of the Young Entrepreneurs Network Africa in Nairobi, Kenya are developing the YENTS stablecoin, a native token of the entrepreneurs’ Network which is expected to launch in November this year, according to the report. YENTS token will be pegged to the Kenyan shilling or equivalent US dollar amount, on a one to one basis,...Read More
Brazil is about to revolutionize its banking system. In a little more than a month, the country will say goodbye to an infrastructure that made payments a nightmare even though Brazil boasts one of the most thriving economies in the world. Such is the potential Brazil has to offer, that Ripple chose that country to...Read More
Ethereum’s long-term outlook seemed bearish, at the time of writing. In fact, the price might drop by 20-30% as this bearish pattern develops on the charts. Interestingly, this might coincide with Bitcoin’s movements as well. Here, it should be noted, however, that this is all happening on a weekly time frame, and hence, it could...Read More
Despite high price turbulence and trend concerns, Bitcoin noted a major milestone over the past 24-hours. According to data released by Messari, Bitcoin completed its longest-ever period above $10,000, crossing its previous record of 62 days that spanned over 1 December 2017 and 31 January 2018. While comparisons with Bitcoin’s most bullish period are good...Read More
Digital payments platform Wirex, which runs on Ripple has raised £1.2 million ($1.5 million) during its securities offering today, with nearly 2000 investors pooling in the first £1 million in an hour and a half via crowdfunding platform Crowdcube, according to a release. The release further stated that Wirex planned to use the crowdfunding round...Read More
Disclaimer: The following price prediction should not be considered as investment advice. Bitcoin SV, despite setbacks, continues to hold on to the ninth rank on the cryptocurrency charts, managing to keep itself within the market’s top-10. However, with DeFi coins gaining more traction lately, it might not be a surprise to see old cryptocurrencies slide...Read More
Legal authorities in South Korea have ruled in favor of the crypto exchange, Bithumb, ruling that it need not compensate a crypto investor who filed a lawsuit against the exchange who claimed to have lost 470 million won (approximately $ 402,000), during the 2017 Bithumb hack, according to local news source, Yonhap. The legal community,...Read More
Tezos burst past its resistance level on the charts, but its downtrend was unlikely to have been reversed. Further, IOTA showed signs of a bullish trend in the short-term after defending a level of support against bearish pressure. Compound too formed a bullish reversal pattern, however, it would take more time to either validate or...Read More
ETH/USD – Etheruem Bulls Rebound Beyond 2019 Highs Key Support Levels: $350, $336, $325. Key Resistance Levels: $378, $390, $400. Last week, Ethereum dipped beneath the 100-days EMA as it slipped into the $320 support. From there, the bulls defended this support level, which produced a bullish engulfing candle on Thursday. From there, Ethereum followed...Read More
After touching a 2-month low on 24 September, Cardano underwent a reversal and the price flipped significantly on the charts. After breaching its key resistance level on the daily timeframe, the crypto-asset was valued at over $0.10, at press time. However, the rally might have been a little too abrupt, which may be why another...Read More
The University of Cambridge’s third Global Cryptoasset Benchmarking Study is here. Highlights from the report point to an almost 200% growth in the number of cryptocurrency users over the last two years. The extensive digital asset market study by Cambridge also revealed that year-on-year growth in all segments dropped to 21 percent in 2019 from...Read More
Decentralized storage network, Filecoin today announced that it has started its pre-mainnet phase, coined as ‘Mainnet Ignition’ and that the Filecoin community has a “few weeks” left to initialize, set up systems, and optimize deployments. According to the release, Filecoin is expected to launch its mainnet between Oct 19 -23. 3…2…1… Countdown to liftoff! Filecoin...Read More
Bitcoin has been pulled out of cryptocurrency exchanges since the start of 2020, while its price has surged by 32% year to date. At first, it may seem counterintuitive that Bitcoin is being pulled out of exchanges while there is an uptrend in prices, especially since while the price has risen by 63% since 2019,...Read More
Monero was moving within an ascending channel at press time, but it might face stiff resistance at and just beyond the $100-mark. Algorand has shown bullishness over the past few days and looked poised to see another hike in the next few trading sessions. DigiByte’s charts pointed to a lack of momentum in the near-term,...Read More
DeFi protocols have seen rapid adoption, growth, and an exponential rise in TVL in 2020. The latter is an especially good metric since while a high number of daily/monthly active users is not a direct indicator of a project’s growth, Total Value Locked is, when gauging how well a DeFi project is doing. Source: DefiPulse...Read More
Bitcoin price has finally broken bullish out of a 3-day channel (orange) and making good progress towards the psychological $11,000 level above. The return of $9 billion to the global crypto market today has allowed BTC to return above $10,900 for the first time in 7 days and caused over $9 million worth of short...Read More
Everybody has a favorite day of the week. For the workaholics, it’s Monday, for the weekend warriors, it’s Sunday, and for everyone else, it’s Friday. Well, not really, but you get the point. There’s a day of the week for all of us. But, is there a day of the week for Bitcoin? It’s been...Read More
XRP showed signs of bearishness on the charts, although on a longer timeframe, there was the possibility of a bullish breakout. NEO has been forming a bearish pattern over the past few days, with the same validated as NEO sought support in the face of selling pressure. Dogecoin could be entering a period of low...Read More
Newly aggregated data suggests that the hackers that recently compromised KuCoin’s hot wallets may have taken more than the estimated $150 million, as per the exchange’s report. Considering the updated numbers, the KuCoin hack would be the third-largest in history, with approximately $280 million stolen. The KuCoin Hack: $280M Taken Instead Of $150M? As CryptoPotato...Read More
The price of Bitcoin Cash was flourishing, at the time of writing, with BCH’s price picking up momentum since the 23rd of September. After briefly testing a low of $200, the crypto-asset was quick to recover by $20 within a day. In fact, over the past couple of days, the crypto-asset has consolidated between $235...Read More
Founded all the way back in 2013, Huobi Group is one of the leading blockchain companies in the industry. It’s safe to say that the company has come a long way since then and it’s currently offering a variety of services for its wide user base. Employing people globally, Huobi offers a myriad of crypto-related...Read More
The Inland Revenue Department of New Zealand has re-ignited its interest in crypto-assets and its investors after it asked companies dealing with them to hand over customer details. The guidelines in question present a set of requirements which include the customer’s personal details, as well as info on the type of crypto-assets they are holding....Read More
Tron formed a bearish divergence on the charts, one that could see the price lose a level of support. Polkadot was in a consolidation phase in the near-term, with no breakout initiated at the time of writing. Decred, on the contrary, continued to face steady selling pressure and was set to continue on the same...Read More
Cryptocurrency is a rapidly-growing, exciting sub-sector. For beginners, it may sound complicated and intimidating. Yet, behind the intrigue and noise is a relatively simple concept, which is potentially very lucrative for those willing to experiment. When everything is said and done, trading crypto from a secure and established multi-asset platform like CryptoAltum is simple. Notably,...Read More
In what seems like an update that was a long time coming, Bittrex’s $ADA wallet is up and running once again, processing deposits and withdrawals with the required updates to the Cardano protocol. The same was announced by Richie Lai, Co-founder and CIO of Bittrex, on Twitter. Yes it has happened… $ADA wallet open and...Read More
Validator participation in Ethereum 2.0’s Medalla testnet is on the rise. And with the growing number of them, the number of staked test ETH is about to close in on a new high of Almost two million test ETH tokens, that are now staked on Medalla. This comes amid the launch of the Optimism Layer...Read More
Grayscale has enlarged its Bitcoin Trust, as 17,100 BTC were added to Grayscale’s funds at current prices, as the investment is worth approximately $186 million. Grayscale BTC Trust. Data by Bybt Crypto AUM Approaches $6 Billion The total assets under management (AUM) for all Grayscale Investments crypto funds totaled $5.8 billion according to its last...Read More
Binance Coin exhibited bullishness in its market, but it could see a minor drop of 2-3% before noting further gains. NEM broke out of a period of consolidation and appeared to have flipped a level of resistance to support. Verge showed bearishness in its own market. Binance Coin [BNB] Source: BNB/USDT on TradingView At press...Read More
Bitcoin has continued to gradually increase in value and even came close to challenging $11,000 earlier today. Including some impressive gains from altcoins. The total market cap has increased by $10 billion since yesterday’s dip. Bitcoin Closing Down On $11K? As reported yesterday, the primary cryptocurrency hovered mostly between $10,650 and $10,750. Shortly after, however,...Read More
