In what is said to be a targeted attack at cryptocurrency users, hackers have exploited the Signaling System 7 (SS7) which is a set of protocols used to perform telephone calls and text messages, to obtain cryptocurrency via this attack. A report stated that in September this year, hackers attacked 20 users of an Israel based...Read More
It is a well-known fact now, that the Bitcoin blockchain is considerably processing fewer transactions than it’s ‘Ethereum’ counterpart. And this decline in transaction processing has significantly reduced the revenue of miners as well. How much? Well, on-chain analysis firm Glassnode points to numbers that are at a 5-month low. Bitcoin Miner Revenue Touches 5-Month...Read More
Bitcoin, Gold, and the S&P500 have collectively shared the center stage when it comes to market movement in 2020. While the crypto-asset has periodically taken sides, at the moment, Bitcoin is more correlated with the traditional stock market. Source: Skew Source: Skew When comparing recent Skew charts of Bitcoin’s relationship with Gold and the S&P...Read More
Much BTC vs fiat fun was had after self-claimed Bitcoin pioneer and podcaster, Max Keiser, took to Twitter to make another impassioned case for Bitcoin to gold advocate Peter Schiff, chairman of Schiffgold. Keiser claimed that crypto karma had gotten the better of Schiff for “trash talking” about Bitcoin. The BTC evangelist said that had...Read More
Ben Edington, a developer associated with ETH 2.0 at Consensys, recently updated the community about a few “breaking changes,” with respect to the series running on the Medalla testnet. Reportedly, a few configuration parameters have been changed. A previously noted pain point was the genesis delay. This has now been changed to one week, meaning...Read More
Amid talks of forking Filecoin because of miner unrest, Juan Benet, the entrepreneur behind the decentralized storage network, dismissed the claims and said their storage network was “just fine.” In a tweet, Benet called the miner strike “nonsense” and that there has been no “power loss” as such on the network. Benet said in a...Read More
Ethereum 2.0 is still in the works after many delays. And yet, it is still receiving a lot of praise from the likes of CFTC Chairman Heath Tarbert. While the ETH community is stoked about this, others have critiqued ETH’s timeline to deliver ETH 2.0. At press time, there were many ETH competitors, but none...Read More
They say that to see the future, one should only learn history. Oftentimes, though, we tend to ignore history altogether. Exactly 33 years ago, on this day, October 19th, 1987, Wall Street and global markets tumbled in a massive selloff that saw the S&P 500 lose about 20% and the DJIA about 22%. One might...Read More
Bitcoin climbed well past $11,500, before a minor drop pulled its press time trading price to $11,504. Its strong defense of the $11,200-level and its subsequent rise to $11,500 could lend bullish impetus to the altcoin market in the coming days. As for the altcoins, Cardano moved above a short-term moving average as its momentum...Read More
Bitcoin was trading above the price level of $11400, at press time, with BTC having successfully negotiated a stay above $11k for most of the previous week. In fact, despite several notable developments recently, the cryptocurrency recorded a 5% hike over a 3-week period. This is interesting because, until 2020, the prevailing perception was that...Read More
Capitulation, more popularly known as the death spiral, is usually thought of to arrive when investors surrender, and HODLers give up all future hope in an asset and sell. A discussion about capitulation is relevant right now because institutions like MicroStrategy and Square are buying and there may be a point when they flood exchanges...Read More
Bitcoin’s price finally made a worthwhile move after surging to $11,840 on Bitstamp following days of stagnation. BTC/USD. Source: TradingView The price has since retraced a bit to trade at its current level of around $11,780. Nevertheless, this is a move in the right direction as concerns started crippling up that we might be in...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Between 13 August and 24 September, Tezos registered a 58 percent sell-off, with the cryptocurrency dropping all the way down to $1.91. While the decline was certainly not pleasurable for many of XTZ’s investors,...Read More
Cardano dropped down to $0.0753 in the 3rd week of September. While its valuation seemed down and out, the cryptocurrency soon rallied and made its way into the top-10 of the market again. Climbing from a low of $0.0753, ADA was noting a value of $0.106, at press time, having been on a positive run...Read More
The news of Filecoin’s mainnet launch has been anticipated by both crypto businesses and the entire crypto community at large, no doubt. With several major exchanges listing Filecoin’s native FIL token ahead of launch, crypto payment gateway NOWPayments has done its best to keep up with the crypto giants. The company has announced that we...Read More
US Fed Chair Powell believes that the United States should focus on getting right the development of a central bank digital currency (CBDC), rather than attempt to be first. While speaking on a panel hosted by the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Powell reassured that the US is “committed to carefully and thoughtfully evaluating the potential...Read More
With Bitcoin’s price hovering around $11,500, recent data indicated that the asset had spent only about three months of its existence above that particular level. BTC: Only Three Months Above $11.5K The official launch of the first-ever cryptocurrency came in early January 2009. Born during the last massive financial crisis, Bitcoin was this “magical money”...Read More
In what is a significant development, Jerome Powell, Chair of the U.S Federal Reserve, today revealed that the Fed is looking into the benefits of digital currencies. The Fed Chair was speaking at a seminar organized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) titled “Cross-Border Payments – A Vision for the Future,” a seminar that involved...Read More
Chainlink‘s charts highlighted two important levels that could determine its long-term movement, while on the shorter timeframe, the crypto-asset lacked any momentum. Cosmos‘ buyers showed some interest, but it was unclear if it would be enough to propel ATOM higher. Decred has been volatile lately, but its movement underlined the possibility of gains over the...Read More
Overview Legal name SwapSpace Headquarters Marshall Islands Year founded 2019 Exchange type Non-custodial Trading fees Included in the shown rates Deposit methods Cryptocurrency Supported coins 350+ cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Ripple (XRP), and many more Fiat No Customer service email, chat. While cryptocurrency is gaining more and more popularity, its inconsistency sometimes makes...Read More
ETH/USD – Bulls Defend Support at 2019 Highs Key Support Levels: $364, $355, $346.Key Resistance Levels: $380, $396, $400. Last week, Etheruem had surged as high as $396 as it hit the resistance provided by a bearish .5 Fib Retracement level. Over the week, Ethereum started to head lower from here as it broke beneath...Read More
MakerDAO is a decentralized organization that develops technologies on the Ethereum blockchain. The technologies include lending and borrowing of cryptocurrencies without the interference of a middleman, The organizations have rolled out two of their native tokens DAI and MKR. DAI is a stablecoin pegged 1:1 by the USD and MKR is a cryptocurrency. MakerDAO played...Read More
Sologenic will host a virtual event on November 18, 2020, to explore how Decentralized Finance (DeFi) shapes the global economy. The event brings together the pinnacle of emerging crypto leaders, blockchain advocates, and traditional financial markets. Hosted by Brent Hirose of SOLO TV, DeFi x SOLO will feature speakers from the DeFi industry and the...Read More
Global real estate token project Contracoin is pleased to announce that it will be listing its native token CTCN on the popular global digital asset trading platform ProBit. “We are happy to onboard the Contracoin token (CTCN) to the ProBit trading platform,” says Ronald Chan, CEO of ProBit Exchange. “It is exciting to see blockchain...Read More
After a week of utilizing the $1.5 million worth of digital yuan sent to 50,000 Shenzhen citizens, those who used the funds to make regular everyday purchases weren’t impressed. However, analysts claimed that the trials are a significant step towards a real-life practical usage for China’s digital currency. Digital Yuan Doesn’t Impress Shoppers Numerous world...Read More
The Crypto Fear and Greed Index was noting a figure of 55, at the time of writing, the same reading as the previous day. Monero was retracing recent gains made, but it did show some signs of heading north. Further, while Ontology formed a bearish pattern on the charts, DigiByte looked to be resolutely heading...Read More
[Press Release] Singapore, Oct 19, 2020 — Four new perpetual trading pairs, ETH/USDT, LINK/USDT, LTC/USDT, and XTZ/USDT, will be listed on crypto trading platform Bybit and begin trading today. The new USDT pairs join the existing markets of BTC/USDT, BTC/USD, ETH/USD, EOS/USD, and XRP/USD on the Bybit exchange. The move significantly increases traders’ choices, as...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice With new IEOs and DeFi products being launched continuously, Binance Chain and Binance coin have both been doing well. The token has evolved from being just another ERC20 token on ETH to a coin with...Read More
Stellar Lumens was approaching its resistance level and appeared to possess the bullish momentum needed to flip the level to support. Further down the crypto-ladder, Basic Attention Token attempted to break out to the upside, but was denied by the market’s bears. Enjin, on the other hand, was heading towards a period of low volatility....Read More
BlockDown 3.0 is gearing up for yet another stunning event with the virtual conference series announcing a host of big-name speakers that will join guests at the Halloween special event. Alongside several high profile chats, BlockDown attendees are in for an impressive Halloween treat, with a bonanza of top names in the industry set to...Read More
