Abstract: In this post, 100x Group grantee Gleb Naumenko and Antoine Riard explore a different approach to channel jamming mitigation. They are suggesting using UTXO ownership proofs (a.k.a. Stake Certificates) to solve the channel jamming problem. Previously, these proofs were only used in the Lightning Network at channel announcement time to prevent malicious actors from...Read More
CEO of Ripple, Brad Garlinghouse spoke about crypto regulation today and shared his views about what it would mean to Ripple if US regulators were to declare XRP as a security. Garlinghouse went on to state that if the SEC deems XRP a security, US citizens would require a broker-dealer license to trade the crypto....Read More
China-based blockchain infrastructure provider, Blockchain Service Network or BSN, which is backed by the Chinese Government, today announced that it has added major blockchain protocols such as Polkadot, Oasis and Bityuan into its network. In a tweet published on 26 November, the firm announced: Welcome @Polkadot @OasisProtocol @Bityuanofficial into the BSN family! pic.twitter.com/yD6LfMlNDb — BSN...Read More
MicroStrategy’s adoption of Bitcoin as its primary reserve asset took the market by storm, with many arguing that the development was one of the catalysts behind BTC climbing to $19k on the charts. The firm’s Michael Saylor recently spoke about Bitcoin and his company’s decision to invest in Bitcoin, which is now up by over...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Following the lead of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, most altcoins have also noted price breakdowns on their charts. Polkadot, one of the industry’s major altcoins, also saw its value crumble under the...Read More
The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, was roaring and climbing towards its all-time high until a few days ago. In fact, BTC climbed to a yearly high of $19,490 after it managed to surge by 42%. At the time of writing, however, corrections were setting in, with Bitcoin down by 16% in just two days. While...Read More
Ripple has been the torchbearer of crypto-related payment solutions using the digital asset XRP. With Ripple expanding its reach globally and connecting niche countries, it has been gaining more and more prominence with every passing year. Interestingly, it would now seem that Ripple’s growing reach has been intimidating existing solution providers like SWIFT. In fact,...Read More
Gold advocate and American stockbroker Peter Schiff took to twitter today to clarify to the crypto community that he understands Bitcoin well enough to not participate in the BTC market. The clarification is because Schiff believed that his lack of participation in the market has caused many users to doubt that Schiff does not understand...Read More
For many, India is a country with a lot of untapped potential, a country that can truly launch the crypto-space to the stratosphere. However, many hurdles stand in the way of these dreams becoming a reality. These hurdles were recently highlighted by a survey reporting the sentiments of investors in India, a survey done by...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice The value of Bitcoin had been appreciating without any hiccups for the past one month, until quite recently. In fact, over the past 48 hours, soon after Bitcoin climbed to a local top...Read More
ViaBTC, the world-leading cryptocurrency mining pool, today launches a new cloud mining service. Customers around the world now can purchase Bitcoin and Ethereum contracts with USDT, BTC, BCH, ETH or LTC. ViaBTC will be running top-of-the-line mining machines in different data centers to provide stable and consistent hashrate. A total of 17PH/s for BTC contract...Read More
A lot of numbers for the future price of Bitcoin have been thrown around recently, but most of them have been presented without context. The following article will focus on Bitcoin’s achievements, putting them in the context of traditional world assets. The first thing that comes to mind is gold due to its similarity with...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Tezos‘s price seemed tense after suffering a brutal drop of 26% in 12 hours. The aforementioned drop was a result of Bitcoin’s 12% drop over the same timeframe. While the correlation of altcoins with...Read More
3iQ, Canada’s leading crypto-asset fund manager, made headlines recently after it announced a successful treasury offering of its Bitcoin Fund. The Bitcoin Fund offering consists of 2,222,300 Class A units, of which the gross proceeds are expected to amount to $50,001,750. The offering is expected to close around the 30th of November 2020, with the...Read More
Popular crypto-derivatives exchange FTX was in the crosshairs earlier today after UI outages contributed to severe consequences for a few traders in the market. According to a series of tweets, FTX was delayed in sending fill reports to users. This meant that most traders operated under the assumption that their orders didn’t go through when...Read More
Disclaimer: The findings of the following article are the sole opinion of the writer and should not be taken as investment advice Binance Coin, like many altcoins, has suffered first-hand, yet again, at the hands of Bitcoin’s volatility. Due to a drop of ~$2,200 on Bitcoin’s price charts starting 12:00 UTC, 25 November, altcoins have been...Read More
Coinbase’s CEO Brian Armstrong has sent a letter to the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin regarding new rumored regulations on self-hosted cryptocurrency wallets. Armstrong believes that if implemented, the new legislation could harm users and, ultimately, the role of the US in the cryptocurrency financial field. New Regulations On Self-Hosted Crypto Wallets? The CEO of...Read More
After a month of confusion and wariness, OKEx users have finally received the response they have waited for. A few days after popular crypto-exchange OKEx announced that following an investigation done by the authorities, OKEx was “confirmed not to have been involved in any wrongdoing or illegal activities,” the exchange has now announced the re-launch...Read More
A day after popular crypto-exchange Coinbase announced that it will be suspending margin trading in light of recent regulations, the exchange is in the news again after a statement revealed that the New York Times is planning to publish a “negative story” about Coinbase in the next few days. According to Coinbase, the New York...Read More
Ethereum is currently retracting sharply from its previous and 30-month peak of $620. Even with a decline of around $100 to today’s prices of $525, ETH is still up over 300% since the beginning of the year. The confirmed genesis of the long-awaited Beacon Chain, which is Phase 0 of the even longer awaited Serenity...Read More
Founded in 1999, SBI Group is a financial services company based in Tokyo, Japan. Apart from offering numerous traditional financial services, the SoftBank Group subsidiary announced today a new cryptocurrency-related endeavor. SBI Group has introduced a digital asset lending service through its cryptocurrency arm – SBI VC Trade. The statement informed that the platform, dubbed...Read More
Amidst the excitements of BTC hitting an all-time high, Bitcoin bull and ex-hedge fund manager Mike Novogratz said, in an interview with Yahoo Finance, that Bitcoin was designed for every investor. “Bitcoin is for everyone,” he said, adding that “Everyone should put 2% to 3% of their net worth in bitcoin and look at it...Read More
