The Takeaway: Russia’s abandoned Soviet-era factories are enjoying a second life as cryptocurrency mining facilities. Siberia’s big hydropower plants (another legacy of the USSR) have lured miners with cheap electricity. The favorable energy prices and naturally cold climate are turning Siberia into an international mining hub with miners from Europe, Asia and the U.S. placing...Read More
EOS is ranked at #8, south of Binance Coin and Tether on coinmarketcap. The price ascended at a rate of 3.31% in the course of the past 24-hours. The trading volume recorded is $1.186 billion, while the supply has 929,858,484 EOS tokens in play. The total market cap of EOS is $3.085 billion as of this moment....Read More
After three days of no significant price movements, Bitcoin is now planning its next leg. As we know this market, Bitcoin doesn’t like being low in volatility, and this might be the preparation period of another move that can take place any moment. Most indicators are showing bearish; however, Bitcoin likes to go with the...Read More
There are several countries around the world that are developing national blockchain-based digital currencies — such as Venezuela and its state-owned Petro (PTR), China and its plans to issue a government-backed digital currency, etc. We reached out to experts in the crypto and blockchain industries, central bank officials and researchers to answer whether or not...Read More
Entrepreneur, investor, software engineer and a board member of Facebook, Marc Andreessen recently listed an array of parallels between the initial days of the Internet and the prevailing state of crypto. In a recent Crypto Regulatory Summit, one of the pioneers in the development of the internet, Andreessen begin the segment by talking about the...Read More
Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain will allow developers to port their Ethereum (ETH) smart contracts. As industry news outlet CoinDesk reported on Aug. 30, software startup TON Labs managed by Telegram’s token offering investors is building a Solidity compiler for its blockchain. This programming language is primarily used to develop smart contracts in the Ethereum...Read More
The world economy is a complex system that has undergone many different phases in the past century. As strange as it may sound today, there have been times when banking crises were rare, pay was rising alongside productivity, and the U.S. dollar would buy a certain amount of pure gold. Despite its obvious successes in...Read More
It was December 2017, the Bitcoin was at almost 20k US dollars and I had just made my first transfer of 100k satoshis to a friend. The satoshis were supposed to arrive in minutes; however, it arrived in 2 days. The disappointment was huge. It was the first operation that me and my friend handled...Read More
Bitcoin Cash – ABC – Back in the Red Bitcoin Cash ABC rose by 0.86% on Saturday. Reversing a 0.11% fall from Friday, Bitcoin Cash ABC ended the month down 14.3% at $281.14. A relatively choppy day saw Bitcoin Cash ABC fall from an early morning high $279.84 to a late intraday low $273. In...Read More
Social media giant, Facebook’s dramatic entry into the crypto-sector diverted the attention of the world towards the ecosystem. Even as Facebook struggled to receive support from lawmakers, several people from the crypto industry expressed their support toward Libra. Citing Facebook’s strong global reach, the community regaled benefits of the social media giant’s entry into the...Read More
In today’s article, we will be featuring some of the most interesting crypto conferences that will be taking place on September 2019. PICANTE Tech Conference Europe Event date: 3-4 September 2019 Event location: Vienna House Andel’s Prague, Stroupežnického 21, 150 00 Praha 5-Anděl Prague The Tech Conference will be covering subjects such as the emergent...Read More
Telegram Open Network’s (TON) blockchain will allow developers to port their Ethereum (ETH) smart contracts. As industry news outlet CoinDesk reported on Aug. 30, software startup TON Labs managed by Telegram’s token offering investors is building a Solidity compiler for its blockchain. This programming language is primarily used to develop smart contracts in the Ethereum...Read More
Bitcoin price drops to $63 and hash rate takes a hit of 39% LTC price doesn’t have a relationship with stock to flow Bitcoin bull market has just started, with 100x opportunity On August 5th, Litecoin halving went into effect and the reward was cut into half. The price had already enjoyed a good surge,...Read More
ETH price declined heavily and broke the key $185 and $180 supports against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher and is trading near the $172 and $175 resistances.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $180 on the 4-hours chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken).There could be a short...Read More
Crypto airdrops are a great and easy way to expand your portfolio of digital assets. But the market is full of new projects issuing tokens, so how do you know which ones are the best? To save you the time and trouble, we have put together a list with the top crypto airdrops you should...Read More
There was a major downward move below the $10,000 support in bitcoin price against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher, but upsides remain capped near $9,800 and $10,000.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $9,980 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).There could be...Read More
Ripple continues to expand its services, and focus on its core mission of becoming a blockchain-based protocol for fiat transfers. There is no longer any doubt that it can perform this function vastly better than the archaic SWIFT Network that it seeks to replace, and more banks continue to adopt it. Nevertheless, the XRP coin,...Read More
Jussie’s Hoax: the Case Files Paul Serran is a journalist, writer, and musician. He lives in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. By Paul Serran Smollett’s Story This is Jusse Smollett’s story. On January 29, 2019, singer/actor Jussie Smollett, from the “Empire” series, leaves his fancy Chicago building after 1 A.M., and goes down the stairs that...Read More
The Tron Foundation became part of the cryptospace in 2017 and regardless of its late entry into the ecosystem, the Foundation hasn’t steered away from the spotlight. Owing to his clever and relentless marketing, CEO Justin Sun has managed to retain public excitement for the ecosystem. Tron’s dominance in the DApp space is undefeatable, nevertheless,...Read More
Cardano Dips Below 0.044971 Level, Down 0.68% Investing.com – fell bellow the $0.044971 level on Saturday. Cardano was trading at 0.044971 by 18:17 (22:17 GMT) on the Investing.com Index, down 0.68% on the day. It was the largest one-day percentage loss since August 24. The move downwards pushed Cardano’s market cap down to $1.17368B, or...Read More
If you told economists twenty years ago about Bitcoin (BTC) and negative-yielding debt, they would be shocked.In the 1990s or even the 2000s, decentralized digital money and a bond that made your money disappear with time would have seemed abstract — quite abstract. Now, however, these two financial trends, which came to fruition mostly over the last...Read More
Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright plans to challenge judge Bruce Reinhart’s ruling that knocked down his affirmative defenses. | Source: (i) YouTube (ii) REUTERS / Dado Ruvic / Illustration / File Photo; Edited by CCN Self-proclaimed bitcoin inventor Craig Wright plans to challenge the recent ruling against him in the $10 billion lawsuit filed by...Read More
New technologies are often both a blessing and a curse. Artificial intelligence is shaping up to be no different in that regard. Criminals are now using AI and voice technology for monetary purposes. The rise of voice fraud should not be underestimated, as it can hit any company around the world in the future. Abusing...Read More
While selling pressure has undoubtedly dissipated, the Bitcoin (BTC) price is still struggling. As of the time of writing this article, the cryptocurrency is trading for $9,550, which is 6.5% lower than BTC was at one week earlier.Related Reading: Prominent Investor Says Bitcoin Has “Failed” As a Safe Haven: BTC Slips 5%But, bulls might get...Read More
Bitwala, a German blockchain-based startup, has announced the launch of an all-in-one platform for banking with Euros, as well as buying and selling bitcoin. With a quick set-up via video verification, the new app will enable users to start banking and trading Bitcoin within minutes. A national identification card, including valid address proof, is required...Read More
This week saw major expansion of crypto payments in Brazil, new standards freeing Bitcoin from Portuguese taxes, and the allegedly fraudulent Grupo Bitcoin Banco’s refusal to pay clients their deposited funds. Brazil’s central bank announced that it would classify cryptocurrencies according to International Monetary Fund (IMF) guidelines on Aug. 26. With the new classification under...Read More
Pantera Capital, a hedge fund and investment company have invested in Polkadot and at minimum three other initiatives which are focused on scalability. Other projects adopted by Pantera are Origin, BloXroute, and Filecoin. The purpose of the collaboration is to find lasting solutions to major scalability problems being confronted within the crypto ecosystem, and all...Read More
Life changes need not be drastic, you can make a few changes right now, which if you stick to, will change your life forever.1. Use the 2-minute ruleYou have likely experienced the phenomenon where you decide to do a little bit of something, such as going for a walk, and end up doing a lot...Read More
The Spanish-speaking world saw a number major developments this week, with several companies accepting cryptocurrencies as a form of payment and the Venezuelan government making new claims about the use and acceptance of the controversial Petro coin. Here’s the past week of crypto and blockchain news in review, as originally reported by Cointelegraph en Español. Spain:...Read More
For the cryptosphere, August was marked by the hotly debated announcements of world giants regarding the releases of international cryptocurrencies. The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) announced the imminent release of a national digital currency, Walmart began developing its own blockchain, Binance launching the Venus project, and Pavel Durov’s TON finally shared its release date....Read More
