A code vulnerability that could have forced computer shutdowns was found on Tuesday in the second most popular ethereum client. Parity connects over 3,000 computer servers around the globe to the ethereum blockchain network. On Thursday, Parity Technologies, the startup responsible for building and maintaining the ethereum client, released updated code to fix the bug. Only...Read More
Totle, a solution for accessing the crypto decentralized exchange (DEX) market, has announced new important upgrades to the Totle Swap application. By using smart-order-routing technology, Totle automatically finds and acquires the best price across DEXs for ERC-20 swaps. Read below for more information on the enhancements: Swaps are Ranked Totle now ranks the quality of...Read More
The Hong Kong protests started in June 2019 over a controversial bill and now after weeks of demonstrations, marching citizens are fighting for the future of Hong Kong. In the midst of all the activists protesting, digital currencies like bitcoin cash are being promoted as a way for people to remove themselves from China’s system....Read More
As bitcoin prices continue to post strong rallies, traders are looking at higher potential valuations for BTC/USD on a long-term trend basis. Not surprisingly, many of these projections deal with important psychological levels that may be likely to guide market activity. By most accounts, market valuations in BTC/USD have had a strong year. Bitcoin has...Read More
Major phone operator China Telecom has released a white paper on blockchain-powered smartphones in the 5G Era. China Telecom introduced the white paper at the China International Intelligent Industry Expo on Aug. 27, according to a report by local finance news outlet Sina. Existing troubles In the document, China Telecom pointed out the potential benefits...Read More
Bitcoin has lost almost 7% during the last 24 hours, according to Coinmarketcap data, taking analysts by surprise. Here are main reasons why the cryptocurrency is testing new support levels right now. CME’s Bitcoin Futures Bitcoin’s latest crash, which started on Wednesday afternoon, sent prices below the $9,500 level for the first time since July....Read More
Sygnum, a cryptocurrency company that claims to develop an integrated solution that enables its clients to securely issue, store, trade and manage blockchain-based cryptoassets, is seeking for a banking license from the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), to enable it to offer brokerage, tokenization and other crypto-related services to qualified investors in the region, reports...Read More
Bitwala, a German-based bitcoin enabled banking platform available in the EU, today announced the launch of new apps for iOS and Android. Berlin-headquartered Bitwala enables customers in 31 European countries to buy, sell, and store bitcoin. Bitwala is the only banking service presently active in the European Economic Area offering a current account with a...Read More
The Bitcoin price has seen a downward fall below $10,000 within a span of half an hour. The steep fall in the BTC price has also affected the crypto market and some of the well-known crypto enthusiasts and investors. The BTC price fell drastically to $9,400 giving a weekly low. Analyzing this price fluctuation, the...Read More
Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-grade public distributed ledger platform, today announced that Open Access (OA) to its mainnet beta will occur on Monday, September 16th, 2019, allowing any developer from the general public to create an account and build decentralized applications (dApps) on the Hedera Hashgraph platform. OA also marks the beginning of Hedera’s strategic 15-year...Read More
According to a report published by U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase on August 28, 2019, students are becoming more and more interested in digital currencies and the number of courses offered in University on blockchain technology and bitcoin (BTC) is increasing. Crypto Education In August 2018, Coinbase, the most popular crypto exchange, did a study on...Read More
Hedera Hashgraph, a blockchain-like public network for enterprises, is adding a U.S. financial giant to its governing council. Hedera announced Thursday that FIS Global will become the ninth addition to its 39-member council. Hedera also announced that it intends to launch its mainnet in beta on Sept. 16. The company claims its distributed ledger technology...Read More
DETROIT, MI – SEPTEMBER 10: Professional Twitch streamer Tyler “Ninja” Blevins has had enough of Fortnite, for now. . | Source Rey Del Rio/Getty Images/AFP By CCN Markets: Popular streamer Tyler ‘Ninja’ Blevins has finally given up on Fortnite, or at least, temporarily. Yesterday, as a match of Fortnite came to an abrupt end due...Read More
Bitcoin and a few major altcoins have shocked the market as they have shed significant weight in a considerably short time. Right now, the crypto market prices have lost billions and there is no pointer to a bull run in the near future. The entire crypto market has been in a free fall of sorts...Read More
The Indian economy is experiencing severe economic slowdown not seen in many years, and cryptocurrency can potentially help. However, the government is considering a draft bill to ban cryptocurrencies, which could have undesirable consequences on the economy. Meanwhile, the Indian crypto community has already been enduring a banking ban by the central bank. Also read:...Read More
Bitcoin price is down more than 5% and it recently broke the key $9,760 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating near the $9,500 support and remains at a risk of more losses.This week’s followed bearish flag was breached with support near $10,000 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed...Read More
The total crypto market cap extended its decline below the $245.0B support area.Bitcoin price dived more than 5% and broke the key $9,800 support area.Binance coin (BNB) price is down around 12% and it traded close to the $22.00 support area.Litecoin (LTC) price is also down around 10% and it broke the $70.00 and $68.00...Read More
BitTorrent, the first Binance Launchpad IEO, was issued to power the BitTorrent Speed network with a variety of use cases for the token listed in the whitepaper and subsequent analyses. But as pointed out by eminent crypto VC, Barry Dilbert, most utility tokens act as friction tokens that slow down efficiency and offer no real utility....Read More
Almost a month after getting caught misusing our Siri voice recordings, Apple says they’re sorry. Would they be sorry if they were never caught? | Drew Angerer / Getty Images / AFP Apple, who was caught listening to our data earlier this month, just apologized for their privacy violations. In a post to their site,...Read More
Crypto enthusiasts have noticed that the Ethereum blockchain has come awfully close to reaching capacity due to the added transactions stemming from the Tether (USDT) network. The transaction count since mid-August shows the ERC20 version of tether has surpassed the original version that uses BTC. ERC20 tether transactions cost users more than $260,000 in the...Read More
TSMC, the world’s largest independent semiconductor foundry and chip supplier for Bitmain, is facing multiple lawsuits from its competitor GlobalFoundries (GF). Alleged patent infringement GF, the second biggest semiconductor foundry by sales after TSMC, filed several lawsuits in the United States and Germany, accusing Taiwanese TSMC of infringing on 16 GF patents, according to an...Read More
Bitcoin (BTC) has now further extended its period of consolidation around the key $10,000 support level and has failed to post any sustainable bounce since dipping below this critical support level over the weekend.Analysts are noting that Bitcoin’s technical structure is currently expressing signs of bullishness, with one prominent analyst explaining that he expects BTC...Read More
Dubai-based fintech company Wethaq has entered into a strategic partnership with enterprise software firm R3, in order to create a platform for issuing and trading sukuk securities based on R3’s Corda offering. A platform for Islamic securities According to a press release on Aug. 28, Wethaq’s platform is built on R3’s open source enterprise blockchain...Read More
Controversy continues to surround Tether, as recent market moves have vaulted the crypto into the sixth position on the world’s list of digital assets. As Tether fires up its printers once again, many market commentators wonder if this will lead to a sustained BTC prop above the 10K level. Controversial cryptocurrency Tether continues to make...Read More
Telegram has hinted that the first batches of its Gram cryptocurrency will be available to a select group of investors by October 2019 and the Pavel Durov-led firm also plans to make the Gram wallet available to the nearly 300 million users of Telegram shortly, reports The New York Times on August 27, 2019. Telegram...Read More
In July 2019, the United States Fed cut rates by 25 basis points, causing a massive sell-off across most assets and further fueling global economic concerns surrounding a growing trade war between the United States and China. The constant back-and-forth flip-flopping between the two country’s leaders is creating much uncertainty and fear in global markets,...Read More
New research by major cryptocurrency trading platform Coinbase shows that 56% of the top 50 universities in the world offer one or more classes on cryptocurrency or blockchain tech. Metrics indicate growing interest Coinbase shared its research in an official blog post on Aug. 28 in which it used rankings from US News and World...Read More
The US Federal Reserve’s (Fed) aggressive easing might support Bitcoin’s bullish price trend at least up to 2020. Meanwhile, the cryptocurrency might also get a parallel boost from the upcoming halving event. Fed Cuts Interest Rates for First Time in Over a Decade At the latest meeting in July, the Fed’s Federal Open Market Committee...Read More
AT&T is struggling to keep its TV customers in favor of streaming service providers, such as Netflix. Gains from other parts of the business make up for it. | AP Photo/Richard Drew, File AT&T is struggling to keep its premium TV customers from hitting the unsubscribe button in favor of on-demand streaming service providers, such...Read More
On August 26, a pharmacy chain in Venezuela called Farmarket revealed it now accepts cryptocurrencies through the payment provider Xpay, a subsidiary of Panda Group. Arley Lozano, Panda Group’s founder, explained how Farmarket’s pharmacy franchise has 22 stores located across the country and machines will allow people to purchase goods and medicine with cryptocurrencies like...Read More
