Tron completed the first phase of the buy-back plan it had announced two months ago. This phase is in line with measures being taken to prevent the plummeting prices of Tron on the cryptocurrency charts. With a number of projects set in motion to boost Tron’s presence in the crypto-ecosystem, the successive release of BTFS,...Read More
Alongside several financial and non-financial institutions finally embracing crypto, successful entrepreneurs from other business sectors have also taken the leap, with many launching their own brand of new cryptocurrencies. One of the most prominent figures in this space is renowned musician and record producer, Akon, who made a rare appearance in an interview to discuss...Read More
Jonathan Johnson, the interim CEO of Overstock in a recent interview with Fox Business Network addressed the speculation that SEC’s investigation being the reason behind the controversial exit of former CEO Patrick Byrne. Johnson claimed that the two-year investigation by the SEC into Overstock’s blockchain business is “almost dormant.” Johnson claimed that SEC has not...Read More
After a bearish crypto-winter towards the end of 2018,, the market regained some modicum of bullish momentum this year. Off late, the king coin has struggled to stay above $10,000, with its price oscillating within the range of $9,400 and $12,000. Owing to this movement, altcoin volume has dipped to all-time lows, with the world’s...Read More
In a recent interview with Ian Jacobs of W3C, Stefan Thomas, CEO of Coil, discussed the evolution of the payments industry over the years and laid out his views about the Interledger Protocol [ILP]. During the interview, Jacobs queried Thomas about the circumstances that led to the application of open source in payments. The CEO...Read More
The cryptocurrency ecosystem isn’t averse to cases of serious financial crimes, including hacks which have often plagued cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. One of the largest hacks in the crypto-ecosystem was recorded by Mt.Gox exchange back in 2014, with the exchange losing over $450 million worth of digital assets. However, the Mt. Gox episode was...Read More
The last 3 weeks have been anything but fruitful for XRP’s valuation in the market. On 14 August, XRP breached its long term support of $0.291 and the price recorded its year-to-date low. At press time, the token had depreciated by 11.22 percent over the last three weeks and XRP’s price was at a low...Read More
With big-league financial institutions finally realizing the importance of cryptocurrencies, the Norwegian Bank has also joined the bandwagon. The bank is in the news after it took a step forward by investing in Norwegian Block Exchange, an exchange that was founded by local business magnate, Bjørn Kjos. According to reports, Sparebanken Øst has paid 15...Read More
Ripple has been regularly making headlines, with many in the XRP community threatening a hard fork if Ripple’s board continued to dump Ripple’s native token. The San Francisco-based blockchain firm is in the news again after Ron Hammond was appointed as the Manager of Government Relations at Ripple. He was previously a part of the...Read More
Elliptic, a blockchain analytics firm, has steered the attention of the crypto-community after it raised $23 million for tracking cryptocurrencies. By delivering these tracking services, the firm claims to empower financial institutions by helping them distribute and deliver trusted services across the cryptoverse. With Asia emerging as the epicenter of blockchain and cryptocurrency development, Elliptic...Read More
The use of Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, for unlawful purposes does not seem to stop after the case of a Chinese student, Ye Jingwang, being kidnapped for ransom emerged. The kidnappers demanded a ransom of 80 BTC. With the king coin crossing the $10,000 mark, illegal activities have also surged. Just recently, a man...Read More
On 2 September, 2019, Crunchbase News posted an article citing data that highlighted decreasing investments in cryptocurrency and blockchain-related ventures this year. Despite considerable recovery from the lows of late-2018, investors don’t seem to be as enthusiastic about cryptocurrencies, when compared to previous years. This year, the rate of blockchain and cryptocurrency deals is slower...Read More
Virtual assets have evolved over the past decade. The entire concept began as an idea of a financial asset for a peer-to-peer transaction. However, over time, different crypto-projects have entered the cryptospace, with the likes of stablecoins, exchange-launched tokens, dApp tokens and privacy coins gaining popularity quickly. The working principle of privacy coin hardly differs...Read More
With Bitcoin maintaining its position above the $10,000 mark, the crypto-market saw a host of significant whale movements between wallets. In spite of the larger market’s sideways movement, Ripple and its token, XRP, have benefited from the king coin’s surge.Whale Alert, one of the web’s major cryptocurrency transaction trackers, shared news of a significant transfer...Read More
With many industries globally finally embracing the benefits associated with cryptocurrency payments, the travel industry is also stepping up to include it in its business operations. Doing so is contributing towards increasing adoption of cryptocurrencies across all sectors. Booking platform Travala’s recent revelation that more than 62% of its bookings were done using digital assets...Read More
Since the end of June, Ethereum’s price has been progressively declining as the bulls have failed to pick up pace after their 3-month run. ETH’s valuation dipped below the support of 239.43 and at press time, it was acting as a major resistance. Over the past week, the valuation witnessed another slump down to $163.9,...Read More
The current payment infrastructure surrounding retail stores prevents them from tapping into potentially substantial businesses from the cryptocurrency community. Eligma is an one of the growing exceptions, with the firm raising over €4 million ($4.4 million USD) in investments from Bitcoin.com and Pangea Blockchain Fund. Eligma plans to bridge this gap using Elipay – an...Read More
The steady growth of the cryptocurrency market has caught the attention of a lot of major tech giants, including the likes of Facebook, JP Morgan and now, Telegram. Out of these, Facebook’s Libra remains the most talked-about project, not only owing to its huge user base, but also due to the several hearings which have...Read More
Mainstream financial and government institutions have begun embracing blockchain and cryptocurrencies recently. PricewaterhouseCoopers is one such institution, with the auditing giant very open about getting into the space over the past few months. PwC is in the news again after PwC Luxembourg recently announced in a press release that it would start accepting payments made...Read More
Over the past few years, Asian countries have been at the crux of the cryptocurrency ecosystem, with major developments constantly transpiring on the continent. The likes of China, South Korea, and Japan are regularly talked about in the cryptoverse these days and a shift towards significant progress may prevail sooner than later for these nations....Read More
Changpeng Zhao-led cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, recently launched a crypto-lending platform on its network. The exchange had informed the community that the lending platform was supporting just three assets, namely, BNB, ETC, and USDT. Holders of the aforementioned coins could engage in lending and further, earn interest through the exchange’s services. The Malta-based exchange will be...Read More
After a significant drop in Litecoin’s hash rate and price after the halving, the crypto was widely speculated to have exhibited signs of volatility. Additionally, the number of active addresses on the network also dropped to an almost two-year low. While Litecoin and by extension, the cryptocurrency space, is no stranger to FUD and FOMO,...Read More
Bitcoin has been trending below $10,000 for quite a while now and most of Twitter is stressing that this will be the last time anyone will be able to buy Bitcoin at these levels. Be that as it may, Bitcoin touched $9,400 more than four times in the last 2 months or so. At press...Read More
Ethereum’s price witnessed a hike in the last 24-hours as the coin registered a growth of 4.37 percent in an hour. Such a trajectory would usually spur positive sentiments among the community, but Ethereum’s market echoed everything but optimism at press time. At the time of writing, Ethereum was valued at $171.12. 12-hour chart Source:...Read More
DISCLAIMER/Author’s note: This is a satirical piece meant solely for entertainment purposes. Mark, if you’re reading this, please don’t take offense at any of this. Please don’t share and circulate my Facebook data (if you haven’t already, that is). Please don’t retrieve that old school-time pic of mine that I thought I had long deleted....Read More
The importance of incubation programs in the blockchain space is quite significant since the space in itself is only 10-years old and most of the startups venturing into this space lack any idea of shaping their business to the need of the masses. Thus, established players and stakeholders have come up with different incubation programs...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
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
In the cryptocurrency space, major assets like Bitcoin, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash are generally focused on transactions or payments. However, Ethereum, the 2nd largest virtual asset in the market, also has its own platform where users are able to create their own decentralization applications [dApps]. One category of dApps that have been gaining mass traction...Read More
Noted cryptocurrency exchange, Bitbns, is in the news after it announced yesterday that traders in the UAE would be able to buy and sell on the platform using AED (United Arab Emirates Dirham). We know you all have been waiting for this moment for so long; so have we. Today, our efforts have come to...Read More
