After barely a year into its existence, Switzerland-based SEBA bank is taking more significant steps towards expanding and manifesting its growth in the digital assets ecosystem. According to a recent report, the crypto start-up that received its banking license only in August 2019 is setting up another fundraising event, one that aims to raise over...Read More
Decentralized Finance [DeFi] protocols have been gaining popularity with the returns they have been churning out for the users who have locked in Ethereum [ETH] on the platform. This growth of the protocol can be visible in the total amount of ether locked in the applications, which has noticeably tripled in a period of one...Read More
The bearish lows of December 2019 were overcome with the recent collective surge witnessed by the crypto market. Bitcoin silver’s counterpart Litecoin experienced a similar hike over the period as the 7th largest digital asset breached its psychological resistance of $50. Litecoin was valued at $59.60 at press time with a market capitalization of $3.77 billion....Read More
Bitcoin has managed to consolidate higher in the charts after a few consistent surges; other major assets have followed BTC’s path in improving their respective valuations. Despite rising market caps, the address profitability for certain major cryptos has not mirrored their current market performance. Data from intotheblock.com indicated that a majority of the addresses holding...Read More
After touching $115 on December 18, ETH grew by nearly 50% in the month that followed. While 2019 was not too favorable for Ethereum, 2020 might push it to greener pastures. Valued at $161 at the time of writing, ETH has a market capitalization of nearly $17.7 billion, with almost $14.6 billion worth of ETH...Read More
Cryptopia, Christchurch-based cryptocurrency exchange, recently announced that its directions hearing has been rescheduled to Feb. 11-14 at Christchurch High Court. The hearing was earlier scheduled with a New Zealand court for February 3, 2020. The exchange’s tweet on Jan 17 read, The #Cryptopia directions hearing has been rescheduled to 11-14 Feb @ Christchurch High Court....Read More
The Malta-based cryptocurrency exchange, Binance Holdings Limited announced entering into a strategic partnership discussion with Z Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Z Holdings Corporation and TaoTao Inc., a Japanese licensed cryptocurrency exchange. The official release stated, “Z Corp, a subsidiary of Yahoo Japan, and TaoTao will continue discussions and deliberations with Binance and begin preparation to launch...Read More
2017 bull run opened the flood gates for the cryptocurrency ecosystem and many investors have not looked back. Fast forward two years and the debate still arises whether the rate of involvement and widespread utility of digital assets is prominent or not. 2019 witnessed the growth of institutional investors with major market players such as...Read More
Crypto Rating Council, an organization led by Coinbase and seven other platforms, announced the inclusion of three new members and the publication of five new asset scores, namely, crypto exchange OKCoin USA, social trading network eToro USA, and RADAR, a blockchain tech platform. With this latest addition, the three platforms join eight other industry players...Read More
IOHK, the research and development arm of decentralized public blockchain and crypto project, Cardano, released Jormungandr 0.8.6 version for Cardano pool operators. This was revealed by Rick McCracken, Cardano Ambassador on January 15th. The latest release aims to improve the network stability of the node. The roll-out of Jormungandr 0.8.6, comes with several optimizations. IOHK...Read More
Litecoin Foundation recently announced its partnership with BlockFi, a cryptocurrency lending startup, intending to promote the use of BlockFi’s “suite of products” to provide Litecoin users with more options like earning interest on and borrowing against their Litecoin used within their platform. This partnership, as Litecoin Foundation noted, would produce additional options and liquidity opportunities....Read More
After a strong start to the year, Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has continued to take positive strides. Bitcoin pumped its valuation from under $7400 to $8895 from 5th to 14th January and at press time, was valued at $8788. The week-long bullish movement has improved certain market indexes for Bitcoin, some of which were...Read More
What many in the Litecoin community are looking forward to is the Mimblewimble implementation. In fact, the community has come out vocally in support of this move, with the Foundation bringing in David Burkett – Grin Developer – to join the project. While the majority sentiment has remained positive, the project did, however, face a...Read More
Bitcoin aside, the cryptocurrency market is quite fickle. Volatility is not simply a mainstay of the cryptocurrency’s price, but also their position among the list of elite coins. In 2019, however, the list of elite cryptocurrencies remained largely unchanged. According to the yearly report released by cryptocurrency analytics firm CoinGecko, only six new coins broke...Read More
It has been a good start to the year for Ethereum. After registering minor hikes on 3rd and 6th January, the world’s 2nd largest crypto-asset recorded a significant pump on the 14th, recording a hike of 18.88 percent. The valuation pushed the price of Ethereum from $143 to $170 as major resistances at $150 and...Read More
The year began with people hoping for a bullish Bitcoin market; there were some who thought that Bitcoin would be the one leading the bull run this year, considering that halving was just a few months away. There were others who believed that some of the popular altcoins such as BNB would be the ones...Read More
Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, has been on a high-speed lane in terms of development and expansion, with no signs of return anytime soon. One of the biggest moves made by the exchange last year was its announcement that it would be withdrawing its services from the United States, only to set...Read More
Geopolitical tensions have been on the rise across the world. However, many are surprised by the swing in Bitcoin’s price such tensions have caused. Alas, this is not the first time Bitcoin‘s price has reacted to global events. The same happened during the U.S- China trade war, a time when Bitcoin’s inverse correlation with Yuan...Read More
2019 was a year of two halves, with both periods recording contrasting narratives with respect to the growth of the digital assets market. The first half of 2019 was off to a slow start, but picked up pace in April-June. On the other hand, the second half of 2019 began with the cryptocurrency market at...Read More
Monero, the world’s leading fungible cryptocurrency, has always taken a different path than the rest of the coins in the market. Towards the end of 2019, the cryptocurrency took an interesting turn by implementing RandomX, a part of the community’s constant efforts to be an ASIC-resistant coin. The team had decided to stop tweaking its...Read More
On the latest episode of the ‘On The Brink’ podcast, CEO and Founder of Messari, Ryan Selkis, spoke about the state of the cryptocurrency industry, exchanges, regulations, and the outlook for 2020. According to Selkis, predominant data providers, and not exchanges, will benefit the most if cryptocurrency is as revolutionary for finance as the Internet...Read More
Whenever people think crypto, Bitcoin’s mention automatically pops up. There is no question about the fact that Bitcoin has led the way for the development of the digital assets industry. However, Bitcoin has its own set of shortcomings, drawbacks that are often addressed by other major crypto-assets or altcoins. Despite a technical superiority reciprocated by...Read More
The Cardano ecosystem has been in full swing development mode after the success of the incentivized testnet. As it approaches the Shelley mainnet launch, the focus has mostly been on network stability and other improvements. In a more recent update, the CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson, revealed that the next-generation protocol on Shelley, dubbed, ‘Hydra,’...Read More
Between June 22 and July 15, XRP dropped by almost 44%, from $0.50 to $0.283. Since then, the coin has been unable to rise above the $0.34 mark, though that may be about to change in the coming months. At the time of writing, XRP was valued at around $0.21, with a market capitalization of...Read More
Riccardo Spagni, well-known as Fluffypony on social media platforms, yet again, spoke about privacy while speaking about Tari, and financial privacy, in an interview for Monero Talk. Tari, a decentralized assets protocol, will be built on top of Monero, with its own native token. The protocol will work as a merged-mined sidechain, along with enabling...Read More
Since mid-July 2019, Ethereum has been unable to cross above 0.0227 BTC, priced at around 0.176 BTC at the time of writing. While the short-term looks like more downward for Ethereum, the long-term looks a little more optimistic, and could push ETH back above 0.02 BTC. At the time of writing, ETH was valued at...Read More
With over 100+ days left for Bitcoin’s halving, it is time to take a look at how Bitcoin might react to its 3rd halving [halvening]. Unlike previous times, the narrative around Bitcoin has changed. The arguments on halving keep getting more pronounced as the date nears. Some argue that Bitcoin is priced in for the...Read More
Monero, the largest fungible cryptocurrency, has been well-known in the market for taking a different route than most P-o-W coins. Riccardo Spagni, also known by the moniker Fluffypony, stepping down from the lead maintainer position had many community members debating. The official announcement stated that Riccardo Spagni’s position has now been transferred to Snipa, adding...Read More
After the launch of the incentivized testnet, the IOHK and the Cardano ecosystem has been ramping up its tech and is currently focused on network and stability improvements. In line with this, the CEO of IOHK, Charles Hoskinson revealed that the Rust team is all set to deliver a network patch for the ITN in...Read More
While the Ethereum community has promised great developments for this year, the question of when still remains. Ethereum 2.0 developer community is expected to launch Beacon chain, with the first phase – Phase 0 of Serenity – promised to go live in the first quarter of 202o. However, the launch date was, once again, postponed...Read More
