What makes Bitcoin, “BITCOIN?” From eye-catching rallies to deep dives, from the infamous Silk Road debacle to mainstream recognition, Bitcoin has been through it all. In fact, what’s attractive about the cryptocurrency and the market it represents is that the price pulls do not always happen as predicted. It is this inherently volatile nature that...Read More
Bitcoin’s performance since the start of 2020 has been positive. With the first week almost coming to an end, the price of the world’s largest crypto-asset is hovering near $7,500. In other news, Bitcoin’s Futures market saw an important development over the last week – BitMEX, the long-standing king in the Bitcoin perpetual and Futures...Read More
On 6 January, Ethereum Co-founder Vitalik Buterin led a discussion on the Ethereum Research forum, a discussion where he outlined a model for scalable data chains without committees through fraud-proof-free data availability proofs. According to Buterin, fraud-proof-free data availability checking schemes preserve more of the properties of a traditional non-sharded blockchain. “If a block is...Read More
China will soon be unveiling its state-backed cryptocurrency and it has left no stones unturned in publicizing it. However, looking at the few nations embracing blockchain and cryptocurrencies, the South Korean Presidential Office’s 4th Industrial Revolution Commission has now endorsed pro-crypto sentiment, according to a local media report. The Presidential Commission suggested that the government...Read More
According to a report, Qatar’s financial watchdog, the Qatar Financial Centre [QFC] Regulatory Authority, has prohibited trading in cryptocurrencies, adding that the ban has been imposed on “anything of value that acts as a substitute for currency, that can be digitally traded or transferred and can be used for payment or investment purposes.” The aforementioned...Read More
Bitcoin‘s huge energy costs have been worrying many in the crypto-community, especially in light of the fact that many outside the community have directed hate against the industry with headlines like “Bitcoin is an environmental disaster,” “Bitcoin is killing the planet,” and “Bitcoin mining on track to consume all the world’s energy by 2020.” However,...Read More
One of the main events lined up for Bitcoin this year is the block reward halving which is set to occur in the month of May. Keeping this in mind, several influencers and traders have opined on whether or not there would be an upward push in Bitcoin’s price. Andreas Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin, also...Read More
Michael Arrington, partner at Arrington XRP Capital, made waves in the cryptocurrency community after he penned an article titled, “It Will Take Years for Smart People to Understand Cryptocurrencies.” Comparing the current state of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies to the early days of the Internet, Arrington addressed how fiat money facilitates war and is used by...Read More
The developer of the privacy-focused Grin coin and MimbleWimble [MW] protocol, under the pseudonym Yeastplume, has announced the release of Grin and Grin Wallet 3.0.0. The official announcement posted on the Grin Forum by the dev revealed that Grin and Grin wallet 3.0.0 are ready for use in advance of the upcoming hard fork which...Read More
The controversy surrounding the rationality behind naming a publication ‘Nakamoto’ has taken over crypto-Twitter lately. Nakamoto.com was launched recently in a bid to create “a venue for quality technical, philosophical, and cultural writing,” writing that would cater to the “general interest of the crypto-community” as a whole. The official website states, “Over time we want...Read More
Ethereum Foundation, the non-profit organization that promotes and supports the development of Ethereum, has constantly been criticized for its transparency policy by both members of the ecosystem and outsiders. One of the most prominent figures who has been quite vocal about the policy, or lack thereof, is Bob Summerwill, the Executive Director of ETC Cooperative....Read More
3rd January 2020 marked Bitcoin’s 11th year of existence, the day when Satoshi Nakamoto laid the genesis block. On the occasion of the world’s first cryptocurrency’s birthday, ex-CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, Balaji Srinivasan, penned down a post titled, “Bitcoin becomes the Flag of Technology”. An excerpt from Srinivasan’s post read,...Read More
“Ether absolutely can be money if the community wants it to be,” remarked Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum, at the Ethereal Summit that took place in October 2019. The statement was made after Buterin was asked whether he believed if Ether could be a “global permissionless store of value asset that would be most functional.”...Read More
Binance, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, is undoubtedly one of the most fast-paced entities in the crypto-space. Over the past few years, the exchange has recorded tremendous growth in terms of the number of people availing the platform’s services, as well as with respect to the list of services provided by the exchange...Read More
Yet another crisis has rocked the Middle East, with the United States of America, unsurprisingly, in the mix. On 3 January, Qasem Soleimani, the military leader of Iran’s Quds Force was taken out by a U.S-led strike. However, while the frosty relations between the two countries turned sour, the markets turned sweet. No sooner did...Read More
2020 is off to a great start, with cryptocurrencies recording largely positive gains over the last few days. Since 3 January, the total market cap of cryptocurrencies has risen by 7% from $185 billion to $198 billion. Litecoin rose by nearly 1.8% in the last 24 hours alone. However, its prospects for the future seem...Read More
Privacy coins have grown to be immensely popular recently, with many in the crypto-community now realizing the value of coins such as Monero and Zcash. Riccardo Spagni, former lead maintainer at Monero, has been one of the foremost proponents of privacy coins. Spagni made waves after he appeared on a recent podcast and claimed that Monero...Read More
India’s former Finance Secretary, Subhash Chandra Garg, has been very vocal about cryptocurrencies for a long time now, having also played a significant role in shaping the country’s draft policy on cryptocurrencies. Garg has now released a new blog post on crypto and digital currencies titled, “Currencies will be digital; cryptocurrencies will not survive,” a...Read More
Pantera Capital partner Paul Veradittakit, a man known for his contributions in venture capital and hedge fund investments, is the latest crypto-personality to discuss his insight into key crypto-concepts, while also proposing his projections for 2020. Talking a bit about market fluctuations, regulatory battles, financial scandals, Senate hearings, and many more controversies that rocked the...Read More
Co-founder and Managing Partner at Multicoin Capital, Kyle Samani, recently took to Twitter to express his thoughts on the upcoming Bitcoin halvening event, scheduled to occur sometime in May this year. According to Samani, most of the discussion around the ‘Efficient Market Hypothesis’ with regard to the Bitcoin halvening event is “academic nonsense,” adding that...Read More
With Bitcoin marking its 11th year of existence and the rest of the cryptocurrency market entering a new decade, the question that has been discussed the most is what next for Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, with the focus being on its performance this year. The latest noteworthy person in the crypto-market to answer this question...Read More
Bitcoin aka the digital gold is usually lauded as the cryptocurrency that’s going to end up as the “safe haven” for not just any financial crisis, but also for rising geopolitical tensions around the world. There have been several instances where political events have contributed to mini bull runs and improved price performances for Bitcoin....Read More
Over time, Bitcoin has come to be appreciated and accepted in the financial industry owing to various reasons. Its decentralized manner and the absence of central control has been one of its crucial properties while the narrative of Bitcoin as a store-of-value has picked up traction over the last 2 years. Although Bitcoin and other...Read More
Andreas Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin and a well-known Bitcoin advocate, recently spoke about whether there would be a scenario where Bitcoin becomes the primary currency or a scenario of dual currencies, where it would exist alongside fiat. In an interview with WhatBitcoinDid, the author painted a scenario where there will “emerge a few economic...Read More
An influx of institutional investors and the growth of Bitcoin‘s derivative market was a major highlight of 2019. The introduction of Bakkt BTC Futures, Fidelity’s interest in crypto and the launch of the Binance Futures trading platform, all came soon after Bitcoin’s significant rise between April and May. Many considered the development of the derivatives...Read More
As the Internet emerged, it soon became a fertile ground for unsolicited and tribalistic behavior. With the emergence of blockchain technology and the crypto-industry, there has been a rise in the field’s own brand of tribalism and “maximalism.” While Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies still have a long way to go in terms of becoming a...Read More
Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurrency in the market, successfully marked its 11-year anniversary by drawing the attention of retailers, traders, institutional investors, governments, and financial regulators around the world. The king coin was the main subject discussed by Andreas Antonopoulos, author of Mastering Bitcoin, in an interview on WhatBitcoinDid. Speaking about the reason why people need...Read More
Brian Armstrong, CEO and Co-founder of Coinbase, is the latest to join the crypto-predictions bandwagon for the year 2020. Drawing parallels to how tech startups leverage the Internet and machine learning presently, he predicted that most tech startups will have a “crypto component” by the end of the decade. Talking about emerging markets, Armstrong, in...Read More
Towards the end of 2019, Bitcoin‘s Lightning Network started to gain traction again after noted crypto-exchange Bitfinex added support for Bitcoin’s 2nd layer payments protocol. Blockstream’s Liquid network and Bitrefill soon followed suit, implementing Lightning channels on their own platforms as well. During the latest episode of Bitcoin and Co, Lisa Neigut, Lightning Developer at...Read More
Monero, the largest privacy-oriented cryptocurrency, has seen tremendous growth in the market lately. However, compared to Bitcoin, the fungible cryptocurrency still has a long way to go. This was one of the topics discussed by Diego Salazar, a prominent member of the Monero community, in an interview with AMBCrypto. When asked whether Monero would follow...Read More
