Ripple has taken the adoption of XRP to a new technological level by making it a part of its services. The use of Ripple’s platform has resulted in increasing trust from financial institutions, as well as the adoption of XRP. However, as the community waited to see an upward push in the digital asset’s price,...Read More
As of 31 December, an official announcement from Parity claimed that there might be an “attack underway” as some Parity Ethereum nodes were not syncing. Moreover, Bitfly, a blockchain service company, tweeted that they had received multiple reports that Parity nodes were falling out of sync on the Ethereum mainnet. Parity client allows fast synchronization...Read More
As the year comes to an end, there are many projects in the ecosystem facing issues. Recently, IOTA faced an issue that prevented the network from processing transactions. As of 31 December, there are now reports of Hedera Hashgraph’s network facing an issue with their own nodes. Hashgraph’s Council Nodes A Twitter account, “Scam Alerts,”...Read More
Tron has been on a roller-coaster ride in 2019, with it being ranked among the top 10 cryptocurrencies, before then slipping out of the top 10 by the end of the year. However, despite many challenges in the market, the twelfth largest cryptocurrency’s DApps have been gaining popularity this year, along with its acquired firm,...Read More
Ethereum has been free-falling for quite a while now and yet, the bottom doesn’t seem to be in yet. However, a largely bullish pattern has formed, with ETH bouncing in it and starting its mini-rally on the daily time frame. Daily Chart Source: ETH/USD on TradingView Although there is a formation of a bullish falling...Read More
The year 2019 began with a flat start. However, as the year progressed, hopes for another bull run gained momentum. However, it did not take much time for the community to notice that there was no bull run or alt season, but just another period where most cryptos shed their value. According to a research...Read More
Lightning Network adoption has increased over the last few months, with more and more exchanges now integrating it. According to a recent announcement, San Francisco-based financial firm, River Financial, is the latest to enable Lightning deposits and withdrawals. Developed to increase Bitcoin’s scalability, Lightning Network’s adoption was slow for the whole of 2018. However, in...Read More
A total of 33.2 billion TRX tokens are scheduled to be released into Tron’s circulating supply on 1 January 2019. This marks an important step in Tron’s journey as the release constitutes about 32% of its total circulating supply. This dilution in Tron’s circulating supply could have devastating effects on its price. Tron, a major...Read More
Bitcoin started its 2019 journey being valued at around $3k. With time, however, the BTC market reflected strong bullish momentum that carried the coin to its yearly peak at $13k. However, this wave of bulls receded once the bears approached the market. The coin that was once speculated to surpass $20k fell and was valued...Read More
Ripple has been at the forefront of promoting XRP in different parts of the world through its cross-border payments service. RippleNet has managed to diversify its network with over 300 financial institutions, allowing most of them to use its on-demand liquidity services. Although the price of the digital asset still worries many within the community,...Read More
Bitcoin Options are gaining traction as new derivatives exchanges are adding improved products to attract more users. One such exchange is Deribit, an exchange that provides Bitcoin Options trading. The exchange saw a loss in Open Interest after its December expiry from $489 million to $202 million. The BTC Options contract on Deribit expires each...Read More
China has been making an effort to lead the blockchain revolution, with the country planning to launch its own state-backed stablecoin, for the same reason. However, it has discouraged the general public from using cryptocurrencies by stating that it violates the People’s Bank of China’s [PBoC] provisions. However, despite the fact that the country was...Read More
With Bitcoin exchange-traded funds [ETF] still awaiting approval from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, derivatives have become the product of choice for most Bitcoiners. The highly anticipated Bitcoin derivatives platform, Bakkt, finally launched this year and it has since noted record trading volumes. Bakkt’s delayed launch might be the reason for its measured start....Read More
From governments to mainstream companies, everyone has looked into cryptocurrencies and blockchain. While the industry did welcome many big shots, the price of most cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin witnessed massive price drops this year. As 2020 is just days away, several have been speculating the price movement of the king coin and the other altcoins. Caleb...Read More
2020 has highly-anticipated events like the Bitcoin halving, launch of a state-backed cryptocurrency, Proof-of-Keys event, Ethereum’s Muir Glacier and Berlin, among many. Facebook’s Libra project was supposed to take-off in 2020, but looking at the regulatory whirlpool, Libra is in, the launch may have been pushed for later. However, the introduction of Libra alarmed countries...Read More
On one hand, the Ethereum community has been gearing up for the transition of the network from Proof-of-Work [PoW] to Proof-of-Stake [PoS] with Ethereum 2.0, the members of the Ethereum Classic community, on the other hand, have leaned toward the Proof-of-Work algorithm. The founder of ETC Labs, James Wo previously expressed that ETC wasn’t looking...Read More
When Bitcoin was introduced to cypherpunks in 2008 by Satoshi Nakamoto as a peer-to-peer payment system, it was immediately labeled as a revolution as great as that of the Internet. However, as the cryptocurrency started to garner more attention with each passing day, the shortcomings of the blockchain technology have become more and more evident. ...Read More
Very few companies survived the aftermath of the ICO hype, Ripple is one such company that was inspired by ideologies of Bitcoin and built to make cryptocurrencies better, faster, and more secure. Although the narrative around Ripple and XRP has changed over the years, both have done more than just survive: they have flourished. As...Read More
One of the most prominent developments in the space this year was China’s President, Xi Jinping, calling on the nation to “seize the opportunity” and take a “leading position” in the development of blockchain technology. Following the news was the short-lived Bitcoin rally, reports of Chinese news and its correlation with Bitcoin’s price, and FOMO-driven...Read More
While the traditional financial industry is no stranger to wash trading, various studies in 2019 demonstrated the widespread prevalence of artificial inflation of trading volume in the crypto industry as well. As reports of alleged fake trading made headlines in 2019, exchanges have started addressing the issue of inflated volumes. Former Senior Market Analyst at...Read More
Bitcoin‘s Lightning Network is popularly considered a poor scalability solution by the general crypto community but its supporters are adamant that its privacy feature is fundamentally secure. The aforementioned sentiment was discussed in a recent research paper released by three Hungarian Researchers. The paper titled “A Crypto-economic Traffic Analysis of Bitcoin’s Lightning Network” raised concerns...Read More
Looking back at 2019, altcoin XRP witnessed a major drop in its price throughout the year. Currently priced at $0.193, XRP is at its yearly low. Despite XRP’s price, the altcoin stands as the third-largest coin with a market cap of $8.39 billion. Additionally, Grayscale’s report also suggested that XRP had gained “momentum among both...Read More
Tokenization firm AlphaWallet partnered with the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for the upcoming European Football Championship, ‘Euro 2020′. Via Ethereum integration, Alphawallet plans to put around 20,000 tokens on the custom blockchain backing the tournament tickets. According to reports, Victor Zhang, CEO of AlphaWallet, stated, “If we can convert 50% of the digital...Read More
A look at the price movement chart for XRP since its inception showed little price action over the last year. 2019 saw a yearly high of around $0.50, a dismal price-tag compared to 2018’s high of $3.31. It had breached under the $0.20 mark earlier this month and has had some trouble recovering from the...Read More
Bitcoin‘s Lightning Network has received a lot of flak over the years, but a majority of its criticism is due to lack of clarity. Although the scaling solution recently received support from major exchange Bitfinex, the community remained skeptical about LN’s functionality and application. Recent research provided by a group of Hungarian researchers sheds more...Read More
The growth of digital assets’ derivatives market underlined one of the key developments in 2019. Institutional involvement soared significantly as the likes of Fidelity and ICE’s Bakkt announced their presence in the crypto industry and other exchanges such as Binance, also launched their own futures platform. A majority of the exchanges launched Bitcoin or Ethereum...Read More
Since November 20, Bitcoin has been consolidating between the $7000 and $7500 levels, with intermittent pumps to $7800 and dips under $6500. Despite relatively poor performance over the last month, there is still hope for BTC as December leads us into the new year. Source: CoinStats Bitcoin 1-day chart Source: BTCUSD on TradingView Bitcoin’s daily...Read More
As the year comes close to an end, it is the time for retrospection and reflection: the same holds for XRP, which holds its position as the third-largest cryptocurrency. XRP has managed to retain its community despite its shaky track record when it comes to price performance. This article takes a look back at XRP...Read More
Systems similar to banks have existed since time immemorial: From barter system to lending gold coins. Though banks were in financial fashion, Internet has paved the way for a revolution more efficient. The shortcomings of the banking system resulted in the exclusion of over 1.7 billion individuals from the financial ecosystem. While people sought an...Read More
While the United States’ regulations surrounding blockchain technology or cryptocurrencies need clarity, other countries like China, Russia as well as Venezuela seem to be making headway. Recently, the Governor of Russia’s Central Bank, Elvira Nabiullina revealed that the country had been exploring the prospects of digital currencies and is even considering launching one that is...Read More
