Anthony Pompliano is well known in the crypto-community as a massive Bitcoin proponent. In the latest episode of his Off The Chain podcast, Pompliano interviewed Michael Goldstein, President of the Satoshi Nakamoto Institute. The pair discussed the current state of Bitcoin and how it has progressed over time, for everyone in the community. Goldstein stressed...Read More
2019 has been an incredibly important year for digital currencies. The collective cryptocurrency market broke away from the bearish winter and digital assets have again started to gain attention from various financial institutions and personalities. In fact, the President of the United States also called out Bitcoin and Facebook’s Libra at one point of time,...Read More
The hype of ICOs in 2017 was downright crazy. Bitcoin was in a state of peak performance and hitting new highs every day, and the trend of ICOs evolved with it. Investors were making enormous returns on their investments and the huge interest ended up giving rise to scam ICOs which had zero credibility in...Read More
TON, the upcoming blockchain project from Telegram, has entered its last stage of development before being released. The messaging giant is in the news again after Telegram released the code for running a TON blockchain node on its testnet portal, code that will allow developers and community members to start experimenting with it. While the...Read More
XRP’s performance has been bearish for most of 2019, and the bears are not ready to quit yet. The coin registered a devaluation of 6.40% on September 6 and the lowest bid was marked at $0.2461, close to its support at $0.2419. The coin has put in a solid effort to recover from the fall,...Read More
Scalability is an issue that has been used against Bitcoin for a long period of time. Bitcoin currently lords over the market with a dominance of 70.9 percent at press time, but people from the community continue to raise arguments against its inefficiency to facilitate faster transactions. The world’s largest cryptocurrency hasn’t been quiet either....Read More
Regulation has always been a hot topic in the cryptocurrency space, with some governments banning them altogether and others struggling to introduce it in a way that won’t hinder development. While these regulatory bodies seem to have a positive approach towards Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies, it’s quite the opposite for privacy-focused cryptocurrencies. Owing to...Read More
When we talk about an open playing field in the Bitcoin ecosystem, price predictions on the asset’s future generate the most attention. Bitcoin has been around for little under a decade, and the limited time-period often leads to contrasting predictions. Personalities in the space are often predicting the price based on different factors, as the...Read More
The introduction of Facebook’s Libra has been one of the highlights of 2019, but it was not smooth-sailing for the virtual asset. The Facebook-backed stablecoin received collective criticism from government officials, crypto-personalities and a majority of the community, with many questioning its potential use cases and characteristics as a cryptocurrency. In the latest edition of...Read More
Bitcoin’s price, which was stuck in a limbo, is facing a tipping point. If the volume is high and the price continues to trend higher, the bulls are back in action. However, if the volume is not enough, BTC prices will face uncertainty, just as Schrodinger’s cat did. In yesterday’s article, Bitcoin’s daily chart presented...Read More
Poloniex is planning to upgrade XRP wallets, an upgrade that will result in the suspension of transactions for a short duration of time. This step is deemed important by the exchange for enhancing user experience. With this upgrade, users will no longer be required to deposit 20 XRP as the base reserve for opening an...Read More
China’s state-backed digital currency is almost ready for launch, but apart from the fact that it would act as a stablecoin pegged against the country’s national currency, there is not much information on the project. However, as per the latest report from Reuters, the Chinese national digital currency could bear some similarity with Facebook’s aspirational...Read More
In an industry where innovation is status quo, crypto exchanges have taken the lead in terms of delivering new tokens and creating newer gateways into the crypto ecosystem. One such leading establishment, Gemini announced the launch of Gemini Clearing™, which allows trades that are negotiated off-exchange or OTC to settle between Gemini accounts. Gemini co-founder...Read More
Stablecoin was crypto community’s answer to Bitcoin’s volatile market conditions, which managed to deliver some sense of stability within the ecosystem. The first and most controversial token in this space, Tether, has caught unwanted attention as one the company’s co-founders, William Quigley, mentioned something controversial. The information was highlighted on Twitter by @lisaabramowicz1, who tweeted,...Read More
Litecoin bulls continued to hover below its previously strong support zone around the $70 mark, despite subtle signs of recovery. After undergoing major losses in August this year, Litecoin, the fifth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, might be heading for an upward breakout. At press time, Litecoin held a market cap of $4.14 billion and a...Read More
The crypto ecosystem has successfully leveraged a partnership-driven approach to gain mainstream attention, with exchanges such as Coinbase and Binance primarily fueling the initiatives. Moreover, Coinbase seems to have taken the lead in this regard, as the decentralized applications company Offchain Labs announced investment from Coinbase Ventures, the investment arm of Coinbase. Ed Felten, Co-Founder...Read More
A host of South Korean institutions have realized the potential and importance of integrating digital tokens into their businesses. Major businesses have already taken a step forward by announcing their own native tokens, taking a step closer to the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies. K-pop music giant SM Entertainment became the latest member to join the...Read More
SBI Holdings’ President Yoshitaka Kitao bagged himself a seat with Ripple’s other Board of Directors and Kitao has ever since, been working tirelessly to promote crypto. At the recent Financial Summit ‘Finsum’ in Tokyo, Japan, Kitao made necessary mentions of the technologies embraced by SBI and its vision to expand its own customer base. While...Read More
Ripple and SBI have been making waves with their work together and Yoshitaka Kitao, President of SBI Holdings, is doing everything possible to promote cryptocurrencies in Japan. While attending a Financial summit dubbed ‘Finsum’ in Tokyo, Japan, Kitao offered to make trading commission-free, even for cryptocurrency assets. While giving a brief about Ripple and its...Read More
Apple is the only mainstream tech firm to not have explicitly expressed any interest in embracing blockchain or cryptocurrencies. However, Apple is closely monitoring the space and according to one of its officials, cryptocurrency has interesting long-term potential. Apple Pay’s Vice President Jennifer Bailey told CNN Business, “We’re watching cryptocurrency.” The topic of cryptocurrencies arose...Read More
Zcash Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, has been at the center of an ongoing controversy pertaining to the use of the “Zcash” trademark. As per the initial plan, both Electric Coin Company (ECC) and Zcash Foundation would have equal control over the use of the trademark. However, ECC soon decided that the...Read More
South Korean electronics manufacturer, Samsung, has time and again shown an interest in the field of cryptocurrencies and blockchain tech. Earlier this week, the company had filed a patent for a programmable blockchain solid-state drive [SSD], with the company last month integrating Pundi X’s XWallet app into its Samsung Blockchain Wallet. The electronics giant is...Read More
2019 has been largely regarded as a year of the bulls after collective bullish sentiment drove major cryptocurrencies to a price hike. Besides the bull run, stablecoins were also a major topic of discussion as the community’s attention were grabbed by the Bitfinex-Tether fiasco and the launch of Facebook’s Libra. Other than the aforementioned virtual...Read More
While cryptocurrency’s volatile market stands as another road block for new investors, Bitcoin and its altcoin competitors continue to set new records in various niche metrics. According to the latest report from Coin Metrics, the market cap for BTC, ETH, XRP, LTC, and BCH decreased while witnessing a spike in the transaction count. Moreover, it...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
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
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
