Reading Time: 2minutesCoinbase is the largest wallet platform, brokerage and crypto exchange in the world and now it announced that it wants to list BAT (Basic Attention Token), ADA (Cardano), XLM (Stellar Lumens), 0x (ZRX) and ZEC (Zcash). This made token prices surge as bitcoin did not manage to pull in anything positive. Coinbase’s announcement was attacked … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesNew York State is actually known for not being that great in terms of cryptocurrency businesses. BitLicense state requirement is making it hard for crypto businesses to operate. This basically becomes tough and expensive at the same time. Since there is a desire to change this, state regulators try to attract cryptocurrency miners. When took … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesBrave is a browser that was funded through a highly successful ICO and those that backed it will be really happy to hear that it manages to go over 3 million monthly active users. Experts agree that the number is going to grow to around 5 million as 2018 ends. Brave was created by Brendan … Read more
Reading Time: < 1minuteChinese local police managed to seize over $1.5 million in cryptocurrencies as offers managed to bust a gambling circuit running during the FIFA World Cup. According to Xinhua, a state run media outlet, authorities in China initially noticed an unnamed gambling platform that was using ads with the claim that it is accepting the internationally … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesSome lucky merchants can now accept bitcoin payments through the Lightning Network without running into risks thanks to CoinGate, which opens a special pilot program allowing 100 merchants to trial a special Lightning Network-enables service version. This version uses the open source technology to increase the speeds and lower the fees associated with bitcoin payments. … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesIn the last 48 hours the crypto market managed to add over $40 billion in value. This happened as many major assets like ether, bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash and Ripple recorded gains that ranged between five and ten percent. XRP, EOS, BCH and ADA saw the highest increase on July 3, 2018. ADA had a daily … Read more
Reading Time: 3minutesThe number of people that invest in Bitcoin is constantly growing and it is easy to understand why since you can make a lot of money. However, learning how to invest in Bitcoin is not an easy thing to do. This is different than with other options people regularly think about, like stocks or real … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesWhen talking about cryptocurrency activity, Europe is a really important region but one where acceptance is still much lower than what many expect. This continent is growing though, with Turkey being what can be described as a lucrative starting hub. The impressive nature of it all is that 1 in 5 citizens actually own some … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesThere is now new research that shows Bitcoin value is influenced by the public sentiment noticed on social media. The news was highlighted by a 4 university team, with Stevens School of Business’ Feng Mai being in charge. Results of investigations showed that comments are influencing prices but commenters can end up carrying even up … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesWhen Facebook banned cryptocurrency ads the market was hit hard since the support of a tech giant like Facebook is important for future evolution. At that point in time the decision was definitely justified since so many users were promoting scams through Facebook. Now, Facebook reversed the ban and it once again allows cryptocurrency ads … Read more
Reading Time: 4minutesCryptocurrencies are constantly gaining popularity among investors and people that just want to take advantage of the huge associated value. Businesses keep popping up and try to basically make money through cryptocurrency investments of different types. The big problem in many cases is that it is not properly understood what drives cryptocurrency prices. One of … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesSo much debate is going on at the moment about Bitcoin mining but statistics show the network has had a steadily rising overall hash rate in the past 9 months. Energy consumption concerns do exist but reaching 45 EH/s might happen sooner rather than later. Bitcoin went through tough times in the past 9 months. … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesBithumb, a very popular cryptocurrency exchange in South Korea was hacked. It instantly suspended both withdrawals and deposits, reporting a loss of $30 million in cryptocurrencies. Bithumb is based in Seoul. At one point in time, the company was the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the entire world. Now it is hit by a successful hack … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesBlackmore Group (investment firm based in Manchester) CEO, Phillip Nunn, makes a really bullish prediction that got the entire cryptocurrency industry talking. He says that 2018 will basically be the year of Bitcoin, with its price reaching an incredible $60,000. Nunn advises on crypto topics and ICO projects. In an interview he stated that Bitcoin … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesSmart contracts are pretty much the talk of the town when referring to blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies. They are widely presented as being the best part of the new technology since the need to work with intermediaries can be eliminated. If you do not know much about smart contracts, Block Geeks has a really good … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesFormer Telegram director of special projects, Anton Rosenberg, recently announced the launch of a brand new trading platform based on blockchain technology. The name of the new platform is Mikado. Mikado will offer a lucrative solution for the projects that plan ICOs but that do want to avoid price collapse that happens as open sales … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesA Slovenian major shopping center is now widening services offered through a special pilot that uses cryptocurrency payments. BTC City Ljubljana, which is located in Slovenian capital Ljubljana, is going to allow 150 people to utilize cryptocurrencies. This will be possible at 24 businesses that are located in the complex. This basically includes an impressive … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesJustin Sun, Tron cryptocurrency founder, finally officially acquired BitTorrent Inc. Initially, a letter of intent appeared. It did went wrong and doubts started to surround the entire deal. Last month, TorrentFreak reported that negotiations were going on between Justin Sun and BitTorrent (now known as Rainberry). Nobody really knew what was happening there but Rainberry … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesNorwegian Air is a low-cost carrier that is now working on setting up the company’s own cryptocurrency exchange, which should be operational by the end of 2018. A brand new company was launched, Norwegian Block Exchange (NBX). It is going to be responsible for operating and building the crypto exchange, together with managing different blockchain … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesWall Street is surely secretly interested in Bitcoin trading because of the earning potential present. Susquehanna International Group, a company that does flow under the radar, decided that it needs to be involved years ago. The firm has already been trading Bitcoin for over 2 years now. The Appeal Of Bitcoin Much money can be … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesEthereum creator, Vitalik Buterin, recently talked in a OmiseGO AMA session and said the network is going to be able to process up to 1 million transactions each second, then moving on to 100 million per second, thanks to innovative second-layer solutions like Plasma and Sharding. One of the most important things always emphasized at … Read more
Reading Time: 6minutesIf you do not know much about cryptocurrencies, everything starts with looking at those that are the most popular. We will now talk about the most popular of the current coins and mention some important things about them for all interested beginner investors out there. Bitcoin – BTC Bitcoin, the first cryptocurrency ever, is seen … Read more
Reading Time: 2minutesMay 2018th’s top performing cryptocurrencies were Decred, Zilliqa and Bytecoin with Qtum, Nem and Cardano being the really heavy losers. After April it was expected to see an upward trend but did not actually happen. Most of the month was one of decline. From the start of the month to the end of the month … Read more