With bitcoin dominance at close to 65%, altcoin season and the associated fireworks have not yet emerged. However, strong cryptocurrency markets suggest that big updates garner big reactions. Today’s announcement from Coinbase regarding Tezos is the most recent case. Hours ago, Coinbase announced that Tezos (XTZ) will be integrated onto […]
Author: Zane Huffman
Glitch in Recent Team Fortress 2 Update has Left Game Economy Decimated
Apparently, market failures can happen outside of cryptocurrency. The Team Fortress 2 community is in a state of pandemonium after a glitch in a midnight update flooded the virtual economy with the rarest items. We’re well familiar with exit scams, where dubious fraudsters run with the money and leave investors […]
US President Donald Trump: “I am not a fan of Bitcoin”
Facebook has their own digital currency. Bitcoin is trading above $11,000. Donald Trump is Tweeting about cryptocurrency. No, this isn’t a dream, it’s just another day in crypto in 20019. Earlier this night, United States President Donald Trump shared his opinions on Bitcoin and cryptocurrency. In typical Trump fashion, his […]
Bitcoin Fights to Break Above $11,000
Yesterday’s Fourth of July fireworks across the USA were not the only explosions. To say that Bitcoin’s market has been animated recently would be a massive understatement. As Bitcoin has frenzied throughout Q2 of this year and the start of Q3, four figure price movements and double-digit percentage swings have […]
Following Chainlink, These Three 4Chan Favorites are Pumping
Everyone who has purchased and held Chainlink at some point in the past two years is patting themselves on the back. Fueled by cooperation with Google, listing on Coinbase, and the collective weight of the 4Chan /biz/ community, Chainlink is the biggest recent winner in crypto, up almost twenty times […]
Chainlink, VeChain Soar: is Alt Season Here?
Consensus is in that the bull run has officially returned. From local bottoms in the low US$3,000s, Bitcoin has boomed almost four times to its current position of $11,400. For many, this has been a phenomenal first half of the year. But not for all, many altcoin holders still anxiously […]
Facebook’s Libra is a Challenge to Banks, not Bitcoin
On June 14, Facebook announced their intentions to launch their own cryptocurrency, Libra. This announcement sparked discussion and speculation across the entire space. Today, June 18, the project’s white paper and testnet were published. What is Libra? Per the recently released white paper, Libra is a cryptocurrency headed by Facebook […]
BNB Down, Binance Markets Tank on US Exclusion
The relationship between cryptocurrency exchanges and regulators have historically represented a precarious one. As the space continues to grow and mature, regulators are taking an increasingly active and firm approach to the compliance and cooperation of exchanges. Binance is the most recent player affected by this dynamic. Early this morning, […]
Crypto Lending: The Solution to Banking Woes?
With the rapid growth of the cryptocurrency space, more and more niches and industries are seeing legitimate disruption from startups and projects leveraging blockchain. One such example is finance, or more specifically, lending. Collectively, billions of dollars worth of loans have been created, much of which took place in 2019 […]
Andrew Yang Big on Crypto, Suggests Yang Presidency Means Moon
On the last day of Consensus 2019, Democratic nominee for the US 2020 presidential election Andrew Yang sat down for a chat with Coin Center’s Neeraj Agrawal to talk politics and crypto. The two shared a candid conversation on the main stage in front of the crowd of industry players […]
Top Three Areas of Interest Throughout NYC Blockchain Week
Every year in May, industry leaders, head developers, and early adopters in the crypto space meet in New York City for all things cryptocurrency. This year, thousands of individuals worldwide, representing companies and startups throughout the entire crypto and enterprise spectrum, connected through a number of conferences, panels, workshops, and […]
MakerDAO Addresses Stability Fees, Demos State Channel DAI Payments
Decentralized Finance, or DeFi, has been the topic of conversation across the space lately. In New York Blockchain Week, DeFi has been a main focus of Consensus 2019, and has similarly been the focus of many of the other events and meetups that are taking place elsewhere in the city. […]
Huobi Launches OTC Trading Desk
With blockchain week inĀ full swing, many projects and companies throughout the space have come armed to share major announcements and developments with the space. Among the most recent launches comes from top cryptocurrency exchange, Huobi. At the “Breakfast with Huobi” meetup on the morning of May 14th in New […]
Consensus 2019 Live Look: State of the Blockchain and More
Blockchain Week is officially here and in full force! Thousands of individuals and projects representing every sect of the space have traveled out to New York City for the annual crypto event. Among the conferences, panels, and networking events offered throughout the week, the primary focal point is Consensus. Consensus […]
What Gab’s Dissenter Means for BAT and ERC-20’s
Earlier this year, Gab.com, a social media site akin to Twitter with added emphasis on freedom of speech, began to roll out their Dissenter platform. Last month, they sparked buzz by integrating a forked version of the open-source Brave web browser. This move has strong implications for BAT and other […]
Top Three Implications Mass Adoption does not Guarantee
Development into and adoption of blockchain technology is growing, and this trend has no signs of stopping. In spite of last year’s price action, more and more institutions and major players are dipping their toes into cryptocurrency. Riddled between criticism and skepticism of the cryptocurrency space, recent news points to […]
Three Industries Where Crypto Adoption has Arrived
In 2017, numerous projects were birthed with the help of the ICO craze. In 2018 these projects built the framework to carry out their goals and ambitions, with varying levels of success. This year, these projects set out to spread their services to the masses. In several instances, widespread adoption […]
Stellar Blasts Through Resistance, Climbs Over 10%
Everyone’s been hit hard in the past several months, but that’s been especially true for Stellar. The coin has been falling hard since local highs last November, but has finally found its footing and is gaining ground. Around the same time Bitcoin free-fell from US$6,300, XLM holders were enjoying steady […]