Cryptocurrency News
Bitcoin is not changing. This is both a negative and a positive sign. $6,700 is nothing to be particularly pleased about considering the currency was trading in the $7,000, $8,000 and even $9,000 ranges over the past two months, yet we can’t help but feel a little relieved that bitcoin […]
Long-term investment in blockchain technology is an opportunity for the banking industry to reduce costs and become more efficient. This is according to Sergio Ermotti, the CEO of UBS Bank. In an interview with CNBC, he stated that the bank would continue to invest in blockchain tech in order to […]
Cryptocurrencies are already a sticky enough concept for most laymen and non-enthusiasts to get a grip of, and introducing yet another abstract term such as mining can cause even more confusion. Traditionally, mining has had a straightforward, unchanging definition—people working underground or in quarries to extract some kind of element. […]
With all cryptocurrencies lowly heading in the red again, it is evident today will not end on a high note. The Stellar price is setting the tone in this regard, as it has lost a fair bit of value in quick succession. For the time being it remains unclear how […]
Barely a day after announcing that it would be accepting cryptocurrencies as donations, Freedom of the Press Foundation (FPF) has received 1,000 ETH in its first-ever crypto donation. The donation was made by decentralized communications network Mainframe and is worth $530,000 at current market rates. Mainframe stated in a blog post […]
Blockchain’s biggest effect as a disruptive technology is, beyond doubt, the financial sector. With the first of cryptocurrencies, bitcoin, designed specifically to bring in efficiencies and lowering cost of transactions, the technology’s use has increased many folds in the last few years. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article Though many […]
One of the most fervent and bullish ICO promoters has announced that he’ll no longer work with ICOs. John McAfee, the renowned computer programmer and businessman behind the McAfee security software company, made the announcement via Twitter. McAfee has been a vocal supporter of cryptocurrencies and ICOs, having predicted that […]
At the dawn of the Internet age, you would be hard-pressed to see the financial benefits that could emerge from the technology. But as time progressed, it became apparent that anyone anywhere could earn money in a diverse range of ways. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article One of the […]
Cryptocurrencies come with poor efficiency and consume too much energy. They also lack the ability to scale and meet demand, and are too volatile for retail use. These are just a few of the reasons given in a new report as to why cryptos are “a poor substitute for the […]
A world full of small, internet-connected smart devices that are constantly collecting data for their users, the Internet of Things (IoT) has become a major market worldwide. An estimated 1,200,000,000,000 devices will be connected to the internet by 2019. The increased level of small, yet smart devices used in daily […]
Every day is exciting in the world of cryptocurrency. Although that excitement is sometimes difficult to justify, any market trend is worth keeping tabs on. Today, there is no action going on to take note of, albeit a lot of people wonder when the Bitcoin Cash price will return to […]
Hands up, who still stores their cryptocurrency on Coinbase, Bitfinex, Blockchain, or another website? A slap on the wrist for you, unless you’re keeping a small amount online that allows you to make transactions quickly. For most Bitcoin and altcoin HODLers, keeping your crypto stash constantly connected is an accident […]
Often when news of a blockchain related product, platform or service is announced, there is a digital token tied to it which is usually traded on cryptocurrency exchanges around the world. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article Worlds Collide However, blockchain innovations don’t stop there and often reverse the trends. […]
Newly listed on CoinMarketCap (with a current market cap of $5,221,377 and a price of $0.007459), the DGTX token was issued by the Digitex Futures Exchange. The team plans to launch a commission-free futures exchange sometime later this year. An Overview of the Digitex Futures Project At a time when […]
While most financial institutions have continued to be proponents of the ‘blockchain is good, cryptos are bad’ narrative, two of Russia’s largest banks are piloting a new cryptocurrency program for their clients. The two, Sberbank and Alfa-Bank, will offer their clients shares in a special new fund that will list […]
Despite skepticism from cryptocurrency traders and Ethereum users, decentralized digital asset exchanges are experiencing a rapid growth rate in terms of volume, led by IDEX, the most widely utilized decentralized application (DApp) on the Ethereum protocol. IDEX Overtakes CryptoKitties Throughout the past eight months, CryptoKitties, the Ethereum-based digital collectibles platform […]
Despite having announced an ICO and a potential transformation into a decentralized ledger, ASKfm felt there still wasn’t enough attention on it, which could potentially hurt its chances of hitting its fundraising targets. It therefore embarked on a particularly daring publicity stunt. The Q&A social media platform sponsored four Ukrainian […]
On June 19, Norwegian authorities, engineers, and scientists led by Transport Minister Ketil Solvik-Olsen and Avinor CEO Dag Falk-Petersen successfully tested a one-man plane run 100 percent by electricity. Commercial Electric Aircraft in Seven Years Avinor is a state-financed organization that oversees the operations of most of Norway’s airports, including […]