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Is Bitcoin SV About to Sabotage Itself?
18.12.2019
As a major crypto company warned that their users will not be able to receive funds to their Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) wallets due to the coin's hard fork in February 2020, people online wonder if the project is sabotaging itself.
Digital asset custody company BitGo said that this comes as...
Circle Prepares for Crypto Mass Adoption as USD Coin Trading Volume up 954%
18.12.2019
Jeremy Allaire. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, IMF
Major crypto financial services firm behind the USD Coin (USDC) stablecoin, Circle , intensifies competition in the stablecoin market as the company estimates mass crypto adoption in 2-3 years. In the meantime, USDC trading volume has already...
Twitter Erupts after Tron's Justin Sun Evokes Greta Thunberg’s Name
18.12.2019
Greta Thunberg. Source: a video screenshot, Youtube, PBS NewsHour
Tron’s Justin Sun has sparked a Twitter storm by publicly committing USD 1 million to climate change activist Greta Thunberg’s cause.
Sun was writing in the wake of the recent UN-led COP25 climate conference, which concluded recently...
Bitcoin and Altcoins Gaining Bearish Momentum
17.12.2019
In the past two sessions, there was a sharp rise in selling on bitcoin below the USD 7,200 support. As a result, BTC/USD declined heavily and broke the main USD 7,000 support area. It tested the USD 6,850 support and is currently (09:00 UTC) consolidating losses.
Also, there was a nasty decline...
Crypto Listing and Delisting Announcements: Week 50
16.12.2019
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Cardano Price is Bearish Despite Testnet Activation
16.12.2019
Cardano (ADA) price fell over the weekend despite the platform launching its Incentivized Testnet on Sunday.
After touching USD 0.037 on Saturday, the coin is now trading at c. USD 0.036 and is down by 0.5% in the past 24 hours (15:30 AM UTC). The price is down by 6% in a week and by 17% in...
Cosmos Price Soars 12% in a Week, Second Best Performer in Top 20
13.12.2019
Today and in the past week, Cosmos (ATOM) is one of the best performing digital assets in the top 20, and is registering gains against BTC, ETH and the USD.
At pixel time (14:34 UTC), ATOM, ranked 16th by market capitalization, trades at c. USD 4.05 and is up by 2% in a day and by 12% in a week...
Most Central of All Banks Releases 12 Design Elements For a Wholesale Token
13.12.2019
The Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures (CPMI), hosted by the central bank of central banks, the BIS, has released a report which informs developers and market participants how wholesale digital tokens might look like.
Today, wholesale payments between financial institutions...
Exit Scam Fears as Major Darknet Site ICO Promises 700% Growth in 6 Months
13.12.2019
Russia’s biggest darknet community, Hydra, has released a white paper as it prepares to issue an initial coin offering (ICO) that it says will see token growth skyrocket by 700% by June next year.
Hydra’s white paper takes the form of an investment memorandum (link here, although the memo can only...
Tezos Flips Stellar, Enters Top 10, Going for Bitcoin SV
13.12.2019
Tezos (XTZ), a blockchain looking to establish itself as a smart contract platform with self-amendment and on-chain governance, just entered the top 10 coins club after raising 297% in a year.
The coin surpassed Stellar (XLM) and is now 10th with market capitalization of USD 1.4 billion, compared...
IBMR and Blockchain Firm Algorand Launch Microfinance Platform
12.12.2019
IBMR and Algorand are jointly launching a microfinance platform and a dedicated token to promote financial inclusion in Southeast Asia
Russian Govt Official: Crypto Regulation is the International Issue
12.12.2019
Russia should not “run ahead” of other countries and take the role of a global trendsetter in crypto regulation due to financial crime risks, according to Yuri Chikhanchin, the director of the Federal Financial Monitoring Service (Rosfinmonitoring).
Speaking at the Federation Council, the upper...
XRP Price Up in a Week, the Only Top 10 Coin in Green
12.12.2019
On Thursday, XRP is still the only top 10 coin in green in the past week, outperforming not only Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH).
At pixel time (12:27 AM UTC), XRP is trading at c. USD 22 and, as prices have stabilized since the end of November, XRP bulls have trimmed monthly losses against...
Company at Center of SEC Fraud Probe, Shopin, Promotes its Token Sale
12.12.2019
Shopin, an American blockchain retail startup, appears to be going ahead with a token sale, despite the fact that it has been charged by the regulatory Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which has hit Shopin with a civil fraud wrap.
The SEC says that Shopin duped investors in a 2017-2018...
Zcash Outperforms Bitcoin, Ethereum as it Prepares For Blossom
11.12.2019
Zcash (ZEC), the privacy-focused cryptocurrency, is set to activate “Blossom,” a code improvement, in a mandatory system-wide upgrade today, and is among the best performing coins on Wednesday and in the past week.
At pixel time (12:30 UTC), ZEC, is changing hands at c. USD 31 and traders...
Ripple Launches Xpring.io with Wallet and Brings More Updates
11.12.2019
Ripple is still on the role with developments it seems, as the California-based blockchain company now announced a developer portal, as well as a number of updates and additions to their to Xpring, XRP Ledger, Interledger, and their blog.
Ripple states that this is a part of their effort to build...
Market Shrugs Off Maker's Problems
10.12.2019
Maker (MKR), the native token of MakerDAO, remains largely unmoved by the market, despite a potential major loophole in MakerDAO was exposed, prompting a swift reaction from the foundation.
In the face of yesterday’s potentially bad news, followed by a quick response from the Maker Foundation,...
Matic Takes 66% Route Down, Binance Investigates This 'Nightmare'
10.12.2019
After stellar performance, MATIC, the token of blockchain scalability network, Matic Network, suffered a 66% crash in less than an hour on Tuesday. And now, even Binance, responsible for the initial exchange offering of this project, is investigating the case.
At pixel time (05:20 UTC), MATIC...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 49
9.12.2019
Here is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting, trading pair-related announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week and today.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Crypto Market Sentiment is Finally Showing Signs of Recovery
9.12.2019
After four weeks of tumbling down, the cryptocurrency market sentiment has finally seen a slight rise. The combined moving average 7-day market sentiment measure for the top 10 coins is up from last week’s 4.3/10 to this week’s 4.55, according to Omenics, a cryptocurrency market sentiment analysis...