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Splinter Cryptocurrency Hive Outperforms Justin Sun’s Steem After One Week Trading
27.3.2020
It's been a week since the Hive blockchain broke off from Steem in protest. So far, the market action has been on the side of the dissidents
Maintaining Performance
27.3.2020
Real talk from Dave:
I, Dave Rupert, a person who cares about web performance, a person who reads web performance blogs, a person who spends lots of hours trying to keep up on best practices, a person who co-hosts a weekly podcast about making websites and speak with web performance professionals…...
Bitcoin and Gold: Evaluating Hard-Cap Currencies in Times of Financial Crisis
23.3.2020
How would a bitcoin economy react to coronavirus? For now, we don’t know. However, we can turn to a proxy for insight: gold
Coronavirus Bailouts: US Banking Watchdogs Waive Hundreds of Regulations, Red Tape, Financial Oversight
23.3.2020
In 2019, cryptocurrency and blockchain businesses saw more regulation than any year prior. G20 finance ministers, central bank governors, and regulators cracked down hard on the bitcoin industry. However, during the covid-19 scare, U.S. authorities have been dropping regulations on a whim, making...
Hive Trades for 20% Premium Over Steem on Bittrex Crypto Exchange
23.3.2020
After securing at least four exchange listings within three days of forking, Hive is now trading for a 20% premium over Steem
US Real Estate in Jeopardy – Analysts Predict Housing Market Crash to 29-Year Lows
21.3.2020
As the coronavirus outbreak ravages the global economy, a number of industries are taking a bit longer to feel the brunt of the financial hardship. As individuals watch the value of their investments fall, economists believe the U.S. housing market will crash to 29-year lows amidst a looming global...
Steem Community Resists Takeover, Hard Fork Launches Hive Network
20.3.2020
A new Steem hard fork is about to launch as Justin Sun fails to convince the community to stay
Hive Hard Fork is Successful, STEEM Crashes Back to Earth
20.3.2020
The Steem community is rejoicing following the successful Hive hard fork, with content creators already posting on Steempeak’s new Peakd platform
Steem Will Hard Fork in Just Hours Over Community Fears of Justin Sun Power Grab
20.3.2020
The Hive hard fork is expected to go live at 14:00 UTC with the support of major exchanges Huobi and Binance
Justin Sun’s Steemit Accused of Censoring Hive Related Content
20.3.2020
A crypto influencer says her “neutral explainer video” discussing the upcoming Hive hard fork has been removed from Steemit
Huobi and Binance Support Community-Led Steem Hard Fork
19.3.2020
Less than three weeks after apparently unwittingly assisting Justin Sun in a coup of the Steem network, Binance and Huobi are supporting the Hive initiative to fork Steem
US Cash Crisis: Withdrawal Limits Spark Bank Run Fear
18.3.2020
The entire world has been focused on the economy as the coronavirus outbreak has devastated global markets. While stocks, commodities, and barrels of oil plunge in value, there’s been considerable demand for cold hard cash in certain countries. According to reports, Wall Street’s elite...
Steem Community Plans Hostile Hard Fork to Flee Justin Sun’s Steemit
18.3.2020
The blockchain for bloggers, Steem, is moving to Hive.io, CoinDesk has learned. The hostile hard fork is scheduled for Friday
Analysts Question Gold’s Safe Haven Status – 2008 Data Shows Central Banks Oversaturated Bullion Markets
17.3.2020
After bitcoin prices dropped below the $5K region on Monday morning, gold also slid significantly. It saw a small spike in value after the Federal Reserve announced slashing the benchmark rate by 100 bps, but gold prices subsequently dropped below $1,500 per ounce hours later. The current sentiment...
Government to Airdrop $9 Billion in Free Money to 7 Million Hong Kong Residents
28.2.2020
The government of Hong Kong has decided to airdrop about $9 billion in free money to an estimated 7 million residents in the troubled Chinese territory. From a global perspective, this can be seen as a desperate move to stimulate the local economy while the coronavirus outbreak is hitting markets...
$30M Bitcoin Cash ‘SIM Hack’ Sparks Wild Crypto Tales With Vague Sources
23.2.2020
On February 21, the crypto Twitter commentator Dovey Wan published a series of tweets about an alleged SIM card hack that purportedly saw the loss of $30 million in bitcoin cash. The story stemmed from a Reddit post that’s now deleted and so far no one has provided any verifiable proof from...
Defi for Bitcoin: Collateral Peg Platform Provides Noncustodial BTC Lending on Ethereum
19.2.2020
During the second week of February, a new project called tBTC was unveiled that is similar to the Wrapped Bitcoin (WBTC) created with the Ethereum network. However, the tBTC effort claims to be a noncustodial application that allows users to deposit BTC, mint tBTC, and lend it with interest. Also...
Brazilian Cryptocurrency Exchanges Hit Hard by Tax Regulations
17.2.2020
Crypto exchanges based in Brazil face huge fines or being shut down
Keep Calm and Work Hard: The Story of Binance’s CEO From A to CZ
16.2.2020
And the number one spot of the Cointelegraph’s first-ever Top 100 list goes to… Changpeng Zhao! Was there any doubt? Check out our exclusive interview to find out what’s behind this great workaholic
How to Buy Bitcoin – 5 Quick and Simple Ways to Get Started
11.2.2020
If you’re one of the many people looking to get into bitcoin for the first time, it doesn’t have to be hard. There are more than a few easy routes to acquiring cryptocurrency and this article aims to outline five of them. By way of these simple avenues for purchasing bitcoin you can...