It has been a rough year for cryptocurrencies. Valuations are down 80% and more in some quarters, and critics are claiming that a funeral may be in order. But not everyone has these same feelings. CEOs of many large concerns, both within and without the crypto universe, have spoken out about the long-term viability of…
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For the second time in the past few months, stock values have plummeted, while values for Bitcoin and its altcoin brethren have surged. There has been an ongoing debate among analysts and investors as to whether movements in the stock market can be correlated with those for cryptocurrencies. The possibility of such a “tethering” may…
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White the total supply of Monero is estimated to be mined by 2022, over 90% of the cryptocurrency is already mined. The information comes from Moneroblocks, which states that as of December 20th, 16.6 million of the privacy-focused coins are already mined, and the rest 1.8 million will be mined in 3 years. The major…
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Bitcoin has tumbled big time, going from almost $20,000 in December 2017 to almost $3,000 in December, 2018. While the "people's currency" has dragged other alt coins to the near bottom, including Ethereum, Litecoin and many more, the crypto market managed to add around $45 billion in less than 10 days to its market capitalization.…
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Back in October 2018, the United Arab Emirates announced its plans to make ICOs official corporate funding options and further expand its leading cryptocurrency position in the world. Reuters reported that the new regulation will come into effect some time in 2019, with ICOs legitimately "replacing" IPOs, if companies decide to do so. The major…
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The world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has recently added Ripple as a base trading pair, said Binance CEO, Changpeng Zhao. According to a blog post from today, December 24th, the new trading pairs will be TRX/XRP (Tron) and XZC/XRP (Zcoin) on the Combined ALTS Trading Market. The so called ALTS will replace the current ETH Trading Market,…
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OKEx, the second-largest cryptocurrency exchange by traded volume, has recently launched a new product called Perpetual Swap, which is a virtual derivative based on BTC/USD price speculation. The mechanism behind the new derivative product is similar to the one of futures contracts. The major difference, however, is that the perpetual swap does not have daily…
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Bitcoin is back once again over an all-important psychological support level of $4,000. The price of the most popular cryptocurrency dropped to its lowest point since August 2017 last month. Its price however is now slowly, but steadily, rising more than 7% yesterday alone and 33% over the last 5 days. According to some, this…
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The Venezuelan government recently introduced a state-backed digital coin, called Petro. The country has been facing economic downturn and the Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, introduced the oil-backed digital coin to fight the dying economy. Back in the summer of 2018, the situation in Venezuela was so critical that people had to line with days for food…
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CertiK, the formal verification platform for smart contracts and blockchain audits, has added two new executives to its team. Daryl Hok will be the new Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, and Yvan Nasr steps in as Head of Business Development and Partnerships. CertiK has recently expanded its headquarters in New York City. Commenting…
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