Bitcoin is often hailed as the "people's currency", because of its decentralization and blockchain technology. Bitcoin is now entering people's everyday lives, it seems, as the first bitcoin-powered coffee machine is now available. The creator of the innovative technology is Ricardo Reis, an entrepreneur from Brazil. The idea behind the Bitcoin-coffee machine is to show…
Read moreThere is now a blockchain-based religion called 0xO, which stands for Zero Ex Omega. The idea is a new one and is being developed by the former CEO of Augur, the decentralized oracle and prediction platform based on the Ethereum network. Blockchain is everywhere. The number of industries that now use blockchain for business and…
Read moreThe SEC has recently announced that Ethereum, the second largest cryptocurrency in the world by market cap, will not be treated as a security by the SEC. The news is an important one, especially for what it might mean for the development of ETH-related "offsprings". Bloomberg reported that the CBOE Global Markets President, Chris Concannon,…
Read moreShivom, the blockchain-based platform aiming to create the world’s largest genomic data hub, has just announced that it will be listed on their first two exchanges, Coinbene and KuCoin. Shivom’s OmiX token has also been integrated into the Jaxx wallet. The announcement comes shortly after Shivom closed out their ICO within just 15 seconds, after…
Read moreThe team behind the first cryptocurrency debit card have announced the launch of B21, the first personal wealth manager exclusively for crypto assets. B21 is a mobile-focused investment platform that allows anyone to create their own portfolio of cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS and many others to be determined by users’ votes. Until now, investing…
Read moreAfter Coinbase managed to become one of the largest cryptocurrency wallets and exchanges in the world, now, the company is expanding rapidly with new products. First, Coinbase introduced Ethereum Classic, in addition to its other "products", like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Now, the company has introduced the Coinbase Index Fund. Coinbase, in addition to servicing over…
Read moreFusion Foundation LTD., creator of a public blockchain for fully fledged financial functions, and Talao, the first decentralized reputation protocol and infrastructure for the freelancing economy, have just announced that they have signed a partnership agreement to foster the development of new blockchain-based financial services for the work on demand economy. According to this agreement:…
Read moreMore news from information giant Thomson Reuters (NYSE:TRI) today, as the company has announced that it has expanded its sentiment data offerings to track the top 100 cryptocurrencies through its partnership with MarketPsych Data LLC, a company specializing in quantitative behavioral science. This new MarketPsych Indices (TRMI) package uses machine learning and natural language processing…
Read moreBitcoin has taken yet another hit. Its price tumbled below $6,500 in just a matter of days. While in December, 2017, Bitcoin was trading above $19,500 per coin on the largest exchanges in the world, that quickly changed and now, for a second time, the "people's currency" is taking a cut of almost 50% of…
Read moreCoinbase has just added another cryptocurrency under its belt - Ethereum Classic. Since today, users will already be able to trade and store ETC in Coinbase. The interesting thing to note, however, is why Coinbase decided to add that particular cryptocurrency to its products. As CCN noted, ETC is currently well behind in market capitalization…
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