Category: Cryptocurrency

November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin just surpassed $7,400, with an annual increase of +900%

Bitcoin price hit a new all-time high on Friday, 3rd November, surpassing $7,400. Thus, the current total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies is around $200 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. The current total market cap of Bitcoin itself is around $123 billion, representing 62% of the total capitalization of all digital currencies. The "people's currency" was up with…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Steamr lists its DATAcoin token on Bitfinex after CHF 30 million crowd contribution

 Streamr, the decentralized real-time data economy, today announced that its token called DATAcoin (DATA) has been listed on Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The listing on Bitfinex came into effect at 12 noon UTC, allowing DATAcoin holders trade against BTC, ETH and USD. The announcement follows Streamr’s successful crowd contribution period that…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Reality Shares Applies for Bitcoin ETF

After the numerous failed attempts for SEC to approve a series of applications for Bitcoin ETFs, investment management company, Reality Shares filed an application to the SEC for Bitcoin ETF on Thursday, 2nd November, as reported by TheStreet. The application says that the ETF is called the Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain Economy exchange-traded fund. According to…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Amazon in the cryptocurrency game - what does it mean for investors?

One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon is said to be launching its own cryptocurrency. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) registered three cryptocurrency domain names on Oct. 31, 2017: AmazonEthereum.com, AmazonCryptocurrency.com, and AmazonCryptocurrencies.com, according to MoneyMorning. The retail giant has not started accepting any form of Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the rumors about Amazon…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Chaineum to partner with open source Blockchain network Stellar for ICOs

Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, and Lightyear.io, an organization that supports partner activities for Stellar, an open source blockchain network, have announced a partnership to collaborate in the ICO space. Through the partnership, Chaineum will use the Stellar network to support some of its upcoming ICOs. Founded by Laurent Leloup, an expert in blockchain…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Triumph of Bitcoin

After much speculation about the direction of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high, hitting almost $7,400, as could be seen in the graph below. There may be several reasons for that. First, there was a lot of interest in Bitcoin from traders in Japan and South Korea. Second, when CME, the largest options…

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November 01, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

Ex-Credit Suisse Chief Digital Officer launches investment platform TEND

TEND, a blockchain-powered platform for life-enriching investments, was launched today by former Credit Suisse Chief Digital Officer Marco Abele. Featuring former UBS and SAP Group CIO Oliver Bussmann as a Strategic Advisor, the Ethereum-based project will enable a new paradigm of shared ownership of unique assets with both meaning and financial value. Using TEND, small…

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October 31, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The power of branding - how the "Blockchain" name adds value

The word blockchain has been  swirling around the public space for quite some time now. Bitcoin and the other 1,000 digital currencies have a total market capitalization of around $170 billion. Blockchain has disrupted a series of industries from the technology companies to the agriculture companies in Russia. So, it is interesting to understand the…

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October 30, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Kochava Introduces First Blockchain-Based Digital Advertising Platform

Kochava, the leading mobile attribution and marketing analytics platform, today announced XCHNG, an open and unified blockchain framework for the digital advertising ecosystem. The XCHNG blockchain-based system of record enables the tokenization of an insertion order (IO, or a contract to buy advertisements) with the supporting immutable infrastructure to facilitate transactions between buyers and sellers…

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