April is now in the history books, and Bitcoin, to the amazement of its stunned critics, has outperformed once more, delivering positive gains for a third month in a row. These gains are even more remarkable when you factor in that a major scandal broke at the end of the month, regarding reserve funds at…
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A new pacemaker has arrived in the crypto world, as the United Arab Emirates raced to the front of the pack take the first place crown in token sales for 2019. The U.S., which has been the outright leader in prior years, is sadly now in seventh place, due primarily to the regulatory clampdown that…
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It seems that ever since Elon Musk announced that his favourite crypto is DogeCoin, people have gone on to great lengths to somehow connect the "dots" between Musk and any relatable cryptocurrency that might be of interest to him. Just last month, Leaprate reported that the founder of Dogecoin, Jackson Palmer, said he is ready…
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Despite Crypto Winter and the icy cynicism of Crypto-Land’s worst critics, all indications are that institutional investors have not been discouraged enough by opposing rhetoric to abandon the space altogether. Quite the contrary is true, as several key indications of participation continue to expand, as if focused on a convergence sometime in the near-term future.…
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Despite the nascent nature of cryptocurrrencies, veteran traders, if there is such a thing at this stage, have noticed certain patterns that pervade the space that offer several opportunities for gain, if you are able to follow the unique ebbs and flows of this arena to your advantage. For example, when times are tough, traders…
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ErisX, the Chicago-based crypto exchange, is in the final testing phase before launching its spot crypto trading product offering. The news is that it is also testing with a number of its strategic partners in order to finalize operating protocols before the big day. Since TD Ameritrade and a few other notables are known to…
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According to a survey, conducted by Coincierge.de, 27% of young Germans believe that bitcoin will more than double in value in 2 years. The poll was taken between 10th – 17th April 2019 and surveyed 2,054 German adults to gauge their attitudes towards bitcoin. At the time of the poll, the bitcoin price was 4,446…
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Ambo has just announced that it has launched its cryptocurrency wallet on the Apple App Store, which acts as a fiat gateway to the Ethereum token economy. The company was founded by Jai Bhavnani, joined by CTO Richter Brzeski and CMO Jack Lipstone, and has been recently acquired by MyCrypto. None of the decentralized financial…
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Despite China’s anathema for all things crypto, Donald Tapscott, chairman of the Blockchain Research Institute and noted author on blockchain matters, believes that, over time, Chinese officials will get over their fears and embrace cryptocurrencies. In an interview with Bloomberg, he noted: In 20 years, we’re not going to be using bitcoin in China. The…
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When Bitcoin and Ethereum were the only games in town, the issue of token standards and interoperability was not even on the radar screen, but today, with thousands of crypto development programs and tokens to match, it is time to “address the need to universally define tokens and how their implementation can occur, interchangeably, across…
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