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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Global investment app Abra announced today that it has added native integration of Ethereum’s currency, ether (ETH). Abra clients can now deposit, invest, and withdraw ether directly from the Abra app and to directly deposit and withdraw ETH via any other ethereum wallet. Until now, ETH was available on Abra only as a synthetic asset and…
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The Litecoin Foudation is the main organization campaigning for the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies by the public. In order to further its mission, the foundation has partnered with the organizers of major events to allow participants to pay with the major cryptos such as Litecoin, Bitcoin and Ethereum. The foundation has also been aggressively recruiting…
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Online trading broker ATFX (UK) has just announced the launch of four new trading instruments, adding the most popular and largest cryptocurrencies in the world by market cap quoted against USD, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and XRP by Ripple labs. The trading instruments are now available to Buy and Sell as CFDs through the online multi-asset…
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Bitcoin was on a tear for the past week, surprising all onlookers, as it blasted past $4,100, only to pull back suddenly to $3,785. This buying rally came after a week where analysts were sharing dire opinions of just how low BTC could go before finding a true bottom. Expectations were that the cryptocurrency leader…
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After a recent delay this past January, Ethereum’s Constantinople and Petersburg hard forks are expected to take place later this week on February 28th at block number 7,280,000. The practice of forks sparks much debate in the industry and many are monitoring these imminent hard forks with great anticipation, trepidation, and uncertainty. But what are…
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How would you like to search for patterns in the blockchain of your choice in much the same way as you would search the Internet today? Believe it or not, Google just made search tools available that will perform that task for eight separate blockchain ledgers. Transaction datasets have been loaded upon its “BigQuery” platform…
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Retail forex broker FXCM Group, LLC has just released its execution data for January 2019. Last month, FXCM Group has expanded its cryptocurrency offering by adding its second crypto CFD, Ethereum (ETH/USD). The broker released Bitcoin CFD trading back in October 2018 and has added three new CFD products for trading two months later. Earlier today the broker announced that…
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WBTC (Wrapped Bitcoin) has officially launched on Ethereum as an ERC20 token fully backed by Bitcoin. The new token is a joint initiative by BitGo, Kyber Network, Ren (formerly Republic Protocol), and other community partners. Its aim is to bring Bitcoin’s liquidity to the decentralized ecosystem on Ethereum and enhance all decentralized applications (DApps). It…
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Not every government official across the globe contends that cryptocurrencies are the scourge of the earth. In fact, there are many of those in and out of authority that have spoken out from time to time in support of digital currencies and have been critical of government agencies that are stifling innovation. One such individual…
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