This day might be remembered in the history books as a major milestone for cryptocurrency diversification or as another colossal indicator of the altcoin bubble. There are now three cryptocurrencies with over a $100 billion market cap each. Bitcoin, ethereum (ETH) and ripple (XRP) are worth today a combined total of about half a trillion […]
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In the world of cryptocurrency, centralized exchanges still play a big role. That may seem strange for decentralized forms of money, but it is the situation we find ourselves in these days. There are many different cryptocurrency exchanges out there which are worth checking out. Bitstamp is one of those platforms which has built up a solid reputation over the years. That doesn’t mean the company is without flaws, though, as there’s always room for improvement. Bitstamp’s Report Card is Positive Overall As is always the case with exchange reviews, your mileage may vary. We have personally used Bitstamp forPowered by WPeMatico
GI, Gibraltar, January 3, 2018. – STK has closed its Token Generation Event after successfully reaching its hard cap of $17MM more than a month prior to its scheduled public sale. After adjusting private and pre-sale contribution allocations for the recent increase in ETH, the pool of remaining tokens was too small to host an equitable public sale, based on projected demand from the STK community now more than 20,000 strong. Instead, STK completed the sale with private and pre-sale contributors, and will issue an airdrop of tokens to eligible community members in January, 2018. “The overwhelming response to ourPowered by WPeMatico
Lately, there’s been a lot of discussion about a new concept called ‘Channel Factories.’ The technology ultimately makes the Lightning Network (LN) a ‘third layer’ and a ‘new layer’ rests in between the bitcoin blockchain and LN payment channels. Also read: Peter Thiel, Bitcoin Astronaut, Moves Markets with Crypto Moonshot Channel Factories: Adding Another Layer […]
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TRON becomes 9th largest crypto by market cap and pushes Dash to 11th place following tweets from CEO
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Former Clinton Advisor Glenn Hutchins believes people are distracted by Bitcoin price and should invest in technology companies. Do you agree with him? #OPINION
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In the world of cryptocurrency, hard forks are seemingly the new altcoins. More specifically, a lot of developers want to hard fork existing currencies rather than build their own coins from scratch. In the case of Ethereum, one of those hard forks was known as EtherZero. However, this fork has been canceled due to a “lack of community support and big trading platforms”. It’s a very interesting decision, although few people will mind that the fork will not happen after all. EtherZero hard Fork is Canceled It is evident that Bitcoin was subject to quite a few hard fork attempts in 2017.Powered by WPeMatico
The world of esports is followed enthusiastically, just like physical competitive sports. In fact, more people are beginning to identify themselves with an esports team rather than a conventional sport like football or basketball. The millenials are the most important group of this population, and it is expected that the scope and popularity of esports will increase considerably in the future as VR and other technologies improve the gaming and viewing experience. Disclosure: This is a Sponsored Article The esports aren’t a direct competition towards other sports but rather a different universe altogether. As online sports evolves and expands, therePowered by WPeMatico
While Wall Street continues to slowly incorporate Bitcoin, Merrill Lynch has decided to go the other way, banning its advisors from buying Bitcoin-related investments for their clients. #ANALYSIS
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More and more consumers need to start taking their privacy seriously. Especially when it comes to using the internet, there’s no reason to expose sensitive and personal information to third parties. With the use of VPNs and Tor on the rise, an interesting trend is created. Especially in Iran, reliance on Tor is skyrocketing as we speak. Given the political turmoil in that part of the world, this is no real surprise. Iran Starts Flocking to Tor for Political Reasons There are many reasons why people would start using Tor or a VPN connection to mask their online activity. WhilePowered by WPeMatico