Top 5 Cryptocurrency Rivalries

While there is weight to the argument that the success of one cryptocurrency promotes the success of all cryptocurrencies, there are certainly a number of coins whose communities and even development teams have adopted a position of spite and rivalry toward competing projects. Here are five of the best rivalries throughout cryptocurrency. 5. Binance Coin … Read more

The Wealthy Want Crypto but Don’t Understand It, Survey Shows

The world’s richest people are putting more and more money into cryptocurrency, despite the fact they don’t understand it very well, a new report reveals. Terms like “distributed ledger” and “blockchain” are not especially familiar to the wealthy, according to their advisers. The widespread misunderstanding about the technology behind bitcoin seems to have little or … Read more

Venezuela Picks FX Platform to Auction Petro ‘Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency’

Venezuela has chosen a platform on which to auction its “oil-backed cryptocurrency”, the petro. While the country’s National Assembly has repeatedly declared this new currency illegal, the Venezuelan government will proceed with the auction of the petro on the country’s official foreign exchange platform. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies … Read more

Google Searches for All Cryptocurrencies Decline Significantly

It seems overall interest in various cryptocurrencies is on the decline. More specifically, Google searches for Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin are undergoing a major decline as of right now. Given the current sentiment across these markets, it will be interesting to see how things evolve. Crypto’s Popularity Declining After the crazy year we had in 2017, it is only … Read more

Scotiabank Bans Bitcoin Purchases with Payment Cards

Various banks have begun preventing customers from purchasing cryptocurrencies with their payment cards. It seems this trend will not slow down anytime soon. Scotiabank is the latest institution to take this aggressive course of action, even though their reasons for doing so may raise a lot of questions in the end. Scotiabank Blocks Cryptocurrency Purchases … Read more