Ripple is less decentralized than BTC and ETH, but that’s not necessarily a bad thing

Grayscale, an institutional crypto asset management company, recently released a report analyzing XRP’s coin history, protocol, price, transaction speed and more. According to the report, the early developers of the XRP Ledger focused on creating a fast protocol that challenged established financial systems. Grayscale found that Ripple is less decentralized than BTC and ETH, although … Read more

Greek Court Suspends Decision to Extradite Alexander Vinnik

The Supreme Administrative Court of Greece has suspended a decision to extradite the alleged BTC-e operator Alexander Vinnik. The temporary measure has been imposed to allow the review of an appeal against the extradition. The Russian national, accused of laundering billions of dollars through the now defunct cryptocurrency exchange, started a new hunger strike last … Read more

Utorg Exchange Grants Access to Traders With Limited Verification

Utorg.io is a digital asset exchange based in the U.K. that allows users in Europe and around the world to trade cryptocurrencies with stablecoins and fiat money. What sets the new platform apart from many incumbents is the simplified verification procedure for traders who don’t exceed а daily limit of $1,000. Its decision to provide … Read more

Residents of Uzbekistan can no Longer buy Cryptocurrencies

Eastern European countries can benefit tremendously from cryptocurrency adoption. Government officials, particularly those in Uzbekistan, see things very differently, however.  According to Sputnik, things have grown progressively worse for bitcoin ant altcoins in the country. Uzbekistan Sets the Wrong Example It now appears consumers are no longer able to buy cryptocurrency in the country. Instead, … Read more

Ripple Price Analysis for December, 24th – XRP Seized Falling

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, author at RoboForex Blog On Tuesday, December 24th, the XRP stopped falling. It is generally trading around $0.19. On D1, XRP/USD keeps developing a downtrend after the renewal of the previous minimum. The main goal of the current movement is the psychologically important level of $0.1000. Convergence on the MACD signals a … Read more

Speculation Abounds Regarding Youtube’s Removal of Crypto Content

At least six crypto Youtube channels have reported in recent hours that their content is being removed under the site’s “harmful and dangerous” policy, with one popular channel claiming Youtube pointed to a “sale of regulated goods.” Chris Dunn is one of these, whose channel has over 200k subscribers and has had multiple videos removed … Read more

A Mitsubishi Subsidiary Tokenizes Salmon the Blockchain

More and more real-world use cases for blockchain technology become apparent. Cermaq, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi in Norway, is now tokenizing salmon. It makes a lot of sense to utilize the potential of blockchain technology. Tokenizing Salmon the Blockchain While it is mainly used as part of cryptocurrencies, there are other opportunities as well.  Norwegian … Read more

Uzbekistan Bans Citizens From Buying Crypto, They Can Only Sell

Authorities in Uzbekistan have effectively banned residents from purchasing cryptocurrencies on digital asset exchanges licensed in the country. Crypto holders will only be able to sell their coins and that’s if these have not been obtained through anonymous transactions, amendments to the local regulations postulate. Also read: Poles Hit With Backdated Tax on Crypto Trades … Read more

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