Stellar Rockets into the Cryptocurrency Top 10 After Tripling in a Week

2018 is still in diapers and yet the cryptocurrency top 10 is already looking very different to last year. Gone are the likes of dash, replaced by coins that have never reached these heady heights before: tron and stellar. The latter peaked at number six this week after tripling in value in seven days from … Read more

Russian Crypto Expert Released After Allegedly Being Kidnapped

Pavel Lerner, the Russian IT specialist kidnapped by masked men near his Kiev office on Tuesday, has been released after reportedly paying a bitcoin ransom worth more than a million in USD. This sum and payment has not been confirmed. Exmo’s executive was dropped off on a roadside by his attackers and is in a … Read more

Japan Approves New Bitcoin Exchange as Adoption Grows and Peers Expand Overseas

The Japanese financial regulator has approved one more cryptocurrency exchange, making it the 16th exchange to be licensed. As competition intensifies, some local exchanges are branching abroad in search for more volume and liquidity. Meanwhile, more merchants are embracing bitcoin. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales Another Bitcoin … Read more

Bitcoin Crashes! Bitcoin’s Dead! Bitcoin’s Over! A Brief History

The price of bitcoin core (BTC) has dropped more than 25 percent in four days, and it looks headed for even worse territories as of this writing. Veterans have braced for its eventuality. However, there are many newly onboarded, and they’re only used to the world’s most popular cryptocurrency dipping slightly in an effort to … Read more

Bitcoin’s Market Cap Surpasses the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Reserves

Twenty-four hours ago the decentralized cryptocurrency bitcoin and its US$300Bn market capitalization just surpassed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Special Drawing Rights market (SDR $291Bn). Also read: Cayman Investment Forum Focuses on Rise of Bitcoin and Failing Dollar Bitcoin’s Market Valuation Outpaces the IMF’s Special Drawing Rights Reserves Bitcoin’s value has grown immensely in 2017 outperforming … Read more