Christmas Eve Dump Sends Bitcoin to $3,800

Until just hours ago, Bitcoin and altcoin markets looked as promising as they have been in quite some time. After gaining over 30% from December 25 lows of US$3,200, Bitcoin is plunging downwards once again. As usual, the rest of the market has followed suit. After a series of short squeezes saw volume heavily increasing … Read more

Data Leaks and Deplatforming Drive Businesses Away From Web Giants

Consumers and enterprises are exiting centralized web platforms amid growing concerns over unwarranted data sharing. Loss of privacy and data leakage are the primary drivers leading users away from web giants such as Google and Facebook. In some cases, disaffected users are seeking out decentralized alternatives that facilitate personal data ownership. Also read: Feed 7 Different … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Are Institutional Players Losing Interest?

At press time, the father of cryptocurrency is trading for just under $4,000, marking little to no change since our last price piece. We’re in the final days of the month, and while December has often brought a sense of magic and stamina to bitcoin we rarely witness throughout the rest of the year, it’s … Read more

Bitcoin Gets A Christmas Push To $4263 As Wall Street Crypto Plans Fail Miserably

It’s the season of joy all over the world, and the crypto industry is just as radiant. The market is swimming in green, with XRP and Ethereum leading the pack. The two gained 18 and 20 percent respectively in the past 24 hours, with Stellar and TRON each gaining 10 percent. Bitcoin rallied to hit … Read more

Report Finds a Strong Relationship Between Crypto-Advocates and Life Extension

Bitcoin historians will recollect that the early cryptocurrency pioneer Hal Finney was a person who believed in life extension and chose to be frozen in cryopreservation. Now a recent report shows that a good number of well-known blockchain advocates are also convinced that an ‘extropian-like’ technology may extend the lives of humans in the future. … Read more

Ethereum Mainnet Welcomes Alpha Version of the Raiden Network

There are plenty of potential developments which can make Ethereum a more versatile and robust cryptocurrency project. Scaling remains its main problem, albeit that can be said about most currencies and digital assets on the market. Raiden, one of the heavily touted solutions has now made its way to the Ethereum mainnet. At least, the … Read more

Ethereum Price – up Over 13% Amid Raiden Network’s “Red Eyes” Alpha Release

Cryptocurrency markets have been on a rise since last week, gaining over $40 billion in market capitalization. Ethereum has nearly doubled in price from its previous level of $80, currently trading at $147. Is the crypto bottom really over? Ethereum’s Co-Founder thinks it is. Joseph Lubin officially called the 2018 bottom on December 21st on … Read more