Blockchain Tech Still Massively Underused, Gartner Survey Reveals

Blockchain technology has been touted as the solution to many of the challenges facing most industries today. From insurance and real estate to content distribution and supply chain management, the potential of blockchains to revolutionize business is great. However, contrary to popular opinion, only 1% of chief information officers in a recent Gartner poll indicated that they’re currently … Read more

Crypto-to-Cash Lending is Growing Quite Popular These Days

Over the past year, cryptocurrency-backed lending has grown very popular with organizations like Salt Lending, and Unchained Capital trying to capture a piece of this emerging industry. Projects like Salt Lending have issued millions worth of crypto-backed loans so far and the teams behind these digital currency operations believe crypto-to-cash lending is going to be … Read more

Telegram Cancels Initial Coin Offering: What It Means for ICOs

Thus far, 2018 has largely been a period of uncertainty regarding the state and future of Initial Coin Offerings. With the US SEC taking an increasingly active role in the regulation of ICOs, and an increasingly controversial perception of this funding method, it is unclear what sort of role ICOs will serve in both the short and long run. Earlier this week, … Read more

Buying Reddit Gold with Crypto Will Soon Be Possible Again

Reddit made a somewhat controversial decision when they removed the option to pay for Reddit Gold with Bitcoin. It was an unpopular decision, albeit one that made a lot of sense. It now seems the site is planning to bring back the Bitcoin payment option. Additionally, the firm aims to introduce support for other cryptocurrencies, including Ethereum and Litecoin. … Read more

A 51% Attack on Bitcoin Means Mutually Assured Destruction

What would happen if bitcoin were to suffer a 51% attack? It’s a hypothetical question, but one that has troubled some of the community’s brightest minds. Just as army generals play out countless war games, enacting doomsday scenarios, bitcoin defenders like to ponder ways in which the decentralized cryptocurrency could be attacked and brought to … Read more

Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Jumps Another $100 to Sit at $9,600

At press time, bitcoin is trading for $9,600. This is $100 higher than yesterday’s price, and roughly $500 more than where it stood at the beginning of the week. The currency was experiencing strong resistance between $9,000 and $9,300, but has since moved past its technical barricades and has passed the $,500 point. $10,000 is … Read more

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