Stablecoins Are Crypto’s Version of Fractional Reserve Banking

Stablecoins provide much sought after stability in the volatile crypto markets. They are sometimes even said to affect the price of bitcoin in drastic fashion. Tether (USDT) in particular continues to be widely scrutinized for this, with recent lawsuits about conflicts of interest and price manipulation being hotly contested. More important to dive into, however, … Read more

Stop Trying to Convert Bitcoin Non-believers and Keep Building Solid Ecosystems

It has been tough to convince outsiders about bitcoin and altcoins. Most people remain unwilling to engage in an open dialog in 2020. As is usually the case, the topic of bitcoin remains highly controversial. The Non-believers Will Flock to Bitcoin Eventually To most non-believers, it has no value or a pyramid scheme. Another common … Read more

SLP Devs Publish Code Bounties With $2,500+ in Crypto Rewards

While a number of software developers work on the Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) framework, SLP devs are still looking for other contributors to help foster the protocol’s ecosystem. In order to help bolster SLP development, the simpleledger.cash website has published requests for bounties worth a couple of thousand dollars in spice token and the stablecoin … Read more