Goldman Trading Rumored to Change Bitcoin
Following its meteoric rise to the forefront of our public consciousness, Bitcoin has been named the ‘Term of the Year’ by Investopedia. This is hardly surprising, considering that cryptocurrency managed to overshadow most of the events in what has been a rather tumultuous year. Financial education recourse focused on investment featured Bitcoin at the top […]
Interoperability in a World of Tangle and Block-Based Chains
Following the fairly resent ban of the cryptocurrency transactions by the People’s Bank of China, three largest and most influential exchanges in the country – BTCC, Huobi, and OKCoin – have moved overseas, to Hong Kong. Since the September crackdown on cryptocurrency trading, these platforms seem to be doing just fine, servicing the Asian markets […]
Smart Contracts to Jumpstart ICOs Potential
Despite the recent downturn, some of the experts believe that bitcoin has not exhausted its growth potential. Notably, Mike Novogratz, known for his extremely successful hedge fund management strategies, stated the following in an interview with CNBC: Bitcoin could be at $40,000 at the end of 2018. This does not mean that you should […]
Underwhelming Conference Cuts Ripple Price
Recent move to Hong Kong of the Chinese cryptocurrency exchanges, coupled with the surging prices, attracted thousands of new investors, but not all of them have a clear idea of what they are getting into. After testing the waters with smaller investments, quite a few Hong Kong users have decided to increase their stakes in […]
Inspector General: US Mint Should Consider Bitcoin’s Impact
One of the best known stories in the crypto-community is that of the Ethereum split. Faced with a very difficult decision, Ethereum enthusiasts had to make a choice which resulted in a ‘house divided’, and Ethereum Classic was born. But what are the differences, and which variant of the currency is better? Let’s get back […]
HCPP17: Crypto Anarchy in Prague
According to the country’s Ministry of Finance, the biggest cryptocurrency will not be legitimized in Kuwait. This means that bitcoin trading of all sorts is forbidden for the financial institutions regulated by said ministry. Any international proceeds will be viewed as illegal and highly suspect by the government, which puts a lot of the investors […]
Competing Cryptocurrencies: Price Speculation
One of the leading cryptocurrency traders at an online trading service eToro – Jay Smith – is not fazed by the volatility of the market. He welcomes it. An early investor in bitcoin, Smith has moved to other cryptocurrencies and tech stock, diversifying his portfolio over the years. What’s more interesting, eToro – the social […]
Digital Currency Support Levels to Hold Up
Over the last couple of years, the digital currencies of the world have earned their place under the sun. Few will dare question the viability of the likes of Ethereum (ETH) or Bitcoin (BTC). Sure, they might need to stabilize and get past the period of incredible volatility to gain true strength as actual currencies […]
Block Con Impressions
Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has come out with a rather unusual announcement in his recent reddit post. Lee decided to sell or donate all of his Litecoins in order to “prevent the conflict of interest”. Litecoin (LTC), being the fifth most prominent cryptocurrency in the world, enjoyed a very impressive rise for the last two […]
National Bank of Ukraine Weighs in on the Legality of Bitcoin
Since you’re reading this article, you definitely have interest in cryptocurrency and its underlying technology. You should have at least heard the word ‘blockchain’ thrown around in conversations surrounding the topic, but do you actually know what it means? The easiest way to wrap your head around the concept of the blockchain is to view […]
