Bitcoin (BTC) is up more than 25% from the August local low around US$5,800, but remains down 63% from the record high in December. The market cap stands at US$126.86 billion, with US$2.43 billion traded in the past 24 hours. The number of Bitcoin transactions per day has been slowly increasing since April and has…
The number of people who are interested in blockchain is rapidly growing, and that includes celebrities. As tech continues to flourish, the blockchain movement has captured an array of personalities—ranging from rappers to reality stars. Here are the biggest celebrities in cryptocurrency, ranked by star power. 4. Chris Bukowski, the Bachelor Chris Bukowski, an ex-Bachelor…
More and more people, companies, and firms are starting to explore Ripple technology. DCEX uses Ripple tech, and now payments provider TransferGo has started too. Well, that’s according to a September 5th press release documenting the TransferGo Ripple technology integration, that is. TransferGo Ripple Technology Integration: A Smart Move? On Wednesday, TransferGo announced that it…
Goldman Sachs (NYSE:GS) has finally clarified that a cryptocurrency trading desk is not in its plans for the foreseeable future. Some investors must feel downtrodden about this news. Let’s find out what’s going on. Cryptocurrency Trading Desk? The Goldman Sachs Rumour Mill The rumour mill has been churning for some months now; it was believed…
Iran’s Supreme Cyberspace Council Secretary, Abolhassan Firoozabadi, just revealed that various entities within the country’s government have accepted cryptocurrency mining as an industry. The local news agency IBENA reported the Iran crypto news just this morning. According to this report, Firoozabadi stressed that the mining of crypto has been approved, but a legal framework for the…
The cryptocurrency market is on the fritz this morning as most cryptocurrencies are in the red and seeing losses in the double-digital percentages. Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), and Ripple (XRP) are all taking significant losses today. Bitcoin Diamond, however, is currently seeing gains well above 100%. Many speculate that the fall of the crypto market…
A report published by Coinbase has revealed the growing levels of interest in blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies at the academic level. To prepare the report, Coinbase inspected the courses offered at the top 50 universities in the world as ranked by the US News Best Global Universities list. In order to provide a true representation…
Looking back at 2013 it will come as no surprise that bitcoin (BTC) was number one in the top 10 measured by market capitalization (and about every other metric). It is a position that BTC has maintained, from the time the first competing altcoin – Namecoin – was launched in 2011 until today. The list…
In today’s edition of Crypto Daily News, we’ll cover the details of the Chinese Central Bank launching its blockchain platform and Robinhood launching candlestick charts on its app. Crypto Daily News: September 4th, 2018 Cryptocurrency News: Chinese Central Bank The People’s Bank of China (PBoC) has officially launched the beta testing phase of its blockchain…
Satoshi’s vision for Bitcoin was to build an economic vehicle that did not require a trusted agent. This is often called a ‘trustless’ system of payment. His justification for launching Bitcoin was that the trusted agents could no longer be trusted. Specifically, the trusted agents had become corrupt, and people needed a method of commerce…
