It has been a slow dawning but it would appear Paypal is fading further into redundancy with an announcement that it will be raising its transaction and credit/debit card fees. It certainly would have been bullish news for the crypto market which has been rallying this week, and most of all Ripple (XRP) which would be…
Paternal instincts kicked in for Ethereum’s creator Vitalik Beuterin at the start of the week when he heard the news that new age guru Deepak Chopra had been invited as a guest speaker to the Ethereal conference in New York, one of the Ethereum community’s more notable gatherings. The Twitter-happy coder took fire at Chopra…
Crypto scams Asia: In less than 24 hours, the governments of China and South Korea have dismantled two organized groups that were in charge of promoting pyramid schemes by using cryptocurrency investments as a background. This decision seems to further reinforce the firm position of both governments in the fight against the criminal use of…
There’s a crypto market upswing happening. This is further evidence of the unpredictable nature of crypto but at least this time the coins move in favor of the bulls. The upswing has continued into this week. While it’s true that some coins started to struggle mid-week, the majority of the coins were up – just…
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) entered uncharted waters by dealing a ban on cryptocurrencies which has caused outrage and confusion among the crypto investment community in India. This ban applies to all transactions related to cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin and the embargo effects the transfer of money form designated bank accounts to cryptocurrency wallets.…
It’s a good day for the crypto markets. In fact, all of the top ten coins by market capitalization listed on CoinMarketCap are seeing green. Coins on this list include Ethereum (ETH), Stellar (XLM), and NEO. Bitcoin (BTC), of course, is on this list, currently up 3.03% in the past twenty-four hours. However, that’s not…
After a good week on the crypto market, Ripple (XRP), EOS, and IOTA (MIOTA) are ending the week on a high. Here’s what’s happening with these coins. Ripple (XRP) Ripple is currently selling for $0.862494, which puts the coin up 16.12% in the past 24 hours. Source: CoinMarketCapXRP has grown by 26% in the past…
The cryptocurrency market, as a whole, is on an uptrend and is nearing the $400 billion mark. Bitcoin Cash(BCH), Litecoin(LTC), & Cardano(ADA) are all seeing significant gains, today we’ll take a look at their latest updates. Source: CoinMarketCap As you can see from the chart above, investor confidence is growing around the cryptocurrency market. There…
Members of the European Parliament decided to vote in favour of tighter crypto AML regulations. These anti-money laundering reforms will include closer regulation for cryptocurrencies. 574 members voted in favour of this, with only 13 votes against and 60 abstentions, according to an EUP press release. The press release stated that this is the fifth…
According to the prominent Czech-Canadian energy scientist Vaclav Smil as a species we have gone through three ‘energy revolutions’: the first was the discovery of thermal or fire by harnessing the sun’s energy to burn wood and plants. The second was the transition to farming which allowed us to store the sun’s energy in food…
