The world just got itself a new billionaire. After some deliberation, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen has unofficially been declared the richest person in the world. George Kikvadze, the founder of BitFury, tweeted out that with Larsen’s 37% stake in the Ripple company, which is estimated to have a value of $320 billion, Larsen is now…
Earlier this morning, the cryptocurrency Ethereum broke new records for itself, surpassing $1,000 for the first time and hitting an all-time high of $1,045.08. Ethereum’s market cap also broke records this morning by surpassing $100 billion. The surge for the cryptocurrency has slightly worn off by now, with its price currently being listed as $994.49…
Tron (TRX) has been making a splash in the news headlines lately, as it has climbed to the 9th largest cryptocurrency by market cap which is currently sitting at $12.8 Billion. At press-time, the digital currency is selling at $0.19 a coin, up 125% for the day. What figures are even more staggering are TRX’s…
It might be fairly reasonable to say that going to the doctor’s office and filling out paperwork go hand in hand, but what happens if you switch doctors? Does the paperwork pile up even more? You bet, and why is that? Because while an individual’s medical data is somewhere out in the world, not all…
There are over 400,000,000 small enterprises around the world but unfortunately, they all lack the resources to trade their goods directly with each other. A staggering 56% of these businesses that submit trade financial proposals in order to trade globally are being rejected by traditional institutions and face other barriers that limit the trades. That’s…
Forget about going to the horse races! Crypto betting is what’s in now and an up-and-coming ICO called Ethorse is looking to be the main platform on which it happens. Ethorse is an Ethereum smart contract-based DApp that will enable you to place bets on what cryptocurrency you think is going to come out on…
2017 has been a great year of progress, we saw bitcoin rise to over $20,000 USD, while simultaneously attracting international coverage that captured people’s attention and curiosity. Meanwhile, ICOs have raised billions of dollars, helping further promote innovation and growth in the sector. Many industry leaders believe 2018 will see the blockchain industry become increasingly…
Back in early December, the game Cryptokitties took off on the Ethereum blockchain. Within its first week, Ether holders spent over $3 million dollars on virtual cats. At one point, the game took over close to 25% of the total hashing power on the Ethereum network. Currently, the game has 251,292 total sales with $18,310,216.78…
Despite the many successes they have experienced this past year, cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin especially, have seen their fair share of controversy. We’ve seen hacks that have lost people a lot of money, stock prices becoming inflated thanks to blockchain investments, fake digital currencies, and who could forget the huge plunge the original cryptocurrency took from near-$20,000…
Ripple does it again, making waves in the headlines of crypto-enthusiasts everywhere. Not only has it now reached a market cap of over $120 billion, but for the first time ever it has surpassed the $3 mark. Currently, Ripple has a market cap of $122.7 billion and is going for $3.17, giving it a +31.84%…
