Are you planning on attending the North American Bitcoin Conference this year in Miami? If so, you should probably know that the conference has announced that anyone looking to purchase a ticket for the January 18 and 19 events will no longer be able to pay in the form of cryptocurrencies. What Happened? The North…
Gibraltar Stock Exchange to Launch Its Own ICO, Raise $6 Million Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX), a subsidiary of the crypto-friendly Gibraltar Stock Exchange, plans to launch its own initial coin offering (ICO), raising $6 million from the sale of up to 60 million “Rock Tokens.” The offering will begin on February 7 and close on…
The entire cryptocurrency market has suffered quite a bit this week but fortunately, things seem to be leveling off. On Monday morning at 12 AM EST, CoinMarketCap decided to take off a few major South Korean Exchanges from its global index, without notifying the public. The market, at the time, was already down-facing and the…
After experiencing a significant growth last year, cryptocurrencies are experiencing a lot of volatility since the start of this year, as prices are swinging both ways depending on the market reports. The majority of cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin and ethereum, lost their market capitalization and their prices dropped in Thursday’s trade, while ripple and bitcoin cash…
Cryptocurrencies slid sharply in early trade on Thursday after the South Korean government started taking strict actions against cryptocurrency trading in domestic stock exchanges. According to the South Korean Justice Minister, the government is looking to ban cryptocurrency trading in domestic exchanges. Moreover, Warren Buffett’s warning yesterday over the future of cryptocurrency also prompted a…
Probably the biggest challenge that bitcoin faces today is scalability. Currently, bitcoin users are being charged an average of over $30 per transaction and transactions can take several hours to confirm. This is a far cry from the days when it was possible to send bitcoin within minutes to anywhere in the world for a few cents. …
Ethereum has begun slowly climbing the charts and hit an all-time high today despite its many network issues. As per CoinMarketCap, the Ethereum-U.S. dollar (ETH/USD) exchange rate skyrocketed to a new record high of $1,412.87 at 05:14:09 UTC. At press time, the cryptocurrency is selling at $1,288.65 and is up 4.63 percent, in just 24…
Ripples XRP extends losses in Wednesday trade, driven by several negative reports. Ripple price dipped to the level of $1.72 in early trading on Wednesday, the coin regained momentum in the evening session and currently standing just above $2. The digital currency declined massively compared to the last week level when it hit the highest…
Bitcoin has posted losses for the third straight session in a row, while Ethereum and bitcoin cash gained further momentum in Wednesday trade. Several other cryptocurrencies are also declining, due to traders concerns over the future of digital currency. After strong gains in the last two days, Ethereum has gained close to 12.8% in Wednesday…
Dogecoin, the internet’s most popular (and perhaps only) for-fun cryptocurrency remains down by -14.60% as of 1:30PM CST today as part of a deflating start to the week. It follows a dizzying rise of 800% over the last month, making headline news as it became the first parody coin to break a $2 billion USD…
