Venezuela Petro cryptocurrency: Lldemaro Villarroel, the Venezuelan Minister of Habitat and Housing, just announced that the Venezuelan government is planning on using the national cryptocurrency Petro to house the homeless, Criptotendencia reported yesterday. The project will be called ‘Great Mission for Venezuela Housing‘ (GMVV) and the Venezuelan government will be fully funding it. GMVV aims…
Cardano (ADA) is a smart contract and Dapp hosting platform that offers blockchain solutions comparable to platforms like Ethereum, EOS and NEO. It has, and is being built, with security, scalability and layered architecture in mind. On the back of announcements about key updates to its product roadmap and founder Charles Hoskinson promoting the network at…
On July 2, Coinbase announced the launch of its new custody service for institutional clients. In simple terms a custodian is a financial institution that holds assets on behalf of its clients to ensure that they are kept safe and secure. Custodians can hold financial assets in both electronic and physical form, depending on the…
At the time Bitcoin was launched, there were many skeptics who saw BTC merely as a passing trend that would eventually disappear as fast as it appeared. But this has not happened. Now, nearly a decade later, Bitcoin is still very much with us today and has had a profound impact on the online trade…
Last month, Bitcoin enthusiasts breathed a sigh of relief when they were informed that the Tom Lee Bitcoin price target was $25K by the end of 2018. But a month later, now in the second half of the year, Tom Lee has changed his mind. He now expects that Bitcoin will trade a little over $20,000…
Malta blockchain regulations: Last night, four bills surrounding the blockchain sector in Malta were approved by Parliament, according to Malta Today. Will Malta become the first blockchain island? Three of the bills approved were to help establish a regulatory framework for Malta’s emerging blockchain sector, and the other bill was to establish Infrastructure Malta. The…
Huobi Australia: The world’s fourth-largest cryptocurrency exchange by its daily trade volume, Huobi, just announced that it is launching its exchange in Australia today, July 5th. Huobi Australia The trading pairs on the new Australian platform are set to be phased in throughout Thursday starting at 10:00 AM Sydney time. The ten pairs that will be…
NEO top 10: The decentralization of the NEO main network has commenced, and the cryptocurrency has catapulted to the top 10. NEO entered the era of decentralization!https://t.co/JOA7UibNnU — NEO Smart Economy (@NEO_Blockchain) July 4, 2018 City of Zion Neo’s decentralization began with the election of a City of Zion consensus node onto the main NEO…
After Binance’s internal risk management system detected irregular trades from a number of API users, on July the 3rd, it temporarily suspended trading, withdrawals and other account functions. The irregularity came from an issue within the SYScoin blockchain’s API run on the Binance platform. There was a sharp spike in the price of SYS and…
EOS Network: EOS is currently the 5th largest cryptocurrency with an $8 billion market capitalization according to Coinmarketcap. Not only is EOS a token, it is also, more importantly, an infrastructure for DApps or decentralized applications. The EOS Network: What are DApp’s? DApps are decentralized applications which run on the EOS open-source network. These applications range from wallets…
