Opinion: Cryptocurrency grasped mainstream attention back in mid-2017, but the world’s first digital currency, Bitcoin (BTC) was born back in 2008 and introduced to the world in 2009. Around this time, the stock market collapsed and fell 777.68 points within a single trading day. The cause? The subprime mortgage crisis. U.S. banks got greedy and granted mortgages…
The financial industry has witnessed many disruptions and welcomed new technologies that have radically changed traditional processes. In today’s world of cryptocurrency and digital transactions, a new type of technology is steadily taking over – the blockchain technology. Blockchain has caused many disruptions, but what are the top blockchain disruptions? Blockchain technology is causing financial…
Yesterday, yet another EOS bug was discovered, and we experienced an EOS blockchain halt as a result. So, what’s happening over there? EOS Blockchain Halt Not long after the EOS blockchain finally went live, a bug was discovered that was causing a NodeOS problem. The discovery of the bug caused the EOS blockchain to halt…
Bitcoin price watch: Bitcoin price stayed above $6,500 on Monday and moved slightly up, reaching a high of $6,850 earlier this morning, its highest level since last Tuesday. The cryptocurrency managed to stay steady for the past week, trading mostly in the $6,400-$6,600 price range. Bitcoin also received a boost following news that users of the ‘Cash’…
Tron TRX – The TRON main net was released just nearly three weeks ago, but TRX’s price has yet to reflect the monumental event. It remains unknown if investors are just waiting to see if the main net had any crucial bugs or flaws before cashing in, but two and a half weeks later and…
I met a Washington insider this week. During the banter, I mentioned how much better the European authorities are at beating up the US tech giants than the Americans. This is illustrated well by the recent New York Times feature on Margrethe Vestager, Europe’s competition commissioner. She’s beaten up Google for rigging search results, introduced the right to…
Ethereum (ETH) – The developer of Ethereum’s EIP-1011, Danny Ryan, just announced some updates to Ethereum’s scaling solution. Casper and sharding are coming together ❤️ https://t.co/LMrd7qOIqR — dannyryan (@dannyryan) June 15, 2018 According to Ryan, the recent research has confirmed that the long-awaited Casper upgrade can be activated in one of the shards. Originally, it was…
Welcome to Day 4 of the Crypto World Cup! Cameron Winklevoss faced off against David Schwartz in today’s collection of matches! Other players include: Dan Larimer (Costa Rica) vs. Jamie Dimon (Serbia) Roger Ver (Germany) vs. David Armstrong (Mexico) Here are some of the highlights from today’s games! If you haven’t, don’t forget to meet…
After two days of action-packed drama, the Crypto 2018 World Cup has officially concluded day 3. Lots went on today, but everyone seems to be talking about Vitalik Buterin (Argentina) and Iceland (Nick Szabo.) If you missed it, don’t forget to meet the players for all the upcoming matches for the Crypto World Cup! Crypto…
On the heels of a 25% rout the previous week, the U.S. government finally provided comments regarding regulatory clarity for Ethereum (ETH). The comments were interpreted immediately by the market as bullish. The market cap now stands at US$49.12 billion, with exchange-traded volume of US$1.25 billion in the past 24 hours. Yesterday, William Hinman, the…
