In mid-December 2017, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a really interesting 32-page paper on Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT). The timing wasn’t great as most of the City was out getting smashed at Christmas parties, so I thought it best to put it aside until the New Year hangovers were out of the way and share…
The majority of pundits strongly believe that blockchain technology could turn out to be a completely fresh infrastructural layer of the internet to put back traditional payment systems, thanks to the innovative design of the technology, which makes hard to commit fraud. Several big companies are following these changes in order to provide secure, safe…
Cryptocurrencies are plunging over the last two days, amid several negative reports. Excluding ethereum, the majority of other cryptocurrencies are declining. However, Ethereum generated significant growth in the last two days, allowing standing at the second place after the bitcoin based on a market capitalization. Ethereum prices increased for the second straight day to trade…
Last year, Jamie Dimon, who is the current CEO of JPMorgan Chase (NYSE:JPM), disclosed that he was not on board with the hype surrounding the cryptocurrency market, going as far as saying that he will fire any trader involved in trading digital currencies. However, all of that changed on Tuesday, January 9. What Happened? On…
Tron (TRX) has been making major crypto headlines lately as its founder, Justin Sun, has been making big moves with his project. Within the last few weeks, the altcoin has soared in price and became a big hit as the new Tron dogs game emerged within China. However, the project has just been hit with…
Bitcoin has extended the selloff in Tuesday’s trade after a sharp decline in the earlier session, amid concerns over the future of digital currencies after the new regulations from the Chinese government. The price of bitcoin has dropped sharply in the early trading session on Tuesday. However, its price gains some momentum in the afternoon…
Nem (XEM) has been slowly climbing the charts and is now the sixth largest cryptocurrency, above Litecoin and Stellar. The coin hasn’t received much mainstream press but has been silently dominating and climbing the charts. Nem’s developers are pseudonymous but the platform got started on a Bitcointalk forum. The initial plan was to have NEM…
Customers and investors were elated yesterday after a feverish weekend which saw Dentacoin’s value peak at $0.006993 USD, an enormous increase from Friday’s closing time value of $0.001084 USD. Today, prices are down -30.57%, bringing the value per coin down to a modest $0.004262. Though still a grand improvement from earlier in December, potential buyers…
With 1394 cryptocurrencies on the market, it’s tough to decide which altcoin to invest in. Some investors new to the crypto space, are just looking for the digital coin that will bring them the most profit, within the shortest amount of time. Unfortunately, not many look into the projects behind each of these coins and…
BNC: What type of contracts can be smart? We assume it’s one where if an action occurs (or doesn’t occur), then the contract executes a command — pays money, releases something for delivery etc. But in reality, isn’t the percentage of contracts that are that straightforward pretty small — and most contracts represent a relationship…
