Today has not been the best day for cryptocurrencies everywhere. With Bitcoin declining below the critical $6K level, it marks the furthest drop in the coin since November. Declining as much as 4.2 percent on Friday, it is currently trading around the $5,900 mark; this is whopping 59 percent decline from its highs at the beginning of this…
Charles Hoskinson suggests Mantis: Last week, Tron (TRX) was heavily criticized as developers outside of the project discovered that most of the code on Tron’s platform had been taken from Ethereum’s EthereumJ library. Tron celebrated its ‘Independence Day’ from Ethereum on the 25th, but ironically it wasn’t independent from the project at all. While the…
Block.one released its proposal of a new version of the EOS constitution: the EOS Constitution v2.0. EOS has been under fire recently for its block producers freezing user accounts without the account owner’s permission. Does the new constitution address this issue? EOS Constitution v2.0: What’s in It? One of the first things to catch my…
Binance Uganda: The world’s most active cryptocurrency exchange by trade volume, Binance, just announced that it would be opening its first exchange in Uganda. Official Launch of #Binance Uganda Fiat-Crypto Exchangehttps://t.co/Od3NsL3rtm pic.twitter.com/3wCOdT5q62 — Binance (@binance) June 28, 2018 According to the statement made on the company’s website, Binance told its users that it would be…
It’s here – the moment everyone has been waiting for has arrived! Group stages of the Crypto World Cup are over, which means we’re moving onto the best part of the tournament: the knockout stages. No more weak crypto players or unfair matches (though there will be a few: looking at you Andreas Antonopoulos vs.…
Bitcoin (BTC) has just hit its year-low this morning, as its price has just dipped below the $6,000 mark and Ethereum (ETH) is closely skimming the $400 mark. Bitcoin (BTC) Price As per CoinMarketCap, the Bitcoin-US dollar (BTC/USD) exchange rate plummeted to a 2018-low of $5,835.75 at 0:09:00 UTC. At press time, the cryptocurrency is changing hands at $$5,873.86 and…
Following the announcement that Coinbase would begin offering Ethereum Classic pairings in the coming months, the price of ETC has risen by 18.8% (index price) since the 11th of June. Conversely Ethereum (ETH), has fallen by 15.17% over the same period. ETC is currently the 16th largest crypto in the world by market capitalization and currently trades at…
With a potential for tremendous appreciation, it can make sense to invest in cryptocurrency through an IRA so that future gains will escape taxation. However, holding cryptocurrency in a retirement account has traditionally been difficult. When you hold funds in an IRA (or Roth IRA), the Internal Revenue Code prohibits “direct holdings”. All retirement funds…
Within the last year, we’ve seen the coveted wealth that cryptocurrency has brought to many. Unlike brokerages, central banks, and other mainstream financial products, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology propel the world towards anonymity and security. Because of this, many crypto advocates wonder where the next hub will be. Will it be somewhere cold with low…
Day 15 of the Crypto World Cup had some neck-to-neck matches. There were four matches in total today but all eyes were on the Justin Sun vs. Satoshi Nakamoto match. Today’s matches concluded the final day of round one of the Crypto World Cup! Meet the players of this year’s Crypto World Cup. Check out the…
