Ethereum (ETH) – We’ve all seen it, the pinned posts from most cryptocurrency leaders on Twitter stating that they “are not giving away or accepting digital assets.” Mostly, it revolves around the world’s second largest cryptocurrency Ethereum [ETH], but it has made its way to other digital tokens as well. As a public announcement, I will…
An Ontology CarBlock partnership is forming, as Ontology decides to dip its toe into the automotive industry and join forces with the transportation blockchain CarBlock. Ontology CarBlock Partnership CarBlock is, according to its website, the first blockchain-based transportation solution that will eventually lead to easier handling of auto insurance, maintenance, dealerships, and automotive reports. According…
The first EOS Hackathon results are in! The Hong Kong Hackathon is over, and the prizes have been awarded. Who took home the top prize? The EOS Hackathon will be ongoing throughout this year, culminating in the grand finale on December 8th, 2018. The Hackathon consists of four events leading up to the fifth and…
Coinbase adding Ethereum Classic (ETC): Announced earlier, it’s official – the cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is adding support for a new token, Ethereum Classic! Coinbase has long been the exchange that has only supported a few tokens, those being Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH). When Coinbase announced it was adding support…
Tron [TRX] – Yesterday. Variety reported that Tron’s founder has purchased the software company BitTorrent Inc. Surprisingly, it has yet to be announced by any of the parties involved. We will announce our partnership with a very prestigious public listed company next week. Looking forward to it! — Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) January 4, 2018 Can’t…
EOS, founded by Block.one in 2017, is the 5th biggest cryptographic asset in the world by market cap and has been vaunted as a fully scalable blockchain platform for Dapp hosting. In the past year it has faced criticism for several reasons and in general, perceptions of the project are mixed. However, its ongoing mainet launch can surely be described…
Litecoin (LTC) has dropped 40% over the last month, largely correlating with most of the other crypto markets. The LTC market cap now stands at US$5.96 billion, sixth overall behind EOS. Exchange-traded volume in the past 24 hours is US$378.55 million. The number of transactions per day has decreased dramatically since December and January and…
After the bloodbath we can only speculate as to what caused the flight of capital out of cryptos but we will take a look at the confluence of bearish news events that could have had an impact. CFTC investigation into bitcoin futures manipulation The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been investigating some of the…
The advent of blockchain technology has brought with it some novel advancements, with one of them being the emergence of initial coin offerings (ICOs). This innovative mechanism for capital-financing has powerful consequences, for one, ICOs are challenging the commonly held view that investing in promising early stage start-ups is a right reserved exclusively for VC…
Crypto-Friendly Countries in Europe: In recent months the crypto sector has seen numerous countries implement regulations and ban virtual currencies and ICOs. Despite this, the sector continues to grow and gain support. So, if the world is going to divide when it comes to cryptocurrency, which is what appears to be happening, it’s important that crypto-enthusiasts…
