Crypto Alliance – Russia and Iran might start using digital currencies, like Bitcoin (BTC), to bypass international sanctions, Russian news source RBC reported yesterday. Both countries are exploring ways to replace the SWIFT interbank payment system and avoid the US dollar transactions said the head of Iranian Parliamentary Commission for Economic Affairs, Mohammad Reza Pourebrahimi. Pourebrahimi met…
The trend towards conscious capitalism is just as significant for listed companies who want to drive their share price as it is for startups trying to get their product off the ground. As the baby boomer generation come closer to mass retirement and they readjust to more defensive investment portfolios (divesting of large amounts stocks for more…
To attract institutional money into the cryptocurrencies market, the incumbent players will have to adapt and cater to them rather than expecting institutional investors to change their standards. One area in particular that crypto is not up to standard for institutions is the custody of assets. It is the biggest chink in crypto security at…
The news of deals and grand reveals at Consensus has been a constant flow for the past three days and all of it delivered with the usual fervor of futuristic big thinkers. But what we didn’t see this year was the bitcoin price rally peddled in the media last week by the fund manager Fundstrat.…
People are now able to send DASH to mobile numbers in over 200 countries with the Paycent mobile app. Paycent and DASH DASH was made available on Paycent, a hybrid mobile wallet, and a subsidiary of the Singapore-based company Texcent, earlier this month. Other cryptocurrencies that are available through Paycent are Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin…
As Bitcoin grows, the level of power consumption needed to mine grows too. This is an area which is also receiving increasing attention. A new study published in the American Journal of Energy Academics Joule claims that by the end of 2018, Bitcoin network’s power consumption may account for 0.5% of the global total. Currently, on…
Bitcoin price (BTC) is crashing instead of rallying: Bitcoin price has failed to generate gains for investors since Warren Buffett, and Bill Gates rejected the cryptocurrency markets two weeks ago. Bitcoin price lost almost $1,800 in the last two weeks. Several other industry experts are also refuting bitcoin’s potential to work as an alternate currency.…
CNBC’s poll was another blow to Bitcoin Cash enthusiasts on top of an already declining coin price. Bitcoin Cash price declined at a robust pace in the last two weeks despite its anticipated hard fork event. The fourth largest coin traded below $1,200 today for the first time this month. BCH coin had hit a…
The week is over, as is Consensus 2018 and NYC Blockchain Week, so there is a lot to reflect on. Without further adieu, here is this week’s trending crypto news! Trending Crypto News | May 14 – May 18 Monday Coins on the crypto markets started Monday both in the green and the red. While…
Toshi adds Litecoin: After listening to its customers, the wallet and dApp browser Toshi is going to be adding Litecoin (LTC) to its platform. Toshi Adds Litecoin One of the most common requests of Toshi was that it expand to other cryptocurrencies. Primarily, Toshi has been focused on Ethereum and Ethereum-based projects but it announced this week that…
