Big things are happening in the crypto and blockchain sector this week. In fact, this week is what the financial industry calls ‘NYC Blockchain Week’ and Consensus 2018 has kicked off. Companies will be announcing various things throughout the week, so stay vigilant; you are not going to want to miss some of these meetings…
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Cardano [ADA], the 7th largest cryptocurrency by market cap, is looking far-beyond becoming just a payment system for the regular cryptocurrency investor. Charles Hoskinson, CEO of Cardano and co-founder of IOHK, had an interview with Rachel McIntosh back in February discussing his long-term vision for Cardano. Financial System of the Developing World – Cardano vs. Stellar…
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On May 11, the anonymous philanthropist- “Pine”, curator of the Pineapple Fund, published a touching message in Reddit announcing their withdrawal from the crypto-sphere. Five months ago, a Reddit user by the name of Pineapple Fund, posted an announcement on Reddit asking for recommendations to donate upwards of $86 million worth of BTC too. Many were skeptical and…
OKEx has surpassed Binance as the top crypto exchange, listing a 24-hour trading volume of $2.4 billion on CoinMarketCap. Binance currently has a 24-hour trading volume of $2.2 billion. This now makes OKEx the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. That’s not all that’s going on with OKEx though. OKEx’s CEO, Chris Lee, has now resigned. So, the…
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TRON [TRX] & TRON Token Swap – The TRON main net launch is exactly two weeks away and the community surrounding the project is buzzing. The TRX token is currently an ERC20 token supported by the Ethereum blockchain, but once the main net for TRON is launched, the token will be swapped over to be…
HSBC Holding PLC (NYSE:HSBC) told the press on Monday that is completed the world’s first trade finance transaction using blockchain technology. The incentive? HSBC sees blockchain as a solution to help boost efficiency in the multi-trillion-dollar funding of international trade. Last Year, HSBC was awarded ‘World’s Best Bank’ and ‘North America’s Best Bank for Transaction…
If we are going to take cryptocurrency mainstream then it’s time to start using stablecoins and payment processors. The biggest barrier to cryptocurrency adoption right now is the extreme price volatility because if you work hard for your money, and most of us do, then the idea of losing 20 percent of its value overnight just…
Distributed ledger technology-based company IOTA is continuing to expand its business with the release of its highly-anticipated ‘Project Q’. The project has been the subject of a great deal of speculation and interest for the cryptocurrency community after the leaders of IOTA began to allude to it in a series of conversations. David Sonstebo, the founder…
It’s been a big week for institutional interest in crypto, bitcoin (BTC) in particular. There has been a build-up of talk around Wall Street firms for months showing cursory interest in blockchain technology, but recently this interest is becoming explicit and the managerial announcements more specific. JP Morgan’s boss of blockchain project says more to…
