Despite advertisements being banned on the most popular media platforms, regulatory scrutiny and a lot of bad press besides, money has been pouring into the ICO market since the start of the year. Blockchain startups raised $3 billion through ICOs in the first two months of the year, half the value of all funds raised…
Despite advertisements being banned on the most popular media platforms, regulatory scrutiny and a lot of bad press besides, money has been pouring into the ICO market since the start of the year. Blockchain startups raised $3 billion through ICOs in the first two months of the year, half the value of all funds raised…
Everyone seems to have an opinion about cryptocurrencies these days. Opinions range from ‘decentralized digital currencies are the saviors of a broken financial system that can financially empower individuals’, to ‘they are only used by criminals and terrorists to fund their illicit activities’. Opinions also vary among the world’s leading tech pioneers when it comes…
Ripple (XRP) has continued its negative slide over the past month, having lost 82% of its value since the all-time high set in January. The market cap now stands US$59.25 billion, with US$383 million in trading volume over the past 24 hours. The company behind XRP, Ripple Labs, continues to increase global brand awareness and…
Today Belarus officially joined the race to become an international center for blockchain innovation, when its crypto tax and accountancy laws were enacted. Under the presidential decree all crypto-related business and trading will be legalized, a framework for accounting standards defined and a tax break until 2023 for profit and revenue derived from the…
Today Belarus officially joined the race to become an international center for blockchain innovation, when its crypto tax and accountancy laws were enacted. Under the presidential decree all crypto-related business and trading will be legalized, a framework for accounting standards defined and a tax break until 2023 for profit and revenue derived from the industry…
As reported by Bitcoin.com, the European cryptocurrency payment gateway Coingate has joined forces with the open source e-commerce solution Prestashop. The result? Approximately 80,000 new European merchants will now have the option to accept cryptocurrencies as payment. The point of this joint venture is to provide more buying options for crypto enthusiasts. It’s to give people…
Good things are on the horizon for a particular Los Angeles-based blockchain startup. Not only will the startup benefit from what lies ahead, but so will various financial institutions. If you’re interested in the blockchain, perhaps one of the only headlines you should care about today centers around Spring Labs creating a credit data blockchain.…
Late Monday evening, Coinbase announced its intention to add ERC20 support on its platform. Does this mean that the exchange will be adding more altcoins to its platform in the future? Currently, the exchange supports the buying and selling of only four tokens: Bitcoin (BTC), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH), and Litecon (LTC). There have…
LitePay was supposed to bring new light to Litecoin (LTC). LitePay was not only going to offer a new crypto wallet specific for LTC, but also the LitePay debit card, which users could have used to convert Litecoin into U.S. fiat currency. Instead, ineffectual business handling and less-than-communicative responses have led LitePay to lose its support from…
