Crypto Exchange Huobi’s DeFi-Focused Blockchain Released in Public Beta
2.3.2020
The exchange is eyeing use cases for its tech across areas such as tokenized asset issuance, payments, identity verification and lending
Bitcoin Hash Rate Hits New All-Time High as Miners Shun Price Drop
2.3.2020
Miners appear more confident in Bitcoin than ever as hash rate circles a record 137 quintillion hashes per second
Darknet Markets Flourish as White House and Empire Toast Milestone Achievements
2.3.2020
Business is booming on the darknet. Despite ongoing DDoS attacks, Empire Market has now passed 1 million users and two years’ trading. White House Market is also going strong, boasting almost 100% uptime in its first six months and over 60,00 users. In related news, the darknet has gained...
Stellar Price Continues to Rise Today; Yesterday’s Loss Likely to Recover Soon
2.3.2020
If we look at the 5-month chart of Stellar, the current price trend is forming a similar price dip to that of in January this year. The price plunge of January seemed like an apt buying opportunity as it rose from there by clearly more than 50%. If we consider the current price plunge as …
Ripple Would Be Unprofitable Without XRP Sales, CEO Admits
2.3.2020
Brad Garlinghouse. California-based fintech company Ripple would not have been where it is today without the monthly selling from its massive holding of XRP tokens, an admission from its CEO suggests.
In an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday, Ripple’s CEO Brad Garlinghouse...
IOTA Foundation: A New Visionary in Field of Blockchain Technology
2.3.2020
IOTA is a ‘permissionless distributed ledger’ for the millennium economy as it would form the backbone of the Internet of Things (IoT) in the near future. It stands out as the first open-source distributed ledger enabling micro-transactions without fees and data integrity for machines, which would...
Bitcoin Rallies After Biggest Weekly Drop Since November
2.3.2020
Bitcoin is flashing green on Monday, having suffered a double-digit price drop last week
Whistleblower Outs ‘Wolf of Kyiv’ for $70 Million Bitcoin Scam
2.3.2020
A whistleblower has revealed a $70 million Bitcoin scam targeting British and Australian investors through fake news stories on Facebook
West Virginia Ditches Blockchain Voting App Provider Voatz
2.3.2020
West Virginia will not continue with its use of blockchain-based mobile voting software Voatz amid security concerns from experts
Ripple Friendly SBI Chief in Talks About Launching an STO Exchange
2.3.2020
Yoshitaka Kitao. The CEO of SBI, one of Japan’s biggest financial companies, has spoken of his intention to co-launch a securities token offering (STO) exchange platform within the current financial year.
Per newspaper Jiji, SBI Holdings chief Yoshitaka Kitao, who is also a long-term Ripple partner...
Is Coinbase Another Step Closer to Opening in Japan?
2.3.2020
American exchange giant Coinbase has become a second-tier member of the Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA), the only officially recognized self-regulatory body of Japanese cryptocurrency exchanges.
The JVCEA’s first-tier comprises exchanges that have been granted an official...
Bitcoin Price Avoids $8.2K to Mirror Stock-to-Flow Creator’s Forecast
2.3.2020
Bitcoin’s price outlook is already improving for March, says stock-to-flow creator PlanB