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Coronavirus Prompts Fed to Slash Interest Rate – Stocks Slide, Gold Spikes, Bitcoin Uncertainty
4.3.2020
The U.S. Federal Reserve slashed interest rates by 50 bps on Tuesday citing concerns about the coronavirus outbreak against the bleak economy. The last time the central bank slashed rates by leveraging an “emergency rate shift” by half a percentage point was after Lehman Brothers filed...
Steemit to Shift Its Proprietary Blockchain and Token to Tron Network
14.2.2020
Steemit partners with Tron to move its blockchain-based platform and token STEEM to the Tron blockchain
Ethereum Incubator ConsenSys Slashes Headcount 14% in Latest Strategic Shift
4.2.2020
Ethereum venture studio ConsenSys is shifting focus – and downsizing as a result
Bitcoin Cash Sees Mining Pool Shift and Hashrate Surpass 4 Exahash
22.1.2020
While people have watched the BTC network surpass 100 exahash per second (EH/s), Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has been steadily gathering hashrate as well. Since the November 15, 2018 blockchain split, which produced the Bitcoin SV (BSV) chain, BCH hashrate has jumped by more than 3x. Bitcoin cash is often...
Tom Shaughnessy and Jordan Clifford on Layer 1 Wars, Token Economics and a Shift to Applications
31.12.2019
The big story of 2019 was "quiet" building. When it comes to 2020, however, watch out for fireworks
E-commerce Will Experience a Paradigm Shift in the Coming Years
29.12.2019
Though the advent of e-commerce is a relatively new phenomenon, imagining the retail industry without it has become impossible. The enormous growth of the e-commerce industry in recent years can be substantiated with the recent figures that show a 12.4% of the total retail sales come from...
Cardano (ADA) May End the Year on a Bearish Note; Support Levels Shift Downwards
20.12.2019
ADA has largely been bearish in the later half of this year; lower high pattern accompanies the lower low pattern Above the 38.20% Fib level, Cardano holds strong resistance zone and continues to break the key support levels It was in June when the last time the crypto market was on a bullish spree...
Litecoin (LTC) Looks for a Bottom; Support Levels Shift Downwards
3.12.2019
Litecoin is forming lower lows; fails to catch a bullish momentum The bearish trend line is still intact as the coin is yet to find a decent support level The LTC coin has recently formed a bullish candle; currently below the major support level Litecoin is set to enter the volatile zone...
Photonics Bitcoin Mining Tech Aims to ‘Democratize’ Energy Use
29.11.2019
Three researchers have published a paper at Cornell University’s arxiv.org proposing a system called Optical Proof of Work (OPOW) to potentially be employed in Bitcoin mining. According to the paper, “heavy reliance on electricity has created scalability issues, environmental concerns...
US Government Worried Crypto Can Shift Power to Private Sector
28.11.2019
Cryptocurrency is one of the top issues for the U.S. Treasury. Particularly, the Treasury is worried decentralized cryptocurrencies can shift some functions away from the government to the private sector and raise the issue of self-government, according to Deputy Secretary of the Treasury Justin...
Shift Cryptosecurity Reveals New Tamper-Evident Packaging
23.11.2019
As digital assets have grown valuable over the last decade, hardware wallets have become a mainstay and there’s now a variety of choices on the market. However, people still worry about their devices being tampered with during the shipping process and the firm Shift Cryptosecurity AG wants...
Why Tokenized Projects Are Building on Bitcoin
20.11.2019
Bitcoin is something you hodl. Ethereum is something you build on. At least that has long been the official narrative, with projects favoring dedicated smart contract networks over Bitcoin for spinning out dapps and second layer solutions. Like all crypto narratives, however, this one has started...
The Power in Energy, and How New Technologies Can Shift It
9.11.2019
The imbalance in power and access in emerging technologies is linked to energy usage and cost — some blockchain protocols are set to change that
Strategic Partnership Announced Between Inifinitus and SHIFT Markets
6.11.2019
Infinitus, a blockchain-based dApp, has announced its strategic alliance with the popular crypto turn key solutions provider and financial technology firm, SHIFT markets. The firm launched in 2009, having its headquarters in New York, has obtained thorough expertise in crypto trading since then....
Kuverit Launches Multi Trader Marketplace
2.11.2019
To what was considered as the “dot-com bubble” in the year 2000, Blockchain technology has become as sensationalised and disruptive as the internet was in the late 1990s.Even though the technology is still in its infancy stage, individuals and corporate bodies are already leveraging on it to expand...
The Xi Effect – Chinese Government to Fund Blockchain Projects
31.10.2019
Chinese President Xi Jinping’s announcement that the country would invest heavily in blockchain technology – coupled with a sweeping move to remove online posts suggesting such technology is a scam – has nourished optimism long-held by crypto advocates. Of course, the reality...
How Blockchain and Crypto Are Poised to Shift the Balance of Power
27.10.2019
Blockchain and cryptocurrencies are poised to disrupt global financial systems and alter the balance of power forever
PeerNova Validates Shift to Enterprise Blockchain with $31 Million Funding
23.10.2019
Blockchain startup PeerNova has received $31 million through a Series B round, bringing the company’s total fundraising to $74 million
Fintech Experts From Around the World, Coming to Zagreb for the 2nd Shift Money Conference
16.10.2019
Zagreb, October 09, 2019—The second edition of the FinTech Conference Shift Money will be held on November 18-19, 2019, in Croatia. The focus of the Conference will be on the future of money, which includes all changes and trends in the industry in which banks and other classic financial...
5 of the Best Crypto Swapping Services
12.10.2019
Creating an exchange account, signing in and placing an order every time you want to switch cryptos is like using a sledgehammer to crack a walnut. It’s an incredibly inefficient way to jump between cryptos, and given that no exchange has all the coins, it necessitates creating multiple...