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Weiss Crypto Ratings Downgrades Litecoin & Cardano, Ups Monero
18.9.2019
In its most recent move, Weiss Ratings, the financial ratings agency, downgraded Litecoin and Cardano , while Monero was upgraded.
The ratings of both Litecoin and Cardano went down from “C+” to “C”. Litecoin’s risk/reward grade remains “D”, both of those aspects rated as “weak,” while...
Dozens of Altcoins on the Rise, but is it Alt Season Yet?
18.9.2019
There’s a lot of green among altcoins. The last day has seen almost ten coins in the top 100 reach the double-digit rise, while many more have entered the double-digit-percentage space in the last seven days. So, has the altcoin season started yet? Well, the Cryptoverse says – maybe (not)?...
Binance's Riddle: What is BNB Doing on Binance.US?
18.9.2019
Ethereum and Ripple Rally While Bitcoin Stalls
18.9.2019
Yesterday, we saw a strong rise in ethereum price above the USD 195 resistance. Later, ETH/USD climbed above the USD 210 and USD 212 resistance levels. More importantly, ripple price started a strong rally after it broke the USD 0.265 and USD 0.272 resistance levels. XRP/USD gained nearly 20%...
BitPay to Announce New Coins Soon; Litecoin, XRP Being Evaluated
17.9.2019
After announcing support for ether yesterday, major crypto payments processor, BitPay expects to "announce support for additional options in early Q4," Stephen Pair, BitPay’s CEO, told Cryptonews.com. Litecoin and XRP are both being evaluated, he confirmed.
“We will be looking closely at network...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 37
16.9.2019
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know here.
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Crypto Market Sentiment Slightly Lower; EOS is This Week’s Winner
16.9.2019
This Monday, the average crypto market sentiment measure, Sentscore, for the top 10 coins by market capitalization is 5.22/10, slightly less than last week’s 5.26, according to Omenics, a crypto market sentiment analysis service.
Not a single coin is in the negative range for the second week in...
OKEx Korea Axes Privacy Coins as South Korean Purge Intensifies
16.9.2019
The South Korean branch of cryptocurrency exchange OKEx says it will delist five privacy coins as of October this year, saying they “violate regulatory laws.”
The exchange announced that it will delist Monero, Dash, ZCash, Horizen and Super Bitcoin as of October 10, and has set a December...
Ripple is Selling XRP at a Discount to Some Institutional Buyers
13.9.2019
Source: iStock/HT-Pix
Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, a California-based blockchain startup focusing on the banking sector, confirmed that the company is selling its native token, XRP, to some of their institutional clients at a discount.
In an interview with CNN, Garlinghouse was asked at what...
Why Did These Two Lawmakers Buy Marijuana with Stablecoin
12.9.2019
Source: iStock/Adventure_Photo
We’re seeing digital tokens in many places these days, but there are still many firsts to experience, especially when it comes to seeing unexpected people using digital assets to buy unexpected things. Such is the case this time around, with California lawmakers going...
Ethereum Classic Completed its Atlantis Hard Fork
12.9.2019
Today, one of the major blockchains, Ethereum Classic (ETC), hard forked at block height 8,772,000 as scheduled, implementing new upgrades to the blockchain.
As a reminder, Ethereum Classic was created after a hard fork of the original Ethereum blockchain in 2016. This Atlantis update adopts...
France Doesn't Want Let Libra Into Europe
12.9.2019
Due to systemic financial risks, risks for sovereignty, and the potential for abuse of market dominance, we "cannot authorize the development of Libra on European soil," French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire said on Thursday.
“All these concerns about Libra are serious," Le Maire was quoted...
Bitcoin.com Aims to Launch BCH Futures Contract and Drive Token to #2
12.9.2019
Roger Ver. Cryptocurrency investor Roger Ver’s Bitcoin.com cryptocurrency venture has announced that it is hoping to launch a Bitcoin Cash (BCH) futures contract on an American Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)-licensed exchange.
Per a Bloomberg report, Bitcoin.com’s David Shin – the head...
Delistings: More S Korean Exchanges ‘Clear Out’ Low-performing Cryptos
12.9.2019
It seems that a “token clear-out” is getting traction as more South Korean exchanges look to delist under-performing cryptocurrencies.
Huobi Korea has become the latest exchange in the country to announce it will implement a new delistings policy. The company says it will assess the tokens it lists...
ETC Correcting its Monthly Gains; 'Atlantis is Going Smoothly'
11.9.2019
Source: Twitter, @eth_classic
Ethereum Classic, the only top 20 coin in green in a month, is now seen correcting its monthly gains ahead of the hard fork this week, which "is going smoothly" and a chain split is unlikely.
Though the price of this coin has been rising in the past month, reaching...
Coinbase Mulls IEO Platform, Explores STO
11.9.2019
Source: Instagram, Coinbase
U.S.-based major cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase may reportedly announce its plans regarding own initial exchange offering (IEO) platform in the next few months, while security token offerings are also in their radar.
"Coinbase is carefully exploring not only the...
‘This Stellar Airdrop is Different' as XLM Down 76% Since First One
10.9.2019
Keybase and Stellar partnered for another massive airdrop of Stellar’s native token, Lumens (XLM), which Keybase’s CEO claims to be different from the previous giveaways, though many in the community are not convinced in its benefits. Nonetheless, the price of XLM dropped 76% since the first event...
Weiss Crypto Ratings Downgrades Bitcoin, Some Altcoins, Ups NEO
9.9.2019
An updated grade list by Weiss Ratings, the financial ratings agency that covers Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, shows a number of top coins being downgraded last week, including the world’s number one cryptocurrency, Bitcoin.
As previously reported, BTC was given its first A rating ever,...
Crypto Listing & Delisting Announcements: Week 36
9.9.2019
Source: iStock/BrAt_PiKaChU
Below is our weekly collection of digital asset listing and delisting announcements by cryptocurrency exchanges that we found last week.
Have we missed something? Do you have information about new listings and/or delistings? Let us know...
Dozens of Altcoins Outperform BTC, Fueling Altseason Talks
9.9.2019
The cryptocurrency market shows its intriguing, even if unpredictable, face yet again with dozens of altcoins from the top 100 coins outperforming Bitcoin in the past week. This has led many in the Cryptoverse to ask that all-too-familiar question yet again: has the altcoin season begun?
While...