Month: November 2018
Cryptocurrency Payments Gaining Popularity In Moscow
Moscow is among regions that are experiencing an increase in Cryptocurrency adoption in the world. The increasing popularity of non-cash payments has seen some people in the Russian capital turn to the virtual currencies. Although one cannot buy altcoins using the local currencies, it appears that Muscovites are ready to go to any length to […]
Blockchain-Based Call Services A Reality As IBM Partners With Spain’s Telefonica
Spain’s largest telecommunications service provider, Telefonica, is applying Blockchain technology in managing international calls on mobile phones. This is according to a Cointelegraph correspondent report. In the new collaboration, the world’s leading technology firm, IBM, will be building a Proof of Concept (PoC) distributed ledger technology platform for Telefonica with features that enable tracing international […]
Bitcoin Price Could Breakout Into A Bull Run
Binance chief executive officer Changpeng Zhao believes that Bitcoin price is about to enter into a long-term bull cycle. He further believes that for this to happen, there has to be a factor that triggers the Cryptocurrency markets and excites investors into buying BTC. He does not mention any event but there are thousands of […]
Listing Of Cardano, Stellar And ZCash Bolsters Crypto Markets
The Basic Attention Token (BAT) and Ox (ZRK) coins were recently listed by Coinbase. This has resulted in price surges as the two Tokens are now available to a larger market meaning that their demand is on an upward trend. On the same note, Stellar (XLM), Zcash (ZEC), and Cardano (ADA) are also attracting investors […]
Bitmain Files A $5.5 Million Lawsuit Against A Hacker In A Seattle Court
Bitmain Technologies Limited has filed a lawsuit against a hacker calling himself ‘John Doe’ at the United States District Court Western District of Washington at Seattle. The plaintiff is alleging and complaining that the yet to be identified ‘John Doe’ gained access to Bitmain’s accounts and made away with $5.5 million worth of Digital Assets. The […]
Finance Professor: Cryptocurrencies May Be Overpriced
According to Professor Wang Chun Wei, a Ph. D finance lecturer at the University of Queensland in Australia, Cryptocurrencies are very likely to be overpriced. This means that the actual market capitalization should be much smaller than its current $220 billion value. The financial expert conducted a study that delved into the propensity of investors […]
Propy To Apply Blockchain Technology To Solve Homelessness Crisis In California
San Francisco and the entire Bay Area in California are known as hotspots of technology, innovation, and creativity that only a few cities in the world can even dream of. Nonetheless, homelessness in the second largest urban area of the West Coast has exacerbated in the last decade due to a myriad of issues such […]
TradeLens Blockchain Is Transforming In The Port Of Valencia
IBM has developed a cutting-edge Blockchain platform dubbed as TradeLens that is designed to be useful in international shipping. The network is meant to be used by The Spanish Port of Valencia. The project also brings on board the shipping giant Maersk as per the official announcement on a joint presser. The project is designed […]
BitMEX Releases A Hardfork Monitoring Tool Ahead Of The Bitcoin Cash Hardfork
As November 15 nears, a date set for the expected hardfork Bitcoin cash; researchers at BitMEX have launched a new BTC/BCH soft/hardfork monitoring tool. According to the official blog post, the website will be used to monitor hardforks and softforks network upgrades, and therefore help in detecting the unintentional consensus bugs. While the tool will […]
Analyst: Easing Of Bitcoin Mining Signals An End To The Bear Run
Bitcoin prices are drawing a lot of attention from Crypto Asset Market analysts. This is because of the fact that there have been prolonged bear runs in 2018 and the few bull runs have not been able to offset the losses that investors have suffered. There are a lot of parameters that analysts use to […]
