Bitcoin and Inflation. Indeed you have heard these two terms once or twice before, but do you know what they are? Most people would get what Bitcoin is on the first guess, and that is because the name is half-self-explanatory. Bitcoin is a type of currency exchanged in the digital space. Inflation, on the other […]
Continue ReadingThe price of Bitcoin fell from $9,800 to $9,200, and it was most likely caused by five key factors. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) fell from $9,800 to as low as $9,200 on major exchanges overnight. It comes after BTC demonstrated relatively low volatility in the past week, ranging in between $9,900 and $9,500. The […]
Continue ReadingThe team behind CryptoKitties, the popular crypto-collectibles game, has announced the game will launch on the Flow blockchain. Dapper Labs has announced that its popular Ethereum-based collectibles game CryptoKitties will be launched on its Flow blockchain. Flow blockchain was built by Dapper Labs to address many of the challenges the team encountered in launching on […]
Continue ReadingCointelegraph interviewed merchants and executives from Crypto.com and Pundi X to learn about the current state of crypto payments for retail customers. Paying with crypto has long been at the center of the discussions of why cryptocurrencies exist and why they are useful. But despite promising growth and excitement during crypto’s bullish phases, payments with […]
Continue ReadingAfter expansion across Europe, Crypto.com is now set to roll out its MCO Visa Cards in Canada. Leading cryptocurrency payments platform Crypto.com announced that it has received regulatory approval for its Visa card program in Canada, and will soon be rolling out MCO Visa cards in the country. MCO Visa cards are prepaid cards that […]
Continue ReadingJudy Shelton, President Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors, has advocated for getting back to a gold standard, possible “in a very cryptocurrency way.” President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Federal Reserve board of governors is reiterating her advocacy for the gold standard — and adding digital currency into the mix. In […]
Continue ReadingExchange reserves hit an 18-month bottom while miners keep selling despite lower revenues after the halving. Bitcoin (BTC) is failing to retake $10,000 due to a fresh wave of miner selling, fresh data suggests ten days after the halving. Compiled by monitoring resource CryptoQuant, the figures show that over the past five days, combined outflows […]
Continue ReadingThe Harmony mainnet claims to be the first blockchain network to integrate both sharding and staking into its infrastructure. The open blockchain platform Harmony announced that it will now support staking in a bid to create a blockchain infrastructure that attains high scalability without compromising on decentralization. In a press release published May 19, 2020, […]
Continue ReadingThe drop-off in Bitcoin mining revenue to 2019 levels show a macro bottom for BTC is near as the impact of the halving is starting to be felt. The revenue of Bitcoin (BTC) miners dropped to early 2019 levels for the second time in 2020. Every time it declined to a multi-year low, it marked […]
Continue ReadingBitcoin has 140 times more daily active addresses than XRP, but has fewer addresses with a positive balance in them than ETH. Bitcoin (BTC) continues to lead the popularity contest among the top cryptocurrencies — but it has fewer addresses with actual coins in them than Ethereum. According to data from on-chain market analyst Glassnode, […]
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