The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Alrosa, has partnered with Tencent, the operator of Chinese social media giant WeChat, on a new blockchain-powered e-commerce project. The world’s largest diamond mining firm, Russia’s Alrosa, has partnered with Tencent, the operator of Chinese social media app WeChat, on a new blockchain-based e-commerce project. Together with blockchain platform […]
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Cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka releases a new tool on Jan. 15 for retail investors to use to calculate how much in taxes to pay. Just in time for the 2019 tax season, cryptocurrency accounting firm Lukka announced a “do-it-yourself” crypto tax preparation product tailored for retail investors. Known as LukkaTax, the product evolved from LibraTax, […]
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Bitcoin’s bounce off the $6.4K support is a positive sign as it shows that stronger hands are not dumping their positions yet. The crypto markets are currently held tight in the grasp of the bears. At the moment, there does not seem to be any specific news or event that has triggered the strong decline […]
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A lack of enthusiasm around the Bitcoin price is not all-pervasive, data shows, as interest remains about the impact of next May’s halving. Bitcoin (BTC) investors and mainstream consumers are paying more attention to the cryptocurrency’s block reward halving in May 2020. According to data from Google Trends on Dec. 17, worldwide searches for “Bitcoin […]
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Is the current dip the final buying opportunity before halving boosts Bitcoin price? Bitcoin’s market dominance has been holding above 65% mark since late July of this year. This shows that Bitcoin continues to garner the maximum interest from the market participants. There were periods in the past few months when it looked like an […]
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The president of Fidelity Digital Assets announced that the firm could add support for Ether in 2020. Tom Jessop, the president of Fidelity Digital Assets, the cryptocurrency trading arm of United States financial services giant Fidelity, announced that the firm may add support for Ether (ETH) in 2020 is there is sufficient demand for it. […]
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Russian tech startup Waves announced it has been testing a blockchain solution for payments in the retail electricity sector. Earlier this week, Russian tech startup Waves announced it has been testing a blockchain solution for payments in the retail electricity sector. The pilot program was initiated by Rosseti, Russia’s national energy grid operator, which is […]
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Bitcoin price is attempting to rebound from this week’s slump as it heads into the weekend that might see a relief rally, but don’t bet the farm just yet. The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has headed north over the last 24 hours, up over 1% at $7,272. As a result, each of the major cryptocurrencies […]
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Data shows that whales and institutional investors accumulated Bitcoin throughout its 2-year long bearish phase, should retail investors follow? Data from CoinMetrics shows that crypto whales now hold 42.1% of Bitcoin’s current supply. This is a slight increase compared to 37.9% two years back and analysts have interpreted the increase as a positive sign, as […]
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Riot Blockchain announces additional 1,000 new Antminer S17-Pro mining rig purchase, bringing recent order totals to 4,000 in December. Cryptocurrency mining firm Riot Blockchain announced the purchase of an additional 1,000 next-generation Bitmain S17-Pro Antminers on Dec.12. This completes the upgrade of its Oklahoma City mining facility, following an initial purchase of 3,000 units announced […]
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