Price Watch
Regulation
Congressmen Introduce Bill to Change Securities Definition to Exclude Cryptocurrency
Two congressmen are introducing a bill that would exclude digital currencies from securities classification and substantially improve the tax treatment for cryptocurrencies. The new…
Mining
Zcash Mining Mysteriously Spikes Despite Low Profitability
Zcash’s network hash rate has mysteriously spiked by over 40 percent since Dec. 10th. It is unknown what is causing the spike, but it…
Culture
The Unflappening, Bitcoin Cash Leaves Litecoin to Roost
Bitcoin Cash has reclaimed its position above Litecoin, by market capitalization, following meteoric gains in sync with the latest market upswing. Roger Ver can…
Stablecoins
Tether’s Billion Dollar Reserves May Not Equate to ‘One-to-One Backing’ or ‘No Misconduct’
Bloomberg reported that Tether “has the billions it promised,” suggesting that USDT could be backed one-to-one by dollars. That said, the reserves do not…
Price Watch
Cryptocurrency Markets Rally 15+ Percent, Bitcoin Value Increases $500
After a year of price deterioration, the cryptocurrency market has recovered some during the last two days. There is speculation that the rally could…
Exchanges
Coinbase Adds More Ethereum Cryptos: Golem, Maker, Zilliqa, Dai
Today, Coinbase has added four new Ethereum ERC20 tokens to Coinbase Pro: Golem (GNT), Maker (MKR), Zilliqa (ZIL), and Dai (DAI). The coins are…
Exchanges
Fee Analysis for Coinbase’s New Crypto-to-Crypto Conversions
Coinbase recently announced the rollout of a new feature allowing users to directly place coin-to-coin trades rather than going through an intermediary fiat step.…
Stablecoins
Tether Rises to Fourth by Market Cap, Bitcoin and Crypto Markets Look Bleak
Gains in stablecoin dominance indicate that the market outlook is bleak. Tether is now fourth by market capitalization with a total of over 1.8…
Opinion
Humor: Bitcoin SODLers Now Can Easily Sell the ‘Bottom’ with PayPal
The crypto-winter is looking like it might become a crypto-year. Thankfully, Coinbase has the astute trader in mind. In an innovative move, Coinbase’s U.S.…
Technology
Cardano Awakens: Heavy-Hitting Updates and Foundation Restructuring
Charles Hoskinson describes Cardano’s 1.4 as the “most significant update to the Cardano ecosystem to date,” with the update featuring a host of high-caliber…
Adoption
Analysis: Ripple Remittance Channels to Open on UAE Exchange Q1 of 2019
UAE Exchange, one of the leading global money transfer and exchange solutions, plans to implement RippleNet into its service by Q1 of 2019. The…
Adoption
Facebook’s Bet on Blockchain—Four More Job Postings
Facebook is filling positions for four different blockchain engineering roles. The announcement comes after David Marcus—former head of Messenger, and the previous president of…