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Japan’s central bank — the Bank of Japan (BoJ) — confirmed Monday it has created a new division to research and study the issuance of digital currency. Colloquially the “digital yen,” the development follows days after Japanese parliament members called for increased participation for digital assets and CBDC research. Japan’s digital currency gets a home […]

While Bitcoin has yet to go entirely mainstream, it has been deemed one of the world’s most important innovations of the past two decades. After all, the launch of the cryptocurrency solved the reversibility of electronic payments and the duplication of digital money. In a world becoming increasingly digital and interconnected, Bitcoin is a pivotal […]

After the price of its native token LINK reached its all-time high last week, Chainlink has seen its on-chain metrics skyrocket. Data from crypto analytics company IntoTheBlock has shown that the number of large transactions on Chainlink has increased over 15 times in the past three months, matching the growth seen in the number of […]

The world of Bitcoin trading is equal parts alluring and intimidating. The former throws up images of “Lambos” and private jet trips around the globe while the later means account blow-ups and unfortunate consequences. But trading is not the only way to earn BTC. In this article, we explore six ways that interested individuals can […]

The decentralized finance sector has been grabbing the attention of crypto investors throughout the past couple of months, as virtually every associated token has been posting massive gains. Despite seeing parabolic growth, the sector as a whole remains relatively small, with an aggregated market capitalization of just over $4 billion. Outside of the crypto industry, […]

Bitcoin’s ongoing consolidation phase has been perpetuated by limited liquidity and cratering trading volume. This has caused the cryptocurrency to trade within the lower-region of its long-held trading range between $9,000 and $10,000. BTC’s lackluster price action has directed greater attention to the benchmark cryptocurrency’s smaller counterparts. Traders are now moving to capitalize on the […]

While Bitcoin and Ethereum have continued to stagnate, it is clear that the decentralized finance (DeFi) finance craze is alive and well. In a single day, two tokens in this segment of the cryptocurrency market launched. One launched over one thousand percent higher than its seed round price, and another gained around 5,000 percent in […]

Decentralized finance (DeFi) applications are driving growth in the cryptocurrency market in 2020. Some projects launched this year have posted both billion-dollar valuations (based on market cap), multi-digital user growth, and a rise in trading volumes. But one crypto-obsessed country is absent from the action — China. While being very stringent on cryptocurrencies, the country dominates […]

Bitcoin, Ethereum, and a number of other large cryptocurrencies have effectively flatlined over the past two to three months. The chart below from Josh Olszewicz, a crypto analyst, displays this well: per the Bollinger Bands, Bitcoin volatility is at lows not seen since November 2018. But according to Max Bronstein, part of the venture and […]

Cloudflare’s 1.1.1.1 DNS service saw a major outage yesterday that caused many websites to become unreachable, including multiple cryptocurrency exchanges and web-based Bitcoin wallets. During the roughly 25 minutes in which these sites saw outages, users speculated as to what could be behind the blackout. Some even theorized that this marked an infrastructure attack from […]