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South Korea’s fascination with blockchain and cryptocurrency seemingly grows stronger each day. The country is among the few global powers to have embraced and made regulations for the controlled rise and introduction of digital currencies. Now, there might be greater plans in the mix, if a recent development, buoyed by Chinese progress in blockchain systems, […]

As evidenced by various interviews, Twitter comments, and data sets, institutions have finally started to enter the cryptocurrency market en-masse. Wall Street’s focus thus far has been Bitcoin. But an analyst expects institutional players to expand their horizons to include top altcoins in the future, citing data from exchange Coinbase regarding the behavior of investors. […]

Launched earlier this week, the Cardano’s pioneer Shelley testnet gathered a select group of pool operators that have been testing the Cardano network. According to Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, the testnet has so far been tremendously successful, providing important insights to IOHK. However, the next two weeks will be pivotal for its development, […]

Bitcoin’s now-concluded halving was the talk of the town in 2020. The May 12 event saw immense media spotlight and institutional interest in the broader cryptocurrency space.  While some predicted an eventual drop in prices, others cite vastly changed economic and financial conditions than the past halving as a major differentiator.  Finally a hedge Matt […]

The entire world witnessed a once-per-decade bout of capitulation in mid-March that sent virtually all global markets into a tailspin, with the effects of this being particularly impactful to Bitcoin. The benchmark cryptocurrency saw a sharp decline that led it to nosedive from over $8,000 to lows of $3,800. This decline was perpetuated by a […]

Due to the fact that the start of historical parabolic rallies in the Bitcoin price lined up with previous halvings, a reduction in block rewards has long been deemed the crypto market’s biggest and most promising catalyst for a bull run. But the introduction of Ethereum 2.0 — a blockchain upgrade slated to dramatically improve […]

Bitcoin saw some explosive momentum overnight that allowed it to briefly tap highs of $10,000 before settling back into the mid-$9,000 region. This movement came about after an extended period of sideways trading within the upper-$8,000 region, and the bullish resolution to this consolidation has led many analysts to target a move back up to […]

With Shelley mainnet closer than ever, IOHK’s education director explained how the network will stay protected while maintaining high efficiency—pledging. Pledging is set to provide a mechanism that encourages a healthy commercial ecosystem on Cardano, as it would request the highest pledge possible from stake pool operators while keeping smaller stake pools competitive. Why pledging […]

Last month, a Reddit user with the moniker “MagoCrypto” revealed in a number of posts that Reddit was seemingly beta testing an Ethereum-based feature called “Community Points,” which would allow users to earn ERC-20 tokens to get special access to certain communities — known as subreddits. Mago indicated that Reddit also included basic Ethereum wallet […]

The Bitcoin network successfully went thought its third halving on Monday. Consequently, reducing the rate of issuance from 12.5 BTC per block to 6.25 BTC. Some of the most prominent figures within the industry anticipated that this event could trigger a catastrophic correction. However, the flagship cryptocurrency only took a 19 percent nosedive over the […]