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An Xpring report on May 13 stated XRP exchanges see increased inflow/outflow volumes whenever Bitcoin and Ethereum networks are hit by surging transaction fees and congestion. Traders move to XRP during crunch While the sample sizes in terms of days were not specified, Xpring notes XRP cross-exchange transactions went up significantly when Ethereum — widely-used […]

[Update at 14:50 UTC] Benjamin Winston, Director of Security at ECC, told CryptoSlate via a tweet the paper was simply a  “review” of existing material and proposes a new attack that is based on a “faulty understanding” of the Zcash protocol by the Hush team. We reviewed this on May 6th and found it to […]

As Neo is anticipating the launch of its newest iteration—Neo3—its founder and CEO Da Hongfei explained what the latest upgrade will bring to the ecosystem. The biggest change to Neo, aside from integrating various tokenization services, will come in the form of a new governance system, where 21 committee members will be voted in by […]

Ethereum’s much-awaited move to a PoS consensus algorithm, the so-called 2.0 or “Serenity” update, just got longer. Project developers confirmed late on May 12 any purported shipping dates were a clear case of miscommunication. It’s not coming in July Serenity has been in development since early-2018. The update is to Ethereum what the halving was […]

On Monday, the latest Bitcoin block reward halving finally arrived, decreasing the inflation rate of the BTC monetary base by 50 percent to ~1.6 percent — under the target inflation rate of fiat currencies and under the growth of the above-ground supply of gold. It’s fitting, then, that around the time of the block reward […]

News broke today that banking giant JPMorgan would be extending banking services to two of the world’s most prominent crypto exchanges. This is significant news considering that the bank’s CEO previously called Bitcoin a “fraud.” One billionaire investor is now explaining that this news is significant, as it acts as a validation of the role […]

Users of online betting and savings games always have a question — are winners truly picked on random and if they are “real” persons. When pool winnings company PoolTogether was faced with this conundrum, they turned to Chainlink’s protocol for help. Randomness is now ensured On May 12, Chainlink confirmed the addition of the Verifiable […]

Could an attack on Bitcoin be imminent? 65 percent of Bitcoin owners are convinced that a 51% Attack is a legitimate concern for the Bitcoin community and its investors, according to our new report on the “State of Crypto Mining.” But is there really a threat, or is that fear more sci-fi than reality? To […]

When (or if) Bitcoin returns to the $20,000 high it established in December 2017, a “wild run” could follow suit that will bring the cryptocurrency to new heights far above the last all-time high, a top trader has suggested. Bitcoin breaking $20,000 could cause a “wild run” predicated on FOMO In a comment made on […]

If you have been around in crypto for the past few years, you likely know of the concept of Ethereum-killers. Over its five years of existence, Ethereum has become the largest and most prominent smart contract blockchain, with ETH rallying thousands of percent within a few years’ time while the network has seen mass adoption […]