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Bitcoin’s sharp recovery from its meltdown in mid-March has revitalized its investor base, leading positive sentiment to flourish amongst market participants. This positivity is likely rooted in its bullish performance against a backdrop of global instability, with comments from legendary investors like Paul Tudor Jones further vindicating the cryptocurrency’s value. The benchmark cryptocurrency is now […]

While the first wave of pioneers is testing Shelley, Hoskinson took to YouTube to answer community questions, touching on topics such as incessant trolls, roadmap deadlines, and handling a future Cardano that could process thousands of transactions every second. Putting an exclamation point at the launch of Shelley The first select group of participants has […]

Both Bitcoin and the equities market have mounted a strong comeback from their lows, but there are still storm clouds brewing on the horizon for the economy and for society more broadly. In a recent speech, Jerome Powell of the Federal Reserve warned that the ongoing recession caused by the COVID-19 outbreak is one “without […]

50 BTC from a block mined in February 2009 is moving. It is the first batch of Bitcoin to move from the Satoshi generation in many years. But, three key data points show it was not Satoshi who moved approximately $470,000 in BTC. The three data sets are: the absence of a “Patoshi pattern,” it […]

Ethereum’s price action has been rather lackluster in recent times, but this hasn’t been enough to slow its thriving utility. This utility has been largely rooted in the growing popularity of DeFi and Stablecoins, which have both directed a massive amount of network activity to the Ethereum blockchain. Although it hasn’t yet been reflected in […]

There is no denying the sentiment that the U.S. is the global hub of technology and financial innovation. American innovators are behind the world’s biggest companies, Amazon, Apple, Google, and more. Even with small-scale startups, talent is centralized in America. But it’s a whole different story for crypto and blockchain. Instead of the U.S. dominating […]

In response to the growing scrutiny of the world’s central banks amid the ongoing recession, CBS’ world-famous show “60 Minutes” on Sunday ran a segment on the Federal Reserve and its chairman, Jerome Powell. Although Powell never once mentioned Bitcoin in the interview, many in the cryptocurrency space were quick to promote an interview with […]

The now-concluded Bitcoin halving marked a significant step in the pioneer cryptocurrency’s evolution, that of reducing block rewards to miners to maintain its premise as a deflationary currency. But critics voiced certain concerns ahead of the event. Some focussed on the effects on BTC prices, while some, more importantly, worried about the eventual centralization of […]

Ghana’s Waya Money has seemingly teamed up with Ripple to bring instant cross-border settlements to millions of Africans in three countries if a recent update on the former’s site is considered. A “bus is faster” than bank transfers Based in Ghana’s hip Accra region, Waya is a digital “challenger” bank working to bring financial inclusion […]

Despite the over 100 percent rally from the $88 lows of March’s capitulation, Ethereum remains over 85 percent below the all-time high it set at the exact peak of the last cryptocurrency mania. Ethereum may soon get some bullish relief, though, with news being released of three fundamental trends that could dramatically boost demand for […]