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Akoin, the cryptocurrency project created by global music star Akon, has secured a deal to become the main currency of the $2 billion technology city in Western Kenya. The Mwale Medical and Technology City (MMTC) is home to over 35,000 people and thousands of businesses, all of which will be using Akon’s Stellar-based cryptocurrency, the […]

Bitcoin’s value proposition, according to many of its investors, is cut and dried: as they say, it’s a scarce, decentralized, borderless, and digital form of money for the world. The value propositions of other cryptocurrencies, however, is a bit more muddied. A case in point of this conundrum is as follows: some say that while […]

Eterna and Borderless Capital are joining forces to launch a new initiative that is intended to support developers and entrepreneurs who want to build their decentralized applications on top of the Algorand protocol. Dubbed Eterna Borderless Venture Studio, it is set to provide a range of tools and resources to those interested in creating or […]

The Bitcoin price action seen throughout 2020 has done little to offer investors insight into its macro outlook, with its intense rise in January and February kindling optimism before this was shattered during the capitulatory decline seen on March 12th – a day that will live in infamy as “Black Thursday.” One key indicator may […]

Stablecoins account for a rapidly growing sector of the crypto industry and have viewed by many industry-advocates as tools that will ultimately help bridge mainstream finance with the nascent and highly volatile crypto market. The adoption of these tokens, however, has been met with multiple roadblocks, with notable projects including Facebook’s Libra initiative facing multiple […]

A survey jointly conducted by Crypto.com and The Economist examined the general population’s opinion of cryptocurrencies, finding that 24 percent of respondents believed the main use for cryptocurrencies was “short-term investment.” However, over half of the respondents said they would trust a digital currency issued by their country’s central bank. Survey shows society becoming increasingly […]

Even after the recent tepid price action Bitcoin remains 86 percent above its $3,700 lows set in March’s “Black Thursday” crash. Instead of deterring late arrivals, this strong rally has seemingly convinced many retail traders that Bitcoin’s rally is far from complete. Case in point: a confluence of data sources indicates that demand for cryptocurrencies […]

Few in the Bitcoin industry have not heard of PlanB. The pseudonymous analyst, who works at a European institution managing a multi-billion-dollar balance sheet but moonlights as Bitcoin analyst, has garnered tens of thousands of followers and presumably millions of views of his articles and tweets. The reason: he’s the creator of the stock-to-flow model, […]

Investors are growing more optimistic about the coronavirus outlook and this can be seen in the rise of the U.S. stock market. This sense of bullishness, however, is not visible across the crypto markets and on-chain data reveal that Bitcoin is turning bearish. Optimism grows in the U.S. stock market Over the last few days, […]

Ethereum has seen mixed price action throughout 2020, with the cryptocurrency first incurring a parabolic uptrend in early-February that led it to highs of $290, before it lost its momentum and reeled all the way down into the sub-$100 region in mid-March. In the time since this capitulatory decline, ETH has clawed its way back […]