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HEX, a new cryptocurrency that claims to be the first high-interest blockchain certificate of deposit, is facing significant backlash after different analysts argue that the project was launched mainly to enrich its founder. The new crypto on the block On Dec. 2, Richard Heart, a blockchain thought leader and cryptocurrency investor, launched a new cryptocurrency, […]

Trade volumes on LocalBitcoins (LBC) have hit a new all-time-high in Argentina, having spiked days after President Trump’s announcement that the U.S. intends to place tariffs on Argentinian metal imports. The new high comes as the climax to a year of rising BTC volumes on local exchanges in Argentina, widely assumed to have been triggered […]

CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Coinmine CEO Farbood Nivi. In 2019 Nivi founded Coinmine, the manufacturer of the Coinmine One — the first all-in-one crypto device that is made for use by everyone. The beauty of the Coinmine is that no technical expertise is required to set it up and start mining. […]

Over the weekend, Ethereum went through a significant software upgrade, dubbed Istanbul. The hard fork brought several improvements to the network. And, it allowed the integration of a second layer scaling solution that promises to enable more than 3,000 transactions per second (TPS) while maintaining decentralization and privacy. Scaling solution Earlier this year, Matter Labs […]

One of the most prominent technical analysts in the crypto community recently laid out his bullish and bearish outlooks for Bitcoin. The path to $100,000 Peter Brandt, a 45-years trading veteran, shared a BitcoinLive’s public post where he talks about the different paths that Bitcoin could take in the future. The renowned analyst believes that […]

Competition in the crypto space is always intense but increasingly so when it comes to decentralised exchanges (DEX). Some of the bigger centralised exchanges have recently entered the game with Binance now running a DEX and Poloniex having just acquired TRXMarket, the largest DEX in the Tron ecosystem. Existing DEXs are leveling up with Radar […]

Chile is one of the most prosperous and politically stable countries in Latin America, according to its president, Sebastián Piñera. In an interview with the Financial Times in October, Piñera affirmed: “Chile looks like an oasis because we have a stable democracy, the economy is growing, we are creating jobs, we are improving salaries and […]

On Nov 25., the price of Bitcoin fell off a proverbial cliff, tanking from $7,000 to $6,500 in a move that shocked traders the industry over. Since then, the cryptocurrency market has stabilized, with BTC, for instance, now finding itself nearly 15 percent higher than it was at the lows of that one fateful day. […]

For years, crypto financial services firms across the U.S. have been trying their hand at issuing publicly-traded Bitcoin funds (ETFs). Unfortunately for these hopefuls, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has long not agreed with these firms’ assertions that the Bitcoin market is ready for its own regulated, tradable fund. In fact, in the […]

Ethereum, Litecoin, and XRP entered a stagnation phase in late November. Thus far, the buy and sell orders behind these assets are not significant enough to bring back volatility to them. The following technical analysis explores what would happen if volume picks up. Ethereum (ETH) After testing the support given by 75 percent Fibonacci retracement […]