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XRP surged more than 40 percent over the last few weeks as Ripple prepares to host its annual conference, Swell. As the date approaches, the market anticipates a significant price increase based on the impact this event had in previous years. But, is it realistic this time around? What is Swell? Swell is an invite-only […]

Privacy-centric browser Brave has reached an all-time high of eight million monthly active users and released impressive statistics suggesting its crypto-incentivized advertising model is gaining traction. Brave Software announced the milestone in a blog post Wednesday, claiming ads on their open-source browser now have a click-through-rate of 14%—seven times more engagement than the industry average […]

The central bank of Canada is considering launching a sovereign digital currency that would eventually replace cash and combat the “direct threat” cryptocurrencies pose to monetary controls, The Logic reported. The plan bears a striking similarity to that of the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), who in August said it was preparing to launch a […]

A number of technical indicators estimated that the entire market was susceptible to a downturn. Now that the bearish outlook seems to be validated, here is where Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Litecoin could be heading next. Bitcoin Over the last three weeks, Bitcoin has been consolidating between $7,800 and $8,550. But, on Oct. 11 this cryptocurrency […]

Inheriting Bitcoin has now become a feasible reality, thanks to a new service launched by crypto custody startup Casa. The inheritance service and protocol, called Casa Covenant, allows users to securely pass on their Bitcoin holdings through estate lawyers. Casa offers a solution to the question of what happens to your Bitcoin holdings after you […]

The head of Libra, Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency initiative, has stated the project will continue to develop its planned “new global currency” despite having lost a quarter of its backers, including Stripe, Visa, PayPal, and Mastercard. Speaking on Bloomberg Television Tuesday, David Marcus assured that Libra intends to recruit new members to replace those that said […]

BitMEX Research, the research arm of Bitcoin derivatives giant BitMEX, has published a tweet thread encapsulating the most prominent court rulings and accusations of fraud leveled at Craig Wright, days before the controversial figure is scheduled to address a tech conference speaking as Satoshi Nakamoto. Wright, who has for years contentiously claimed to be the […]

Fintech company Ivno announced that it has successfully completed the world’s first global token trial on R3’s Corda. Hosted on Microsoft Azure, the trial saw 28 organizations, including Cobalt, DBS Bank, Raiffeisen Bank International, Itaú Unibanco, and the National Bank of Canada, create $18 billion worth denominated “Trial Tokens” and transfer them in the Ivno […]

Scammers impersonating high-profile figures in the crypto industry have been rampant on Twitter for years but recently began migrating to Instagram as well. Litecoin founder Charlie Lee has been battling with an impersonator on Instagram for months, while Gemini founder Cameron Winklevoss barely managed to shut down a similar scam on the platform. Crypto scams […]

Bitcoin is nearing $1 billion in total, all-time transaction fees and $15 billion in all-time miner revenue, according to Coin Metrics’ latest State of the Network report. As of Oct. 13, $996,458,718 in transaction fees have been paid on the Bitcoin network, the report noted. BTC fees now make up significantly less of total miner […]