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Truffle, one of the leading providers for open-source blockchain development tools, is expanding beyond just supporting Ethereum as it makes its push toward profitability. The ConsenSys-funded company announced support for Tezos, Hyperledger Fabric, and R3’s Corda. Truffle will soon be available to developers building across some of the most popular enterprise blockchain protocols, said Tim Coulter at […]

Asia has been the origin point of some of the world’s best-known games, from Pokémon to Space Invaders, Pac-Man and Mario Kart. Now, the region, which pioneered many culture-defining titles has been quietly positioning itself for the global mainstream adoption of games powered by blockchain technology. Blockchain gaming’s genesis In more ways than one, the […]

Bitcoin is giving signs that its bull rally resumed after breaking above $12,000 again. Other cryptocurrencies are not following the momentum, allowing BTC to regain 70 percent dominance. Despite other altcoins losing in satoshis, this technical analysis will explore whether Ethereum, XRP and Binance Coin have the potential to follow Bitcoin’s uptrend. Ethereum After reaching […]

The 2019 Litecoin halving has concluded. The halving is a fixed event that occurs every four years after 840,000 blocks are mined, reducing block rewards by 50 percent. As the time approaches, many investors wonder what would happen to LTC’s price. This technical analysis intends to determine the direction that Litecoin will take in the short-term. […]

A recent report from TradeBlock found that the total on-chain transfer volume across the largest stablecoins has surpassed Venmo’s total payment volume in Q2 2019. But while many celebrated this as a win for cryptocurrencies, some saw the numbers as overblown and said the two cannot be compared. TradeBlock says stablecoin on-chain transaction volumes have […]

MoneyGram revealed it is now commercially leveraging XRP through Ripple’s xRapid for cross-border transactions, according to the latest earnings call. The integration represents the largest real world use case for XRP. During MoneyGram’s Q2 2019 earnings call, MoneyGram shared that the company has been using Ripple’s liquidity solution, xRapid, since late July. However, the company […]

Apple and Goldman Sachs’ new credit card will not let users buy cryptocurrencies. This, according to a customer agreement published on Goldman Sachs’ website on August 2. The agreement notes that the card may not be used for obtaining cash advances or cash equivalents that include digital currencies, lottery tickets, race track wagers, and casino gaming […]

Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue and employees, filed a patent on its own cryptocurrency. The move appears to be an attempt to gain an edge against Amazon in an effort to retain control over retail, and comes shortly after Facebook’s entrance into the sector with Libra. Walmart breaking into cryptocurrency On July 31 Walmart […]

Galaxy Digital chief whip Michael Novogratz issued another of his trademark price predictions for Bitcoin, telling CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday he thinks the price of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will never again drop below $5,000. Seeing BTC currently stuck in the $10,000-14,000 range, the billionaire ex-hedge fund manager will get “nervous” if the […]

U.S. cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Investments said that Facebook’s Libra has accelerated crypto’s progress by three years. Despite the increased industry scrutiny, the increased attention toward Bitcoin is working to its advantage. It’s been an amazing year for crypto, Bitwise says A San Francisco-based index fund company believes that the best is yet to […]