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VanEck, known as the first U.S. investment manager to bet on gold before it broke from the gold standard, produced a report pitched at institutional investors arguing Bitcoin has “monetary value” and can improve portfolio upside. Released Wednesday by the New York-based firm, “The Investment Case for Bitcoin” outlines an exhaustive list of reasons why […]

The launch of OpenLibra, a permissionless and open-source fork of Facebook‘s cryptocurrency, was overshadowed by fraud accusations toward one of the core team members. Crypto startup Wireline casts shadow on OpenLibra launch This year’s Devcon served as a springboard for news in the crypto industry, including the launch of OpenLibra. The project is a permissionless and […]

Whether you love it or hate it, cryptocurrency is here to stay. Managed by decentralized networks spread out across the entire globe, the world’s cryptocurrencies are uniquely useful and polarizing at the same time. There is no single uniform international legislation to designate how digital currency can and can’t be used, so that leaves each […]

The transaction volume of dapps built on 6 main blockchains went down 40 percent in Q3 2019, while just 148 new dapps launched in the whole quarter. According to the report from Dapp Market, crypto gambling apps and DeFi accounted for the majority of the transaction volume, leaving many to wonder whether dapps have had […]

At the 2019 Devcon in Japan, the Ethereum community was optimistic about the launch of the network’s second iteration, seemingly untouched by the latest controversy surrounding claims made by Ethereum’s founders about its inability to scale and grow. No controversy big enough for Ethereum fans While much of the crypto industry seemed shaken by the […]

Some of the top altcoins by market capitalization—including TRON, Cardano, and Chainlink—began surging over the last few hours. As they absorb a bigger share of the market it could mark the beginning of a new altseason. Market dominance The altcoin market share has mostly been contained within an ascending parallel channel since June 2013. From […]

EOSIO 2, the second iteration of the EOS blockchain, was unveiled. Block.one, the company behind the blockchain, said that EOSIO 2 was built with developers in mind and will create a faster, simpler, and more secure environment to build on EOS. A new iteration of EOSIO is on its way EOSIO, an open-source blockchain protocol, […]

Binance will roll out support for Alipay and WeChat, potentially providing a fiat on-ramp for over a billion people. The feature will help Binance make strides in China after it launched a peer-to-peer trading platform in the country. Binance rolls out new P2P platform Obtaining cryptocurrencies in China, where crypto exchanges have been banned since […]

Chainlink is on a tear, but it seems like LINK’s uptrend could be interrupted before it continues advancing.  Chainlink technical analysis Since mid-December 2018, Chainlink went through an exponential bullish impulse that saw its price increase nearly 25-fold. But, on June 29 this cryptocurrency finally reached an exhaustion point at $4.80 that triggered a correction. […]

The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority is cracking down on cryptocurrency exchanges, ATMs, and open-source projects like wallet providers. These services will have to comply with anti-money laundering regulations by 2020, imposing banking-style controls over crypto in the nation. The bombshell came as part of the FCA’s newly released policy statement on cryptocurrency, “PS19/22: Guidance on […]