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Britain’s foremost financial watchdog, the Financial Conduct Authority, is contemplating a blanket-ban on cryptocurrency derivatives for retail traders as early as 2020, The Economist reported. The meeting comes on the heels of a statement released in early July by the FCA proposing a ban on crypto derivatives—high-risk assets where “retail consumers might suffer harm from […]

Qtum is preparing for its first hard fork since its inception back in September 2017. The system upgrade is focused on the underlying technology behind the protocol. Dubbed Qtum 2.0, it aims to integrate a number of functions and improvements to its blockchain. Qtum 2.0 On Oct. 17, 2019, at block 466,600, a system upgrade […]

Brave, the company behind the eponymous browser, presented the world’s first distributed virtual private network (VPN). The new form of VPN has no central authority and will function as a peer-to-peer network to preserve the privacy of its users. Laying the foundation for a decentralized VPN system The research and development team from Brave published […]

One of the most popular technical indexes among traders suggests that some of the top altcoins by market capitalization—including Ethereum, Litecoin, Binance Coin, Cardano, Monero, Dash, and Ontology—are on the cusp of high volatility. The next major price swing Over the last week the cryptocurrency market entered a consolidation period following a steep market decline […]

Oneiro, the company behind cryptocurrency ndau, announced that it has secured a $5 million investment from Cosimo Ventures. So far, even after millions of dollars of investment, the project has had limited adoption and abysmal trading volume. Oneiro gets cash injection from Cosimo Ventures Oneiro, a Boston-based blockchain company that claims to have created the […]

Xpring, an initiative by Ripple, is launching a platform to provide tools, services and programs for developers to easily build applications with payment gateways using fiat and crypto, particularly XRP. In an interview with Forbes, the senior vice president at Xpring, Ethan Beard, said that the platform will be directed at developers not only involved […]

Investors are nearly as fearful as they were during the bear-market despair of January, where Bitcoin was trading below $4,000, according to the “Crypto Fear & Greed Index.” The index, scored 0-100, aims to provide a gauge of day-to-day sentiment in the market by measuring and aggregating data from volatility, volume, social media, surveys, and […]

Although many altcoins hit bottoms not seen since 2017, others such as Chainlink, Tezos, and Ethereum Classic could regain their bullish trends and reach higher highs. Take a look at the technical analysis. Chainlink Back in early July, the TD sequential indicator predicted that Chainlink was due for a major correction based on its 1-week […]

IOHK founder Charles Hoskinson discussed recent developments around Cardano during an event held in celebration of the project’s secondary anniversary. His long term vision: Cardano will disrupt centralized governance. Shelley to get an incentivized testnet before mainnet launch Cardano, an ambitious research-oriented blockchain, has slowly been transitioning into a new era which will transition the […]

XRP and Stellar stand out as potential securities under U.S. regulations according to the newly created industry association, the Crypto Rating Council. A group of the most prominent U.S. companies in the crypto industry announced the creation of the Crypto Rating Council (CRC). The council independently assesses cryptocurrencies in an attempt to estimate whether they […]