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As a bullish impulse is underway some of the most prominent crypto analysts believe that XRP may have bottomed against BTC. Crypto analysts weigh in XRP recently reached price levels that have not been seen since 2017. After plunging over 35 percent in less than a week, this cryptocurrency hit a low of $0.21 on […]

With Hong Kong facing a shortage of cash due to defunct ATMs and the crash of PMC Bank in India leaving almost a million people without access to their accounts, Bitcoin could emerge as the savior of those facing financial crises. Crisis in Hong Kong and India show how fragile cash savings are The four-month-long […]

Bitcoin remains on the cusp of surging to $9,800 or dropping to $6,500 as one technical index turns bullish. Bitcoin technical analysis Following a 19 percent drop to $7,730 on Sept. 30, Bitcoin seems to have found support around the 100-week moving average. As seen in previous bull markets, this moving average has the potential […]

The ability to 51% attack Bitcoin indicates that it’s decentralized. It’s impossible to fix this vulnerability without adding centralization, argued Litecoin founder Charlie Lee and Bitcoin Core developer Gregory Maxwell. Characteristic of decentralization Decentralization is one of the most important attributes of blockchain technology according to some of the most prolific figures in the industry. […]

Block.one is planning to phase out free network resources on EOSIO after the feature allowed an attacker to exploit a smart contract for 30,000 EOS. On the heels of v1.8, network’s first consensus hard fork upgrade, Block.one is moving block producers to eliminate free network resources. Currently, during times of low congestion surplus resources are […]

Today, Pierre Rochard, a well-known Bitcoin advocate, joined Kraken as the crypto exchange’s “Bitcoin evangelist.” “When I spoke with the team at Kraken, it became clear that joining them would be the best way I can help Bitcoin achieve mass adoption,” said Pierre Rochard in his announcement. Pierre Rochard is one of the major influencers […]

Bitcoin mentions on Twitter hit an all-time low, dropping to around 8,300. At its peak, Bitcoin was seeing 155,000 mentions at the beginning of December 2017. Nonetheless, the change doesn’t mean the world’s attention toward BTC is getting any lower. #Bitcoin largely missing from Twitter While the so-called crypto community was born from online forums […]

OKEx launched an initiative to develop a global compliance standard for cryptocurrency exchanges. This will be done through a self-regulated organization whose members will work together to define and adopt these standards. OKEx leads the way for global exchange standards The lack of worldwide standards for regulating cryptocurrency exchanges has been a persistent problem in […]

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 […]