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Ben Horowitz, the co-founder of Andreessen Horowitz, said that the company has not seen the level of developer activity the cryptocurrency sector has demonstrated in recent years since the rise of the Internet in the nineties. According to Horowitz, cryptocurrency and blockchain technology can be considered as a new computing platform that allows the development […]

Billionaire venture capitalist and early Bitcoin proponent Tim Draper has cooked up his most extravagant forecast for the cryptocurrency market yet, predicting it will skyrocket to a whopping $80 trillion valuation within 15 years—approximately the value of all global currency in existence. Making the claim at Deal Street Asia’s VC Summit, Sept. 11th, Draper predicted […]

A series of smart contract exploits have seen hackers abscond with over $600,000 worth of EOS over the last week, raising questions regarding the security of the $4 billion “Ethereum killer” EOS blockchain. Smart contract weaknesses in EOS-based gambling dApp EOBet have allowed hackers to manipulate the outcome of blockchain dice rolls, capturing 126,000 EOS […]

ETH, the native cryptocurrency of the Ethereum blockchain network, has surged by more than 33 percent in the past 4 days, despite the expectations of investors for ETH to continue its downtrend below the $200 support level. Since Sept. 12, the price of ETH has increased from $167 to $223, achieving a monthly peak at […]

Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank (ECB), said that the authority does not see a “concrete need” for a digital token alternative to the euro, according to Reuters. No Time for Crypto Highlighting the stability of fiat money and the infamous volatility of cryptocurrencies, Draghi told parliament members that a lack of robustness […]

For businesses seeking decentralized enterprise solutions, the number of emerging blockchain projects is almost too overwhelming. Helping to organize a decentralized list of blockchain companies, IBM has joined the Hacera Unbounded Registry as a founding member. ‘Yellow Pages of Blockchain’ Launched The Hacera Unbounded Registry acts as a “yellow pages of blockchain” for projects built on distributed […]

When it was authorized as the first established bank in Saudi Arabia, the National Commercial Bank (NCB) was slated to become the largest financial institution in the Middle East. Sixty-five years and 400 branches later, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) has joined forces with Ripple’s cryptocurrency enterprise. Saudi Arabia to Benefit from Ripple Technology […]

With rising investor interest, digital assets are making their way into traditional financial markets. Most recently, Republic Protocol and Wyre formed a partnership to provide liquidity for the world’s first decentralized dark pool. Digital Meets Traditional Markets According to the press release, global money transmitter Wyre will provide Republic Protocol with deeper liquidity and other key […]

Despite a multi-month bear market, institutional investor interest in digital assets continues to take rise. To meet increasing demand, crypto-asset broker Voyager is launching a new, institutional division. Voyager Prepares for Incoming Institutional Capital Earlier this week, Voyager Digital Holdings Inc. unveiled its Voyager Institutional brokerage for professional investors, reports Traders Magazine. Voyager Institutional plans to […]

Earlier this week, privacy browser Brave took a rather bold step by filing a privacy complaint against Google in the U.K. and Eire. While Brave’s intentions remain unknown, one must ask: Were the complaints lodged for the greater good or does it represent a publicity stunt? Brave’s Push for the Greater Good Launched in 2017 […]