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Thanks to blockchain and cryptocurrency, Japan’s economy may have greener pastures ahead. As the country’s GDP growth shrinks to lows last seen in the 1990s financial crisis — a.k.a. the “lost decade” — economists point to a technological boom as a potential catalyst for recovery. Now the second-largest cryptocurrency market in the world, Japan may […]

Despite market sentiment falling, major financial firms are joining the cryptocurrency sector at a greater pace than ever before. Reported on June 29, 2018, Union Square Ventures plans to invest in blockchain and cryptocurrency-related businesses over the next 10 years. Plans to Invest Without Dedicated Fund Initially reported on CNBC, Union Square Ventures plans to […]

A schism appeared within the cryptocurrency community around the time a new statement and book excerpt purportedly released by Satoshi Nakamoto, the pseudonymous creator of Bitcoin. NakamotoFamilyFoundation.org, A newly-registered website launched June 26, 2018, captured the attention of both the mainstream media and the cryptocurrency community. The Nakamoto Family Foundation released the “first excerpt to […]

Litecoin is a persistent frontrunner in the payment cryptocurrency race. With technological limitations, many Bitcoin (BTC) investors have shifted to Litecoin (LTC)—an open-source fork of Nakamoto’s original cryptocurrency with founder Charlie Lee. As a faster, cheaper version of Bitcoin, Litecoin is nearly technically identical to BTC, but with distinctive fundamental differences. Litecoin strives to rival Bitcoin as […]

The advice from Wences Casares to those wanting to be a millionaire is to take 1% of what you own, buy Bitcoin, then wait 5-10 years. That way, according to the CEO of Bitcoin storage company Xapo, “You either lose 1% of your net worth…or you make millions.” Could this same strategy also be applied to […]

As cryptocurrencies’ value climbed in 2017, many onlookers predicted a rapidly inflating investment bubble. Each new price hike brought additional bubble prognosis, and any dip in value had pundits scrambling to declare that the bubble finally burst.  For example, in December 2017 crypto markets experienced a sharp pullback that dropped the collective cap by more […]

This week, US-Dollar pegged stablecoin Tether once again captured cryptocurrency community attention for the wrong reasons with poorly-implemented Tether exchange integration resulting in the successful execution of a double spend. Tether’s tenuous relationship with the cryptocurrency market has been further stressed by an in-depth investigation into USDT movement on Kraken that experts labeled as “indicative […]

The ongoing issue of EOS governance is rapidly growing into a decisive crisis that could see the entire EOS constitution entirely rewritten. Stemming from a missed block producer meeting, the complex three-party EOS governance structure debate could potentially be solved by a new constitution proposed by EOS developer Block.one. The EOS blockchain allows community members […]

Arthur Hayes, the CEO at BitMEX, a major Bitcoin exchange that gained popularity amongst professional traders with its sophisticated leverage trading engine, said that Bitcoin achieving $50,000 by the end of 2018 is still a possibility. Realistic View and Factors of Next Rally In May 2018, during his first interview with CNBC on Fast Money, […]

Global tech Juggernaut Microsoft and multinational financial services firm Ernst & Young joined forces to launch a new blockchain initiative that will bring digital rights and royalties management onto a distributed ledger network. The new platform will deploy within the Microsoft Xbox gaming ecosystem and across game publisher partners, disrupting a significant portion of the gaming […]