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The Ethereum distributed app ecosystem is currently experiencing explosive growth, with Etherueum dApps capturing over $7.5 million USD across 500 different applications and 11,000 users in the last 24 hours. While increased use of the Ethereum blockchain is arguably a good thing, however, the surge in transaction throughput has caused congestion, doubling Gas fees. According […]

The thriving prevalence of cryptocurrency investing has become a topic unavoidable by regulatory agencies worldwide. The growing exposure of the cryptocurrency industry to the mainstream public has drawn the attention of investors and scammers alike, leaving many victims to deceptive crowd sales and fraudulent projects. FTC Compelled to Take Action Initially uninvolved in the burgeoning field of […]

Jack Ma, executive chairman and founder of Chinese tech juggernaut Alibaba, stated while he’s bullish about blockchain technology, Bitcoin is in a bubble. Speaking at a forum at the second World Intelligence Congress held in Tianjin on the 16th of May, the Alibaba Group Holding Ltd founder — who holds a personal fortune estimated at […]

Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has drawn the ire of the cryptocurrency community with a recent claim that Bitcoin is “rat poison squared.” Buffett’s statements, made at the 2018 Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholder meeting on May 5, led to a direct response from venture capitalist Fred Wilson and resulted in the installation of pro-Bitcoin billboards outside […]

After a rough-and-tumble week, most major cryptocurrencies are inching closer towards green territory. At press time, entities like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, and Litecoin all experienced small, yet noticeable hikes in their prices, while others, such as Bitcoin Cash, are showing even more noticeable gains over the past 24 hours. Bitcoin (BTC) Bitcoin is sitting just […]

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain become more applicable every day as a solution to global inefficiencies – but much progress is yet to be made in this nascent industry. On May 17, 2018, Stephen Xu of QTUM shared his thoughts on the future outlook of blockchain integration and his plans to take on roles outside of Lead […]

Fundstrat Global managing partner and notorious Bitcoin bull Tom Lee has reaffirmed his prediction of a $25,000 Bitcoin end-of-year price despite underwhelming post-Consensus cryptocurrency market performance. The Consensus conference, which ran in New York from May 14-16, is widely considered the most important event on the blockchain calendar. Historically, cryptocurrency prices have rallied after the […]

The latest EOS Dawn 4.1 release has caused controversy in the cryptocurrency community due to a minor code update that has changed the core token name from EOS to SYS. The release, intended to eliminate bugs and improve stability in the EOSIO software, contained several fixes related to network stability, transaction spamming, and transaction propagation […]

Like many other cryptocurrencies, altcoins such as XLM, ADA, NEO, EOS, and IOTA are beginning to show some green candles after a volatile week. Stellar Lumens (XLM) Stellar Lumens has fallen to 31 cents. That’s about two cents less than where it stood during our previous price article. Along with privacy coin Monero, XLM will […]

Back in September of 2017, JPMorgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon called Bitcoin “stupid” and “dangerous.” Dimon also said if he caught anyone buying or selling Bitcoin he would “fire them in a second.” His words carry heavy weight as one of the most prominent voices in the global finance world. However, it appears his opinion changed. […]