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Cryptocurrencies took a beating at last week’s Berkshire Hathaway annual shareholders meeting. In comments to CNBC before the event, Berkshire Hathaway chairman and CEO, Warren Buffett, described Bitcoin as “probably rat poison squared.” Unlike other famed investors like George Soros, Buffett is a well-document skeptic of cryptocurrencies. In January, Buffett told CNBC: “In terms of […]

With a hard fork scheduled for May 15th, the price of Bitcoin Cash has increased 82% in the past month, bringing its total market cap to over $25 billion. This jump has BCH closing in on Ripple’s third-place spot on the coin rankings. However, the climb has not been without conflict – Bitcoin.com, owned by Roger […]

Blockchain Week New York has seen a number of large scales cryptocurrency conferences flood the Big Apple with thousands of blockchain experts, entrepreneurs, and community members. With CoinDesk’s Consensus conference and the Ethereum Ethereal Summit drawing in crypto industry juggernauts from around the world, crypto traders are eagerly awaiting an anticipated market surge subsequent to […]

Wanchain has continued to steadily develop its platform with the goal of providing a private cross-chain smart contract ecosystem that enabling a confidential distributed financial infrastructure. WCN’s recent listing on Huobi, the world 3rd largest exchange, saw the network significantly increase its average trading volume with coin currently sitting as one of the exchanges top […]

Cryptocurrency markets are starting to rebound after a $70 billion drop in just two days. Historically, cryptocurrencies have seen enormous gains during Consensus, a blockchain technology conference in New York taking place this week. This article will look into the current price of Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, Ripple and Bitcoin Cash using technical analysis tools. Disclaimer: […]

2018 has already been a massive year for ICOs – in the first quarter of this year, $6 billion has been raised from initial coin offerings, already surpassing the $5.6 billion raised in 2017. Continuing the impressive tokensales is Bezant, the decentralized payment platform that recently raised $16.8 million in their token pre-sale in under […]

Consensus 2018 is the fourth annual blockchain technology summit hosted by CoinDesk. It will begin on the 14th of May and continue until the 16th of May at the New York Hilton Midtown, where over 7000 people will gather to listen to 250 experts deliver lectures on some of the most groundbreaking and diverse issues […]

Zilliqa’s price continues to increase after the successful launch of its testnet and addition of new exchange listings. It is currently ranked the twenty-third largest coin by market cap according to coin rankings, with a market cap of $1.3 billion. What is Zilliqa? Zilliqa is a public, open source blockchain platform that scales transactions linearly […]

An early proponent of cryptocurrency and one of the most well-known Bitcoin bulls, Mike Novogratz continues to tout the value of cryptocurrency and push institutional investors towards a new era of finance. ‘Almost Irresponsible’ to Not Invest in Bitcoin A former portfolio manager for Fortress Investment Group and Partner at Goldman Sachs, Mike Novogratz has […]

The last week has seen several blockchain patents awarded to various innovators within the sector, including a cryptocurrency ETP patent filed by Gemini exchange owners the Winklevoss twins. A new patent awarded to trade-processing tech provider Broadridge Financial Solutions, however, could potentially see blockchain technology used to streamline corporate governance and shareholder relations. A new […]