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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 […]

Business-focused blockchain project VeChain succeeded in launching its Thor mainnet, with the VeChain blockchain going live at midnight UTC June 30, 2018. The launch marks the transition of VEN tokens from the ERC-20 standard to wholly unique tokens on their own blockchain as VET tokens, a move already endorsed by major exchanges. The launch of […]

Blockchain and virtual reality are arguably two of the most innovative inventions of this generation. Bringing the future to the present day, VR platform High Fidelity is creating a new virtual world powered by the EOS blockchain. Backed by Billionaire Mike Novogratz One of the earliest institutional investors to become a Bitcoin bull, Mike Novogratz […]

Despite positive announcements and regulatory development, the overall cryptocurrency market endured a multi-month downtrend since its peak last December 2017. On June 29, 2018, Bitcoin experienced a surge over $6,200 after spending much of the day around $5,800. June 29th is looking to be a volatile day for Bitcoin, as it is the quadruple end […]

SBI Holdings chairman and SBI Group CEO Yoshitaka Kitao, who oversee the second largest financial institution in Japan behind Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, said that crypto and blockchain technology will accelerate the country’s economy in the long run. Yoshitaka said: “We want to take blockchain beyond financial. There’s a lot of speculative demand around cryptocurrencies, […]