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CryptoSlate recently spoke to Alex Pasfield, the 14-year old developer behind Bitcoin Voice, a platform that has been built for the Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin community to vote on important issues. The young creator believes that censorship is prevalent in the BTC community and that voting mechanisms such as Bitcoin Voice will help to prevent additional hard forks in […]

The cryptocurrency market is experiencing several drops through established currencies and altcoins alike. Assets such as Bitcoin (now trading for $500 less than yesterday), Ripple and Litecoin continue to plunge further while seemingly dragging altcoins such as NEO and Stellar Lumens down with them. Stellar Lumens (XLM) XLM has incurred a strong price plunge since our […]

Despite ICO and crypto exchange bans, Chinese public support for blockchain applications persists. According to Bloomberg, starting May 11, Huawei Technologies will be offering Chinese users access to a Bitcoin wallet through their native AppGallery. Huawei Partners with BTC.com BTC.com, owner of the world’s largest Bitcoin mining pool and subsidiary of Bitmain, has partnered with Huawei […]

We have the technology to put a man on the moon, but transferring funds internationally is a different story. Using today’s existing banking infrastructure, it takes 2-3 days for transactions to clear across foreign borders. Luckily, Ripple is working on a solution. Today in a press release, Ripple announced a successful pilot run of their xRapid […]

While on the surface, cryptocurrency exchanges may resemble stock markets in some ways — matching buyers with sellers and publishing prices — when examined closely, they differ quite vastly in terms of their overall associated risks and functionality. At a basic level, both crypto and stock exchanges serve as places for asset trade, but the […]

Established in July 2017, TRON set out on an ambitious journey to develop a truly decentralized internet. On May 31, the tenth largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will finally be launching their mainnet and migrate off of the Ethereum blockchain. TRON in a Nutshell Founded by CEO Justin Sun and based in Beijing, TRON garnered significant cryptocurrency media […]

Developers of Kin, the altcoin that facilitates transactions within the Kik ecosystem, are planning a fork from Stellar to steer clear of potential issues of scalability and high transaction fees. Kin was originally developed as an ERC20 token, but as time progressed, developers soon realized the limitations of the Ethereum blockchain in relation to its […]

Last week, the Community Ethereum Development Conference wrapped up, and Ethereum co-founder, Vitalik Buterin, provided significant updates on the progress of Casper, the Proof of Stake (PoS) consensus protocol that is expected to propel the future of Ethereum. Ethereum is the most popular platform for launching new tokens through ICOs, and in doing so, has […]

Cryptocurrency markets have pulled back slightly from their bullish sentiment over the past week. In this article, we will use technical analysis to look at the current price movements of EOS, Cardano, NEO, IOTA, and TRON. Disclaimer: This article is not meant to constitute trading/investment advice. Please use extreme caution when trading any cryptocurrency. For the purposes of […]

As the sentiment of major investment firms begins to shift, the demand for derivative-based cryptocurrency investments has seen rapid growth. Pushing further into Wall Street, Gemini founders Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss secure a patent for the first-ever cryptocurrency Exchange Traded Product (ETP). The Winklevoss’s Investment in Bitcoin In 2013, the Winklevoss twins became well-known for […]