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Cryptocurrencies are at it again. After quickly recovering from a head-turning double digital price drop last week, Bitcoin dropped below $14,000 for the third time since crossing the $15,000 threshold at the beginning of December. As before, Bitcoin is not alone in its fall. According to data the coin rankings, only a handful of currencies […]

Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are enjoying a manic year in which value increases of thousands of percent are not uncommon and in which obscure currencies once relegated to the fringes of the internet are being catapulted into the mainstream. It’s pretty incredible, and it’s not the best thing about cryptocurrencies. The underlying technology, the blockchain, […]

After a spectacular year of growth, Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies continue to rise in value and to assert their staying power in the mainstream economy. Cryptocurrencies are emerging from their niche exile, and their features are being discussed as solutions for entire governments, not just individual users. Cryptocurrencies’ relative autonomy is both its most lauded achievement […]

When most people think of blockchain projects in China, their first thought is NEO, the “Chinese Ethereum” that was launched in 2014 as AntShares. However, in the past year, another Chinese blockchain has skyrocketed almost 20,000% since its initial coin offering. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Patrick Dai, Qtum (pronounced “Quantum) recently moved into […]

This year, cryptocurrencies are demonstrating their financial prowess as they rapidly increase in value. With a total market cap of more than $500 billion, this vast ecosystem is loaded with digital currencies that are more valuable and more usable than ever. What’s not considered on these charts is the creativity embedded in some of these […]

“The potential for the abuse of power through digital networks – upon which we the people now depend for nearly everything, including our politics – is one of the most insidious threats to democracy in the Internet age.” Rebecca MacKinnon This is not what we signed up for, many would say. Others again, suggest that […]

After beginning the year at a $17 billion market cap, cryptocurrency has had an absolutely monstrous year of growth, reaching far over $650bn in aggregate market cap. Today, however, shows the flip side of such growth, with a market pullback of 25%. A nearly unanimous pull back from cryptocurrency investment has shrunk their total market […]

LISK (LSK) is up 45% over the past 24 hours on a strong cryptocurrency market and the news of the official 0.91 Lisk Core application release. Lisk has been gaining notoriety the entire year, not only because of its early valuations but because of the ecosystem that it’s developing alongside its currency. In many ways, Lisk […]

Dash (DASH) is having a phenomenal year — just one year ago, Dash was worth about $10 per coin. This past week, Dash broke the $1000 barrier and at press time is trading for $1531. A portmanteau of “Digital Cash,” Dash aims to be just that: a realistic, reliable digital cash solution for the global […]

MakerDAO announced the launch of their Dai stablecoin on the 18th of December after over two and a half years of development. What is the Dai? Dai is a new stablecoin that was developed to help design a new decentralised digital global economy. For those who are unfamiliar with the concept of stablecoins, a stablecoin is […]