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When I talk to people about cryptocurrencies, I hear a lot of the same refrains. People frequently tout its decentralized blockchain, its ability to transform the world economy, or its expected price hike just around the corner. None of these things are wrong. The blockchain’s distributed ledger system really is a novel technology that will […]

If you’re new to the crypto space, you may feel a bit overwhelmed. Fortunately, it’s easier to understand than you might think. This guide is for beginners with little to no prior understanding of cryptocurrency or mining. Cryptocurrencies are the future; the time is now to understand how they work and more importantly, how they […]

The cryptocurrency markets experienced a major drop over the past 12 hours with Bitcoin hitting a low of $9,928 and Ethereum pulling back to $852 on GDAX.  On the hopeful front, there are no anticipated revelations to cause this dramatic of a pullback, and prices have since slightly recovered. The mainstream media loves to declare […]

Improvement is iterative. That’s what we see right now as a slew of blockchain startups strive to make iterative changes to the fundamental features of blockchain platforms like Bitcoin and Ethereum. Introducing RChain There are several blockchain platforms striving to be the solution to these problems. Founded by Greg Meredith, RChain is one of the […]

In an increasingly crowded but frustratingly similar ICO environment, platforms are looking for ways to differentiate themselves. Many companies have risen to prominence following the same playbook, using similar designs, and publishing the same-sounding articles. Now that the total value of the entire cryptocurrency market is approaching $1 trillion, there is at least some semblance […]

You would think that the ‘Long Island Blockchain Corp’ news that broke at the end of 2017 would have been a sobering moment. If I had to write a list titled Signs We’re In A Bubble, “watching a company triple in value for adding a buzzword to its name” would rank first (and second, and […]

Wrapping up 2017 as the hottest exchange on the planet, Binance is teetering on the edge of being too popular for its own good. Most major exchanges have had to temporarily halt new user signups, including Binance. However, as soon as they re-opened, CEO Zhao Changpeng admitted in an interview Binance had 240,000 new investors […]

The man who once described Bitcoin as “a fraud” that is “worse than tulip bulbs” has taken his first bite of humble pie and is eyeing up another slice. JP Morgan’s CEO Jamie Dimon has turned around on his dark view of the world’s biggest crypto and is starting to eat his words after the […]

Cryptocurrency markets are down 10% on the false news that cryptocurrency exchanges will be shut down by the government. The price of Bitcoin fell to as low as $12,600 and Ripple was down 25%. This is the second time in the past few weeks when misleading news out of South Korea has sent the crypto markets […]

For those of us who have been working in the cryptocurrency market for some time, we have come to both respect and loathe the legal and compliance minefield that has been created from governments trying to manage the astronomical rise in cryptocurrencies and ICOs over the last twelve months. It has become clear that in […]