The 2019 Litecoin halving has concluded. The halving is a fixed event that occurs every four years after 840,000 blocks are mined, reducing block rewards by 50 percent. As the time approaches, many investors wonder... 3 min read →
A recent report from TradeBlock found that the total on-chain transfer volume across the largest stablecoins has surpassed Venmo’s total payment volume in Q2 2019. But while many celebrated this as a win for... 2 min read →
MoneyGram revealed it is now commercially leveraging XRP through Ripple’s xRapid for cross-border transactions, according to the latest earnings call. The integration represents the largest real world use case for XRP. During MoneyGram’s Q2... 3 min read →
Apple and Goldman Sachs’ new credit card will not let users buy cryptocurrencies. This, according to a customer agreement published on Goldman Sachs’ website on August 2. The agreement notes that the card may not... 2 min read →
Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue and employees, filed a patent on its own cryptocurrency. The move appears to be an attempt to gain an edge against Amazon in an effort to retain... 4 min read →
Galaxy Digital chief whip Michael Novogratz issued another of his trademark price predictions for Bitcoin, telling CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday he thinks the price of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will never again... 2 min read →
U.S. cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Investments said that Facebook’s Libra has accelerated crypto’s progress by three years. Despite the increased industry scrutiny, the increased attention toward Bitcoin is working to its advantage. It’s... 2 min read →
Bitcoin started the month of August on the positive, regaining control of the $10,000 price level. After the step back BTC took in July, the bull run appears to have been resumed since a... 5 min read →
Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK), a research and development company behind the Cardano project, has just released the first edition of their Plutus ebook. The book, which will be available on Amazon and LeanPub, is... 2 min read →
A whale alert that found that one billion XRP was moved from Ripple’s wallet on Aug. 1 sent hundreds of Twitter users into a frenzy, as many thought it was a nefarious token dump.... 2 min read →
In the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin price increased from $9,550 to $10,400 in a short term trend reversal following several days of intense pullback. The decline in BTC trading volume with the rest of... 2 min read →
On Wednesday, the NBA and the firm behind CryptoKitties announced that they will be launching a blockchain-based collectibles platform, dubbed NBA Top Shot. Dapper Labs, the firm behind CryptoKitties, is working with the NBA... 2 min read →
Funds dedicated to Zcash’s ongoing development will see a drastic reduction from the ZEC block reward halving in October of 2020. Founder Zooko Wilcox has taken the conversation to the community, discussing ways to... 5 min read →
A recent survey conducted by Grayscale found that more than a third of U.S. investors are interested in Bitcoin. Bitcoin investors Since its release in 2009, Bitcoin’s popularity has steadily increased. Over the years, it... 2 min read →
Bitcoin derivatives provider LedgerX was supposed to launch yesterday after securing a CFTC license last month. Now, LedgerX is suing the CFTC after the regulator said it did not have all the appropriate licenses,... 3 min read →
Euro Pacific Capital CEO and self-professed “gold bug” Peter Schiff took on Morgan Creek Digital partner Anthony Pompliano Tuesday in a jarring hour-long CNBC Crypto Trader debate over the merits of gold versus Bitcoin.... 4 min read →
GitHub, a San Francisco-based open-source code hosting provider, was prevented from providing sanctioned nations, including Iran and Syria, with access to their supposedly open-source services. These restrictions highlight the need for decentralized web utilities—like... 3 min read →
Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, said that Facebook was responsible for the scrutiny and criticism it encountered from regulators. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Garlinghouse said that the company went “too far”... 2 min read →
Bitcoin SV creator Craig Wright claimed that he created Bitcoin as Satoshi Nakamoto—Bitcoin Cash founder Roger Ver called him a fraud. The two took the matter to court, and today, England’s high court ruled... 3 min read →
Five days from today, Litecoin will go through a process called halving. This is a fixed event that occurs every four years after 840,000 blocks are mined, reducing block rewards by 50 percent. As the... 5 min read →
