The year has started on a wrong path for the crypto world as the sector has suffered new regulations, total bans and hacking incidents from South Korea, China, Japan and now back to the United States. The currencies have managed…
Cryptomarket Dips as News of Subpoena from U.S. Regulators Threaten Bitfinex, Tether
Author – Mil , Asia Correspondent On January 30, a news article from Bloomberg reports that U.S. regulators have issued subpoenas in scrutiny of one of the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange. The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued…
Transaction Fee-less crypto trading to begin with Robinhood
Starting February, Robinhood, a commission-less stock trading application will let its users trade Bitcoin and Ethereum without the dreaded transaction fees. Compared to major exchanges like Coinbase, Binance, and others that charge fees from 1.5% to as much as 4%,…
The Coincheck Exchange Hack: The press release Questions and Answers
Coincheck was hacked and the exchange appears to have lost over 58 billion yen ($532.60 million) worth of NEM coins. This raises questions about the security and regulations in place to protect the cryptocurrency exchanges. The exact value of the…
The token sales revolution: Why a 39 Million-Dollar ICO Sale Chose Stellar Over Ethereum
Author – Sam Reeds, UK Ethereum over time has gained a platinum status in ICO token sales, recording the highest raised amounts in Token sales. Recently, the platform raised millions of dollars in ICO token sales for Tezos, Filecoin and…
Intel plans to infuse blockchain technology into genetic sequencing
Technology giant Intel plans to bring in the blockchain technology into the world of genetic sequencing. One of their recent patent applications involves using the resource-intensive “Mining” operation of blockchain, to transform the complex process of genetic sequencing. Deoxyribonucleic acid…
What is Stellar Lumen ? Emergence of Stellar Lumen in the cryptocurrency space and its use cases
Guest Post – Anujith Early in January 2018, Stellar Lumen cryptocurrency broke into the ranks of 10 largest digital currencies, when its market capitalization rose by 65% and touched US $ 10 billion. Stellar is the organization that oversees all…
Open questions with respect to the massive ICO planned by Telegram
The popular encrypted messaging company Telegram plans to launch their blockchain, named Telegram Open Network (TON), and they have planned a massive Initial Coin Offering (ICO) of their cryptocurrency Gram, as reported earlier. New information suggests that there are multiple…
Bitcoin and Ethereum Price Analysis this week
The beginning of 2018 is proving to be rough for the entire cryptomarket. In terms of total market capitalization, the cryptomarket recorded a year-high of $645 billion in 2017 before crashing to the $470 billion level on December 22. This…