LTC: The LitePay Effect and the Chinese New Year’s Eve

Author – Waldo Alencar – 02/23/2018 On last December, Litecoin ($LTC) reached its All Time High, first hitting a high of $380 on December 19th. The currency then crashed again with lows of $113 on early February. Nevertheless, suddenly, Litecoin…

African cryptocurrency market: Nigerian Senate Committee to Discuss possible Cryptocurrency Measures

Author – Sam Reeds – UK Africa’s most populous country, Nigeria, is set to deliberate on possible ways to regulate cryptocurrencies. The country is well known for online scamming commonly referred to as K-9 scammers globally. Nigeria’s Senate Committee on…

Atari, the maker of Pac-Man, is entering the cryptocurrency space

Author – Anujit Atari, best known as makers of the hugely popular 1980s video games “Pac-Man”, “Space Invaders”, and “Pong”, is trying to rebrand themselves as a serious player in the cryptocurrency space. As part of their February 8th announcement,…

The Future of Bitcoin Looks Bright with the Arrival of SegWit on Bitfinex and Coinbase

SegWit, or Segregated Witness, is the soft fork change in Bitcoin’s transaction, which has also been applied on other cryptocurrencies such as Litecoin, Vertcoin, and Digibyte. It is a protocol improvement that improves and facilitates scaling. In this way, users…

Fibonacci takes ICO route to fund their Agro Tech appliance manufacturing

Talinn, Estonia-based Fibonacci is going through the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) route to fund their Agro Tech indoor appliance manufacturing, and they are offering their cryptocurrency FIB for this. Fibonacci’s target is the North American cannabis market. North American cannabis…

The Taxman’s whip: Tax regulations and the Crypto market

Author – Same Reeds, UK When Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies ruled the dark web, authorities were less interested in their financial impact and their relevance in the mainstream sector. However, policymakers can be seen to have changed their earlier views…

Bitcoin is Setting Up its Next Big Move and Here’s Why – Price Analysis

After dropping to its 3-month low at the $6,000 level on February 6, Bitcoin is steadily recovering in the past week, even breaching a key resistance level at $11,500 and soaring to $11,800 before hitting a sell wall and dropping…

The 3 Major Threats to Bitcoin and Why You Should Pay Attention to Them

Since dropping to the $6000 level in February 6, its lowest price point since November 13, Bitcoin is having a decent run this week, currently trading at $10,990 as of the writing of this article. The slow and steady growth…

WWF will use blockchain to eliminate illegal fishing and slave labor in Tuna industry

The World Wide Fund for Nature, commonly known as Word Wildlife Fund (WWF), is spearheading a project to eliminate illegal fishing in the Pacific Islands, which will also help eliminate slave labor in the industry. Tuna industry is the main…

IMF Chief Lagarde & United States Treasury Says Global Cryptocurrency Regulations are Inevitable

Author – Sam Reads, UK The head of the International Monetary Fund, Christine Lagarde, recently warned that the international community and regulators should take early action on the cryptocurrencies. She further said that digital currency regulations are “inevitable.” IMF purpose…