The last few days have been quite dramatic in the cryptocurrency industry, for Bitcoin to Cardano.On Monday, Bitcoin sliced through the $10,000 resistance level for the first time since the beginning of the year.Following the upswing, some of the most prominent analysts in the industry affirmed that the increasing rift between the U.S. and China…
Cardano closes in on one of its most important milestones since its inception, the implementation of its smart contract platform, Plutus. Input-Output Global (IOG) announced via its Twitter handle the successful roll-out of the Hard Fork for the Alonzo Testnet. This update will integrate Plutus into the mainnet, as NewsBTC previously reported. At the moment,…
One of the so-called “Ethereum killers,” Cardano has made it to the headlines of the cryptocurrency market after the 80% bull run it has seen over the past week. The increasing buying pressure behind it seems to be fueled by the progress the IOHK team has made to finally roll-out the Shelley upgrade.Chart of ADA…
The Cardano Foundation has unveiled a new-look website as part of its brand repositioning. This forms part of a company-wide initiative, called Project Renovare, to rebrand Cardano as it moves into the smart contract phase of development. In a blog post, PR and Communications team member Elliot Hill said the move was more than just…
2021 will prove a pivotal year for Cardano, Polkadot, and Ethereum. While each has its merits, competition between the trio starts to heat up as we head into mid-year. Alonzo is on track for an August release, bringing smart contracts to Cardano. Polkadot is racing to finish parachain rollouts to enable on-chain governance. At the…
Cardano (ADA) has not been left out of the massive flash crash that just occurred throughout the market. What seemed to be a good day for bitcoin as El Salvador’s “Bitcoin Day” began has now turned to nothing short of a nightmarish market opening. The crash saw bitcoin drop $6K in only a matter of…
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson hosted a surprise AMA recently in which he announced a reduction in Cardano’s “D” (decentralization) parameter to 0.5. “That means we’re just about to cross a threshold here in a little bit for “D” to fall below five, which means more than half of all the blocks will be made by…
Participants of the Cardano Incentivized Testnet (ITN) were expecting to receive reward payouts on August 3. A Shelley rollout plan had scheduled the payout days after the Shelley hard fork, on July 29th. While the Shelley mainnet launched without a fuss, the ITN rewards date came and went with no sign of a payout. Source:…
Cardano (ADA) has recently secured another win in its long repertoire of wins lately. The native coin of Cardano, ADA, has now been approved to be listed in Japan, which features one of the hardest listing requirements in the world. Only a handful of coins have been able to receive approval to be listed on…
As Bitcoin sails on calm waters, its rival Cardano is up more than 36 percent already in the third quarter.Traders looking to diversify from the top yet flat cryptocurrency could pump Cardano further into July.The upside sentiment takes cues from the altcoin’s upgrade to proof-of-stake at the end of this month.When bitcoin traders get bored,…