The beginning of the Bitcoin revolution also gave birth to the concept of cryptocurrency exchanges, which offered a way for people to convert their fiat to bitcoin by purchasing the cryptocurrency on them. One of the first movers in this segment was Mt. Gox. Mt. Gox, with a “rich history”, at one point stood to…
In around 300 days, Bitcoin (BTC) will experience what is known as a “halving” or “halvening”. This event, which occurs in predictable four-year cycles, sees the amount of the cryptocurrency issued every ten minutes halve, this time from 12.5 coins to 6.25 coins per block. Related Reading: Bitcoin Bears Ramp Up Selling Pressure as Weekly…
Despite the fact that Bitcoin is the leading crypto, altcoins — the blanket term given to cryptocurrencies that aren’t BTC — were all the rage in late-2017 and early-2018. In fact, over the course of the bull run from 2016 to early-2018, Bitcoin dominance fell from over 90% to 33% at the bottom. This so-called…
It was recently revealed that the US Commodity Futures and Trade Commission was beginning a month long investigation of the BitMEX crypto exchange over its high leverage Bitcoin trading options and the legality of allowing US citizens to access the platform. Bitcoin Trading Down on BitMEX Bloomberg originally broke the story that the US exchange…
Jamie Dimon, the CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase, recently stated, “To put it in perspective, we’ve been talking about blockchain for seven years and very little has happened.” This negative publicity has made some people skeptical of what blockchain could do for the common people. The podium is soon taken away from him and other…
Cryptocurrency has found itself on the center stage of the global political sphere over the past several weeks, which first began when Fed Chair Jerome Powell compared Bitcoin to gold. Shortly after this, US President Donald Trump shared his thoughts on BTC, which sparked what appears to be a regulatory crackdown on the nascent markets.…
The US Commodity Futures Trading Commission is going to investigate cryptocurrency derivatives exchange BitMEX, according to sources cited by Bloomberg. The regulator would focus on whether or not BitMEX, a Seychelles-based firm, has been offering services to the American citizens. The exchange lets people make big bets on the cryptocurrencies with as much as 100-times…
The Japanese government has started developing a crypto payments platform similar to SWIFT according to reports. The effort has come as part of a wider spread initiative to combat money laundering. SWIFT Not So Swift According to Reuters, citing ‘a person familiar with the plan’, the international network for crypto currency payments will rival SWIFT…
ENCRY is preparing to launch public testing of their telecom-oriented blockchain. Telecommunications is a fast-growing industry that has always been at the forefront of new technologies. One of these technologies, that can significantly improve the reliability in the telecom industry, can be the distributed registry technology — blockchain. From dealing with fraud to quickly resolving…
Ouch, Ethereum (ETH) isn’t looking too hot. In the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency has lost 20%, while Bitcoin (BTC) has shed a relatively mere 10% in the same time frame. According to Three Arrows Capital’s Su Zhu, Monday’s performance was the “top single-day downward move” for Ethereum since January 1st of 2017 — youch.…