R3, an enterprise blockchain software firm, launched Corda Settler, an application that settles international payments within a corporate network – and it supports XRP. The open-source application comes as a part of a bigger CorDapp package. It allows participants to issue payment requests and settle them on the Corda network through “crypto-assets” like XRP or…
Binance, the biggest crypto exchange by volume, yesterday released a new video demonstration of its decentralized exchange ahead of its launch in Q1 2019. The broadcast exhibited the trading interface of Binance DEX – as the platform is called – along with its web crypto wallet feature and Binance Chain, Binance’s native public blockchain explorer…
A branch of the United States Department of Homeland Security (DoHS) is researching the possibility of using blockchain forensic analysis tools to better trace privacy coin transactions. Privacy No More: US Government Preparing Forensic Analysis Tools Among the biggest concerns surrounding cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are fears that the emerging technology could facilitate money laundering by…
An early-age IOTA investor has claimed that the project is centralized and is exposed to a single point of failure. Limo, who runs an IOTA-specific blog called TangleBlog.com, identified issues related to how IOTA’s data structure operates. The project uses Tangle, a Directed Acyclic Graph, known as a DAG, whose primary purpose is to hold…
Monday is red as markets wipe out weekend gains, Bitcoin Cash, Stellar, Iota sliding, Ethereum Classic staying afloat. It didn’t last. Crypto markets are back down again today after recovering a little over the weekend. The complete lack of buying pressure at the moment indicates that the bears are still in full control of things.…
Researchers at Kaspersky Labs have released a report stating that 2018 has been the year of the crypto-miners. Previous years were noted for ransomware or browser hijackers but this year has seen the biggest rise in mining malware designed to commandeer unsuspecting computers for their processing power. Most malware infects a computer when it is…
Since the introduction of blockchain in 2008, there have been more than 80,000 digital ledger technology projects launched around the world. In 2016, a total of 29 crypto projects raised over $6 billion via tokenized crowdfunding (ICO). The next year, 871 ICOs raised a whopping $6 billion, causing a wave of investment into the blockchain…
The cryptocurrency markets have shown an unprecedented level of weakness amidst its latest drop, with most altcoins trading down 90% or more from their highs, and Bitcoin falling to levels not seen since early 2017. There is now a consensus amongst industry analysts that Bitcoin has to fall even further in order for it to…
Markets smashed again to new yearly lows; Bitcoin Cash bleeding out, Stellar and Cardano not far behind. More pain has come to crypto markets as we round out the week. A third wave of selling has caused markets to dump to new yearly lows as total market capitalization dropped below $140 billion a few hours…
Back in the days of the Wild West, gold prices would dictate the profitability of prospecting and mining. Around 150 years later not much has changed with regards to the economics of mining, however the commodity is a little different now. Flagship Mining Rigs No Longer Profitable Bitcoin has had its roughest week this year…