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Bitcoin [BTC]: Blockchain reorgs are an important part of BTC protocol, says Money Button’s Ryan X. Charles

Shortly after a major hack cost one of the world’s foremost exchanges, Binance, 7000 BTCs worth $41 million, Changpeng Zhao’s brief consideration of ‘reorgs’ spurred the crypto-verse’s inter...

Crypto Market Sentiment: Ethereum Joins Bitcoin in the Positive Zone

The crypto market sentiment continues its improvement with its score now standing at 5.48 – up from last week’s 5.1, according to Omenics (previously - Predicoin,) a crypto market sentiment ...

Cryptopia hack: Stolen Ethereum, ERC20 tokens land up in ‘major cryptocurrency exchanges’

Exchange hacks have always been one of the major setbacks associated with the cryptocurrency space, with several renowned platforms falling victim to security breaches. Even Binance, one of ...

FLiK case: Utility tokens take another hit in case allegedly involving Rapper TI, claims prominent lawyer

Stephen Palley, a prominent lawyer at Anderson Kill, spoke out about the FLiK token case via his official Twitter handle. Notably, unlike most tokens in the space, FLiK made headlines becaus...

Tether [USDT] treasury transfers almost 10 million USDT to unknown wallet

Over the past few years, the crypto-space has noted numerous scams and hacks where exchanges have lost large chunks of crypto. While a few were able to gain their funds back, many were left ...

Bitcoin [BTC]: 60 Minutes segment airs on CBS; market relieved over no FUD content

Bitcoin [BTC], the largest cryptocurrency in the world has gained a lot of mainstream media attention over the years. However, most media houses have often failed to deliver the message to t...

Ripple’s XRP reaches its highest market volatility since September 2018

Ripple’s performance during the crypto-winter led many analysts to believe that there was only a very small chance of breakout for the XRP/USD pair, according to various technical analysis. ...

India: Bitcoin [BTC] trader commits suicide over alleged harassment by top cop over loss of funds

The Indian crypto community has been actively spreading awareness in the country about the crypto-ecosystem, busting myths going around in the nation. However, as the country awaits a decisi...

JP Morgan: Big banks stand corrected as Bitcoin rally past intrinsic value; admits current surge mirrors 2017 rise

Big banks are riding a FOMO wave as the Bitcoin bull-run is just beginning. Spearheaded by the changing colors of JP Morgan, which recently forayed into the digital assets world, the banking...

XRP/USD vs Stellar Lumens [XLM/USD] Price Analysis: XLM remains bullish as XRP continues recovery

In a long list of the fluctuating fortunes of cryptocurrencies, XRP saw a major spike this month, trading from $0.322 to $0.456. The coin had maintained a sideways trajectory across the year...

Bitcoin [BTC], Litecoin [LTC] can be transacted on Whatsapp, announces Zulu Republic as security concerns remain

The prominent messaging platform Whatsapp has brought the common man one step closer to adopting crypto. According to a recent announcement by Zulu Republic, Bitcoin [BTC] and Litecoin [LTC]...

Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum Now on WhatsApp

Users of major instant messaging platform WhatsApp can now send and receive Bitcoin (BTC), Litecoin (LTC) and Ethereum (ETH), via this program by using the Lite.IM bot, developed by Swiss bl...

Bitcoin [BTC] and Litecoin [LTC] Price Analysis: Bulls retain control despite bearish signs

The cryptocurrency market, on May 20, cooled down following strong rallies spurred by the king coin and the collective market cap stood at $247.5 billion. While Bitcoin [BTC] was struggling ...

Binance drops to ninth position on average daily transaction volume metric; OKEx climbs to second, claims report

Binance, touted to be the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the world, has dropped to the ninth position in terms of average daily transaction volumes, according to a new report. The exchan...

Bitcoin and Altcoins Correcting Gains

This past week, bitcoin price climbed towards the USD 8,400 level and later started a major downside correction. BTC/USD declined more than USD 1,000 and tested the USD 6,600 support area. H...

Bitfinex: Exchange on the verge on concluding LEO audits; movement on chain delayed till Wednesday

Bitfinex, the controversy-riddled cryptocurrency exchange is on the verge of beginning its historic IEO token sale. The LEO tokens are pegged to begin trading on May 20, however, the chain m...

Cryptopia: Stolen Ethereum transferred to unknown wallet days after exchange confirms liquidation

The saga of the hacked New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange, Cryptopia, doesn’t seem to end. Just a week after the exchange entered the liquidation process, over 30,000 ETH stolen from ...

Bitcoin [BTC] creates High Low of $7,100 following recent breakout; foundation for $9,000 surge?

Bitcoin [BTC] and the recent $8,000 break-out is massive for the cryptocurrency market going forward. On the back of no major announcement in the past few days, and the pull-back of the prev...

Game of Thrones ignites barrage of Bitcoin [BTC] bets on who will take the ‘Iron throne’

The much-awaited Game of Thrones series is coming to an end and the true ruler of Westeros is still a debated topic. However, the cryptoverse made things interesting for the GoT fans as it i...

Charlie Shrem claims Mt.Gox was the first to create ‘token as debt’, not Bitfinex

The cryptocurrency market has seen quite a few scandals and Mt. Gox was among the most infamous of them all. Charlie Shrem, a Bitcoin entrepreneur discussed the story of Mt. Gox with J Mauri...

Ethereum [ETH] and Tron [TRX] Price Analysis: ETH and TRX witness steady growth

After the recent pullback of Bitcoin, the market was forced to fall drastically, Ethereum saw a steady recovery post the fall. Ethereum ranked number 2 overall and was priced at $259.12, wit...

XRP closes bullish week breaking 200-day MA; on the doorsteps of the Golden Cross

On the back of the most successful week for XRP, the second largest altcoin in the market has broken, what could be equated to the first inkling of the Bitcoin [BTC] bull run. Following Coin...

Ripple’s xCurrent is kind of SWIFT 2.0, says CEO Brad Garlinghouse

Ripple’s three unique software products, xCurrent, xRapid and RippleNet have propelled significant adoption as well price rise for its native crypto-asset, XRP. The US-based technology firm ...

Bitcoin [BTC] revisits old highs but history paints a different picture; bull run awaits

Opinion: Bitcoin’s rally from April surprised everybody as the price increased by 107% in under 45 days in a bear market. This made a lot of the users believe that it was the start of a bull...

XRP vs Stellar Lumens [XLM] Price Analysis: XRP’s resurrection rejoices investors as XLM pushes forward

XRP ranked third in the list of top cryptocurrencies at press time and was priced at $0.405 and held $17.07 billion in market cap. The coin was up by 8.46% and had $2.17 billion in 24-hour t...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse claims 6% of SWIFT transactions require human intervention

Amid reports of Ripple allegedly misrepresenting the actual amount of XRP in their escrow accounts, the US-based blockchain tech firm continues to be one of the fastest growing networks in t...

Bitcoin [BTC] enthusiasts discuss recent price surge, state of crypto-ecosystem

During Consensus 2019, CNBC Crypto Trader, Ran NeuNer interacted with notable names in the crypto-world and spoke about Bitcoin’s recent movements and the ecosystem. McCormack, the host of ‘...

Charles Hoskinson partners with Polymath’s Trevor Koverko for building new security token blockchain

With Bitcoin [BTC] breaching its immediate resistance, the community is rooting for the largest cryptocurrency to breach the next resistance set at $8,000. This sudden pump in the prices of ...

Bitcoin’s [BTC] future: Prominent traders expect 30-40% correction in price, followed by a bull rally

CNBC’s Ran NeuNer spoke to a few prominent Bitcoin enthusiasts at the Consensus 2019 and explored how Bitcoin would perform in the upcoming weeks. Tone Vays said that he was skeptical about ...

Bitcoin Cash [BCH]: First multisig transaction on BCH network is a donation to Free Ross Ulbricht campaign

Free Ross Ulbricht campaign gained significant momentum lately, owing to the sheer number of crypto luminaries coming out in support of the Silk Road creator. The collective crypto community...

Bitcoin [BTC] and Litecoin [LTC] Price Analysis: BTC bulls bellow past $7,900 mark as LTC recoils

Bitcoin rallied past $8,000 last week and showed good resilience in maintaining its bullish momentum. Bitcoin was priced at $7,915.81 with a market cap of $140.18 billion and registered $23....

Bitcoin [BTC] breaches $8k; gets ready for the bullish ride

The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin [BTC] breached another immediate resistance at $8k and was valued at $8,084.49, at press time. BTC had been pumping for the past few weeks, pullin...

Bitcoin [BTC] Whale Alert: BTC worth over $38 million moved in two transactions

Bitcoin turned to the bulls once again on early May 19, exhibiting a rapid 7 percent hourly price gain, stoking the attention of several parties. One among them was the observant whales, whi...

Bitcoin [BTC]: Whales collect significant profits since beginning of BTC bull run

Whales and bulls may not live in close proximity in the outside world, but in the cryptocurrency realm, they are the best of friends. Ever since the current Bitcoin [BTC] bull run surfaced, ...

Binance Coin [BNB] registers ATH as it surges by over 16,000% since inception

The cryptocurrency market continued to register massive growth, as the prices of most major cryptocurrencies soared. However, the late entrant to the list, Binance Coin [BNB] is posing to be...

Bitcoin Cash’s hashrate comes dangerously close to being controlled by one mining pool

Bitcoin Cash may have fended off the hacker who abused the network upgrade, it may have also upgraded its privacy by implementing Schnorr Signatures, but there is something dangerous happeni...

Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, and other altcoins follow Bitcoin’s lead and pump by more than 6% in under 2 hours

Although the price of each cryptocurrency should matter on its own status and developments in its own ecosystem, it doesn’t. The price of altcoins is largely correlated to Bitcoin’s, which e...

Bitfinex: Upper echelons of exchange’s board sparks debate; compliance cross-over?

Bitfinex has not been in the news over the past few months for the right reasons, and an alleged compliance cross-over has brought the cryptocurrency exchange in the spotlight yet again. Tie...

Bitcoin surges by ~7% in under an hour; Has the rally finished correcting?

Bitcoin’s price rally in a parabolic curve led most of the community to believe that this was the bull rally, however, the correction of this surge was due, which began on May 16. The correc...

Bitcoin’s $2,200 correct could prove to be a swing trade buy, claims old-school trader

Volatility in the cryptocurrency market has caused the crypto-charts to appear red and green with constant bull and bear runs. The world’s largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin [BTC] was among the...

Bittrex transfers 6,999,999 XRP to Upbit amid Ripple’s alleged report discrepancies

Most coins in the cryptocurrency market have been undergoing a series of ups and downs, impacting the prices of the cryptocurrencies. However, XRP, the third largest cryptocurrency on CoinMa...

Bitcoin [BTC] proponent Antonopoulos says borderless censorship resistant form of identity is dangerous

The largest cryptocurrency by market cap, Bitcoin [BTC] has always been riddled with “censorship” issues. The community has time and again argued for “censorship-resistant” blockchains. A ma...

Bitcoin[BTC] and Litecoin[LTC] Price Analysis: King coin to recover from fall, LTC could follow suit

Following a massive sell order on BitStamp exchange on 16 May 2019, Bitcoin saw a drastic fall to a low of $6,192. The king coin regained its momentum from the fall and was priced at $7,419,...

Ethereum [ETH] vs Tron [TRX] Price Analysis: Bulls moving with sluggish steps

Ethereum prices were hiking even after the Bitcoin crash as the bulls raced past the $244.57 mark and was trading at $239.81. Ethereum fell by 0.42% over the past 24 hours. The market cap of...

Bitcoin Cash [BCH] vs Bitcoin SV [BSV] Price Analysis: Bulls and bears in tug-of-war for control of market

The market has still not recovered from the Bitcoin debacle according to CoinMarketCap and a few coins could still be seen on the negative end. BCH, at press time, stood at the price of $357...

IOTA [MIOTA] yields massive output post partnership with Avery Dennison

IOTA [MIOTA] has recently been expanding its reach by increasing partnerships with other companies. The recent partnerships with an agtech french startup and Avery Dennison have proven to be...

Ripple CTO dismisses Coin Metrics report saying it was a ‘timeline issue’, Tron [TRX] futures to soon start trading on OKEx platform and more

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Facebook registers ‘Libra Networks’ in Geneva for developing blockchain technology

Facebook, on May 2, registered Libra Networks, a firm specializing in developing blockchain technology, in Geneva. This is their first foray into developing in-house blockchain technology an...

XRPTipBot: Addition of more tokens to tipbot would confuse users, says Wietse Wind

The third largest cryptocurrency on CoinMarketCap, XRP had been stagnating since the beginning of the year. The coin was still valued at $0.3769, while there have been tremendous changes in ...

Tron [TRX] will have more users than Ethereum [ETH], EOS combined by end of Q2 2019, says Justin Sun

Tron [TRX] and its CEO Justin Sun have always managed to grab headlines in the cryptocurrency industry with the sheer number of developments and announcements coming from the company’s close...