The rise of the blockchain is revolutionizing the way society interacts financially. Despite the substantial influence that traditional services have, every new day serves to establish DLTs and the…
Month: March 2019
Up 100%: Litecoin Price Sets Q1 Performance Record – CoinDesk
Litecoin’s (LTC) price has doubled in the first three months of 2019 to register its best first-quarter performance on record. The fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization is currently trading…
Iran’s Crypto Regulations: What’s Happening Behind Closed Doors – CoinDesk
Under pressure for being months behind schedule, the Central Bank of Iran finally published a draft framework on the legality of cryptocurrencies in late January and welcomed feedback. While…
Move Funds When An Exchange Show These Bad Signs
A study from Statis Group an ICO advisory company reveals that 80 percent of all 2017 initial coin offering were scams. Of the over $11.9 billion floated in that…
Analysis Shows Lightning Network Suffers From Trust Issues Exacerbated by Rising Fees – Bitcoin News
Over the last two years, the Lightning Network has been touted as the scaling solution for the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network. However, the solution has been heavily criticized for…
What Article 13 Means for the Cryptocurrency Industry – Bitcoin News
First they came for our privacy. Then our data. Finally they took our memes. If the more hyperbolic headlines are to be believed, the EU’s ratification of the controversial…
These Cryptocurrency Data Sites Aim to Be More Accurate Than Coinmarketcap – Bitcoin News
The true size of the cryptocurrency market may be as little as 5 percent of its officially reported total. Coinmarketcap (CMC), the leading market data website, has been accused…
Mempool ‘Spam’ and Rising Fees: The Consequences of Veriblock’s Mainnet Launch – Bitcoin News
Last month the Veriblock testnet represented more than 30 percent of BTC’s network transactions but the project took a hiatus before launching the protocol’s mainnet. When the project stopped,…
‘Big Four’ Consulting Firms Dominate Blockchain Jobs Market, Says Indeed – CoinDesk
“Big Four” professional consulting firms Deloitte, KPMG and EY are all in the top five when it comes to posting blockchain job ads, according to new data from Indeed.com….
Bittrex-Backed Euro Stablecoin Can Be Staked for 8% Interest – CoinDesk
A group of six blockchain firms called Universal Protocol Alliance is launching a euro-pegged stablecoin next month. The alliance announced the news Thursday, saying that its “universal euro” (UPEUR) token…