The rise of new stablecoins was a defining story in the second half of 2018, but the reality is that exclusive discounts partly fueled their growth. Dollar-backed stablecoins are generally…
Ethereum Clients Release New Software In Wake of Hard Fork Delay – CoinDesk
Major ethereum clients, including Go-Ethereum (Geth) and Parity, have released software updates following an earlier decision to delay the planned system-wide upgrade dubbed Constantinople. The upgrade was postponed Tuesday…
Ethereum Constantinople Delayed, ETH Down 5%
Ethereum Constantinople Blockchain Upgrade Delayed On Tuesday afternoon, approximately 48 hours before Ethereum Constantinople, five protocols focused on short-term scaling solutions and issuance reductions, was slated to go live,…
Ethereum’s Constantinople Upgrade Faces Delay Due to Security Vulnerability – CoinDesk
Ethereum’s long-anticipated Constantinople upgrade has just been delayed after a critical vulnerability was discovered in one of the planned changes. Smart contract audit firm ChainSecurity flagged Tuesday that Ethereum…
Crypto Impersonation Scammers on Social Media Raked in Millions in 2018 – Bitcoin News
Security Over the last two years, as cryptocurrencies gained mainstream attention, scammers have become far more prevalent. One particular social media scam that can be found on prominent websites…
First Grin Block Mined as Mimblewimble Privacy Crypto Goes Live – CoinDesk
Grin, a cryptocurrency that leverages the mimblewimble privacy technology, has just gone live on mainnet. Named after the tongue-tying curse in the Harry Potter book series, mimblewimble is a protocol…
ChainLink (LINK) Increases by over 157% in the Last Month
Yesterday the evaluation of the cryptocurrency market cap was around $117,3B at the open and from there it started increasing again when it reached $124,827,712,833 at its highest point yesterday….
The Marshall Islands is Getting Serious About Its SOV Cryptocurrency
A usual reaction when looking for innovation centers is to turn to Silicon Valley, Tokyo, or New York. Yet, when it comes to cryptocurrency adoption, time and again, we’re…
St. Louis Federal Reserve Predicts “Flood” of Altcoins Will Drive Down Bitcoin Prices
Economics The St. Louis branch of the Federal Reserve bank has published a report seeking to examine the long-term prospects of BTC as an investment. The paper is highly…