A recent press-release states that Ripple’s partner (backed with a solid investment from the DLT heavyweight last year) MoneyGram has teamed up with Digital Financial Services – a company indirectly connected to the Dubai Islamic Bank. The joint venture will allow users of eWallet to conduct quick and low-cost payments to more than Read more…
Mozilla and a host of other big firms have invested in Wallets Africa, a Bitcoin-supported financial startup based in Lagos, Nigeria. In a declaration today, Wallets Africa says it received funding from Mozilla Corporation, 9Yards Capital, Samurai Incubate, and Y Combinator CEO, Micheal Seibel. The fund came not long after Read more…
Bitcoin, Ethereum, and XRP prepare for major price action despite recent losses. Bitcoin at a Pivotal Point The flagship cryptocurrency continues consolidating without a clear sign of where it is headed next. Its price has been making a series of higher lows over the past two months. However, the $10,000 Read more…
The notional value of Bitcoin options contracts set to expire tomorrow has reached a new record by exceeding $1 billion. With such a massive amount, the question remains how and if it will impact the price of the primary cryptocurrency. BTC Option Contracts To The Moon As CryptoPotato reported shortly after the mid-March Read more…
There is certainly no shortage of Bitcoin critics. And of course, some of these critics are highly respected economists and other financial professionals. But Steve Hanke is a different type of crypto critic. He says Bitcoin is a crazy investment, but also believes that blockchain can be implemented to create reliable and Read more…
Compound (COMP), the governance token of the eponymous Ethereum-based lending platform, has monumentally crashed about 40 percent over 24 hours, according to data provided by trading terminal Cryptowatch. While commenting on this fall from grace, RT host and influential crypto proponent Max Keiser noted the only purpose of altcoins was to take Read more…
According to the EOSX block browser, the recipient’s account with the name jnhgvbkkfdjf was created a few minutes before the transaction. At the moment the funds are still there, and there are no other operations associated with this address. Over 26 million EOS tokens ($67 million) were transfered to the Read more…
Nassim Taleb, author of “Skin in the Game,” got into a small Twitter feud in which he explained that most investors can’t understand the nuances of a cryptocurrency like Bitcoin. According to a tweet posted by Nassim Taleb on June 21, Bitcoin (BTC) is a good idea but “almost all bitcoiners are Read more…
John Cantrell, Bitcoin and Lightning Network project developer, recently revealed he had successfully hacked a Bitcoin address. His article, however, received a number of responses with many concluding Bitcoin isn’t secure. Cantrell felt people missed the point of the exercise so, in a tweet thread on June 19, explained and ensured people that despite Read more…
You could then use some of that money to reinvest into Ethereum to hold it for an additional set of earnings. If you buy Ether when the value is low, you possibly can then sell it when the value goes up and can lock in your income before the price Read more…