Altcoins

While Libra may not have that many fans as of late, it looks like some companies are simply dying to jump on board.Libra Gains a Pal in ShopifyThe Libra Association has just announced that Shopify – an e-commerce platform provider – has entered the frame and will be responsible for the decision-making processes surrounding Libra and Calibra in the coming future. Shopify states that the addition of Libra to the financial spectrum is likely to increase the strength, durability and safety behind...

Randal Quarles – the chair of the Financial Stability Board and U.S. Federal Reserve governor – believes that nobody is taking bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies seriously enough, which could potentially bear harsh consequences for the world’s many banks.Randal Quarles – People Need to Wake Up When It Comes to CryptoQuarles points to things like Libra and says that this cryptocurrency and others like it are signs that the financial space has changed extraordinarily over the past year alone....

Cryptocurrencies and blockchain recently received significant mainstream exposure. One of the most popular TV Shows, the Simpsons, ran a whole segment about both. It explained in a simple language their features and purpose, and referred to cryptocurrencies as “cash of the future.”Cryptocurrencies On the SimpsonsThe Simpsons is one of the longest-running television shows in the world. Starting in December 1989, it has since captured the hearts of millions of fans globally. Naturally, to be on...

Bitcoin’s total supply gets distributed among more addresses as its network matures over time. At the same time, some notable altcoins have up to 95% of their total supply held by several large addresses.This information came from a report gathered by the popular monitoring resource – coinmetrics. By examining numerous variables of data, the paper outlines the wealth distribution of some popular cryptocurrencies.BitcoinNaturally, the report begins with the largest cryptocurrency by market...

Famous American entrepreneur and cryptocurrency proponent, John McAfee, recently spoke of the implementation of privacy coins. He believes that criminals are using them because of their technological value, and authorities cannot keep up.Privacy Coins Used By Criminals: McAfeeAside from being a successful businessman, John McAfee is also a well-known Bitcoin proponent. Until recently, at least, when he changed his stance towards the largest cryptocurrency. He went from a bold $1 million...

Und wieder gibt es einen weiteren Meilenstein bei Obyte zu bejubeln. Die Autonomous Agents wurden bisher nur über das Testnet abgewickelt, nun sind sie bereit für den Launch im Mainnet, wodurch die nächste Evolutionsstufe des Obyte Projekts beginnt.Crypto News: Obytes Autonomous Agents sind bereit für das Mainnet2.375 Autonomous Agents und über 25.000 Transaktionen dieser wurden in insgesamt 7 Monaten (und 7 Runden) im Testnet umgesetzt. Nun ist das Obyte Projekt endlich soweit, die AAs im...

On February 21, the Malta Financial Service Authority made an official post about the Binance exchange office address. The cryptocurrency market received a hit.A bunch of news media was referring to Binance as to ‘Malta-based exchange’. The fact is that nobody saw that office of Binance situated in Malta. Some crypto journalists like Cryptomedication were asking people in Telegram chats for months: Where is Binance’s office? So far, cryptocurrency enthusiasts had nothing to answer.Despite the...

Ripple’s Xpring is allocating money for three inventors or teams seeking for a solution to XRP Ledger-Ethereum interoperability.Xpring wants to develop a ‘bridge’ between Ethereum and Ripple‘s XRP without having to transfer XRP onto ERC-20 standard. Ethereum developers have joined the bad company – Ripple welcomes all of them to build a bridge between two competing economies. Ripple is looking for a new way of operating with mainstream assets, and the move towards Ethereum is obvious. Despite...

Bank of America (BoA) is the second-largest bank in the U.S. It reportedly will join RippleNet for fast and cheap cross-border payments and exclusive infrastructure. But there is still no official confirmation.Bank of America has a long history of relationships with the Ripple company. In July 2019, the bank even filed a patent claim based on the new technology: Ripple’s DLT. The institution also has a Real-Time Settlement patent, also they already ran pilot projects with Ripple.Since 2015,...

BitGo and Bitso are two new additions to RippleNet. Ripple has released information about its current XRP holdings, as well as the list of large companies (like Microsoft) that help Ripple grow.Per the Ripple stats, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is the leading company working on its blockchain and processing the transactions. XRP has entered a turbulence zone recently, with the token price rushing up to $0.29 two days ago. At the moment of writing, its price is $0.28.They are...