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VeChain (VET) approaches $0.005 on Tuesday for the first time since Aug. 12. VeChain co-founder and CEO Sunny Lu will deliver a keynote address at The Capital, an upcoming industry conference hosted by CoinMarketCap. The broader cryptocurrency market consolidates slightly higher as the majors reported modest gains. VeChain’s token value surged on Tuesday, reaching its highest level in almost three months after CoinMarketCap confirmed that the supply-chain management company will...

Remember when bitcoin struck the $20,000 mark in December of 2017? Would you believe that it was probably a single entity or individual that made that happen?Bitcoin: Manipulated By a Single Person?This is the news being spewed out by a recent report, which states that the bitcoin price may have been manipulated over the course of 12 months – between March 2017 and March 2018 – by a single person. During this time, the market cap of bitcoin reached a whopping $326 billion, and about half of...

The fate of Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency is pretty much hanging in the balance and has somewhat been so since it was first announced a few months ago. There has been so much backlash from authorities, with Congress specifically asking Facebook to halt the development progress until further notice. Now according to Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin, the biggest problem that the Libra faces is Facebook itself.Lubin recently spoke to CNBC’s Squawk Box, and specifically mentioned Facebook’s...

Huobi Global will disable the accounts of U.S.-based customers. HBUS welcomes Huobi Global’s users. The move could impact the price of Huobi Token (HT). Huobi Global announced Monday it will freeze the accounts of its U.S. customers in order to comply with domestic regulations. The move could have severe implications for Huobi Token (HT), the company’s native cryptocurrency. Complying with Laws and Regulations In a blog post, the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange by...

Photo: Wikimedia CommonsI have big hopes for Christine Lagarde following her appointment as the new head of the European Central Bank. And here’s why (Warning: libertarian crypto enthusiasts should look away now).A company I co-founded held Bitcoin in the now-infamous Mt. Gox exchange. You may remember that back in 2013-14 it was the world’s leading Bitcoin exchange handling over 70% of all transactions worldwide. But in February 2014 things went horribly wrong as Mt. Gox suspended trading...

Stellar (XLM) explodes amid news that the company burned more than half of its coins in circulation. Tuesday’s gains were quickly wiped out as the smart money took the chance to dump their positions. Nevertheless, the cryptocurrency looks attractive in the long-term time frame. In technical analysis, there’s an adage that goes, “buy the rumor; sell the news.” We’re seeing this nugget of wisdom in play out in Stellar (XLM). On Monday, the Stellar Development Foundation announced that...

Ripple Labs Inc. has already started making inroads in the financial space in Asia as sources indicate that TPBank based in Vietnam is the first financial institution in the country to join the blockchain payments network. RippleNet allows international remittances to take place in mere minutes rather than in days unlike traditional networks such as SWIFT and at much less cost as well.This was stated on the bank’s website which indicated the bank’s first foray into blockchain technology and...

Laut Analysten befindet sich Ethereum in der Kaufzone: Die Entwicklung von Ethereum war in den vergangenen Monaten nicht gerade vorzeigbar. Durch den Beginn der Bitcoin-Rallye zu Beginn des Jahres, mussten Altcoins drastische Verluste gegen den Marktführer hinnehmen. Wie einige Analysten nun behaupten, befinde sich Ethereum jedoch in der Mitte einer Kaufzone und in den kommenden Monaten noch höher...

Most crypto exchanges have for some time now had challenges operating within the United States. On the other hand, most of the countries in Asia and Europe have taken an initiative of offering straight forward legislation outlining how to conduct any business in the crypto space. But, the U.S. has dropped far much behind in that arena.Currently, there is no definite framework outlining running businesses and tax payments. Interestingly, there is not even any assurance by the government to...

Binance has now officially begun a survival of the fittest battle between two strongly emerging protocols in what is now the second round of the Community Coin Vote’s (CCV) new format. The Binance community is expected to vote between the ARPA protocol and the Carry protocol, two networks that have more than a few things in common.Voting DetailsThe process kicked off at 4:00 AM (UTC) today Nov. 5, and will run continuously for 24 hours, before closing on November 6, at 4:00 AM (UTC) as well....