Altcoins

In the latest development, Switzerland-based SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has invited financial institutions from across the globe to back its Initial Digital Offering (IDO). SDX is a blockchain-based utility that is completely owned by the Swiss stock exchange SIX Group.The SIX Digital Exchange plans to launch its IDO in mid-2020. This will be just similar to a traditional IPO except for the fact that the shares will be in the form of security tokens available on the SDX platform.The...

Ripple Labs Inc, the owners, and developers of XRP, has just acquired Algrim, a crypto trading firm which has quite a bit of talent despite its small number of human resources.The six-person cryptocurrency firm which has been around for about a decade gives Ripple Labs a foothold in the crypto-friendly country of Iceland which though smaller than 500,000 people (around 340,000) has been at the center of the crypto space for many reasons one of them being access to cheap electricity.With its...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 717. Heute geht’s um folgende Themen: BTC-ECHO startet Security Token Offering (STO) & Binance US floppt – Nur Bakkt läuft schlechter. 1.) BTC-ECHO startet Security Token Offering (STO)https://www.btc-echo.de/btc-echo-startet-security-token-offering-sto/ 2.) Binance US floppt – Nur Bakkt läuft schlechterhttps://bitcoin-kurier.de/binance-us-floppt-nur-bakkt-laeuft-schlechter/ 4.) Bitcoin Informant bei iTunes...

Stellar lumen price traded to a new monthly low at $0.0525 against the US Dollar.XLM price is currently correcting higher, but it is facing a strong resistance near $0.0620.There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line at $0.0592 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair is currently consolidating and it might struggle to climb above $0.0620 and $0.0650.Stellar lumen price is trading in a bearish zone below $0.0650 against the US Dollar. XLM price remains at a risk of...

Ripple price is currently consolidating below the key $0.2500 resistance area against the US dollar.The price must settle above $0.2500 and $0.2600 to start a fresh upward move.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.2420 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The price could resume its decline if it continues to struggle near $0.2500 and $0.2600.Ripple price is facing a strong resistance near $0.2500 against the US Dollar. XRP price...

Facebook’s Libra is getting some criticism from an unlikely source: Ripple’s Marcus Treacher.Treacher: Libra’s Got to Open Up a BitTreacher is the company’s senior vice president of customer success. According to an interview he did with CNBC his primary complain is that Libra will be a “closed system” or a “walled garden” as he calls it.This basically means that Libra will be largely controlled by a team of executives. The power will not be in the hands of the people who use it, but in those...

Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has had something of a rough week, and is experiencing up-and-down behavior like nobody’s business.Litecoin Is Attached to Bitcoin’s HipTo be fair, Litecoin isn’t alone in its present dilemma. Bitcoin, for example, is currently trading in the $8,100 range – roughly $2,000 less than where it was when last week ended. Ethereum is also down for the count, trading at around $168 at press time from last week’s “high” of $190.Litecoin,...

The market for alternative cryptocurrencies is on life support this weekend after crashing to six-month lows on Thursday, the casualty of a sudden correction in the price of bitcoin (BTC). Altcoins have since recovered from their lows but remain at the precipice of another violent drop – a move that could usher in a new ‘crypto winter’ with devastating consequences. Crypto Markets Recover Slightly The combined altcoin capitalization fell to $66.1 billion on Thursday, the lowest since March,...

Zuletzt kursierten Screenshots von Bitcoin Cash Minings, die Blöcke anzeigten, die nur eine Hand voll Transaktionen aufwiesen. Viele fragen sich: Wie kann Bitcoin Cash überhaupt etwas wert sein, wenn kaum jemand den Cryptocoin für Transaktionen nutzt?Cryptocoin News: Bitcoin Cash Blocks fast leerIn einem spezifischen Tweet zeigte ein Block nur 5 Transaktionen im BCH Network an. Die Marktkapitalisierung von 3,75 Milliarden US-Dollar wurde sofort in Zweifel gezogen – wie kann es sein, dass der...

Ever since Facebook’s Libra was first announced earlier this year, it seems like cryptocurrency and social media just go hand in hand. A blockchain startup and the subsidiary of IOV Labs, RSK, has announced that it has purchased a social media platform called Taringa, based in Argentina. This gives the company access to the platform’s 30 million+ account holders. Taringa Users Can Get Crypto for ContentThe partnership will create a rewards program in which users of Taringa can garner digital...