Blockchain

The price of Ethereum has been surging over the past few days largely due to the recent price jumps experienced by bitcoin, the world’s leading cryptocurrency by market cap. However, the Ethereum jump can also potentially be traced to a recent announcement made by payment processing company Visa that it would put much of its focus towards stable currencies in the coming months.Visa Is Making Stable Coins MainstreamEthereum is the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap after...

Ethereum (ETH) price jumped to over $300 in a major rally as the Ethereum network sees a significant surge in daily transactions. The price rally comes as the developers plan to launch the Ethereum testnet on August 4.The massive surge in the DeFi activity on the Ethereum blockchain network has ultimately pushed its price higher. The Ethereum (ETH) price has surged over 9% in the last 24 hours. At press time, ETH is trading at a price of $309 with a market cap of $34.6 billion.With this,...

Havas Blockchain a publié il y a quelques jour un recueil de tribunes intitulé « La Blockchain dans le monde d’après » . On y trouvera des contributions d’une vingtaine d’entrepreneurs, ingénieurs, investisseurs et juristes. « Il y a maintenant plus de 10 ans, à la suite de décennies de recherches, naissaient dans l’idée d’un anonyme les fabuleux concepts d’une monnaie numérique absolument acéphale. Une monnaie qui renverse la table,...

Presently, scams constitute 1% of activities in the crypto sphere. This year the most widely discussed scam so far is the Twitter hack.Scammers have stolen $381 million so far this year. This was reported by the blockchain analysis firm Chainalysis. The company which based some of its findings on the open-source database by Cryptoscamdb showed that the losses by crypto users in scams so far has not matched that of 2019.According to the release, crypto scams dwarfed other crimes that have...

VISA und Mastercard gehört praktisch die ganze westliche Welt, wenn es ums Bezahlen von Dienstleistungen und Waren geht. Selbst kleine Läden und Shops setzen mittlerweile Bezahlterminals der grossen Kartenanbieter ein. In einem aktuellen Blogbeitrag bekennt sich nun VISA erstmals selber zur Integration von digitalen Währungen wie Bitcoin. Bisher war die Integration nur über Drittanbieter wie bsp. Wirex oder Coinbase möglich. Daher ist es nun sehr spannend zu lesen, was...

Bitcoin-Börse Binance expandiert nach Deutschland. Eine der grössten Handelsplattformen für digitale Währungen wie Bitcoin „Binance“ verbessert seine Marktposition und kooperiert mit einem deutschen Finanzinstitut. Das 2018 von Changpeng Zhao gegründete Unternehmen stärkt die Verbindung zum Europäischen Kontinent. Für die Nutzer in Europa ein gutes Zeichen. Eine erste...

ESPN Global has recently developed an online gaming platform with blockchain technology. The E-Sports Programming Network’s gaming environment will allow users to compete with each other in a variety of game battles and tournaments, where they’ll be able to win money.Players Can Make Payments Via BitcoinAccording to a news report, the upcoming platform will give users the chance to get a premium membership, which will allow them to play slots, plus early access to the latest and most...

Russian chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov is a supporter of blockchain, cryptocurrencies, and Bitcoin in particular. In a recent interview, he outlined some of the digital assets’ merits, including increasing personal protection and allowing people to reclaim control over their finances.Kasparov Believes Bitcoin Is Here To HelpArguably the greatest chess player of all time, Kasparov spent 225 out of 228 of his active months as the world number one. Upon his retirement in 2005, the former...

The U.S.-based Gemini exchange has partnered with Unstoppable Domains to provide cryptocurrency custody for .crypto domains. The fact that Gemini will provide custody for blockchain domains is a significant step.The Winklevoss twins-owned exchange Gemini has partnered with Unstoppable Domains to provide cryptocurrency custody services for .crypto domains. The business of the custody of digital currencies has grown in the blockchain ecosystem in the past years with few licensed custodial...

The total market capitalization has lost about 4 billion of its value in the past few hours, and the question is if this is simply a correction or a trend reversal.At the same time, the precious metal market continues to soar with record gains, particularly silver.Crypto Market Retraces By $4BVolatility returned to some extent for Bitcoin this week. Following weeks of stagnation, BTC firstly broke the resistance at $9,300 and then continue towards conquering $9,500.Bitcoin’s intraday high...