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Rock It Coin to Bring New BTC Kiosk to Chicago

Rock It Coin, a bitcoin kiosk company, has joined hands with the Blockchain Institute to install its 200th machine in the middle of Chicago.Rock It Coin Is Creating a World of Mainstream Blockchain AppsMichael Dalesandro, CEO and fonder of Rock It Coin, comments:This installation marks yet another milestone in our company’s growth. After installing machines across the country, it means a lot to install our 200th one in Chicago where we started the company… We see this [blockchain] technology...

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Binance Unveils XRP/BNB Trading Pair Now Available on Binance DEX

The chief among other cryptocurrency exchanges by volume, Binance, released a statement on Thursday to notify all and sundry that a new trading pair has been included in its decentralized exchange (DEX), and this will be the second cryptocurrency to be accorded such privilege.The trading pair XRP-BNB is listed as XRP-BF2, and Binance has already minted 10 million of the pair for its decentralized exchange. Before XRP-BF2 came along, Binance had added a Bitcoin pegged variant, BTCB, in June...

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Alex Karasulu: Libra a Payment Platform, Not a Currency

Libra is often touted as the Facebook cryptocurrency, but according to Alex Karasulu – CEO and founder of OptDyn – this isn’t necessarily true.Alex Karasulu: Libra Better Than PayPal?In a recent interview, he seeks to answer questions regarding Libra and clear up some of the “myths and legends” that surround it. For example, he comments that Libra will not necessarily be a cryptocurrency in the way bitcoin, Ethereum or Litecoin is, but rather it will be a payment system much like PayPal. In...

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4 Best Blockchain Conferences to Attend in Q4 2019

The first three quarters of 2019 have been remarkably exciting and the industry continues to grow in numerous ways.  One commendable progress is the open-mindedness received from banking institutions, government regulators as well as lawmakers. Commercial and investment banks such as JPMorgan are developing their private digital assets. New products like physically settled Bitcoin futures contracts are exposing the crypto market to a wider audience, and advancements in blockchain technology...

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Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Pulls Back To $186, Can The Bulls Keep Up?

Ethereum saw a small decline of around 1.5% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $186. Over the past week, the cryptocurrency increased by over 7.5% before the recent price fall. Despite the small decrease, Ethereum is still up by a total of 4.5% over the last 30 days as it continues to make higher highs and higher lows during October.Ethereum remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $20.17 billion.Looking at the ETH/USD 1-day chart:Since our last ETH/USD...

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If Bitcoin-Avocado Price Correlation Continues, BTC May Be Toast

Bitcoin’s status as an uncorrelated asset is about to be revoked, as a scarily close relationship to the price of avocados implies that the digital currency may be about to fall off a cliff. The Bitcoin-Avocado Connection Bitcoin’s performance of late has left a little to be desired, and strangely so has the price of avocados. This relationship was pointed out in a profoundly insightful tweet by Bloomberg’s financial Journalist, Tracy Alloway. A graph depicting the price of Hass avocados...

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SpaceX and NASA Will Be Ready to Send Astronauts Into Space By Early 2020

SpaceX CEO and founder Elon Musk, together with NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine, have said that by the first quarter of next year, Space X will complete the development to a considerable extent and will begin initial test flights for the Crew Dragon spaceship.According to Bridenstine, this will definitely happen as long as there are no unforeseen circumstances with the project’s redesigned parachutes and its emergency systems, between now and the first quarter of next year when the launch...

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Chill, Everyone. Google’s ‘Quantum Supremacy’ Has “Bupkis” on Bitcoin

It’s safe to come out now, says Andreas Antonopoulos, the threat posed to bitcoin by Google’s newfound “quantum supremacy” is “zip, bupkis nada.” In one of his typical Q&A sessions, blockchain expert and author, Antonopoulos shared his thoughts on the supposed jeopardy BTC faces from Google. Spoiler alert: he isn’t concerned. According to Antonopoulos, Google’s quantum prowess focuses on a range of issues, and deciphering cryptography is not among them. “What is the effect on mining and...

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Is Microsoft (MSFT) Stock a Better Investment Choice Than FAANG?

For a long time now, FAANG stocks have been the unofficial standard by which the S&P 500 is measured. FAANG which is an acronym for five of the biggest tech and internet companies – including Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google parent Alphabet Inc., – were regarded by investors, traders and even analysts alike, as the stocks that account for a large percentage of the general returns gotten from the index.For the better part of 2018, FAANG pulled in amazing returns for investors...

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CFTC Chairman Confirms That Just Like Bitcoin, Ethereum Is Also a Commodity

According to the latest report from Yahoo Finance, the chairman of the United States Commodities and Futures Trading Commission called Ethereum (ETH) a commodity.Speaking at the Yahoo Finance Summit, CFTC chairperson Heath Tarbet said that the ETH token falls under the regulatory oversight of CFTC. He further added that in the near future, one cannot rule out the possibility of having Ethereum futures in the market. Tarbet said:“We’ve been very clear on bitcoin: bitcoin is a commodity. We...

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