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Altcoins have always been around aside Bitcoin. The first altcoin, Namecoin, popped up somewhere in the middle of 2011. Since then, the total number of altcoins has reached 5 digits, and they have evolved from Proof-of-Work to Ethereum-based ERC-20 smart contracts to Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).2017 was the year of the ICO, and it was the year that the list of cryptocurrencies started taking up more than two pages. In 2017 and the first quarter of 2018, new coins were born on a daily...

The CEO founder of popular messaging app Kik Ted Livingston has maintained his position on keeping on to the end in his company’s legal tussle with the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its cryptocurrency’s classification as a security.Kin (KIN) has been at the forefront of a firestorm between the two parties over its initial coin offering (ICO) with the US regulator suing the company earlier this year over the issue. Sources indicate that the CEO gave his position...

XRP has seen a slight increase of 3.15% against the USD over the past 24 hours and it’s back up at $0.2477. The cryptocurrency has lost a total of 16% over the last week. Despite the recent bloodbath, however, XRP is holding up well against BTC.After losing a steep 40% over the past 3 months, XRP remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $10.67 billion.Looking at the XRP/USD 1-Day Chart:Since our previous XRP/USD analysis, XRP met resistance at $0.3262 and started to roll...

Following a rousing presentation from David Marcus - the head of Facebook's Libra - Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has come out in support of the developing cryptocurrency.Libra is often depicted as a pretty divisive and maligned project. It's not shocking to think that a cryptocurrency with plans of financial domination - emanating from a company with a checkered past of privacy problems - has regulators and citizens up in arms. Nonetheless, Libra now has at least one supporter, Coinbase's CEO...

Sometimes it’s good to remind ourselves how far crypto has come. Central bankers are now being forced to publicly defend the dollar as the global reserve currency against the rise of cryptocurrency.Fed official defends the dollar from Carney’s crypto threatLast month, Bank of England Governor Mark Carney argued the case for a Libra-esque cryptocurrency to replace the dollar as the world’s reserve currency.His words triggered former Federal Reserve official Simon Potter, who was forced to...

Photo: ShutterstockBy Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.BTC/USD tech analysisThe capitalization of the crypto market has fallen by $35 billion overnightThe BTC hashrate has returned to its standard values after a slumpFrench shops are beginning to accept the Bitcoin for paymentOn W1, the Bitcoin has completed the correction in the shape of a Triangle: the strong declining impulse has broken through the former support while the present dynamics is acquiring the shape of a classic...

Wirex: Einer der ältesten Bitcoin-Kartenanbieter (Früher eCoin) lanciert ein neues Affiliate-Programm. Jeder kann sich darber anmelden. Nicht alle Bitcoin Affiliate und Bonusprogramme sind gleich. Soeben hat Wirex ein neues Programm eingeführt, wo jeder Kunde der einen Freund wirbt verdienen kann, wenn dieser seine Wirexapp-Debitkarte einsetzt. Je nachdem, wieviel dieser...

Among the top 10 crypto by market capitalization, Stellar (XLM) is leading the pack of gainers having appreciated by nearly 10% in the last 24 hours. This coincides with an announcement by Coinbase Pro listing the cryptocurrency in New York.Stellar (XLM) recovers from yearly lowAfter falling against the U.S. dollar to a yearly low of $0.052 earlier this week, Stellar has now recovered to $0.0603 after posting gains of 9.22% on Thursday.Stellar Lumens price chart | Source: CoinmarketcapThe...

SoftBank Group Corp., a Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company and the largest investor in WeWork, is currently deliberating on investing an additional $1 billion into the space sharing startup. This deliberation involves the revisiting certain terms in the warrant agreement between the two firms.Before now, SoftBank had concluded terms with WeWork for an investment of $1.5 billion before the company’s issues seemed to intensify, forcing it to discontinue its earlier agreed-upon...

Bitcoin and the entire crypto markets arena are in chaos currently after an abrupt drop in Bitcoin network’s hash rate that resulted in heavy losses on September 24. Some analysts also believe that eh recent drops are as a result of a disappointing launch of the much-anticipated Bakkt platform.On that day, Bitcoin price dropped sharply, losing up to 15% of its value in hours confirming a bearish reversal. All that happened as investors focused on Bakkt’s low Bitcoin trading volume and it...