EOS

It seems that Tron (TRX) and EOS became China’s favorite children, at least if it’s to believe newly published CCID Crypto Ranking. The Chinese Ministry of Industry was always perplexing its selection of criteria, putting EOS up at the top based on its innovation.But let’s start with Tron. The Chinese blockchain platform that was previously under strict scrutiny from Beijing, got its satisfaction last week when Chinese President Xi Jinping gave a speech almost celebrating blockchain. China,...

Photo: Anchorage / MediumIn what seems to be forward-thinking move, the premier cryptocurrency and digital asset custodian Anchorage backed by Visa has introduced a governance platform that has on-chain voting rights. The first cryptocurrency token to be supported in this regard is the Maker DAO’s Maker (MKR) token.The platform referred to as Anchorage Governance will enable all the custodian’s clients which hold the MKR token to be able to vote at the Multi-Collateral Dai (MCD) vote which...

Binance has just completed its most recent Initial Exchange Offering (IEO) called Kava. The event brought a return of around 180% which is a shadow of what IEOs used to generate in the not so distant past. It also highlights the fact that if Binance is to keep these exchange offerings live, it needs to keep selecting quality projects in order to retain the interest of the investors and to make sure they won’t incur losses.The KAVA IEO On Binance Launchpad: 180% ROIThe Binance Launchpad just...

EOS price is down more than 8% today and it broke the key $2.700 support area against the US Dollar.The price traded close to the $2.500 support area and it is currently correcting higher.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $2.850 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could resume its decline as long as it is trading below the $2.800 pivot area.EOS price is back in a bearish zone against the US Dollar and bitcoin. The price...

Is it possible that altcoins could potentially disappear forever?Altcoins Don’t Have the Same Appeal They Once DidWhile they may not vanish into thin air, Adam Back – the CEO of Block Stream and the co-author of a bitcoin sidechains whitepaper – claims that the presence and stamina of presence bitcoin sidechains could lower interest in altcoins altogether, thereby making their appeal virtually non-existent.As it stands, currencies like Ethereum (ETH), Ripple’s XRP, EOS (EOS), and Litecoin...

Do you shop on Amazon? Would it be easier to pay with crypto than it would be to pay with fiat? If so, you should check out a new startup called “Moon.”Moon: The New Way to PayMoon is a company that began through the hands of three individuals. The venture allows you to use cryptocurrency to pay for items on Amazon through the Lightning Network, a highly praised if somewhat controversial platform that is alleged to boost the transactions speeds of the bitcoin blockchain.Bitcoin is the oldest...

EOS price is down more than 10% and it broke the key $3.040 support area against the US Dollar.The price even traded below the $3.000 support area and tested the $2.820 support zone.There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $3.110 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair remains at a risk of more losses if there is a close below the $2.800 pivot level.EOS price is showing bearish signs against the US Dollar and bitcoin. The price...

U.S. federal prosecutors have indicted a South Korean national behind the world’s largest darknet child sexual exploitation site that was primarily funded using bitcoin. The website known as ‘Welcome to Video’ was being run by 23-year old Jong Woo Son. The South Korean national is currently serving a prison sentence in his home country for the same crimes. Per the unsealed indictment, Son was arrested in March last year. His website only dealt in child sexual exploitation videos allowing...

Global investment platform eToro has announced its new sentiment-based crypto portfolio offering called TheTIE-Long-Only. For this, eToro has joined hands with a data analytics platform The TIE which can formulate an algorithm-based investment strategy.The input data for this sentiment-driven trading platform will be Twitter mentions. The social media platform Twitter has been the main platform for discussing crypto activities. Several popular analysts and companies share their trading...

Authorities are waking up when it comes to cryptocurrencies. In the past month alone, we saw a couple of very serious actions taken against major projects in the field. Facebook’s Libra, Block.one’s EOS, Telegram, KIK, all of them and more saw challenges in the face of lawmakers and regulators across the board. A lot of people, especially those who felt like Telegram was a scam and Libra was a “centralized Bitcoin” embraced the news with sort of positivity. Amid this legislative chaos,...