Ethereum (ETH)

As China continues its long fight against bitcoin and cryptocurrencies, a new step has been taken. Alipay, owned by Alibaba, has announced on Twitter that it will be discontinuing all BTC and crypto payments from here on out.Alipay: No Crypto Use, PleaseThere has been serious confusion as of late given that Binance, the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange by market cap, has allegedly joined hands with Alipay. When a Twitter user asked if Binance was allowing fiat-to-crypto...

Even though Bitcoin has been in a bit of a struggle recently it is still not just the biggest asset in the cryptocurrency market, but the best performing asset in the world, across all markets. The first fully decentralized digital asset began its journey in 2009 and is now slowly but surely disrupting the current traditional financial status quo.In its early days, Bitcoin did not catch much attention and even people who heard about it quickly wrote it off either as a scam or as something...

One of the leading providers of online foreign exchange trading, as well as other related services, has announced the introduction of a new cryptocurrency basket for its retail investors. The product will include five different cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin.Bitcoin Included in a Retail Trading BasketFXCM Group, commonly referred to as FXCM, is a well-known international provider of CFD trading, exchange trading, cryptocurrencies, and other related services. Today, the company announced...

Many people have always wondered what Ripple Labs CEO Brad Garlinghouse’s position on Bitcoin has been and what his motivations were for developing XRP. He revealed all this and more in crypto evangelist Anthony Pompliano’s Off the chain podcast. The podcast revealed quite a bit of detail about XRP and also showed the mindset of the cryptocurrency innovator. In a rare moment of truth where he bared his soul during the podcast, Brad revealed his first encounter with Bitcoin occurred in 2012 at...

The CC Forum on Blockchain, AI, and Digital Innovation starts today in London and one of its panels is causing quite the furor in the cryptocurrency community. Seeing that Craig Wright is one of the speakers, a few prominent members have already announced that they won’t attend the conference, refusing to give merit to his claims that he’s the inventor of Bitcoin.Boycotting London’s Blockchain ConferenceThe CC Forum on Blockchain, AI, and Digital Innovation is already taking place today in...

OpenLibra: Konkurrenz für die Facebook-Währung? Vom Mitbegründer des Start-ups Wireline Lucas Geiger kam die Nachricht, dass mit OpenLibra eine offene Alternative zur angekündigten Facebook Blockchain Währung in den Startlöchern steht. Das passierte auf der Konferenz für Ethereum „Devcon 5“. Auf diesen freien Zugang zur Libra-Technik kann man gespannt sein. Plattform frei für...

Nationalbankgebäude am Bundesplatz in Bern Foto CC 3.0 by Baikonur, Wikimedia Die Schweizer Nationalbank SNB hat angekündigt, in Zusammenarbeit mit der Schweizer Börse SIX eine digitale Zentralbankwährung einführen zu wollen. Wie der Präsident der SNB, Thomas Jordan, mitteilte, soll die digitale Währung vor allem eine einfachere Methode für den Transfer von Vermögenswerten...

Am 10. Oktober sorgte der Anstieg des Bitcoin-Kurses für Aufwind des Ripple-Kurses. Der Anstieg um ganze sieben Prozent an nur einen Tag lässt die Frage nach einem lohnenswerten Investment offen: XRP – Ein breites Anwendungsfeld Das Ripple-Netzwerk besteht aus mehr als der bloßen Kryptowährung. So unterstützen die Systeme xRapid, XRP Token, xCurrent, Xpring und xVia ein umfassendes Anwendungsgebiet der virtuellen Währung. xRapid dient der Ermöglichung eines internationalen...

XRP was performing better Bitcoin and the rest of the top rivals on Monday as investors/speculators anticipated bullish outcomes from an upcoming Ripple event. XRP price leads the cryptocurrency market’s gains on Monday | Source: TradingView.com, CoinbaseThe third-largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization established an intraday high of $0.2936 as of 0616 GMT. The move uphill brought its daily gains up by 5.73 percent, as calculated from the opening price. At the same time, XRP stole...

FeaturedThe latest plunge in the price of Bitcoin inevitably led to a similar drop across most of the major altcoins. However, to say that this is indicative of a general slump in the value of crypto would be an oversimplification of what is happening in the markets. If you look only at US pairings, then the downward trend is understandable for all to see, but when you start examining crypto pairs, a new story begins to emerge.Ethereum on the riseSince bottoming out in early September, Ripple...