Ethereum (ETH)

Now it what may be a breakthrough for the Ethereum blockchain a blockchain advisory and product development firm Akomba Labs has offered a solution that allows the creation of blocks on the Ethereum blockchain twice as fast as before. Sources indicate that Akomba Labs in collaboration with BloXroute ran “BloXroute’s” Blockchain Distribution Network” on a Singaporean-based Ethereum node between November 11th and November 27th. The results showed that the blockchain propagation time dropped...

Banking app Revolut has introduced a new feature that will allow many users to use the app just like any other bank account. The introduction of the direct debit feature for the UK pound has enabled users to be able to pay for goods and services with direct debit as it is becoming the norm for many businesses at the moment. Already Euro direct debit services were started last year. Many businesses prefer direct debits as card transaction fees and chargebacks are usually more problems than...

With the current expansion of and new entrants into the crypto space, ex-UBS employee Claude Waelchli has decided of a lifetime: to pitch his tent (and his life as well) with cryptocurrencies. After leading the Global team for the management of portfolios for ultra-high net worth individuals and institutions, Waelchi has decided to settle for nothing less than the best as he studied digital assets and to launch his own startup Tokenyz. The new cryptocurrency startup’s name is a play on the...

The recent Upbit hack crashed all the cryptos down and again reminded crypto investors how vulnerable this sector is. However, this was the last among seven majors hacks that happened this year. So, let’s mention some of them:CryptopiaAround January 15, New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia said there was $3.2 million in tokens stolen and the company went into the liquidation. However, on Jan. 20, it was reported that as much as $16 million worth of Ethereum (ETH) and ERC20...

Litecoin price is recovering nicely and trading above $45.50 against the US Dollar.LTC price is currently trading near a major resistance area at $48.80 and $49.20.There is a significant bearish trend line forming with resistance near $48.60 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to surge higher once it clears the $49.20 and $50.00 resistance levels.Litecoin price is attempting a crucial upside break against the US Dollar and bitcoin. LTC price...

Ripple kauft MoneyGram-Aktien im Wert von 50 Millionen Ripple ist ein amerikanisches Unternehmen, dessen geschäftlicher Fokus auf Software und internationalen Zahlungsdienstleistungen liegt. Bereits im Jahr 2012 entwickelte Ripple den XRP-Coin und stieg in den Krypto-Währungsmarkt ein. In Bezug auf die Marktkapitalisierung belegt Ripples XRP hinter Bitcoin (BTC) und Ethereum...

Matic Network, the platform working on solutions to the scalability issues of the Ethereum blockchain and using Plasma side chains and a Proof-of-Stake network, has announced its public incentivized staking testnet event Counter Stake is finally live.Counter Stake has arrived!Matic’s public incentivized staking testnet event is now officially live.We have released a detailed step-by-step guide on setting up your node. Over 3 million $MATIC tokens are to be shared among participants ?Read...

The past week has been anything but positive for the cryptographic industry. Ethereum, the second-largest market capitalization cryptographic asset, also recorded an 8% dump, marking a downward period for the market. Incidentally, the market fell just after the People’s Bank of China revealed that the central bank would close all local encryption centers.Speaking of Ethereum, despite the drop, ETH’s fees have increased by 21.6% over the past week. As observed in the main markets, the increase...

Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, shares his insights into the future scenarios for Bitcoin price movement as well as possible price swings of major altcoins.Regardless of the new loss of the bulls, the Bitcoin is testing an important support level and there is a reversal pattern forming on the smaller timeframes, which may signify the beginning of an uptrend.The daily chart of the Ethereum demonstrates uninterrupted falling to the aim at $100 – here,...

On Wednesday most cryptocurrencies were trading in red again including Bitcoin (BTC) that, in the last 24 hours couldn’t turn its trace. Bitcoin closed on Tuesday the day at the $7,198 price mark, at which point the world’s largest crypto coin found an intra-day high on Wednesday of $7,227, before moving down again towards its current trading price near $6,945 still falling by 3.51 at 11:53 am CET. Among the possible influencing factors we should mention the recent Upbit hacker attack.BTC is...