Cardano’s native cryptocurrency – ADA – will be available for direct purchases from credit or debit cards, Apple Pay, or even bank transfers. This becomes possible following a partnership between the popular blockchain project and Simplex – a solution facilitating fiat on/off ramps to the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Cardano Partners With Simplex Founded in 2014, Simplex is an Israeli-based provider of fiat to crypto infrastructure. Last year, the EU-licensed company reached a...
Read More »Cardano Partners With Ethiopia Ministry of Education on Blockchain-Based ID System
Cardano, currently the sixth-largest cryptocurrency project by means of total market capitalization, has partnered up with the Ministry of Education of Ethiopia to work on a blockchain-based national ID system. Announced on Twitter, Cardano has entered into a partnership to create a blockchain-based national ID and attainment recording system. Touted as the “world’s largest blockchain deployment,” it should roll out to 5 million students in Africa. The thread also reveals...
Read More »University of Zurich Adds Cardano to their Blockchain Curriculum for 2021
The University of Zurich has announced that they are adding Cardano to their “Deep Dive into Blockchain 2021” curriculum. It will be taught to students studying in the UZH Blockchain Center modules and is being posited as a ‘blockchain platform for changemakers, innovators, and visionaries’ to ‘bring about positive global change.’ Blockchain Education The course aims to teach students about several facets of blockchain technology: not just limited to their technical scope,...
Read More »Bloodbath Continues: Crypto Markets Lose $70 Billion, Bitcoin Below $50K (Market Watch)
The bears continue to rule over the crypto markets. Most alternative coins have lost substantial chunks of value in the past 24 hours, with ETH below $2,200 and BNB beneath $500. Bitcoin’s brief spike above $50,000 was also unsuccessful, and the asset trades south of that coveted level. Red Dominates the Altcoins Aside from several brief recovery attempts, the altcoin market has suffered in the past few days. Ethereum went on to register a new all-time on Thursday at $2,650...
Read More »14% of Americans Own Crypto, Bitcoin Remains Most Popular: Survey
Americans’ interest in the cryptocurrency industry has grown significantly in the past year, found a survey by the Winklevoss-run crypto exchange, Gemini. Interestingly, BTC has remained the most popular digital asset, but the results show that US citizens have larger on-average positions in ether, BCH, and LTC. US Appetite for Crypto Rises The past twelve months were somewhat transformative for the crypto ecosystem, with the COVID-19 pandemic serving as the catalyst. This...
Read More »Bitcoin Struggles At $50K: DOGE Regains 30% (Weekend Watch)
Following another steep decline to $47,500, bitcoin has recovered some ground and currently trades around the coveted $50,000 price line. Most alternative coins have also bounced off since yesterday’s massacre, with ETH nearing $2,300 and BNB well above $500. Will Bitcoin Decisively Reclaim $50K? The past week didn’t go according to the BTC bulls’ plan. On Sunday, the primary cryptocurrency plummeted to $51,500. A few days of recovery attempts were halted yesterday as the...
Read More »Crypto Price Analysis & Overview April 23rd: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Cardano, and Solana
It was a red week all over the cryptocurrency market. Almost everything, with a few exceptions, declined substantially as the total market cap slipped below $2 trillion. Bitcoin Bitcoin saw a turbulent week in which the price dropped by a steep 20% to break beneath $50,000 and reach as low as $47,500 today. The cryptocurrency fell beneath $60,000 at the start of the week as it saw a large spike lower in which it dropped to the $51,440 support (.618 Fib). It managed to...
Read More »$300 Billion Evaporated From the Crypto Market Cap as BTC Slumps to a 7-Week Low (Market Watch)
Bitcoin’s suffering has only intensified in the past 24 hours with a massive 10% dump to well below $50,000. The alternative coins have it even worse with substantial double-digit price slumps, and the market cap lost roughly $300 billion in a day. Bitcoin Drops Below $50K It was less than ten days ago when everything seemed to be going in BTC’s way as the primary cryptocurrency had just painted its latest ATH record of $65,000. However, the ever-volatile crypto markets...
Read More »IOHK’s Charles Hoskinson Responds to Cardano Scam Allegations
IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has replied to critics calling Cardano a scam that has not been able to develop any smart contracts since its launch. Baseless Allegations Drive Investors Away Responding to comments made by Bankless podcast co-owner David Hoffman, Hoskinson noted that over the years, podcasters had used their platform to level baseless allegations on Cardano, calling it a “scam.” “It is one thing to say you’re skeptical [about Cardano]. It’s another to call [its...
Read More »Cardano Price Analysis: ADA Bulls Wake Up Following 10% Weekly Drop, What’s the First Target?
ADA/USD – ADA Trades Inside Shallow Rising Price Channel Key Support Levels: $1.05, $1.00, $0.9.Key Resistance Levels: $1.30, $1.50, $1.72. ADA had set a new ATH at $1.57 last week but could not overcome resistance at $1.50, provided by a 1.618 Fib Extension level. From there, it rolled over and started to head lower again. During the Sunday crash, ADA dropped as low as $1.05, where it found support at a .382 Fib Retracement level. It rebounded from there but failed to...
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