Tag Archives: Blockchain News

Xpring recruitment follows its new development relations initiative announced last week. One of the main priorities now is XRP adoption.Xpring, Ripple‘s arm that invests in, incubates, acquires and provides grants to companies and projects run by proven entrepreneurs, is hiring 10 new people. The open positions include a range of jobs from senior infrastructure engineer to director of product management to vice president of developer relations. According to Ripple, Xpring recruitment is a way...

As the world is joining efforts to help with coronavirus treatment and spread, the blockchain technology is now being employed for related insurance payments.Blockchain technology is now seeing some new applications because of the deadly coronavirus. According to a recent report from the South China Morning Post, a mutual aid service known as Xiang Hu Bao has now started using blockchain technology to process insurance claims related to the coronavirus from its many customers.Blockchain Used...

Though now it is not the best time even for major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, we still can believe that cryptos will have a chance to catch the public’s eye sooner rather than later.Around the world, major cryptocurrencies are seldom seen in major headlines anymore. While tech-savvy individuals and crypto-investors are obviously paying close attention to the current valuation of leading tokens like Ethereum or Bitcoin, many people have tuned out of crypto-related news. There...

We take a look at the principal risks and rewards of dealing with cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin in the modern market.Ever since Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies launched some decades ago, they have grown into one of the most controversial topics around. On the one hand, cryptocurrencies offered end-users many perks such as anonymity and transaction speed. Still, on the other hand, they naturally stirred up a lot of criticism regarding the lack of regulation and potential abuse.Regardless...

Bitcoin halving, gold and scarcity: as the milestone approaches, it will reduce Bitcoin’s block reward to 6,25 BTC per the block. Currently, the Bitcoin block reward equals 12,5 BTC.In approximately 91 days, the picture of what is happening inside mining companies will start changing. The date for changes is 7 May 2020. There’s several ways to count the days until Bitcoin halving, however. When calculating the date using average daily block time, the next halving date shifts to 86 days from...

The launch of Ethereum 2.0 is expected to happen just in a few months. Experts believe that Ethereum price may reach $360.The world’s second-largest cryptocurrency Ethereum is set to witness a further 60% rally after breaking a key resistance that saw it leap from yearly lows of $120 to highs of just under $230. ETH has been one of the top-performing cryptos since the turn of the year and it is expected to maintain and continue its steady rise, reports revealed on February 9, 2020.At the...

Ripple’s XRP price is showing all the signs of reaching $0.60 in the near future, as it is supported by different technical and fundamental aspects.Ripple’s XRP price can hit $ 0.60 in the near future possibly months if it breaks the current strong resistant level at $0.285. This is a huge relief in the larger XRPL community who have seen the coin depreciate in the last year with a sharp downtrend, leaving it trading below a dollar.Having traded at its lows since late 2018, XRP could enjoy a...

Bitcoin (BTC) price has slipped below $10,000 in the early Asian trading hours to trade above last week’s resistance zone after reaching $10,200 over the weekend. Bitcoin price has dropped below the long-awaited $10,000 price tag after hitting $10, 200 yesterday. Checking the BTC derivative chart, the market opened with a huge gap as a result of the high trade volume over the weekend. Using technical analysis, whenever there is a market gap in the derivative market chart, it is bound to be...

The SEC commissioner Hester Pierce wants the blockchain space and the regulators to work on an eased juridical framework for ICOs in the next three years.During the recent industry conference in Chicago, the SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce proposed a new regulatory framework for ICO companies and unqualified investors.Current securities laws don’t allow numerous ICO startups and similar firms to collect money from U.S. citizens. According to the law, almost any cryptocurrency, coin or token is...

On February 5, the Reginald Fowler’s case got an important update regarding three bank accounts in Santander UK. The assets held in them have been restrained.The U.S. Government has issued a sealed post-indictment restraining order. In the document added to the CourtListener on February 5, 2020, there is an update regarding the case against Crypto Capital Co. functionary Reginald Fowler, presumably working for Bitfinex. It appears that Reginald had some bank accounts related to him in the UK....