Tag Archives: Cryptocurrencies

Photo: PixabayGood news for Telegram users: the company has developed a wallet for Gram, the native cryptocurrency of the TON Blockchain created by Telegram.Currently, the wallet is available in the alpha version of the Telegram messenger for iOS and functions in the TON testnet. According to the developers, its design is still in progress, and after everything is finished, the wallet will be available in the mainnet as well.Meanwhile, the date of the launch on the mainnet is unknown....

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce, also popular as ‘crypto mom’ for her crypto-friendly news, once again spoke in favor of digital assets during the recent cryptocurrency compliance Dacom summit in New York hosted by Solidus Labs today. Peirce spoke in details about SEC’s views on digital currencies saying that regulators are currently active extremely ‘paternalistic’. Besides, she also had an extensive discussion on different measures the agency can take to improve regulations.She stated that...

Just when it seemed like it could not get worse for the Bitcoin HODLERS, the BTC price plunges further. According to data from Messari, BTC dropped below a key support level of $8,000, touching the $7,800 mark. As we published earlier, the BTC price plunged by over $1,000 to settle below $8,500. Now another support has been breached.The biggest crypto has now entered the $7,000 region for the first time since June amid a severe $30 billion sell-off in the crypto market. In just 5 days, the...

Cryptocurrency startup Flexa is part of a project that will allow for technological innovations in retailing. With a pilot project at Mall of America Minnesota Minneapolis, which is the largest mall in the United States at the moment, the demo store is to serve as a proof-of-concept that new technologies are possible in the real world.Flexa is participating in the project but serving in a technical advisory role will be on display with other non-cryptocurrency-based technologies. The store...

Binance, one of the world’s leading cryptocurrency exchanges, on Thursday announced the launch its staking platform that will enable its users to earn cryptocurrencies for only depositing their funds on the platform.As per the announcement, the new platform is a value-added service that provides its users with a way of “earning staking rewards without the need to set up any nodes or worry about minimum staking amounts, time lengths, or any other technical requirements.”For a start, the...

A rather inspiring presentation from the head of Facebook’s Libra David Marcus seems to have inspired someone else as well and neither more nor less – Coinbase CEO himself. Yes, you’ve heard it right, Brian Armstrong came out as a real supporter of this, still developing stablecoin.The thing is that Libra is often represented as a project that carries labels such as “alienating”, “controversial” or even “poisonous”. Even though it still hasn’t come out at the light of the day, it has already...

The CEO founder of popular messaging app Kik Ted Livingston has maintained his position on keeping on to the end in his company’s legal tussle with the United States’ Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its cryptocurrency’s classification as a security.Kin (KIN) has been at the forefront of a firestorm between the two parties over its initial coin offering (ICO) with the US regulator suing the company earlier this year over the issue. Sources indicate that the CEO gave his position...

Photo: ShutterstockBy Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.BTC/USD tech analysisThe capitalization of the crypto market has fallen by $35 billion overnightThe BTC hashrate has returned to its standard values after a slumpFrench shops are beginning to accept the Bitcoin for paymentOn W1, the Bitcoin has completed the correction in the shape of a Triangle: the strong declining impulse has broken through the former support while the present dynamics is acquiring the shape of a classic...

Bitcoin and the entire crypto markets arena are in chaos currently after an abrupt drop in Bitcoin network’s hash rate that resulted in heavy losses on September 24. Some analysts also believe that eh recent drops are as a result of a disappointing launch of the much-anticipated Bakkt platform.On that day, Bitcoin price dropped sharply, losing up to 15% of its value in hours confirming a bearish reversal. All that happened as investors focused on Bakkt’s low Bitcoin trading volume and it...

Everybody is aware of the scandals that undermined trust in the social networking giant Facebook. According to Mark Zuckerberg, the company didn’t pay proper attention to protecting privacy, that’s why the company had to deal with the consequences of data leak and the spread of fake news. To fix this, Facebook’s CEO is all set to make everything, including Libra, right.Speaking in an interview with Asia-based news outlet Nikkei, Mark Zuckerberg said:“In the last few years, there are a lot of...