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The team of Ethereum developers has announced a proposal for a new hard fork which is expected to solve problems currently associated with the Ice Age. In a recently published Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) – EIP 2387 – authored by developer James Hancock, the new hard fork if deployed, would significantly “postpone” the coming of the Ice Age. Muir Glacier is named after a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, located in Alaska.Hancock explains that the Ethereum network is...

In what is seen as a paradox that has put many pundits on the edge, recent data indicates that XRP that is widely used by Ripple in its solutions is already less than one month away from being the worst-performing cryptocurrency token that is among the top ten in terms of market capitalization. Research indicates that coming up as a close second in this regard is Bitcoin Cash (BCH) which has lost 49% of its value since its all-time-high as against XRP’s 51%. XRP at the time of the 2017...

Last month in November 2019, crypto exchange Binance joined hands with smartphone manufacturer HTC for a special edition “cryptophone”. Dubbed as the HTC EXODUS 1 – Binance Edition, the handset integrates Binance’s proprietary blockchain network, the Binance Chain with HTC’s own native Zion Vault wallet app.As a result, the handset promises to support Binance’s decentralized exchange (DEX), the BNB token, preloaded DApps, etc. In the latest announcement, Binance has said that the...

Taking a contrarian view, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and prominent personality in the crypto space Jason Williams has described the upcoming Bitcoin halving event as a non-event. He made this known in a tweet early this week. Unpopular Opinion –Bitcoin halving in May 2020 won’t do anything to the price. It will be a non-event.— Jason A. Williams ? (@JWilliamsFstmed) December 1, 2019While halving refers to the reduction by half of the Bitcoin rewards that are given to miners every four...

The Ethereum project ETH token kept on sliding during the last exchanging session of the earlier week and eradicated another 7.9 percent of its value. It was decreased to $139 shutting the seven days with a 24 percent loss.The ETH/USD pair was very unstable on Monday, November 25 and was exchanging the $132-$152 zones. The bulls figured out how to abstain from breaking underneath the $130 handle and effectively raised the value to $145, including about 3.5 percent.Next is on Tuesday, November...

As we are coming to the year’s end we somehow always tend to look in the past to reconcile what was good and what wasn’t. Speaking of the IPOs, we can surely say this year was marked by numerous IPO failures with more than half of stock market debuts now trading below their initial offering.We can just mention hail-raiding companies as are Uber and Lyft who were probably the biggest losers of the year. However, there were also plenty of unicorns that got smashed in 2019 including Peloton (the...

In what seems like an about-face, global banking custodian State Street has drastically cut down its Decentralized Ledger Technologies team, as sources indicate. Rather than focus on building a complete DLT ecosystem from scratch which hitherto before now had been the strategy that State Street pursued, the custodian has decided to focus on digital assets which include tokenized stocks and bonds as well cryptocurrencies. Such an approach is to be applied instead of a bottom-up strategy which...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 764. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: China Firewall blockiert ETH Blockchain Explorer, UpBit Hacker bewegen gestohlene Ethereum & Bank darf seinen Mitarbeitern Bitcoin verbieten. 1.) Ethereum China Shutdown? – Firewall blockiert ETH Blockchain Explorerhttps://cryptomonday.de/ethereum-china-shutdown-firewall-blockiert-eth-blockchain-explorer/ 2.) Upbit-Hack-Update: Hacker bewegen gestohlene...

Social media entertainer Supercar Blondie has revealed a limited edition bitcoin watch linked to a Mt. Gox wallet.An investigative Redditor followed the clues and wonders whether the owner, possibly a member of the royal family, is linked to the Mt. Gox scandal.This wallet has a cool $17.7 million stored in it.Popular social media entertainer Alex Hirschi may have opened a whole new can of worms on Monday after she revealed a high-profile bitcoin wallet on Twitter. The catch? This is no...

Many top traders on Twitter do not expect a Santa Claus rally this year.A quant analyst with a small following is ignoring bearish calls.The trader boldly claims that the top cryptocurrency offers a rare and superb buying opportunity.The top analysts on Crypto Twitter (CT) are seeing a bloody Christmas for bitcoin. Many widely-followed accounts are predicting a price drop to between $6,000 and $5,000. If they’re right, then bitcoin is headed for another 30% plunge after already retracing by...