Altcoins have experienced an increase together with Bitcoin. Ethereum has managed to gain around 14% within 24 hours. Now ETH price is around $175.We have been used to Bitcoin already traditionally leading the crypto market. However, it seems that the most popular altcoin is slowly but surely taking the lead. Ethereum price is rising by exquisite pace since Monday’s candle open at $142, the second-largest digital asset has rocketed 13.85% higher, reaching $175.13 just minutes ago as of the...
Read More »Central Bank of South Korea Introduces Pilot Program for Testing Digital Won
Digital won will pass extensive testing by the Bank of Korea staff. Per the official announcement, the program will last until December 2021.South Korean businesses and officials were talking about the government-backed stablecoins since December 2018. The Central Bank was hiring different industry experts. The experts prepare research on the CBDC related progress in other countries. Also, they propose own legal initiatives to improve the project. Now the Central Bank seems to be working...
Read More »Ethereum 2.0 Multi-Client Testnet May Launch in April
The works on the development of Ethereum 2.0 are going on. The multi-client testnet is scheduled for April.The Ethereum 2.0 multi-client testnet is set to launch in April. Sources say that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated this in an interview yesterday 30th March 2020.The multi-client testnet phase is the last stage before the final introduction of the new Ethereum 2.0 to the mainnet. Buterin said several things which are worthy of note. He indicated that the latest phase underwent...
Read More »Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Worst Investments in 2020 after Crude Oil
Bitcoin and Ethereum are two of the most famous cryptocurrencies. During the fall of the markets, they fall especially loudly. Is this the ‘store of value’ power we’ve been hearing about for years? But only oil perform worse these days.Since the beginning of the global coronavirus pandemic, world markets kept falling into the abyss. Many people start thinking about the true value of Bitcoin, Ethereum, crude oil, futures, and stocks. The Block analyst and notable crypto observer Larry Chermak...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Managed to Cross $6,700 but Is Below Again, BTC Halving 47 Days Away
Bitcoin price has managed to go above 6,700 again, with the market data showing that the first cryptocurrency is ready to take off. Halving will happen roughly on 13 May 2020. Traders accumulate BTC.The Glassnode data shows that BTC holders are sending their coins away from the exchanges and even the custodial services. Per the stats, Bitcoin price may be in the accumulation stage. After it ends, the bull run is imminent. Since March 18, the major exchanges were losing tons of...
Read More »Ethereum 2.0 Will Impress Public with Totally Audited Code
Blockchain ventures could not issue new code and hope that the ‘community’ will handle it. Ethereum developers know that and put enormous amounts of time into improving the Ethereum 2.0.Let’s dig into what is currently happening with the long-awaited Ethereum 2.0 update? It appears that Phase 0 has been completed in a path towards code review. The Ethereum developer Danny Ryan and Least Authority are performing the code audit. The Least Authority is a security consultant firm. So far, they...
Read More »Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Wants Easy Bitcoin to Ethereum Swaps
Ethereum network co-founder and the brilliant mind Vitalik Buterin claims it’s a shame that the community still has to rely on ‘trusted’ parties to send Bitcoin value to Ethereum and back. He offers to change this using the Uniswap-alike decentralized solution.In a series of pretty interesting Twitter posts, Vitalik Buterin outlines presumable Ethereum future steps. Those steps needed to investigate the paranormal fact: Bitcoin and Ethereum still have no cheap and reliable means of...
Read More »Bank of China Disqualifies Claims that Bitcoin Can Be Safe Haven
The Bank of China went to the WeChat platform to highlight its concerns about Bitcoin. In a long post titled “3.15 protection of financial consumption rights and interest”, the bank warns the public on the risks of investing in Bitcoin.In a series of posts on WeChat, the Bank of China vehemently disqualified claims that Bitcoin can be classified as a safe haven, due to its high volatility especially in this period of coronavirus outbreak. The post which was titled, ‘3.15 protection of...
Read More »Ethereum Co-Founder Vitalik Buterin Highlights His Views on Ethereum 2.0 for Next 5-10 Years
Ethereum 2.0 is scheduled to be launched this year. Vitalik Buterin has shared his opinion on all the changes that may come in the future.Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin went to Twitter to highlight his approximate view on what the next five to ten years of Ethereum 2.0 and beyond might look like. However, he gave a disclaimer that the roadmap-highlights are his current views, and he respects other peoples’ ideas. At the same time, Buterin said that he has an open-mind concept for future...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Above $6,700 as Cryptocurrencies Rise $23.8 Billion in 24 Hours
Bitcoin price shows signs of recovering as it hit $6,700 level, even as the stock market continues in the sell-off. Major cryptocurrencies like XRP and ETH have followed the rally, as the market cap has risen by $23.8 billion in 24 hours.The crypto community can afford a smile, after days of market price free fall. Led by the mother coin Bitcoin, the cryptocurrencies rose by nearly 20% in 24 hours, rejuvenating the lost hope. At the time of writing, Bitcoin was trading slightly above $6,700,...
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