Binance Labs Launching Eight Start-Ups
By Sam Mitchell
Binance labs has announced that it will be launching eight different Blockchain start-ups. The Blockchain start-ups are from the recently concluded Binance Labs San Francisco chapter which saw the incubation of the start-ups for the past few months. It was focusing on giving mentorship guidance and providing resources for the start-ups. Eight Blockchain Start-ups Selected More than five hundred projects submitted their applications for a chance to get into the...
Ripple Fundamentals
By Sam Mitchell
What many people don’t know is that ripple is not just a currency but a platform as well. Ripple’s protocol is open sourced and is designed for faster and cheaper transactions. Ripple might one day rule international transactions, who knows? Because currency exchanges might soon disappear like Blockbuster stores. The platform also has its own currency (XRP) and it allows anybody to use the platform to create their own via...
Bitcoin Experiences Incredible Google Searches Resulting In High Hashing Power
By Sam Mitchell
Bitcoin statistics have been fascinating lately. July has seen fluctuating prices for Bitcoin. Other volatile statistics have heightened the uncertainty surrounding Bitcoin’s future. The most amazing of these statistics include the Google search trends, hashrate, and transaction volume. Bitcoin has commanded more worldwide Google searches than stocks. In the global finance world, Bitcoin has beaten stocks reaching 24 out of 100 while stocks only managed 14/100. This achievement is a...
Selecting The Best Cryptocurrency Exchange
By Sam Mitchell
Cryptocurrency exchanges are websites that enable people to buy, sell, or exchange different virtual currencies for other coins such as Bitcoin or fiat currencies such as the US dollar. Many exchanges don't require ID verification. However, if you are a serious trader, you'll need to verify your ID as it come with more trading options. Cryptocurrency exchanges are of three main types. Trading platforms are websites that only take a...
Industry Downturn Fails To Stop The Popularity Of Cryptocurrency Conference
By Sam Mitchell
Despite the Crypto market being bearish for the better part of 2018, digital currency and blockchain conferences continued to experience tremendous growth. According to the analytical data site Tradeblock, in the last 6 months of last year, no decline was observed in the number of conferences held. New York, London, Moscow, and Malta are some of the places that hosted thousands of attendees who spent millions of dollars learning about...
Online Bitcoin Gambling – The Pros And Cons
By Sam Mitchell
In the new wave of digital currency, bitcoin has moved out of the shadows to become a household name around the world. You cannot underestimate the penetration of the technology. Even those not involved in any way have certainly heard of bitcoin. Bitcoin is nothing new. It has been around for a decade. That’s quite a lot of time for mainstream adoption, which bitcoin is yet to achieve. However, although...
Neteller Gets Into Cryptocurrencies
By Sam Mitchell
An online fiat wallet provider has launched its Cryptocurrency exchange. Neteller users can now purchase, sell, and store virtual currencies such as Litecoin, Ethereum Classic, Ethereum, Bitcoin Cash, and Bitcoin on the platform. The company has joined Skrill, which recently launched a similar program on July 25. Nettler To Make Cryptocurrencies More Accessible Neteller has become the latest company to add the virtual currencies after the company announced the launch...
G20 Supports Crypto Regulation
By Sam Mitchell
The G20 Countries have released a declaration in support of the regulation of the Crypto sector. The G20 forum brings together central bank governors and governments of the 20 largest economies in the world. In a joint statement, the countries said that they will regulate virtual currencies to control their use in terrorism financing and money laundering in line with FATF standards. Moreover, the countries said they will consider other...
In Search of ‘Real’ Blockchain? Good Luck with That
By Jason Bloomberg
Last week, Kadena founder Stuart Popejoy questioned whether the IBM HyperLedger Fabric blockchain was a ‘real’ blockchain in this article on Cointelegraph. His argument has several provocative points, but his central concern is Fabric’s consensus mechanism. According to Popejoy, “A blockchain is, at its core, a decentralized immutable ledger of events or transactions in which truth is enforced by a consensus mechanism” – a definition most readers would more or...
Selecting A Crypto Wallet That Meets Your Needs
By Sam Mitchell
If you are thinking of randomly selecting any crypto wallet you find, you will be doing it the wrong way. And it could be the worst decision you will ever make that could result in loss of coins. A suggestion from a friend is not good either. It’s important to seek knowledge first before settling for a wallet. Remember your wallet is where your public keys and private keys reside...
Can Bitcoin Make You Rich?
By Sam Mitchell
It has been an incredible run for the world’s flagship cryptocurrency. While a horrible bearish run of 2018 still in the rear view, accompanied by some serious backlash against crypto, it’s safe to say 2019 is turning out to be a great year for bitcoin. The past six months alone have seen the price per single unit of bitcoin more than double. The $10,000 mark is now within range for...
HTC Unveils A Phone Designed For Cryptocurrency Wallets And Blockchain Platforms
By Sam Mitchell
HTC has unveiled its Exodus 1 phone. It is a normal smartphone that has extensional features for a cold Crypto wallet for securing Cryptocurrency private keys. Additionally, the wallet can be used to store other personal data that relates to mining. The phone’s software has been specifically designed to incorporate Blockchain software for mobile-based Cryptocurrency utilization. Hence, Exodus 1 features make it appeal to Cryptocurrency holders and anyone else who...
Blockchain Course Launched At The University Of Tokyo
By Sam Mitchell
The University of Tokyo has started teaching a blockchain course at its main engineering graduate school. This initiative has received support and donations that is estimated to be worth $800,000. The donation is from a partnership that includes Sumitomo Mitsui, the Japanese banking guru, and the Ethereum Foundation. Blockchain Innovation Donation Course Dubbed the “Blockchain Innovation Donation Course”, this class began on the first of November and is expected to...
Popular Crypto Governance Models
By Sam Mitchell
Many cryptocurrencies don’t do well. Not because of the technology behind them but merely because of the organizational level they are in doomed them from the very beginning. The governance of any corporation has to be clearly and formally defined. Governance is a human issue and when not structured, open doors to confusion. This piece is about popular crypto governance models with decentralized characteristics. There are enough bad examples but...
The Top 2019 Blockchain Trends
By Sam Mitchell
2019 presents a new set of Blockchain trends and benefits for the community and as usual, new trends are followed by Blockchain development companies and businesses. A report by IDC shows that by October 2018, at least $1.5 billion had already been spent by technologies like the Ethereum and Hyperledger. The number is projected to reach $11.7 billion by 2022. The same statistics predict a growing value in the Blockchain...
India’s Crypto Regulation Report Is Now Ready
By Sam Mitchell
The new finance secretary for India has just confirmed the readiness of a new report concerning crypto regulations. This comes just some few days before the planned G20 summit. It is just a matter of days before it is submitted to the finance minister so that it can get approved. Narendra Modi, the Indian Prime Minister appointed the new finance secretary following the resignation of the former secretary Arun Jaitley....
How Does Cryptocurrency Work
By Sam Mitchell
A story is told of a young boy, barely 12 years old at the time, his name, Erick Finman. He bought bitcoin back in 2011 when it was retailing at $12. He had just received a $1000 gift from his grandmother and wasn’t sure what to do with the money. On the advice of his brother, the young boy invested in bitcoin continually to the point of owning 403 coins...
Short Term Fluctuations Are Meaningless-John McAfee
By Sam Mitchell
Prominent crypto enthusiast and cofounder of MGT capital, John McAfee has asserted that the current stagnant situation around bitcoin is only temporal before an imminent and inevitable rise. McAfee conveyed his thoughts in a tweet statement urging people to calm down. McAfee also pointed out the fact that bitcoin has up surged 300% since the beginning of the year. According to him, the dips and short term fluctuations in bitcoin...
What Next For Bitcoin After April Gains?
By Sam Mitchell
Bitcoin prices are now on a 3-month upswing since the first positive month since July 2018 was recorded in February. April is officially the third month. And everyone now wants to know what’s next for the flagship currency. In early April, Bitcoin, the most prominent currency in the market registered significant increases amounting to over 20% in a day. Later the same month, the coin experienced additional gains but retained...
Fiat Currency’s End Is Fast Approaching
By Sam Mitchell
Times are changing. Fiat currencies are no longer reliable, and we cannot rely on them forever. But luckily we have a solution. Crypto is the answer when it comes to insecurities regarding market crashes and dips. We can trust crypto to protect our life savings in tough times like these. Exchange rates change every day. Matter of fact, five minutes after reading this, chances are you will find a different...
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