Article by Billy Bambrough Bitcoin, which many investors and traders are hoping is going to begin 2019 with a bang, has leaped sharply over the last 24 hours, adding some 6% and climbing above the psychological $4,000 mark for the first time this year.…
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2019 Outlook: Top 5 Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap: Bitcoin, Ethereum, XRP, Bitcoin Cash & EOS
Article by Valdrin Tahiri Blokt Top 5 Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap 2018 for many, was marked by the almost year-long decline in cryptocurrency prices. However, those who work actively in the crypto industry were mostly upbeat and believe that real progress…
Coinbase Will Soon Reward You for Studying Crypto
Coinbase wants to incentivize the public to learn more about cryptocurrencies – by paying them with crypto. The exchange announced Wednesday that it was launching Coinbase Earn, a new system where Coinbase users can earn 0x tokens by completing various educational…
Get Ready for Crypto Sanctions Enforcement
Beau Barnes and Jake Chervinsky of Kobre & Kim LLP are litigators and government enforcement defense attorneys who specialize in disputes and investigations related to digital assets. This article is not intended to provide legal advice. For the past year,…
A Historically Strong Month for Crypto, November Is Off to a Brutal Start
The price of bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, now starts with the number four after falling to fresh 2018 lows on Monday. Indeed, its price fell below $5,000 for the first time since October of 2017 and its current price…
Michigan Secretary of State Nixes Crypto for Political Donations
The Michigan Secretary of State has formally barred cryptocurrencies from being used as donations to political campaigns, according to a letter published last Thursday. Michigan state legislature candidate William Baker, who lost his race in the Nov. 6 election, asked…
Why Traders Should Chart the Entire Crypto Market Cap
Market capitalization gets a lot flack for being a poor metric to measure the value of a cryptocurrency – and perhaps rightly so – but that shouldn’t stop traders from using it as a tool to generate a market bias.…
Sexual Assault Survivor Uses Crypto to Crowdfund Anonymously
A new use case is emerging for cryptocurrency: helping women who’ve suffered sexual harassment or assault gain financial independence while also protecting their privacy. Case in point, a sexual assault survivor used the crypto-powered payment processor Seeds to crowdfund $500…
Colorado Regulators Crack Down on Four More ICOs
Colorado regulators took action against four ICOs Thursday, bringing the state’s total number of cease-and-desist orders against crypto startups to 12. The state’s “ICO Task Force” rebuked Bitcoin Investments, Ltd, PinkDate, Prisma and Clear Shop Vision Ltd. Where the companies…
As ‘Plasma’ Stalls, SNARKs Become New Hope for Scaling Ethereum Now
Efforts to scale ethereum, the world’s second-largest blockchain, are growing more varied as one much-anticipated solution encounters pitfalls amid its continued development. At the forefront of this transition has been plasma, a concept widely heralded as ethereum’s best bet for short-term…