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Crypto Market Sentiment Down on Monday, Still Higher Than a Week Ago

February 25, 2019 0 0

On Monday, out of the top 10 coins by market capitalization, seven are registering an overall positive sentiment (it was six last week,) and two are in the negative area, according to Predicoin, a crypto market sentiment data analysis service. Today’s average score is 5.58, another improvement compared to last week (5.41), although the hype compared to then […]

BTC Tipping App Gets Traction, Twitter Has No Plans to Add It, UPDATED

February 24, 2019 1 0

While the avant-garde of the cryptoverse is abuzz with a new app, Tippin, for Chrome and Firefox browsers that lets you tip a certain tweet with Bitcoin, social network giant Twitter. (Reaction from the Twitter CEO has been added) “Twitter does not control anything to do with third party browser extensions. This is entirely independent from Twitter.com and there […]

ZCash Company Changes Name, Community Confused

February 23, 2019 0 0

The ZCash Company that is behind the privacy coin ZCash spread word that from now on they are rebranding to Electric Coin Company. “We’re changing the name for clarity,” the company said in a blog post. However, the community is confused, with most people considering this a terrible move: “Not sure if early April fools joke or not,” seems to be […]

First Foreign Crypto Exchange About to Enter Thailand Market

February 22, 2019 0 0

Japanese companies are making bold overseas moves on the international cryptocurrency scene, with one company expanding into the Southeast Asian market, and another investing in an Israeli startup. BitPoint, a Financial Services Agency-licensed cryptocurrency exchange, says it has struck a partnership with a Bangkok-based blockchain company named BiTherb. Per a press release, the companies say they will […]

BREAKING! Samsung Adds Crypto Wallet to Its New Flagship Galaxy S10

February 21, 2019 0 0

South Korean tech giant Samsung just made major announcement that might give a strong boost to the cryptocurrency mass adoption. The company confirmed that its new flagship smartphone Galaxy S10 features “a secure storage backed by hardware, which houses your private keys for blockchain-enabled mobile services.” The company did not provide any further details about the storage yet. Meanwhile, […]

Buterin Discloses Another 8 Tokens in His Crypto Portfolio

February 20, 2019 0 0

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has revealed key details about his cryptocurrency holdings. As part of an ask-me-anything session on Reddit, Buterin revealed that some 10% of his non Ethereum-based crypto holdings are in the Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Dogecoin and ZCash cryptocurrencies. He also revealed that he possesses some 10% less than the value of his […]

One More Sign Suggests Possible End of the Crypto Winter

February 19, 2019 0 0

The bitcoin market may be about to see another wave of buying, one measure of sentiment among traders suggests. According to data from crypto exchange Bitfinex, the ratio of short-to-long trades in the bitcoin market has hit 0.68 – the lowest level since early August last year. A short-to-long ratio below 1 indicates that there are more traders […]

Another Megabank Moves Forward With its Stablecoin, Alipay Joins Race

February 18, 2019 0 0

Japan’s stablecoin race has begun to hot up – with one of the biggest banks in the country and the world announcing it has struck a deal with Alipay, the financial arm of Chinese business giant Alibaba. The Mizuho Financial Group, operator of Japan’s second largest (and one of the top 20 largest banks in […]

Cryptopia Could Reopen, Police Says – But They Remain Silent

February 17, 2019 0 0

Cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia that has recently suffered a hack has regained access to its building, and the New Zealand police say that the exchange could reopen – but the exchange’s founders remain silent on this issue. On Wednesday, the New Zealand police that is investigating the hack said that their investigation no longer prevents cryptocurrency […]

What Google’s Recent Move Means for Crypto?

February 16, 2019 0 0

Google is opening up crypto. Just as the Californian search giant transformed the early internet in the late ’90s from something strange and sprawling into something you could navigate at the click of a few buttons, it has turned to the no less sprawling world of cryptocurrencies. On February 5, it launched a range of new search tools […]