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Greenlight: All Top Cryptos See Gains, Bitcoin Nears $3,300
Sunday, Dec. 16: the top 20 cryptocurrencies are all in the green, seeing a mix of slight to solid gains, with Bitcoin (BTC) hovering over $3,200. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is up a little less than two percent over the last 24 hours. On the weekly chart, the current prices are slightly […]
Crypto Anarchist Manifesto Author Tim May Dies of Natural Causes, Report
Cypherpunks co-founder Timothy C. May has reportedly died of natural causes, a Facebook eulogy posted by cypherpunk Lucky Green stated Dec. 15. In his social media post, Green informed: “Word has reached me that my dear friend, co-conspirator in many things and for many years, fellow Freedom Fighter Tim May passed away earlier this week at his home […]
Top 5 Crypto Performers Overview: EOS, Binance Coin, TRON, Litecoin, Bitcoin
In December 2017, the market participants were eagerly waiting for the total crypto market capitalization to touch $1 trillion. Fast forward to December 2018, and the total market capitalization is struggling to hold on to the $100 billion mark. This shows the complete change in sentiment in the past one year: last year, it was fear of […]
Business Models Should Be ‘Re-Imaged’ for Blockchain, Says Barclays Rep
A Intrapreneur from financial services giant Barclays has expressed the idea that blockchainsshould be built with regulatory compliance in mind, tech news website The Next Web (TNW) reported Dec. 14. Speaking at a Hard Fork Decentralized event, Barclays’ Julian Wilson stated that when building blockchains, developers need to “reconfigure our approach and way of thinking.” Wilson argued that not all […]
Top Cryptos See Mixed Gains & Losses, Bitcoin Fights to Stay Over $3,200
Saturday, Dec. 15: the top 20 cryptocurrencies report a mix of moderate gains and losses, with Bitcoin (BTC) briefly dipping under $3,200 before climbing back above the price mark by press time. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin started the day around $3,228, but after a mid-day high of $3,275, it fell back to the current price […]
Blockchain Payments’ Mass Adoption Is 3-5 Years Away, Says BitPay CEO
The CEO of crypto merchant platform BitPay Stephen Pair stated that speculation on future adoption drives Bitcoin’s (BTC) price more than “actual utility,” in an interview on CNBC Dec. 13. Speaking on the reasons behind Bitcoin’s current value, compared to its historic price highs, Pair told reporters: “A very big component of the [Bitcoin’s] price is certainly speculation. It’s investors […]
Telecoms Giant AT&T Seeks Patent for Blockchain-Enabled Social Media ‘Mapping’ System
American telecoms giant AT&T is seeking a patent for a blockchain-based social media history “map.” The patent application was published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Dec. 13. AT&T’s patent application describes a blockchain-powered system that may include a transaction history controller to store subscribers’ data, which may be used for various purposes. […]
Bitcoin Cash Tanks 13 Percent as Major Cryptocurrencies All Fall Hard
Friday, Dec. 14 — Bitcoin Cash (BCH) led fresh losses across cryptocurrency markets as investors in the top 20 twenty assets by market cap shouldered new lows. Market visualization Market visualization from Coin360 Data from Cointelegraph’s own price index, Coin360. and CoinMarketCap painted a gloomy picture at press time on Friday, with Bitcoin (BTC) dropping […]
Ethereum-Based Chat Platform Lays Off 25% of Staff Due to Crypto Market Decline
Ethereum (ETH)-based chat platform Status is laying off 25 percent of its staff due to the recent cryptocurrency market decline, according to a post published Dec. 11. Founded in 2017 in Switzerland, Status is an open source Ethereum-based mobile app that enables its users to chat, transact, and access decentralized applications (DApps). In the announcement, […]
Just Two ASIC Bitcoin Mining Rigs Remain Profitable in Current Markets
Amid the cryptocurrency market crash, even the newest crypto mining machines are struggling to seal profits for their operators, according to real-time data published by mining profitability data site ASICMinerValue.com (AMV) today, Dec. 11. AMV is a site that calculates real-time profitability rates for “ASIC” miners, hardware that uses Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) chips, tailored to efficiently mine cryptocurrency based […]
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