The latest news reports suggest that a small group of coders are planning to use the XRP platform to launch crypto tokens. And this is not news that XRP’s creator Ripple is too happy about.
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BitPay Raises $40 Million to Expand into Asian Markets
Last updated: April 9, 2018, 12:24 pm Cryptocurrency NewsBitPay, the world’s biggest global blockchain payment service provider, closed an extended Series B funding round in which it raised another $40 million. Some of the top investors in this round of funding were Menlo Ventures, Capital Nine, Christopher Klaus of Internet Security Systems and Alvin Liu, Tencent’s co-founder.
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Q1 Second Worst Quarter for Bitcoin
Last updated: April 4, 2018, 10:08 am Cryptocurrency NewsQuarter 1 2018 has been Bitcoin’s worst performing Q1 on record and also the cryptocurrency’s second worst performing quarter in its history. Data shows that the more than 50% drop in the world’s number one cryptocurrency makes it one of the worst quarters for it so far.
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Q1 Roundup of Crypto Performances
Last updated: April 3, 2018, 1:02 pm Cryptocurrency NewsThe frenzy that gripped the cryptocurrency market in the last quarter of 2017 ran out of steam by mid-January this year. After that, the rest of the first quarter of 2018 has been pretty rough for the majority of cryptocurrencies.
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Crypto Price Drops Due to Vague Regulatory Frameworks
Last updated: February 5, 2019, 10:00 am Cryptocurrency NewsWhile this year may have started out on a really good note for cryptocurrencies, with most of the cryptos registering record highs, things are…
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Cryptos and Taxes 2018
Last updated: April 2, 2018, 6:17 am Cryptocurrency NewsWith tax season looming on the horizon, a lot of people are worried about what they need to do with regard to their cryptocurrency investments. So, here are a few tips on how to handle your taxes in relation to your crypto-investments for 2018
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Audi May Use Blockchain for Distribution Processing
Last updated: March 31, 2018, 10:31 am Cryptocurrency NewsGerman luxury car maker, Audi AG is currently testing Blockchain technology on its financial and its physical distribution processing. Audi is hoping to increase the security as well as transparency of its global supply chain using this solution.
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Will Bitcoin’s Lightening Turn Corporate?
Last updated: April 1, 2018, 11:01 am Cryptocurrency NewsDespite the fact that it is still in its beta stage, developers from all across the world are devoting time and resources to the Lightening Network to help build the foundation for a more scalable version of Bitcoin, the world’s first, most valuable and oldest cryptocurrency.
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Sharding – Game Changer for Ethereum?
Last updated: March 29, 2018, 11:16 am Cryptocurrency NewsSharding is defined as a kind of partitioning of huge databases into smaller, quicker and more easily managed segments that are called data shards. The basic concept behind this theory is that as the size of a database grows, the quantity of transactions per unit of time made in a linear fashion also increases. Since the transactions are linear, the response time obviously increases exponentially.
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South Korea Could Become the First Crypto-Powered Country
Last updated: March 28, 2018, 10:22 am Cryptocurrency NewsAccording to BitcoinMagazine, South Korea could end up becoming the world’s first crypto-powered country. Meaning, it could be the country with a widespread adoption and acceptance of cryptocurrencies and is the epicenter of crypto innovations. It would also mean that the country runs enterprise-level blockchain infrastructure that is also scalable. And most importantly, the government and the crypto industry are not at loggerheads with each other.