5 Altcoins That are already Seeing Real World Adoption: Ripple, Steem, BAT Token, PundiX and KIN Coin

5 Altcoins That are already Seeing Real World Adoption: Ripple, Steem, BAT Token, PundiX and KIN Coin

With a list of nearly 2,000 altcoins, it can be difficult for investors to maneuver through the noise to find worthwhile investment opportunities. While each investor has his or her own way of evaluating the potential of an altcoin, one particular method that continues to stand out: real-world adoption. This often overlooked metric is integral to …

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Recently Discovered Bitcoin Bug is even Worse than Expected

Recently Discovered Bitcoin Bug is even Worse than Expected

On Monday (17 September 2018), a vulnerability (known as CVE-2018-17144) in Bitcoin Core (Bitcoin’s reference implementation), which had existed since version 0.14.0 of Bitcoin Core (released on 8 March 2017), was reported to developers working on Bitcoin Core as well as some projects supporting other cryptocurrencies that use this code (such as “Bitcoin ABC” and “Bitcoin Unlimited”, the two leading full node implementations of …

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UK’s Biggest Port Operator Goes Blockchain

UK’s Biggest Port Operator Goes Blockchain

The privately run UK port operator, Associated British Ports (ABP), has inked a Memorandum of Understanding with freight forwarder Marine Transport International to explore a blockchain technology application aimed at improving connectivity at the 21 ports it runs. The MOU will see ABP try out a blockchain solution developed by MTI, thereby helping ease one …

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XRP Goes Back to Its 3rd Position of Coinmarketcap Value, was Ripple Pumped?

XRP Goes Back to Its 3rd Position of Coinmarketcap Value, was Ripple Pumped?

Things aren’t looking very rosy for Ethereum (ETH) right now as it just briefly lost its market position to Ripple (XRP). In the last few hours, XRP attained a market cap huge enough to blow past ETH and grab position 2 – right behind Bitcoin. XRP’s Journey To The Top XRP has seen exponential price hike over …

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BAT Basic Attention Token Price Analysis

BAT Basic Attention Token Price Analysis

Basic Attention Token (BAT) has seen a solid 8.67% price increase over the past 24 hours of trading. The cryptocurrency is currently exchanging hands at a price of $0.1715 after seeing a further 10.58% price increase over the past 7 trading days. The Brave browser have continued to dominate the media after announcing a solid …

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Bitcoin and Crypto Market in a Bull Run, Could Bitcoin reach 2017 ATH?

Bitcoin and Crypto Market in a Bull Run, Could Bitcoin reach 2017 ATH?

The price of bitcoin fell below $6,000 (£4588.80) in August, the lowest it had been for the whole of 2018. Since the beginning of the year, the cryptocurrency has suffered a significant loss and is currently trading at $6,717.65 (£5137.66) at the time of writing, according to industry site CoinDesk. Business Insider recently reported Goldman Sachs were stalling plans …

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Let’s Talk About Bitcoin, Authority in Decetralized System

Let’s Talk About Bitcoin, Authority in Decetralized System

On the most recent episode of Let’s Talk Bitcoin!, the hosts discuss the now-defunct Bitcoin Alert system, devised by Satoshi himself. A rarity in the podcast space, this episode’s exploration involved no guest appearances, instead relying on the wealth of experience that Adam B. Levine, Stephanie Murphy, Jonathan Mohan and Andreas Antonopoulos had already picked up from their …

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Ripple Dethrones ETH for a short Time as Second Largest Crypto

Ripple Dethrones ETH for a short Time as Second Largest Crypto

The cryptocurrency markets have produced a significant rally today – with just three of the top fifty crypto markets by capitalization posting losses for the last 24 hours of trade action as of this writing. The most notable gainer has been XRP – gaining over 50% in the last day to overtake ETH as the …

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Kraken Plans to Expand Its OTC - Over The Counter Trading Services

Kraken Plans to Expand Its OTC – Over The Counter Trading Services

US-based crypto exchange Kraken announced a major expansion to its over-the-counter (OTC) trading services. The announcement hints a set of ultracompetitive advantages to institutional investors and wealthy individuals looking to invest in large block trades without giving specific details. Last Monday, Sept. 17, Kraken reported on its official blog about expanding its OTC trade services, enhancing large …

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New Cryptocurrency Heist in Japan, 60 Million Stolen

New Cryptocurrency Heist in Japan, 60 Million Stolen

TOKYO  – Japanese cryptocurrency firm Tech Bureau Corp said about $60 million in digital currencies were stolen from its exchange, highlighting the industry’s vulnerability despite recent efforts by authorities to make it more secure. Tech Bureau, which had already been slapped with two business improvement orders by regulators this year, said its Zaif exchange was …

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