Month: September 2017

Key Highlights Ripple price extended its gains and moved above the $0.1900 level against the US Dollar. There is a key bullish trend line with support at $0.1850 forming on the hourly chart of XRP/USD (data source from Kraken). The price is currently correcting lower, but remains supported on the downside above $0.1800. Ripple price is gaining bullish momentum against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. XRP/USD might continue to gain pace and could even retest $0.2000. Ripple Price Support Buyers Read more …

Regulation The president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Mario Draghi, has stated that bitcoin does not fall under the regulatory powers of the ECB. The statement was made in response to a question from the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament. Also Read: European Central Bank Criticizes Estonian National Cryptocurrency Plans “It Would Not Be [Within] Our Power to Prohibit or Regulate [Bitcoin]” – Mario Draghi, President of the European Central Bank Mario Read more …

Our London Correspondent Nick Ayton the Sage of Shoreditch explores the past few weeks’ activity in London. It’s been eventful, with China banning things, Jamie Dimon breaching market rules, Ethereum waiting to fork… In crypto land this all seems quite normal. London hosts key ICO event 11th October With the Blockchain Expo in Barcelona in October there are a host of great events closer to home. The ICO Event in London on the 11th of October is definitely one to Read more …

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights  Bitcoin price is starting to trend higher once more on resurfacing geopolitical risks. Price is moving inside an ascending channel on its 1-hour time frame and is just bouncing off the resistance. A pullback to bottom of the channel could be due and the Fibonacci retracement levels indicate the next potential support zones. Bitcoin price is trading inside an ascending channel and a short-term pullback to support seems underway. Technical Indicators Signals The 100 SMA is Read more …

As much as the cryptocurrency market is the latest technological trend with many investors, and markets going to that direction, it comes with its own set of challenges. These challenges are there because of the nature of the market and the fact that it is based on the blockchain which is a decentralized platform. The cryptocurrency market challenges have been a setback to the fast-growing industry and account for the reason why there is no global adoption of the market Read more …

The number of merchants accepting Bitcoin as a means of payment has steadily increased over the past year. The latest to accept Bitcoin is Sharps Pixley, a London gold dealer. Sharps who? Sharps Pixley, whose origins date to 1778, is a London-based dealer of precious metals. It is a full member of the London Bullion Market Association. It acts as a full service shop for investors to buy, store and trade precious metals. Although it has been in operation for Read more …

XRONOS is the first aggregator of cryptocurrency and blockchain technologies. The global goal of the project is to create so-called Stable Coin, meaning cryptocurrency, stable in relation to fiat money. XRONOS Mission lies in the creation of truly decentralized, stable, mass-applied crypto circulating medium, which will accelerate the fiat money transformation into cryptocurrency and will help to proceed from an outdated banking system to the new phase of the world economy evolution. The system consists of three products (own blockchain, Wallet app, and XRSS program). Together they Read more …

Indicoin is an autonomous cryptocurrency and a social service platform built on top of Ethereum Blockchain that enables users to provide social proof to the blockchain community through a decentralized and transparent voting process thereby incentivizing and encouraging the user to create an inclusive community of people who are incentivized to do social tasks. It is the first ever social platform where people can not only contribute but also validate through any kind of content posted anonymously from anywhere, anytime Read more …

The idea of tokenization, or converting assets into digital tokens, is becoming increasingly popular. Decentralized platforms create a way for investors to group funds and buy  in assets that are physical and real world which would be far out of their price point in other settings. Maecenas is a new Ethereum-based system that allows for investment in Fine Art through tokenization. Artworks are stored in custody through art vaults like freeports, which are luxurious and personalized art viewing areas located Read more …