Ripple (XRP) Price Analysis: Further Gains Seem Likely

Ripple price corrected lower after trading as high as $0.3168 against the US dollar. The price traded below the $0.3100 level, but the $0.3070 level acted as a decent support. There was a break above a key bearish trend line with resistance at $0.3080 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair is likely to accelerate gains once bulls clear the $0.3120 resistance level in the near term. Ripple price remained well bids on Read more …

Police Freeze Bank Accounts, Seize Luxury Cars in Probe of $22 Million ICO Promoter Vanbex

Canadian police have frozen assets owned by the founders of blockchain services company Vanbex, as part of a fraud investigation into a 2017 initial coin offering (ICO) that raised $22 million. According to court documents dated March 13, the company, led by Kevin Hobbs and Lisa Cheng, raised $30 million CAD (about $22 million) worth of fiat and cryptocurrency through the sale of a token called FUEL. Vanbex told investors that the token would be usable in a forthcoming smart contract system Read more …

Ethereum Price Analysis: ETH Bulls Eye Fresh Highs Above $145

ETH price corrected lower recently and tested the $39 support area against the US Dollar. The price found a strong buying interest near $139 and it recently bounced back. There was a break above a declining channel with resistance at $141 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair is currently trading above the $142 level and it may continue to rise towards the $145 resistance. Ethereum price stayed above important supports against the US Dollar Read more …

Randomized Proof of Work, Privacy, and its Own Lightning Network: Usechain Makes Bold Promises

The alpha version of the Usechain (USE) mainnet is now live, after more than one year in development.  Usechain purports to be the first mirror identity blockchain project — but what does that even mean? Randomized Proof of Work According to Huining Cao, it’s all about Randomized Proof of Work (RPow). Cao told CNBC Africa’s Ran Neuner, according to a press release: We map each person to the blockchain using Mirror Identity Protocol(MIP), so that each person can only have Read more …