The Grayscale Bitcoin Trust is marking notable gains since the beginning of 2019, despite the rising premium in the product compared to Bitcoin’s net asset value (NAV). According to some, this is a sign of institutional net buying and that new money is coming into the market. GBTC Soars 47% Since Pre-5K Breakout GBTC, a product offered by Grayscale Investments, the world’s largest digital asset fund, is having a great year so far, gaining more than 56 percent in the Read more …
Ripple prices up, reacting from 32 cents Money Tap blow, Resona Bank discontinue participation Resona Bank is pulling out of Money Tap initiatives, a project fronted by SBI Group. All the same, prices are stable above 32 cents, reversing from Apr-2 lows and with increasing momentum, may close above 34 cents as bulls shore prices. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals At core, Ripple is a network that seeks to provide banks with an alternative messaging and settlement system that is fast, Read more …
Founder and CEO of major cryptocurrency exchange Binace Changpeng Zhao warned that he will delist Bitcoin Satoshi Vision (BSV) if the creator of the altcoin Craig Wright does not change his behavior in a tweet published on April 11. The community reacted to Zhao’s warning by asking various exchanges to delist BSV and creating a #DelistBSV hashtag. The tweet is presumably a reaction to Wright’s recent action against Hodlnaut, the Twitter user behind the Lightning Torch initiative. As recently reported Read more …
Charity-focused organization Bitcoin Venezuela tweeted on April 10 that the so-called Lightning Torch had reached its final destination, with all accumulated Bitcoin (BTC) donated to the group. By the time it got to the organization, the Lightning Torch had grown to exactly 0.4108021 BTC, which is currently equivalent to over $2,000. The Torch is an experiment first initiated by anonymous Twitter user Hodlnaut. The Lightning Torch is passed by sending the same BTC from user to user adding a little Read more …
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How often is too often to alter consensus? A group of ethereum’s veteran open-source developers discussed the subject in a bi-weekly meeting Friday, wherein they aired the possibility that system-wide upgrades, also called hard forks, to the software could be enacted as often as every three months. Wanting to “check the temperature,” the developer asking the question explained that certain upcoming ethereum improvement proposals (EIPs) such as state rents would require multiple upgrades sequentially spaced out for full effect. Three months, however, Read more …
Billionaire VC investor Tim Draper is planning to meet with Facebook execs to discuss investing in the social media’s rumored crypto project, Bloomberg reports April 12. According to the report, Draper revealed to Bloomberg that he is “interested to hear the story” around the project, claiming that he is ready to “see if it is a fit.” The move comes on the heels of recent news that the social media giant is reportedly seeking a $1 billion investment from various Read more …
Wikileaks’ bitcoin address has received a deluge of support following founding editor Julian Assange’s arrest. Donations have reached nearly $32,000 on Friday, 60% more than was raised the day before, when Assange was taken into custody. Also read: How Traditional Stock Markets Can Help Mainstream Cryptocurrency BTC Donations Reach $32,000 More than 6.3 BTC worth of donations to Wikileaks has been recorded from 272 transactions at the time of going to press. About $20,000 of donations poured in on April Read more …
Wikileaks’ bitcoin address has received a deluge of support following founding editor Julian Assange’s arrest. Donations have reached nearly $32,000 on Friday, 60% more than was raised the day before, when Assange was taken into custody. Also read: How Traditional Stock Markets Can Help Mainstream Cryptocurrency BTC Donations Reach $32,000 More than 6.3 BTC worth of donations to Wikileaks has been recorded from 272 transactions at the time of going to press. About $20,000 of donations poured in on April Read more …
Augur, a prominent Ethereum-based prediction market platform, has announced that it is about to undergo a major update. According to the project, Augur 2.0’s code is now ready to be audited, and new features are being integrated with the platform. Augur has also explained which features users can expect to see in the near future. Augur’s core purpose will remain the same. As a decentralized app, Augur can work around the laws that arguably prohibit prediction markets. This means that Read more …
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Ethereum prices up but bears may stage a comeback Decentralization effectively neutralizes threats Jimmy Song, a Bitcoin supporter, asked a question on matters touching decentralization and Vitalik answered him correctly. In a system with no attack vectors that to complete distribution, the will of the people wins. It may be why most projects launch their dApps from Ethereum (ETH) driving demand and prices. Ethereum Price Analysis Fundamentals Competition may be heating up. All the same, Ethereum is the indisputable king Read more …