Social Trading Giant eToro Adds Crypto Buying and Selling in 31 US States
Israel-based social investing platform eToro has launched a cryptocurrency trading platform and wallet service in the U.S. The firm announced Thursday that the new platform allows U.S. customers from 31 states and territories to trade 13 unspecified cryptocurrencies. Multi-asset trading is also scheduled for launch in Q1 of next year. eToro’s “social” model allows users to […]
Samsung Galaxy S10 Arrives Sans Bitcoin, Only Ethereum is Supported
The internet was set ablaze when rumors began circulating that Samsung’s flagship smartphone, the Galaxy S10, may potentially support cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum via a Blockchain Keystore application. Samsung’s reveal event confirmed the existence of the Blockchain Keystore app that serves as a crypto wallet for top cryptocurrencies, however, the most important cryptocurrency of all won’t […]
SWIFT Teams Up With Major Banks, SGX to Trial Blockchain Voting
Financial messaging giant SWIFT has teamed up with the Singapore Exchange and four banks to trial a platform for e-voting based on blockchain tech, the firm said Tuesday. Joining the effort to see if distributed ledger technology (DLT) can help make shareholder voting more simple and efficient are Deutsche Bank, DBS, HSBC and Standard Chartered […]
Report: ‘Free’ Electricity for Students Makes College Campuses Major Crypto Miners
College campuses are the second largest cryptocurrency miners across industry verticals, according to research by tech conglomerate Cisco published in PCMag on March 5. Cisco’s security researchers reportedly investigated cryptocurrency mining activity across various industry verticals. The research was carried out with Cisco’s security product Umbrella, which monitors clients’ network connections to screen malicious activity, including possibly dubious crypto mining. Per […]
Ethereum, NEO, Monero, Stellar Weekly Price Prediction – Will ETH Break Out Above $165?
The first day of the week found the crypto market in a slump losing roughly $7 billion in just one day. This is quite a big drop but probably a good thing for bullish traders. Most of the losses occurred Monday, March 3rd but since then about $2 billion came back into the market. As […]
Bitcoin (BTC) Finally Ready For A Rally Past $4,000 As Bulls Step Up
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls have finally stepped up to give the market direction. Until recently, both the bulls and bears were confused as to who is really in control. The bears expect the price to come down but they expect a rally past $4,000 first. As for the bulls, the majority is confident that BTC/USD has […]
Bitcoin Coders Send International Lightning Payment Over Ham Radio
In what appears to be a first-of-its-kind transaction, two developers working in separate countries have successfully sent a bitcoin lightning payment over radio waves. Organized over Twitter this past weekend, the transaction was sent by Rodolfo Novak, co-founder of bitcoin hardware startup CoinKite, to developer and Bloomberg columnist Elaine Ou. The completed payment effectively moved real bitcoin from […]
Tether to Launch New Version of USDT Stablecoin on Tron Blockchain
Tether is gearing up to launch its controversial stablecoin as a native token on the Tron blockchain. For the effort, Tether is partnering with the Tron Foundation to launch the dollar-pegged USDT stablecoin as a TRC-20 token, the companies announced Monday. TRC-20 is a technical standard used by the Tron blockchain for implementing tokens, similar to and […]
Bitcoin Price Drop Puts a Dent in Short-Term Bullish Outlook
View Bitcoin’s drop to six-day lows below $3,700 has taken the shine off the bullish “long-tailed doji” created on Feb. 27. A bearish reversal would be confirmed if prices see a UTC close below $3,658 (low of long-tailed doji) and could yield a sell-off to recent lows near $3,300. A bearish move below $3,658, however, […]
Ethereum Developers Start Search for New Hard Fork Coordinator
Developers in the ethereum community are seeking a new specialist to help coordinate major software upgrades. Following the departure of core developer Afri Schoedon from the open-source project in late February, ethereum developers discussed the issue of who would take his place in coordinating hard forks, or system-wide software upgrades, in a meeting Friday. Schoeden left just […]