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Russia is seemingly taking giant strides in adopting blockchain technology. The country’s latest blockchain push would see the Russian banking giant Sberbank and the National Settlement Depository monitor an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) on a state-developed blockchain. Russia’s Blockchain Push…

Since bitcoin’s impressive price rise in December 2017, which saw the world’s first digital asset touch $20,000 on some exchanges, the cryptocurrency market has undergone a slow bleed in value, falling to a total market cap of $300 billion in…

In this exclusive interview, BTCManager speaks to Thaer Khawaja, a Canadian software developer who has been quietly working on a code fork of Monero, known as Masari. The cryptocurrency first emerged into the limelight when the project submitted a pull…

Shunning blockchain and smart-contracts for years, financial institutions are finally waking up to the potential that decentralized technologies hold, with a flurry of government and corporate companies making moves in the sector. Cryptocurrencies are “Property of Value” According to an…

Global cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase recently announced on Wednesday, May 23, 2018, the acquisition of Paradex, a relay platform that allows users to trade cryptocurrencies directly with one another. According to Reuters, Coinbase is looking to improve the technology and expand…

Consensus, the biggest annual bitcoin conference, was held in New York in the past week but failed to spark the expected bitcoin rally that financial commentators like Fundstrat’s chief analyst Tom Lee predicted. Instead, the price of bitcoin dropped after…

Africa has missed out on the technology and Internet revolutions. Now, the most populous and endowed black nation in the world, Nigeria is not ready to let the crypto movement pass it by as the youths have taken their destinies…

Although bitcoin is widely-regarded as a lucrative investment vehicle, and it is easy to forget the original function of the pioneer cryptocurrency; that of being a decentralized store of value. While bitcoin’s potential may not be fully realized by first…

Choon is a new music streaming service, and digital payments ecosystem developed to deliver new solutions for the music industry’s most fundamental problems, with industry veterans advising the project. The platform is built to let artists earn cryptocurrency for each…

In an individualistic commodity society, there are no relationships of solidarity that protect you against uncertainty. The existence of a person in such a community depends only on his ability to acquire (buy) the things he needs on the market.…

Bitspark, the Hong Kong-based bitcoin remittance firm that facilitates end-to-end, cross-border payments, had previously announced that it would no longer use bitcoin for its operations. On May 2, 2018, in conversation with Ej Insight, George Harrap of Bitspark explained what…

One of the world’s most popular (and controversial) cryptocurrency exchanges, Bitfinex, announced that it would be adding support for Verge (XVG), Bitcoin Interest (BCI), and Stellar Lumens (XLM). Both Verge and Stellar are listed in the top 30 coins by…

While bitcoin’s price spikes continue to generate headlines, ether (ETH), the cryptocurrency underpinning Ethereum, is set to hit a record $2,500 by the end of 2018 according to consultancy deVere. Despite being down 53 percent from its highest ever peak…

Cryptocurrency trading for institutional investors like hedge funds and pension funds is now possible in Germany, thanks to a partnership between German securities trading bank, VPE WertpapierhandelsBank AG, and Berlin fintech company solarisBank. VPE is now the first securities trading…

Gary Gensler, former CFTC chairperson and one of the top financial regulators in the Obama administration talked about the fast evolving realm of cryptocurrencies during his recent speech at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology on April 23, 2018. Ethics And…

China declared total war on its local virtual currency environment by placing a blanket ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs) and cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and other altcoins, late 2017. Now, the Chinese authorities have declared total victory, stating that…

After a three-month bear market, it looks like the tide is finally turning for cryptoassets. The price of bitcoin has rallied for a second week in a row, by almost 10 percent week-on-week pushing towards the $9,000 mark. The prediction…

The Securities and Exchange Commission filed additional fraud charges against a third co-founder of Central Tech’s $32 million initial coin offering, which had been endorsed by boxing champion Floyd Mayweather and music producer DJ Khaled. Raymond Trapani was charged with…