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What is XRP, and is it a good investment?
XRP is the native token of Ripple, a digital payment protocol. It was launched in 2012 as an alternative to SWIFT with the goal of making cross-border transactions faster and more efficient. What is Ripple? Ripple Labs, the San Francisco-based…
What is BitShares and is it a Good Investment?
The recent exuberant rally in the cryptocurrency market has brought altcoins such as ether, litecoin, and ripple into the limelight. However, there are dozens of other promising digital currencies and assets that have not only gained in substantial value in…
No ICO or Outside Investors, Just Community Altruism: How a Ph.D. Mathematician was Onboarded to ‘Future Proof’ Monero
It seems that everyone is in crypto because they have dollar signs in their eyes. ICOs are making a lot of noise in the cybersphere; many projects have no working prototype and want to change the world with just a…
The Upcoming Bitcoin Cash Hard Fork: The Choices for Bitcoiners
On August 1, the Bitcoin network will split with the emergence of Bitcoin Cash (BCH). This article will outline the choices you have if you hold bitcoin and some potential outcomes of the split. What is Bitcoin Cash? The project’s…
What is Elastic (XEL) and is it a Good Investment?
Cryptocurrency investors are truly spoilt for choice these days. Not only are there around 1,000 existing digital currencies and assets but there are also new digital tokens launching every week as the Initial Coin Offering (ICO) market is experiencing a…
Filecoin ICO Will Only Accept Accredited Investors
Filecoin, the long-awaited token for the IPFS (InterPlanetary File System) platform recently announced that its ICO will not be open to anyone, only accredited investors will be able to participate. Specifically, this means that only those with an income of…
What is Stratis (STRAT) and is it a Good Investment?
The impressive rally of bitcoin in the first half of 2017 helped to drive an even more exuberant rally in altcoins. One of the altcoins that has benefited from this has been the digital token stratis. In this article, you…
“I Think we should Demount these kind of Training Wheels, Step by Step.”
Christoph Jentzsch, co-founder of Slock.it and one of the leading Ethereum developers, spoke to BTCMANAGER about lessons from the DAO hack, the ICO hype and Ethereum’s plans to scale. Slock.it is a startup from Mittweida, a small town in Saxony,…
The Art of the Crypto Scam: What To Watch Out For
In June, U.S. authorities charged a British businessman with fraud, alleging that he was the mastermind behind a fraudulent scheme, deceiving investors through a fake trading platform called Bitcoin Store. Bitcoin Store was thought to have been “an easy-to-use and…
TUI Tourism Group Will Adopt Ethereum Blockchain Technology
TUI Group, a German multinational travel agency, and the largest leisure, travel and tourism company in the world, is adopting blockchain technology into its booking, reservation, and payment systems. In the past, TUI lost ground to competitors by not adapting…
Blockchain to Bring Provable Fairness to Online Gambling
Gambling is considered one of the most ancient traditions found in the humankind regardless of culture or civilization. There are known instances of gambling in the Roman Republic, ancient Egypt, ancient China, and even the Northern Europe. There are numerous…
Is Ethereum Classic (ETC) a Good Investment?
Ethereum classic has emerged as one of the most popular altcoins since its big brother ether executed a hard fork on the blockchain after the DAO hack in July 2016. During a little under a year of its existence, ethereum…
Streamr Implements Ethereum Smart Contracts to Display US Stock Data
Streamr is a platform which runs your real-time analytics in the cloud. It is a cloud-based platform that reacts to events in real time data streams. The company is an expert in scaling up processes and can redistribute almost anything…
Livecoin Adds PIVX Trading Pairs, Includes Direct Purchases with Fiat
PIVX, an up and coming privacy-focused cryptocurrency, announced it will be trading on the Livecoin exchange, allowing investors and traders to buy PIVX with fiat, bitcoin, and altcoins. The latest development follows on from PIVX being added to popular altcoin…
South Korea’s Hurdles In The Race Toward Blockchain Innovation
FinTech progress has come to a halt in South Korea as regulators carefully try to piece together new technology with existing privacy laws. In October 2016, Financial Services Commission (FSC) Chairman Yim Jong-Yong revealed South Korea’s plans for the acceptance…
European Energy Operator, TenneT, To Use Blockchain For Electricity Security Of Supply
Leading European Electricity Transmission System Operator (TSO) TenneT is spearheading a collaboration between key European energy service providers, Sonnen and Vandebron, powered by IBM’s Hyperledger Fabric-based blockchain to maintain the security of supply of energy for its consumers and prosumers.…
Kraken Swings The Doors Open To Dash
Dash, the rapidly ascending alternative to bitcoin, has announced a historic partnership with Kraken Digital Asset Exchange, one of the world’s oldest, largest, and most respected bitcoin exchanges. As a result of this partnership, Dash is now open for trading…
The State of Bitcoin in Kenya
Following bitcoin’s birth in 2009 as a decentralized peer-to-peer payment network with fast transaction speeds and low transaction fees, one of its most predicted future application uses was for international remittance purposes. Many experts envisioned that bitcoin would be a…
