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Five hours ago, the crypto exchange known as BITBOX announced it had listed Tron (TRX). Due to the listing, TRX managed to surge in the markets by 13.18% and this event was captured by CoinDesk Markets as can be seen via the tweet below: Breaking News#TRX up 13.18% on the back of a bullish announcement … Continue reading Tron (TRX) Up 13%, Edges out IOTA In the Markets After BITBOX Listing that Includes an Airdrop →

Litecoin price started a correction and moved above $54.00 against the US Dollar. LTC/USD is currently trading near a crucial hurdle at $56.50-58.00, which is capping upsides. Key Talking Points ·         Litecoin price corrected a few points after trading as low as $49.40 (Data feed of Kraken) against the US Dollar. ·         This week’s followed … Continue reading Litecoin Price Analysis: Can LTC/USD Break This Resistance? →

Singapore, 15 August 2018 – Z-POP Dream Project (Z-POP Dream), a global entertainment platform headquartered in Korea, is set to revolutionise the pop music industry through the use of Blockchain technology. Korean Pop (K-POP) has become the international face of South Korea thanks to an extremely regimented, coordinated production system that blends addictive melodies, slick … Continue reading Using Blockchain to Unearth the Next K-POP Superstar with the Z-POP Dream Project →

Ethereum has formed lower highs and lower lows to trade inside a descending channel on its 1-hour time frame. Price found support at the bottom and looks ready to test resistance again. Applying the Fibonacci retracement tool shows that the 61.8% level lines up with the channel top around $300. This is also just below … Continue reading Ethereum (ETH) Price Analysis: Bears Still in Control? →

Crypto Pet Peeves — Twitter Scam Bots Ethereum giveaway scam bots are the pet peeve of any cryptocurrency Twitter user, with these malicious accounts littering the comment sections of tweets. Nearly everyone in this nascent community has seen them, but for those who don’t know what these bots are, here’s a bit of an explanation. … Continue reading A Look Into The Mind Of An “ETH Giveaway” Twitter Scammer →

bloXroute Labs and a team of Northwestern University students believe Bitcoin’s biggest problem, scalability, can be solved without affecting its chief virtue — decentralization. Northwestern and bloXroute Labs Are Working to Solve Scalability Issue Critics have always identified the limited number of transactions that Bitcoin’s 00 network can process as its most significant problem. They … Continue reading New Transport Layer bloXroute Promises to Solve Bitcoin’s Biggest Problem →

ICO exit scams over the last two years have left people $96.8 million out of pocket, according to data compiled by blockchain intelligence firm Diar. However, this is only a drop in the ocean with regards to the influx of investment the cryptocurrency space is receiving. For context, blockchain start-ups have raised over $6.8 billion … Continue reading These 5 ICO Exit Scams Cost Investors $100 Million →

Entrepreneur and MegaUpload creator Kim Dotcom has repeated his belief in Bitcoin over fiat currency, telling fans directly to “buy cryptocurrency.” Dotcom: Crash ‘Is Coming 100 Percent’ In a series of tweets August 12, Dotcom, whose Bitcache project incorporates a Bitcoin wallet, warned over US national debt and the need to avoid the dollar. “Trust … Continue reading ‘Buy Crypto’: Kim Dotcom Warns Of Looming US Dollar Implosion →

Playboy Enterprises has filed a lawsuit against a cryptocurrency company over failure to create a digital currency wallet for payments. A Clash in Court Playboy Enterprises, the parent company behind the marquee adult magazine, has filed a lawsuit against Global Blockchain Technologies (GBT) in the Los Angeles County Superior Court according to LA Times. Reportedly, … Continue reading Playboy Suing Cryptocurrency Company Over Breach of Contract →

Hungary is reportedly working on a regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies but doesn’t consider them a legal tender yet. The country’s current legislation imposes steep taxes, making it a fairly unwelcoming territory for cryptocurrency investors. Not Legal Tender Citing a written statement of the country’s Finance Ministry, local Hungarian media Portfolio reports that Bitcoin and other … Continue reading Hungary Does Not Consider Cryptocurrency Legal Tender Yet →