Month: September 2018

Ripple Investment Rise 30 Percent Tripling Bitcoin’s

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Fundamental developments as formation of SAIV, objectives of Coil to turn XRP from a facilitator to a medium of exchange and increase coin listings at various exchanges is bullish. Aside from this, Nigel Green’s comments cement our bullish stand. This is further solidified by candlestick formations of the last two weeks and the increasing capital flow to XRP. Investment in XRP rose to $311 from $239 million in the last week. Latest Ripple News The FX market is a huge market and Forex Choice, a Belize regulated FX broker is…

Stellar Lumens, Litecoin, Cardano, Monero EOS Price Analysis

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Overly, altcoin bulls are in control and even though prices are consolidating inside key candlesticks, week ending Sep 23 bulls influence our analysis—and sentiment. Most notably is Monero which is consolidating and rejecting lower lows below $100 and EOS which despite Huobi collusion accusation is stable but a long way from $7. Litecoin, Cardano and Stellar Lumens prices are stable and might edge higher this week confirming our bullish stance. EOS Price Analysis Rarely is there a perfect consensus algorithm. Somehow, all of them end up with a fundamental flaw…

Stellar-Based Zero-Fee Decentralized Crypto Exchange StellarX Is Now Fully Launched

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StellarX, a Stellar-based zero-fee decentralized crypto exchange has left its beta phase and was fully launched Friday, September 28. The launch was announced in a blog post by Interstellar, the company behind the platform. The exchange, originally announced in July this year, is based on Stellar’s (XLM) universal marketplace. Stellar is an open-source protocol for cryptocurrency to fiat transfers. Its own cryptocurrency XLM is currently the 6th largest, with a market cap of $4.8 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. According to the latest press release, StellarX positions itself as a “real…

Amateur Cryptojackers and Apple Macs Emerge as Two Mining Malware Trends for 2018

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2017 was a big year for cryptojacking. It increased by 8,500 percent, according to figures published by Symantec in March. And it would seem that 2018 has so far been an even bigger year for mining malware, as the Cyber Threat Alliance September report revealed that, beginning on Jan. 1, cryptojacking still had room to increase by a further 500 percent. However, beneath this simple outline of growth, there is a bigger, more complicated picture. Despite reports from some quarters showing that mining malware detections increased in the first two…

Crypto Markets See Mix of Red and Green, With Half of Top 100 Coins Slightly Up

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Sunday, September 30: crypto markets are seeing a mix of red and green today. A little more than half of the top 100 cryptocurrencies have grown in the 24 hours to press time. The daily trade volume has declined, seeing a relatively sharp drop from around $15 billion yesterday to $13.8 billion at press time. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) has been hovering around $6,600 for most of the day, with an intraday low of $6,561 and a high of $6,640. At press time, Bitcoin is trading at $6,632,…

Walmart Embraces Blockchain, Google Does 180 On Crypto-Ad Ban

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Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week Google Reverses Crypto Ad Ban, Allows Crypto Exchanges In Japan, US To Advertise The U.S. tech giant Google is set to update its ad policy in October, re-allowing registered cryptocurrency exchanges located in the U.S. and Japan to advertise. According to the official…

Bitcoin Price Makes Second Straight Monthly Loss in September

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Bitcoin (BTC) is reporting losses for a second straight month, but there are hints of a bullish breakout ahead in the fourth quarter. At press time, the leading cryptocurrency is trading at $6,570 – down 6.30 percent from September’s opening price of $7,014. BTC also registered a 10-percent decline in August, according to CoinDesk’s Bitcoin Price Index (BPI). However, despite the back-to-back monthly losses, the cryptocurrency is flashing a 2 percent gain for the third quarter. Further, the quarterly gain could have been much bigger had the US Securities and…

Self-Regulatory Group of Crypto Exchanges Set to Tighten Rules on Online Digital Asset Storage

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The self-regulatory Japan Virtual Currency Exchange Association (JVCEA) plans to stricten its customer asset management measures. The Japan Times outlet reported this news Sunday, September 30, citing “informed sources.” JVCEA is a self-regulatory group of some of the largest licensed exchange operators in Japan, established in April of this year. Now, the organization is reportedly planning to tighten its rules by establishing a limit on the amount of digital currencies that can be managed online by any exchange. According to The Japan Times’ sources, the limit will likely be set…

Ripple Overtakes Ethereum Again With 7% Surge, Market Recovering

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Over the past 24 hours, Ripple (XRP) has overtaken Ethereum once again with a 7 percent surge in price, achieving a market valuation of $24.28 billion. The market cap of Ethereum remains slightly below that of Ripple at $24.15 billion and based on the weak volume of XRP, it is likely that Ethereum will regain its position as the second most valuable cryptocurrency in the short-term. Ripple has taken over Ethereum on three occassions in 2018, all of which occured in the second half of September. Subsequent to recording a…

Sierra Leone, United Nations to Develop Blockchain Digital ID System

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Two of the United Nation’s wings are joining hands with Sierra Leone government to build a blockchain-based ID system for their seven million people. The UN Capital Development Fund (UNDCF) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP) have entered into a partnership with  Kiva, a technology nonprofit. Kiva will lend its institutional protocol of the same name to implement the “Credit Bureau Of The Future.” It would allow Sierra Leone citizens to have complete and secure ownership of their identities, similar to blockchain assets in a decentralized network like that of…