Category: Cryptocurrency

November 07, 2017 BY Valentina Kirilova

SIA with R3 to accelerate the adoption of blockchain applications by 600 banks and corporates

SIA and R3 announced that they have launched a strategic partnership aimed at speeding up the global development and adoption of blockchain applications by leveraging SIAnet’s 600 nodes provided to financial institutions, corporates and public administrations. As part of the partnership, SIA will build a secure and protected network called SIAchain, which will be integrated…

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November 06, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

SatanCoin - what's next?

With the surge of thousands of ICOs each month, and the unbelievable growth of the digital currency industry, the next coin in line is not other but the SatanCoin. The SatanCoin was created to serve no real purpose except for the fun part of ICOs and tokens. The web page states:"Damned are thy mortal coins".…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Bitcoin just surpassed $7,400, with an annual increase of +900%

Bitcoin price hit a new all-time high on Friday, 3rd November, surpassing $7,400. Thus, the current total market capitalization of cryptocurrencies is around $200 billion, according to CoinMarketCap. The current total market cap of Bitcoin itself is around $123 billion, representing 62% of the total capitalization of all digital currencies. The "people's currency" was up with…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Steamr lists its DATAcoin token on Bitfinex after CHF 30 million crowd contribution

 Streamr, the decentralized real-time data economy, today announced that its token called DATAcoin (DATA) has been listed on Bitfinex, one of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges. The listing on Bitfinex came into effect at 12 noon UTC, allowing DATAcoin holders trade against BTC, ETH and USD. The announcement follows Streamr’s successful crowd contribution period that…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Reality Shares Applies for Bitcoin ETF

After the numerous failed attempts for SEC to approve a series of applications for Bitcoin ETFs, investment management company, Reality Shares filed an application to the SEC for Bitcoin ETF on Thursday, 2nd November, as reported by TheStreet. The application says that the ETF is called the Reality Shares Nasdaq Blockchain Economy exchange-traded fund. According to…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Amazon in the cryptocurrency game - what does it mean for investors?

One of the largest companies in the world, Amazon is said to be launching its own cryptocurrency. Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) registered three cryptocurrency domain names on Oct. 31, 2017: AmazonEthereum.com, AmazonCryptocurrency.com, and AmazonCryptocurrencies.com, according to MoneyMorning. The retail giant has not started accepting any form of Bitcoin or Ethereum, but the rumors about Amazon…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

Chaineum to partner with open source Blockchain network Stellar for ICOs

Chaineum, the first French ICO boutique, and Lightyear.io, an organization that supports partner activities for Stellar, an open source blockchain network, have announced a partnership to collaborate in the ICO space. Through the partnership, Chaineum will use the Stellar network to support some of its upcoming ICOs. Founded by Laurent Leloup, an expert in blockchain…

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November 03, 2017 BY Mariela Naydenova

The Triumph of Bitcoin

After much speculation about the direction of Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency hit a new all-time high, hitting almost $7,400, as could be seen in the graph below. There may be several reasons for that. First, there was a lot of interest in Bitcoin from traders in Japan and South Korea. Second, when CME, the largest options…

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