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Former CFTC Chairman Wants the SEC and the CFTC to Better Regulate Cryptoassets

March 20, 2019 by Aisshwarya Tiwari at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Business, Commentary, Crime, Finance, News, Regulation

According to a March 18, 2019, working paper published by former Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) Chairman Timothy Massad, the large gap in crypto regulations in the U.S. has led to continual frauds and weak investor protection in the budding cryptocurrency ecosystem. Lack of Regulations a Menace for the Industry...

Market Update and Ripple XRP Price Analysis: March 18, 2019

March 18, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, News, News Digest, Price Analysis, Price pages, Ripple

Total crypto market cap has increased by $6 billion since Monday, March 11, and now stands at around $140 billion. Top ten cryptocurrencies were all in the green for a 24-hour period with Bitcoin Cash (BCH) leading the group on a 9.4 percent increase. At the time of writing bitcoin...

A Bitcoin Fountain with all kinds of other currency coming out of it

Bitcoin and Ether Market Update: March 15, 2019

March 15, 2019 by Georgi Hristov at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency Market Outlook, Ethereum, News, News Digest, Price Analysis, Price pages

The total crypto market cap increased by $1.4 billion since March 13 and now stands at $135.5. The top ten currencies are all in red as only Stellar XLM and Ripple’s XRP are on the losing side for the 24-hour period. At the time of writing bitcoin (BTC) is trading at...

An Introductory Guide to Atomic Swaps

March 14, 2019 by Toju Ometoruwa at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development, Ethereum, Guides

Cryptocurrencies are broadly thought of as decentralized, trustless digital assets that can be transferred peer-to-peer. However, based on the process by which most cryptocurrencies are transferred today, it is clear that we are still relying on intermediaries. Atomic Swaps are the direct transfer of cryptocurrencies between users without going through...

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Quantum Resistant Blockchain, IlCoin, Resumes Trading on the FUBT Exchange

March 12, 2019 by Guest Post at Press Releases

IlCoin (ILC) has resumed trading on the FUBT exchange following a brief trading hiatus during the update of its source code. IlCoin initially stopped trading its crypto on FUBT and other exchanges to implement an upgrade to a quantum resistant blockchain. After the successful fork, the company presented several exchanges...

Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash in a Boxing Ring

Litecoin vs. Bitcoin Cash: A Sibling Rivalry to Achieve Satoshi’s Vision

March 11, 2019 by Toju Ometoruwa at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Blockchain, Cryptocyclopedia, Development

In many ways, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Litecoin (LTC) represent the Cane and Abel of cryptocurrencies. Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin, being the father of crypto, birthed two sons: Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash. Ever since their inception, both cryptocurrencies have seen it as their destiny to claim the role of prodigal son...

Understanding Cryptocurrency Market Capitalization

March 9, 2019 by Toju Ometoruwa at Altcoins, Bitcoin, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum, Finance, Investment

Market cap is one of the most common and effective ways in which investors measure the real value of cryptocurrencies. CoinMarketCap currently features hundreds of cryptocurrencies ranked by their market cap, making it the premier site for investors to refer to when conducting preliminary research on a coin. So what...

Funding Options: Initial Coin Offerings or Security Token Offering

March 5, 2019 by Priyeshu Garg at Altcoins, Cryptocyclopedia, Finance, News, Regulation

There are two major ways for new cryptocurrencies to enter the market and naturally, both of these funding methods have advantages and disadvantages which can sometimes boil down purely to circumstance. In this guide, BTCManager will compare and contrast initial coin offerings (ICOs) as well as security token offerings (STOs),...

Digital Currency Group CEO Bullish About Bitcoin but Prophesies Doom for other Cryptocurrencies

February 16, 2019 by Tom Nyarunda at Bitcoin, News

There are currently over 2096 cryptocurrencies listed on CoinMarketCap. The founder, and CEO of DCG, however, has said he believes in Bitcoin and believes it could replace gold someday, saying he is bullish about the premier cryptocurrency. Barry Silbert thinks a majority of those 2096 crypto assets will fail before...

Small Business Floating up to the Sky with ICO Balloons

Report: Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) for SME Financing

February 3, 2019 by Toju Ometoruwa at Altcoins, Blockchain, Business, Cryptocyclopedia, Ethereum, Finance, Investment

Small to medium enterprises serve as the backbone to many of the world’s developed and emerging economies. These are companies with fewer than 250 employees, who contribute up to 60 percent of total employment and up to 40 percent of a nation’s income (GDP) to their economies according to the...

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