Tag: crypto

If you’ve perused Crypto Twitter at all over the past few weeks, you likely have noticed incessant discussion surrounding central bank-backed digital assets, also referred to as CBDCs. It seems that this subset of this market is all the rage recently, with a number of prominent countries, financial..

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the arm of the UN tasked with providing healthcare and support services to children and mothers across the world, has officially opened its doors to cryptocurrency donations. Unveiled on October 9th, the new UNICEF Cryptocurrency Fund paves the way for t..

Altseason? 2019 has undoubtedly been a year for Bitcoin so far. Altcoins, which were all the rage in 2017 and early-2018, have been wildly underperforming the market leader, with some of these cryptocurrencies now trading at lower prices than where they started the year. But for some reason or anot..

XRP Chart Strong It seems that cryptocurrency bulls are back — at least for now. Over the past 24 hours, Bitcoin has gained 7%, rallying to $8,400 from this weekend’s local low of $7,700. Interestingly, altcoins have managed to keep pace with the market leader, posting similar if not greater gains. ..

Ripple Bags Business Deal Just announced minutes ago, crypto-centric fintech startup Ripple has just made an expansion into Iceland. In a blog post, the San Francisco-headquartered company revealed that it has acqui-hired (acquired and hired) Algrim, a cryptocurrency trading firm based in the Nordic..

Bitcoin’s bout of extreme downwards momentum has slowed ever since it found support within the upper-$7,000 region earlier this past week, which has allowed most major altcoins to post decent gains today. In the near-term, it is highly probable that Bitcoin will be the impetus behind any major move..

So far in 2019, projects like bitcoin, Binance Coin, and Chainlink have made waves in the wider cryptocurrency ecosystem for respectively experiencing acute price gains on the year. But there’s more to new money than just prices. That’s not to say that BTC, BNB, and LINK haven’t experienced big dev..

The Bitcoin price has been on an absolute tear of the past year. Despite the cryptocurrency currently trading some 20% lower than its $14,000 year-to-date high, BTC is still up some 200-odd% since January 1st. With this move, many have been left wondering, “who the hell is behind the crypto market’s..

Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the military wing of Hamas, a terrorist group in the Gaza Strip, has been actively raising funds through Bitcoin. The wing, the Izz ad-Din al-Qassam Brigades, have purportedly created a donation website that gives visitors a unique Bitcoin wallet ..

Some six or seven months ago, the world’s governments likely thought that Bitcoin was on its way out, having then shed 85% of its all-time high value within the span of a year. But now, the cryptocurrency market has returned with a vengeance, surging higher in spite of the macroeconomic environment..