Category: Altcoins

  • XRP creator Ripple is the first blockchain company to be a part of the ISO 20022 standards body

    Cross-border payments network Ripple (XRP) announced that it has become part of the ISO 20022 Standards Body, becoming its first member focused on distributed ledger technology (DLT). The new payment messaging standard is set to replace SWIFT MT messages as the standard format for cross-border and high-value payments. Ripple becomes the first blockchain company to…

  • Telegram Forces US Investors to Take 72% Refund and Exit Gram Token Project

    Telegram Forces US Investors to Take 72% Refund and Exit Gram Token Project

    Telegram is now forcing U.S investors to immediately exit its TON blockchain project by accepting a 72% refund on their original investment. The encrypted messaging platform’s unexpected volte-face also disqualifies American investors from the loan option, which promised a 110% refund either in Gram token or in any other cryptocurrency. According to a letter sent…

  • Ripple co-founder is selling $400,000 worth of XRP every day

    Ripple co-founder is selling $400,000 worth of XRP every day

    The case against XRP seeing any type of near-term bullishness has grown significantly in recent times due to a confluence of dwindling technical strength and rapidly growing fundamental weakness. The past week has further elucidated just how weak the cryptocurrency is in its current state, as analysts are noting that its latest weekly close has…

  • Ahead of Bitcoin halving, Stellar (XLM) just broke a major resistance level not seen since 2018

    Ahead of Bitcoin halving, Stellar (XLM) just broke a major resistance level not seen since 2018

    Investors and traders holding Stellar (XLM) may have a reason to rejoice. The payments-based cryptocurrency just broke a significant resistance level and might see a price rise if momentum is sustained. Popular cryptocurrency trader Josh Olszewics, who goes by CarpeNoctom on Twitter, observed Lumens closing above the “Kumo” resistance for the time since 2018. 2D…

  • How Cardano will be used to fight counterfeiting

    The lab at the University of Wyoming has been working on an anti-counterfeiting solution based on the Cardano blockchain. Armed with $500,000 worth of ADA from IOHK, the lab is exploring how to create chips that are able to contain what is essentially tokenized proof-of-ownership of luxury goods ranging from watches to supercars. An anti-counterfeiting…

  • Analyst claims XRP may never recapture $1.00 as its underlying health degrades

    Analyst claims XRP may never recapture $1.00 as its underlying health degrades

    In the time following the insane crypto market bull run in 2017, XRP has consistently been one of the worst-performing assets, seeing a notable 40 percent decline in 2019 while failing to track the full extent of the aggregated market’s uptrend throughout 2020. Analysts are now noting that the cryptocurrency could be positioned to see…

  • Charles Hoskinson : “May is going to be a really busy month for Cardano”

    With the launch of Shelley inching closer, the time has come to kickstart the marketing efforts around Cardano. Charles Hoskinson, the CEO of IOHK, said that the philosophical debates around government intervention shows that Cardano’s marketing will have to focus on the technology’s long-term potential which is reinventing society, rather than just its immediate value…

  • Venture capitalist: We’ve never seen a compelling reason to hold Bitcoin SV

    Venture capitalist: We’ve never seen a compelling reason to hold Bitcoin SV

    Years after their respective forks, both Bitcoin Cash (BCH) and Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) have remained at the top of this nascent market, representing the fifth and sixth largest cryptocurrencies, respectively. It’s clear, then, that the market places some value in these Bitcoin forks. But a top investor in the cryptocurrency and blockchain space —…

  • Cardano’s (ADA) Charles Hoskinson : Founders must decouple from the cryptocurrency

    In the latest episode of the “Untold Stories” podcast, host Charlie Shrem discussed the topic of adoption in crypto with Charles Hoskinson, the founder of Cardano. The two agreed that the loss of faith in government institutions has set a good foundation for cryptocurrencies to step in, which means that more effort needed to be…

  • Chainlink continues onboarding new investors as bulls defend critical support level

    Chainlink continues onboarding new investors as bulls defend critical support level

    Chainlink has seen a notable recovery in the time following its latest selloff, with the cryptocurrency’s buyers defending it from dropping below the strong support that has been established around $3.50. It just so happens that this level coincides with a critical technical support level that was briefly tapped during the course of this latest…