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Category: Altcoin News

  • Circle Invest Adds Zcash Trading in Bid to Compete with Coinbase

    Goldman Sachs-backed fintech startup, Circle has announced that it will be adding Zcash to its Circle Invest platform. The platform, released following beta testing in March, aims to compete with Coinbase, providing users with instant, commission-free crypto asset trading. It provides a simple service that lets users buy cryptocurrencies with ease. Circle Invest users can…

  • 30% Off! Venezuela Offers India Cheap Crude Oil on a Discount, if Paid in Petro

    Venezuela has recently offered India a 30 percent discount on crude oil purchases if the country purchases it using its oil-backed cryptocurrency, the Petro. According to a report published by the Business Standard, a team of experts from Venezuela’s blockchain department went to India last month to conduct the deal. While in India, Venezuela’s experts struck…

  • Massive Hacks, VC Wars, and Governments Embrace Blockcain: This Week in Crypto

    Make sure you check out last weeks post here, now let’s go over what happened in crypto this week.  Price Watch: Bitcoin is up 5% this week after a strong gain of 15% last week. Much of the price gain came in a giant green candle when the price hit $9,000 before soaring up to $9,230 and stabilizing…

  • Analyst Predicts Ethereum Price to Hit a Record $2,500 in 2018

    Ethereum could rise fourfold to $2,500 and have a record-setting year this year, a financial consulting firm has predicted. “The price of Ethereum is predicted to increase significantly this year, and could hit $2,500 by the end of 2018 with a further increase by 2019 and 2020,” Nigel Green, founder and CEO of deVere Group,…

  • Interview: Global Blockchain COO Talks Hyperledger, Stellar Lumens and Kodak Coin

    CCN correspondent Eric Eissler spoke with Shidan Gouran, president and COO of Global Blockchain about what the company does, Hyperledger’s role in the blockchain industry, Steller Lumens role as a link between enterprise and public blockchains, and the impact that Kodak’s ICO security token will have on the ICO securities market. Hyperledger: The Enterprise Solution…

  • Litecoin Payments are Quietly Starting to Catch On

    One of the main critiques about Bitcoin is the digital currency’s troubles offering timely and cost-effective payments. Charlie Lee, the founder of Litecoin, foresaw Bitcoin’s future payment issues, and took action by designing a more payments-friendly blockchain.  After earning the nickname, ‘SatoshiLite’, Mr. Lee earned a job at Coinbase, the large San Francisco-based crypto-exchange. Mr.…

  • 5 Payment Firms Adopt Ripple’s xVia API Solution

    Ripple has announced five new customers for its xVia API solution, enhancing these companies’ access to the rapidly expanding global payments market. The companies include FairFX (U.K.), RationalFX (U.K.), Exchange 4Free (U.K.), UniPay (Georgia) and MoneyMatch (Malaysia), Ripple announced on its website. xVia provides an easy way for financial institutions and businesses to send payments…

  • Iran State Cryptocurrency ‘Ready’ for Experimentation: ICT Minister

    A senior minister from the Iranian government has revealed that an ‘experimental model’ of the country’s domestic cryptocurrency project is ready to take off. Within days of the country’s central bank banning trading of cryptocurrencies and barring domestic banks from offering services to industry firms, Iran’s Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Minister Mohammad Azari-Jahromi confirmed…

  • Kyber Network and OmiseGo Surge 70% With Bithumb Integration as Bitcoin Dips Below $9,000

    Kyber Network (KNC) and OmiseGo (OMG) have surged by more than 73 percent and 32.5 percent respectively upon the announcement of South Korea’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb’s integration. Bithumb Jackpot Earlier this year, Storm, an Ethereum-based ERC20 token project that incentivizes users for completing microtasks such as viewing advertisements on mobile phones or carrying out…

  • Binance Leads $30 Million Funding Round in Signal Founder’s Crypto MobileCoin

    Cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance has led a $30 million funding round for MobileCoin, a cryptocurrency whose development team includes Signal creator Moxie Marlinspike. MobileCoin announced the conclusion of the funding round on Tuesday, adding that Binance had made its investment in the project through Binance Labs, its blockchain incubator. The cryptocurrency, which will utilize the…