Being fooled into investing in a scam ICO, or in a broken cryptocurrency is heartbreaking, but being fooled into swapping your Bitcoin millions for fake banknotes takes it to a new level. According to new reports, one South Korean businessman has fallen victim of just that, a scam that involved his…

It’s hardly news now, but yes, TRON bought BitTorrent, one of the worlds biggest networks for peer to peer sharing, giving TRON access to a huge customer base and also fulfilling Satoshi Nakamoto’s vision of a crypto future that had engagement within such an application. Yes, Nakamoto is said to…

Ripple (XRP) has finally ended an ascending channel after a prolonged period of bearish momentum. The price has now found support about the 21 EMA and is likely to continue trading upwards in the ascending channel. RSI for the XRP/USD 4H chart above is now all set to break out of the triangle it has…

Stop worrying about how much energy mining Bitcoin uses , the title to a recent article written for The Conversation, you can find the original article for yourself, here . Should we stop worrying? Well according to Katrina Kelly-Pitou, yes we should. Bitcoin mining is a heavily inefficient…

Cardano (ADA) is now down more than 90% since its all time high but that has not stopped it from entering a new bear trend. The price just broke below the 21 EMA on the 4H chart for ADA/USD above. Having already broken below the 50 EMA, Cardano (ADA) was expected to find support at the 21 EMA but…

Customers of energy providers in Hawaii are the latest victims of a scam that has been designed to extort Bitcoin from victims. It’s a typical example of how cryptocurrencies can be used to illicit money out of unsuspecting victims, by using a cloak of anonymity to make the scammer seem legitimate.…

According to a press release on The Paypers, UK banking firm Barclays have announced a new partnership between Barclaycard and Crowdz, a blockchain startup that works alongside the Ethereum blockchain in order to provide lightning fast transactions for businesses and institutions. The partnership…

Ripple (XRP) is one of the few cryptocurrencies to have completed a correction of more than 90% since its all time high. The price has settled just above the $0.25 mark which seems to be a bottom as indicated by the Vix diagram on the above weekly chart for XRP/USD . Wave trend analysis for the…

Monthly Chart for BTC/USD The popular sentiment right now is that Bitcoin (BTC) is going down. Nobody can say for sure how low it is going to fall but most people are convinced that this is certainly not the end of this correction. As the chart above shows, Bitcoin (BTC) completed a correction of…

 Yesterday, Ripple made an announcement on their official news page that points towards integration of Ripples services by three new cryptocurrency exchanges . This isn’t three new exchange listings for XRP, rather it’s a little deeper than that. xRapid is one of the numerous Ripple technologies…

It’s hard to view the markets with any optimism at the moment. Hardly surprising after months of constant declines, either way, we can’t let pessimism get the better of us. The markets will recover from this, it’s just a matter of time. Please note that this isn’t investment advice, this is just an…

What happens now with TRON ? The past few months have seen some big developments within the TRON project, namely their movement from the Ethereum blockchain onto a TRON mainnet, yet even since this, and even with a few new exchange listings behind them, TRX remains stagnant, undervalued and a little…

Kuwait Finance House (KFH) is one of the major banks of Kuwait, most famous for being one of the first banks to open, operating under Sharia law. KFH are a major firm within Kuwait, trading on the Kuwait Stock Exchange, with a market capitalisation of $8.2 billion as of 2016. According to reports…

According to reports out this week, PayPal is under criticism for its alleged failure in actually having an impact in the transformation of money usage worldwide. It seems that on the flipside, what PayPal aimed to achieve, Bitcoin thus far as done better, without really trying. The criticism comes…

Bitcoin (BTC) might finally be out of the woods this time as its price finds support at the 200 EMA on the weekly chart for BNC:BLX above in addition to its previous resistance turned support as well as the $5,800 support. This confluence of supports makes it very difficult for the bears to push the…

Getting through customs and past security can be a stressful situation for many of us, but have you considered how wearing Bitcoin clothing, or having Bitcoin merchandise on display might make you stand out as suspect to security forces? It’s wrong, but according to an article in Bitcoin.com, this…

We know how important a Bitcoin ETF is going to be for the markets and for Bitcoin in general, yet as it stands, no such thing exists. After total rejection by the SEC , we now have around 9 ETF applications pending, though none of us are very optimistic about the final destination for these.…

Coinbase have been very busy this month, making announcements and connections on an almost daily basis. Whilst a few months ago, the exchange seemed to be content just running as they did, now, the picture for Coinbase is very different. We can now see a very bright future for Coinbase, they are…

Ripple’s international expansion may have been put on hold recently, whilst they battle the courts in the United States, this however doesn’t mean that their international expansion isn’t still a project on the horizon for the company. Ripple want to make the world a smaller place, through making…

After a very unsteady week, the markets really are struggling to level out the playing field. As it stands, everything is a little shaken up. After earthquake of a crash that started at the start of the week, we expect a number of aftershocks to continue to put pressure on a number of altcoins and…

Vitalik Buterin, the mastermind behind Ethereum and one of the superstars of the cryptosphere, has recently spoken out about his dream of a commercial landscape for cryptocurrency . In his landscape though, he’s not spending Ethereum, not is he spending Bitcoin, he’s spending Bitcoin Cash. According…

Starting at 5pm PT tomorrow, Coinbase Consumer customers will be able to buy, sell, store and use Ethereum Classic (ETC) on https://t.co/pl8Hu0qDiW and through the mobile app. pic.twitter.com/Qd7KgYpE0y — Coinbase (@coinbase) August 15, 2018 We’ve been waiting an awfully long time for this, but…

 Facebook, without a doubt the worlds biggest social network. Rife with controversy, uncertainty and questionable compulsiveness, there’s a chance that you probably just switched Facebook off to come and read this article. Hey, you might even have seen the article shared on Facebook. What we are…

Bitcoin (BTC) has been in a constant downtrend for the last few weeks. The price crashed especially hard during the last few days. The price did break below $6,000, but contrary to expectations, the price found support at what was previously a downtrend resistance as can be seen on the BTC/USD daily…

Bitcoin (BTC) has been in a constant downtrend for the last few weeks. The price crashed especially hard during the last few days. The price did break below $6,000, but contrary to expectations, the price found support at what was previously a downtrend resistance as can be seen on the BTC/USD daily…

Bitcoin ETF, it’s been the word(s) of the day throughout the whole of July and August, there’s a good reason for that too. Within Bitcoin ETF decision making, the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) the authority making the decisions, have an awful lot of power with regards the…

Ted Rogers, the President of Xapo has recently spoken out about the looming crypto ‘recession’ that he believes is enough to totally wipe out 90% of the markets altcoins, making way for new low Bitcoin prices that in turn, will reap huge rewards for investors. According to Coinspeaker: “Rogers…

You might look at XRP at the moment and shudder, especially if you bought in during the cryptocurrency boom when XRP exceeded $2.00. Yesterday, we covered a story about CNBC’s Fast Money, which back in January ran a piece about XRP investment, urging new investors to buy in at $2.50. If you’re one…

There has been somewhat of a revolution in cryptocurrency and adult entertainment this year, with Verge leading the way by becoming the first cryptocurrency payment option for PornHub. Since then, PornHub have expanded their portfolio to list other currencies such as TRX, proving that there seems to…

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase has told Bloomberg that last year, the exchange was dealing with up to 50,000 new customer sign ups per day, suggesting that between the years of 2017 – 2018, we saw the biggest surge yet in the popularity of cryptocurrency. Of course, we already know that this…

After a catastrophic day in the markets, it seems to slide has finally come to an end today, letting us start the mid-week period with a little bit of an optimistic outlook. This optimism may be short lived, as many do believe the decline of crypto hasn’t come to an end just yet, either way though,…

Ethereum (ETH) has now undergone the worst correction in its history. The price is down more than 81% since its all time high and could fall even further as indicated by the ETH/USD weekly chart above. The RSI level for Ethereum (ETH) is well in the oversold region but it has just bounced off a…

Lol @CNBC is showing people how to use the internet to buy Ripple. Literally click-by-click tutorial followed by “that’s how easy it is!” This is so insane. pic.twitter.com/8uzt0YP5Po — Pomp 🌪 (@APompliano) 7 January 2018 Back in January, when crypto was flying high (XRP included), CNBC ran a live…

It seems that Coinbase have two major goals at the moment. First of all, they want to list lots of new cryptocurrencies . Secondly, they want to make it easier for large institutions to invest in cryptocurrency . I guess they realise that this is where the money is at, they aren’t far wrong either.…

One of the big issues surrounding XRP is decentralisation. This is because Ripple , as a company own an awful lot of XRP, and also, until recently, operated the majority of the validator nodes on the XRP blockchain. In essence, Ripple had majority control over the XRP network, which means the…

There’s been a MASSIVE 42% increase in visitors to https://t.co/OsFgRFRRZb from Istanbul as the Turkish Lira plummets. This is how Bitcoin takes over the world, not through ETF’s and “HODL”, but through replacing fiat currencies as they fall apart! — Cøbra (@CobraBitcoin) 13 August 2018 ‘Cobra’ the…

It’s a bad day for crypto. The markets have crashed and are leaving behind empty shells that were once filled with value and optimism. We had hoped for August to be a truly positive month, helping us regain the losses encountered over the past few months. The truth though – August is looking to be…

Ripple (XRP) has been of the most predictable cyptocurrencies in terms of trading. The recent price action is a carbon copy of the price action during its previous cycle. Interestingly enough, Ripple (XRP) seems to have ended the cycle with the same big red candle of capitulation as in the previous…

Bitcoin (BTC) has run into a historical dominance resistance. The chart above shows that Bitcoin (BTC)’s dominance is in a constant downtrend since January 2017, the month when altcoins first began to challenge Bitcoin (BTC)’s dominance. Bitcoin (BTC) has shown strength the past few days but recent…

Cryptocurrency regulation is one of the key features needed for a global cryptocurrency adoption. Governments, banks and other authorities will not allow a total adoption of cryptocurrency for as long as cryptocurrency remains self-governing and volatile, as a result of uncertainty. For crypto to…