Crypto News

Following Bitcoin’s rally in recent weeks, there has been a tremendous upward momentum for major cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum that have gained significantly from their yearly lows to the current prices.

Analysts indicate that Ethereum is likely to maintain the current momentum and thus extending its rally towards $300 mark in the near term.

Currently, Ethereum is up about 2% from its $245 daily low and it trading at $251. When considering Ethereum’s price action over time the digital currency has significantly gained from its lows in 2018 of just ...

Bitcoin enthusiast and crypto fund manager Brian Kelly has told CNBC that Bitcoin price could rise further in the coming months.

His prediction isn’t unfounded; there is an impending supply cut on the horizon and this should help to push prices higher.

In an interview on CNBC’s Fast Money program yesterday, May 21st, Kelly explained that “the halvening,” which is due to take place in 2020, will cut mining rewards in half.

As such, he expects miners to begin hoarding BTC if they aren’t already ...

The United States Securities Exchange Commission has postponed its decision regarding VanEck Bitcoin ETF proposal for 90 days moving the deadline to August 19th, 2019.

The SEC gave a 35 day period for collecting information as well as more insight on the proposal that was initially filed last year by the Chicago Board Options Exchange. Early this year when the US government shutdown reduced the operational abilities of the SEC, CBOE withdrew its request for a rule change. However, on January 31st it subsequently reapplied following the resolution of the government shutdown.

The top ten cryptocurrencies are all in green boasting moderate gains. For example, Ethereum is up 2% and Bitcoin Cash up 4.38%. Leading coin by market value, Bitcoin, is 1.75% in the green, nearing $8,000 USD per coin—much to the excitement of the bulls. However, its hard to ignore the not-so-moderate gains that Bitcoin SV is sporting just outside the top ten.

In eleventh place in terms of market cap, the hard-fork of a hard-fork is up a whopping 79.57%.

The rise is attributed to Bitcoin SV’s founder, Craig Wright, and a poignant move ...

A Bitcoin Cash hard fork was implemented earlier today as of block 58268. Although the network-split initially met with a hiccup, the upgrade has now successfully completed.

The hard fork sees the Bitcoin Cash network implement two new features. They are Segwit recovery and Schnorr signatures.

The Segwit recovery means network participants can now recover funds that were sent accidentally to Segwit addresses.

Before today, this was impossible due to the “enforcement of the new CLEANSTACK rule” which was implemented in the last upgrade in November.

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Back in 2017, Bitcoin was the biggest news story of the year after it went on a jaw-dropping bull run and reached a price of $20,000 per coin. However, from those heady highs, the bitcoin price soon started dropping and throughout the course of 2018, Bitcoin and the crypto market at large were on a bit of a tailspin.

However, 2019 has been a different kind of year for Bitcoin as the price continued to surge from one month to the next and as of Tuesday morning, bitcoin price reached an $8,000 mark. It is the ...

According to CoinTelegraph, HTC’s blockchain phone, Exodus 1, now allows users to trade cryptocurrency directly from the phone’s native crypto wallet. The Taiwanese technology giant made the announcement early on Tuesday.

HTC’s Zion Vault will now allow swaps between various cryptocurrencies. The new feature is the result of a partnership with Kyber Network—a dedicated platform for cross-token trading solutions. HTC has added Kyber’s liquidity protocol and this allows easy swaps.

The swapping pairs include Ethereum-based ERC-20 tokens, including basic attention token (BAT), Kyber network (KNC) and ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF), a leader in logistics, artificial intelligence and digital payments, is very excited to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK Tech”) will be launching Streambucks in July 2019, a digital payment platform dedicated to electronic sports (Esports) gaming.

uBUCK Tech has developed its second brand Streambucks to offer a seamless, secure payment solution that is catered specifically to Egamers. uBUCK Tech will sponsor Egaming tournaments and provide prize pools in the form of Streambucks. Streambucks can be used to purchase ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 14, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF), a leader in logistics, artificial intelligence and digital payments, is very excited to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK Tech”) will be launching Streambucks in July 2019, a digital payment platform dedicated to electronic sports (Esports) gaming.

uBUCK Tech has developed its second brand Streambucks to offer a seamless, secure payment solution that is catered specifically to Egamers. uBUCK Tech will sponsor Egaming tournaments and provide prize pools in the form of Streambucks. Streambucks can be used to purchase ...

Are we on the verge of mainstream adoption for digital currencies? The list of companies accepting payment in Bitcoin is steadily growing and now one of the biggest e-commerce sites is hinting at joining that list. Global e-retailing giant, Ebay, has stirred rumors via its latest promotional adverts.

Let’s check this out.

At the Consensus conference in New York, Ebay’s banners suggested the company is about to enter the cryptocurrency space.

In a photo leaked on Telegram channel @PatronsOfTheMoon, the two banners read the ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF)(OTC:LLNKF), a leader in digital logistics and payment solutions, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK”) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Datable Technology Corp. (TSXV: DAC) (OTC: TTMZF) (“Datable”) to enter into a strategic commercial relationship.

Under the terms of the LOI, uBUCK will integrate PLATFORM³, Datable’s loyalty and rewards program into uBUCK’s digital payments platform. This would allow account holders of uBUCK Pay — who can now make online payments and send worldwide payment transfers within ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 13, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF)(OTC:LLNKF), a leader in digital logistics and payment solutions, has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK”) has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with Datable Technology Corp. (TSXV: DAC) (OTC: TTMZF) (“Datable”) to enter into a strategic commercial relationship.

Under the terms of the LOI, uBUCK will integrate PLATFORM³, Datable’s loyalty and rewards program into uBUCK’s digital payments platform. This would allow account holders of uBUCK Pay — who can now make online payments and send worldwide payment transfers within ...

With the introduction of the Facebook Coin, the cryptocurrency world is facing a revolution. Spencer Bogart of Blockchain Capital, in an interview with Bloomberg, shed some light on the media giant’s venture into the cryptocurrency ecosystem.

In the interview, Bogart stated that there are several catalysts on the horizon in the cryptocurrency market despite the speculated “bottom” being reached. One good catalyst will be the anticipated Facebook Coin that will change dynamics in the cryptocurrency industry.

The Facebook Coin project will be an incredible project in electronic payments ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF) is excited to announce that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK”), it has entered into a strategic definitive agreement with U.S. prepaid platform, PreWay DBA UGO Hub.

uBUCK Pay, the ultimate digital wallet, allows customers to make online purchases at supported merchant stores, bars and restaurants, cash withdrawals at ATMs and send transfers around the globe without any transfer fees. At present, to obtain uBUCK vouchers, customers must log into their uBUCK Pay app to purchase pin vouchers using a ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF) is excited to announce that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK”), it has entered into a strategic definitive agreement with U.S. prepaid platform, PreWay DBA UGO Hub.

uBUCK Pay, the ultimate digital wallet, allows customers to make online purchases at supported merchant stores, bars and restaurants, cash withdrawals at ATMs and send transfers around the globe without any transfer fees. At present, to obtain uBUCK vouchers, customers must log into their uBUCK Pay app to purchase pin vouchers using a ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, May 10, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT)(FRA:C0B:FF) is excited to announce that, through its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK”), it has entered into a strategic definitive agreement with U.S. prepaid platform, PreWay DBA UGO Hub.

uBUCK Pay, the ultimate digital wallet, allows customers to make online purchases at supported merchant stores, bars and restaurants, cash withdrawals at ATMs and send transfers around the globe without any transfer fees. At present, to obtain uBUCK vouchers, customers must log into their uBUCK Pay app to purchase pin vouchers using a ...

According to CNBC, Facebook said on Wednesday that it will loosen its ban on cryptocurrency advertising on its platform. The result will allow businesses related to crypto and blockchain to promote their projects on the social network. The Facebook crypto ad ban first came into effect in January 2018.

The social media giant first started blocking ads on initial coin offerings, saying it had concerns for its users’ welfare. It was afraid that many would fall for scams and fraudulent crypto products.

But earlier this year its stance began to ...

Yesterday crypto markets dropped following reports that leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance had been hacked. However, the impact of the developments is minimal, and Bitcoin price managed to hold steady at more than $5,800, continuing the upwards trend towards the $6,000 mark.

A popular analyst has projected that if BTC continues with the upward momentum, its price could soon hit $7,000—a definitive sign that the bullish run has already begun. Currently, Bitcoin price is up marginally at $5,980 after the daily low of $5,800 occurred moments before the Binance hack news was announced. ...

VANCOUVER, British Columbia , May 09, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — LiteLink Technologies Inc. (“LiteLink”) (CSE:LLT) (OTC:LLNKF), a leader in logistics, artificial intelligence and digital payments, is very excited to announce that its wholly-owned subsidiary uBUCK Technologies SEZC (“uBUCK Tech”) is launching a closed beta for its uBUCK Pay app in June 2019.

uBUCK Pay is a digital wallet and payments platform that serves as a payment alternative for consumers and merchants, with a focus on serving the unbanked and underbanked community.  Users will be able to transfer uBUCK cash to friends and family around the world ...

Most people know who Joesph Stiglitz is. Some know him as the 2001 recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences; others know him as a vocal cryptocurrency bear. This week, Stiglitz is getting a lot of attention for the latter. In a May 6 interview with CNBC, Stiglitz said we should shut down cryptocurrencies.

Here’s everything we know.

This week, of course, is not the first time Joseph Stiglitz, 76, has discussed cryptocurrencies in a negative manner. Back in November 2017, Stiglitz told Bloomberg TV that ...