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One of the most crucial events in the lifetime of most cryptocurrencies is its halving event. Bitcoin Cash (BCH) had its much-anticipated halving on Wednesday. BCH had its first block reward halving yesterday, and the event resulted in a rally in the cryptocurrency. After the halving, BCH soared by 15% over the past 24 hours, and it will likely be in focus over the course of the coming days.

A halving measure generally involves providing miners with half the rewards they used to get for mining one block. In theory, it ...

The crypto space has been quite volatile over the past weeks, but holders of Ethereum (ETH) are, no doubt, quite pleased with the latest turn of events. Ether, the actual cryptocurrency of the network, has recorded its biggest jump in 20 days, and it seems likely that there is going to be a lot of excitement about the token in the coming hours. Experts believe that confidence over the Ethereum platform is growing steadily, and that could well be one of the reasons for the gains recorded by ETH over the past 24 hours.

One of the major reasons behind the rapid development of the cryptocurrency space is the presence of crypto exchanges, and Coinbase is one of the most influential exchanges in the world. On Wednesday, the company further strengthened its bets in the decentralized finance (DeFi) applications space by announcing a fresh round of investments.

Coinbase announced that it has decided to invest a total of $1.1 million in two separate projects through its USDC Bootstrap Fund. This is a major development for the DeFi space and for the crypto space at large. It remains to ...

The growth in the cryptocurrency industry has been made possible by the presence of crypto exchanges, and in that regard, Binance has been one of the most influential. In a new development that should come as a major boost to the crypto sphere, the crypto exchange announced that it is all set to launch its operations in South Korea.

Binance acquired the Fintech company BxB Inc and is now going to turn it into a global exchange for South Korean customers by way of a cloud platform. This is a significant development for the ...

Over the past few years, TRON (TRX) has emerged as one of the more promising cryptocurrencies in the market, and today, there was another landmark announcement regarding the token. According to the announcement today, TRX has partnered with Metal Pay, a cryptocurrency service provider, and the agreement is expected to be beneficial for the cryptocurrency.

By way of this agreement, users on the Metal Pay mobile application will be able to purchase TRX with fiat currency. This is a major development because it opens up TRX to a far bigger pool of investors and ...

The coronavirus crisis has seen Bitcoin price nosedive in one of the greatest Bitcoin price crashes since its inception. With a 52% drop in price in a single week, the coronavirus has left many Bitcoin enthusiasts scratching their heads. Even the legendary crypto trader, Peter Brandt, who predicted Bitcoin’s peak way back in 2017, tweeted that he wouldn’t be shocked if it crashed to $1,000 and below.

Will Bitcoin recover from such a huge crash? And can it still be trusted to store value over time? These are just some of the questions that people are ...

The coronavirus pandemic has had a highly damaging effect on the capital markets, and eventually, the effect was felt in other asset classes like cryptocurrencies as well. While this did affect the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin has made a remarkable recovery over the past 24 hours.

BTC gained 10% in the last 24 hours, and the total value of the entire crypto market soared by $14 billion. Bitcoin was trading at $6,580 this morning in Singapore, and it seems likely that the cryptocurrency is going to be in focus among traders today.

The coronavirus pandemic has resulted in massive turmoil in stock markets across the world, and almost all asset classes have suffered due to the deep selloff over the past few days. The same has been the case with Bitcoin, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency by market cap, and over the past weeks, its price has declined quite dramatically.

The cryptocurrency started off 2020 on a positive note, surging at a promising rate. However, over the past few weeks, it has tanked by 50%.

One of the most important things to keep in ...

The outbreak of the coronavirus has had a significant impact on markets, and cryptocurrencies have not been spared either. Over the weekend, the US Federal Reserve was forced to slash interest rates to almost zero, but that didn’t help Bitcoin (BTC), which dropped below $5,000.

The largest crypto by market cap plunged below $5,000 on Tuesday as the European session got underway. After it breached the psychological milestone, it almost came close to dropping past $4,500, having shed 16% in a day. Similarly, other cryptocurrencies also experienced double-digit drops, with XRP, ...

While the stock markets across the world are recording historic declines, the situation is not much different in the crypto world, which would explain why Bitcoin has been dropping as of late. On Thursday, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency by market cap plunged at an alarming rate.

The coronavirus pandemic has had a volatile effect on the world economy, and markets across the globe experienced mass selloffs as fears about the damage finally took hold. BTC slumped by 25% on Thursday morning as investors continued to dump it. Although it did claw back some of ...

Ethereum (ETH) price has continued to fall after a dreadful weekend, which saw the price drop to around $198, wiping out last week’s gains. The cryptocurrency is currently trading slightly above the $200 support level and faces a nervy week in which it could drop as low as $170.

The coin has had a stellar year to date, having started the year at $130. It reached $280 in mid-February, outperforming even Bitcoin (BTC) in its percentage climb. However, there has been a market-wide sell-off as of late, with ...

Bitcoin (BTC) is trading below the $8,000 level just two months before its anticipated halving in May. However, over the past few weeks, markets have been crashing because of the coronavirus outbreak and investors have been cashing out on their digital assets, including Bitcoin. Will this impact the effect of the halving?

Based on the current market outlook, there is a possibility that the May 2020 halving might have a negative effect on BTC price. In the 2012 and 2016 halving events, BTC price dropped before and after the ...

Controversy continues to surround Ripple’s XRP token, and the company’s incentivizing of partners to start using its cross-border payment solution has flooded the crypto’s market supply. However, despite all this uncertainty surrounding XRP, one analyst thinks that the cryptocurrency is bound for a huge upswing.

Over the past week, Ripple has made headlines regarding a number of events directly linked to its native token, XRP. For instance, on February 26, Moneygram reported that payments from Ripple in the last two quarters of 2019 totaled $11.3 million. Asheesh ...

Newly released documents relating to Telegram’s 2018 ICO have revealed some big-name backers, including Russian oil tycoon Roman Abramovich and former Minister of Open Government Affairs Mikhail Abyzov.

The publication of the documents highlighting some of the big-money backers in Telegram’s planned blockchain, Telegram Open Network (TON), is just the latest development in the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) case against the firm, which claims the messaging app violated securities laws by failing to register its 2018 token sale. The names and the amount that they invested were listed in an expert report by Stephen ...

The world of crypto has developed at a breakneck pace over the past few years, and in a new development, cryptocurrency firm BitGo has announced the launch of its own crypto lending service. In recent times, the crypto lending industry has grown at a decent pace, but there is still room for a lot of growth.

The announcement from BitGo is an important one and could usher in a new era in this niche space in the crypto sphere. The company claims to handles 20% of all transactions that are conducted through Bitcoin, and ...

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) CEO Elon Musk has voiced his support for Dogecoin (DOGE) just a month after offering skeptical remarks regarding the largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (BTC).

Musk, who is a huge fan of DOGE, declared his endorsement for the altcoin on March 3 through a tweet. However, his initial tweet was not actually related to crypto but was instead a meme that he captioned “Dogs roc,” which was followed by another tweet stating “they have the best coin,” which was in reference to Dogecoin.

Interestingly, this is not the first time ...

MoneyGram (NASDAQ:MGI) has received over US$11 million in the last six months from Ripple in what was described as “Ripple market development fees.”

A partnership between the money remittance company and the crypto services firm was first announced back in June when Ripple agreed to provide MoneyGram with US$50 million in order to support its payments product, On-Demand Liquidity, or xRapid, as it is sometimes referred to as.

The US$11.3 million sent MoneyGram’s way over the last months is broken up into two quarters, US$2.4 million in Q3 and an additional US$8.9 million in ...

Cryptocurrencies are notorious for being volatile, and the fact that their prices fluctuate wildly is really quite normal. However, what is not so normal is when the price suddenly plummets and wipes out a huge amount of value.

That is what is known as a crash, and it is one of the things that people fear most. Over the years, there have been several cryptocurrency crashes, and the most notable was in 2018 when the value of cryptocurrencies fell over 60% in about a month.

As unpredictable as these crashes are, they are not ...

On March 3, Bitcoin (BTC) price gained the most on speculation that the US Federal Reserve, as well as other central banks, will be supporting markets even as concerns of the coronavirus outbreak continue to grow.

Bitcoin gained 4% to take its price to $8,895, having suffered a double-price decline last week. This is welcome news for Bitcoin bulls, following last week’s 14% drop, which was BTC’s largest weekly loss since November.  In the third week of November, Bitcoin dropped around 19%. Similarly, last week’s equity markets also ...

There is a possibility of traders experiencing a sell-off in XRP after Ripple unlocked another 1 billion XRP, worth around $230 million from its escrow wallet.

Ripple’s move has become a common trend that occurs at the beginning of each month, and it has drawn growing criticism every time it happens. There have been questions regarding the amount of XRP the startup has been selling and why is it needing over $200 million each month.

Ripple owns over 50% of the total XRP supply, and ...