Ripple Gains 1,000% in One Month – Now the Second Largest Cryptocurrency

Today, the total market capitalization of Ripple exceeded $100 billion for the first time ever. This milestone makes Ripple the first cryptocurrency other than bitcoin to break into the 12-figure threshold, and positions it as the second largest crypto by total market capitalization. Also Read: Markets Update: Bitcoin Markets Retrace to the $15,000 Area Ripple … Read more

Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Privacy Coins

With over 50 privacy coins on the market, purveyors of anonymous transactions are spoilt for choice. This smorgasbord of privacy-centric coins can be a little overwhelming though. To help you pick the best of the bunch, here’s our rundown of the main contenders. Also read: Meet ‘Cash Shuffle’, the Privacy-Centric Protocol for Bitcoin Cash How Privacy … Read more

Poloniex Now Requires Legacy Trading Accounts to Verify Identity

This week the popular cryptocurrency exchange based out of Delaware, Poloniex, has issued a notice to legacy account holders. According to the exchange, all traders who use the platform must verify their identity using the company’s upgraded verification portal. Also read: Dancing With the Devil: ‘Cashing Out’ Cryptos Into Fiat Not So Easy Legacy Account Holders … Read more

Here Are Three Ways to Get Involved With Cryptocurrency Without Investing Money

As more and more money flows into the cryptocurrency markets, a belief has emerged that to have a worthwhile and profitable interaction with cryptocurrency, a sizable initial investment must be made. For potential supporters without the financial means to do so, it may appear as if their window of opportunity has already passed. Years ago, the approach … Read more

One Week On from the Etherdelta Hack, Funds Are Still Being Stolen

One of the major benefits of decentralized exchanges is that they can’t be hacked – or so the theory went. As Etherdelta’s users found out last week, however, that’s not quite true. After accessing the site’s DNS records and replacing the domain with a sophisticated fake, attackers were able to hoover up hundreds of thousands … Read more

Major Exchanges Don’t Want Forked Coins but Smaller Platforms Can’t Get Enough of Them

With less bitcoin holders bothering to claim forked coins, the public’s appetite for chain splits is clearly diminishing. Developers, though, seem determined to keep pushing out fresh forks to a diminishing band of recipients. One of the toughest challenges that forkers face is finding wallets and exchanges willing to distribute the newly birthed coins. Large … Read more

Faced With Never Owning a Whole Bitcoin, Investors Are Turning to Altcoins

For the price of one millibit – or a thousandth of a bitcoin – you can buy 700 verge or 1,300 reddcoin. These microcap coins lack bitcoin’s luster, but they do have two things in their favor: there’s a lot of them and they’re ”cheap”. Priced out of being able to afford a whole bitcoin, … Read more

Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Moves Sideways During the Holiday Lull

The price of bitcoin has dropped considerably since it touched its all-time high of $19,600 per BTC on December 17. Since then markets have been quite bearish across the board, leading to lows in the $11K zone on December 22. Bitcoin markets have rebounded since then, and the price per BTC across global exchanges has … Read more

Tether Won’t Redeem Americans, Terrorists and Other Bad Actors

Living in a country known for having some of the toughest financial regulators in the world has its advantages and disadvantages. While it may deter the more cautious international scammers from targeting you it can also hurt your ability to conduct normal business. American cryptocurrency traders are now facing this situation with Tether. Also Read: Exchanges … Read more

Markets Update: Bitcoin Price Continues to Feel Bearish Sentiment

The price of bitcoin (BTC) has been suffering from a bearish decline since it reached $19,600 USD across global markets and had touched a low of $15,299 on December 21. Over the past two days, most of the other alternative digital asset markets were stable or made some significant gains. However, now that BTC markets … Read more