How Merge Mining and Anchored Blockchain Projects Capitalize on Bitcoin’s Security Model

Since 2011, just after Satoshi Nakamoto left the Bitcoin project for good, networks have emerged that leverage the BTC chain in some way. A variety of projects over the last nine years have found value in anchoring some sort of feature set to BTC in order to bolster the satellite’s underlying network. The following article … Read more

Most of 2017’s Leading Cryptocurrencies by Market Cap Have Crashed Out of the Top 15

Many cryptocurrencies rose and fell during the 2017 bull market and subsequent year of bearish retracement. While the top four crypto assets by market cap have remained the same over the last two years, more than half of the leading markets as of Feb. 19, 2017 have since fallen from the top 15. Also Read: Markets … Read more

Crypto Price Watch: Litecoin (LTC), Revain (R) and Factom (FCT) Surge in the Top-50 as Other Altcoins Continue to Struggle

Over the course of the past 6 hours, Litecoin has gained considerable financial traction, with the price of a single LTC token currently hovering around the $27 mark. As can be seen from the chart below, Litecoin has been in a tear of sorts for the past 48 hours, with the currency rising from a … Read more