Bitcoin’s Rising Correlation With Gold Indicates Investors See It as a Safe-Haven, Says Bank of America Market Strategists

Amid the economic uncertainty affecting a myriad of countries worldwide, Bank of America Securities market strategists explained in a note this week that the leading crypto asset bitcoin has been correlated with the well known precious metal gold. Bank of America analysts Alkesh Shah and Andrew Moss noted “that investors may view bitcoin as a … Read more

Crypto-Fueled Market Openbazaar to Close Shop Unless OB1 Raises Community Funding

On September 25, the creators of the decentralized marketplace, Openbazaar, announced that unless the project can gather community funding, the supporting services like seed nodes and the API wallet will shut down. The firm behind the project, OB1 is also removing the Haven app from the iOS App Store and Google Play on October 1. … Read more

Testing Haven, OB1’s New Social Media and Crypto Marketplace App

On Monday, OB1, the development team who created the crypto-infused marketplace Openbazaar, launched a new platform called Haven. The application is a mobile version of the Openbazaar marketplace, but also includes social media, end-to-end encrypted messaging, and noncustodial wallet services for a variety of digital assets. The following is a review of the Haven application … Read more

BitConnect’s Carlos Openly Endorses Haven Despite Currency Facing Serious Allegations

The cryptocurrency industry is home to recurring trends. That is not entirely uncommon in the financial sector by any means. What is rather bothersome is when people previously associated with Ponzi Schemes seemingly promote another one facing similar allegations. In the case of Haven and Carlos Matos, this correlation may indicate there is a lot … Read more

Havven at the Front of the Stablecoin Pack

Havven, a decentralised payment network and stablecoin is launching nUSD, a decentralised stablecoin on the Ethereum blockchain, on June 11. The stablecoin space is promising to be one of the most hotly contested cryptocurrency spaces in 2018, with Havven establishing an early mover advantage, having successfully completed a $30m token sale in February this year. … Read more

What Is Haven Cryptocurrency?

Ever since Bitcoin entered the global economy, the crypto powerhouse has paved the way for seamless peer-to-peer asset trading between two or more individuals. Not only was it the first to implement a distributed ledger system, but it also makes use of a cryptographic proof of trust module to ensure the safety of each transaction. … Read more

What Is Haven?

As the Internet gets older and its users get wiser (hopefully), there is a growing desire to strengthen personal information security. Not only is there a concern that malicious actors, black-hat hackers, and criminals may have unimpeded access to personal data, but citizens of the world over are beginning to distrust their governments’ intentions. Edward Snowden, the … Read more

Edward Snowden Launches Open Source Safe Room App

Smartphones aren’t just about basic communication. They hold intensely personal information, financial records, hordes of cryptocurrencies. As valuable as they are to owners, they’re at least that or more to those who might do harm. Dissident Edward Snowden is helping to launch Haven, an open source project designed to help protect investigative journalists, human rights … Read more