Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies

Japanese e-commerce and entertainment giant DMM Group has launched its crypto exchange, supporting 7 cryptocurrencies and 14 trading pairs. The group is also preparing to launch another crypto exchange in the Spring aimed at inexperienced investors. Also read: South Korea Urges 23 Countries, EU, and IMF to Collaborate on Curbing Crypto Trading DMM’s Crypto Exchange Launched … Read more

Markets Update: Cryptos Look for Relief After South Korea Mainstream Media FUD Causes Losses

There’s been a lot of uncertainty stemming from the mainstream media’s portrayal of South Korea’s digital asset economy, and rumors of a trading ‘ban’ has triggered some significant cryptocurrency market volatility. The price of bitcoin took a tumble downwards yesterday evening to the $12,775 USD zone around 11 pm EDT, after it came close to … Read more

Change.org Petition Aims to Make XRP a Base Trading Market on Exchanges

Ripple’s XRP asset has been of great interest to financial institutions, traders, and speculators all over the world. Although it is pretty volatile due to the fact that it is traded against cryptocurrencies, things are still looking pretty solid for the time being. A new petition on Change.org aims to make XRP the base currency for … Read more

Markets Update: Exchange News from South Korea Brings the Bitcoin Bears

Cryptocurrency prices are sliding downwards since our last markets update, as the top ten digital assets are all seeing a loss of gains on January 8. BTC/USD markets reached a high of $17,200 on Saturday evening on January 6, but the value has dropped since then to a low of $13,900 per BTC. The price … Read more

Tron, Cardano, Verge and Ripple – Four Cryptocurrencies That Actually Meet the Definition of Vaporware

‘Vaporware’ is a term that’s tossed about loosely, often against cryptocurrency projects that have no clear use case. It’s an easy accusation to make given that many crypto projects are still at the development stage, and haven’t had a chance to prove themselves. This year’s vaporware could be next year’s ethereum – or at least … Read more

Japanese ‘Virtual Currency Girls’ Spreading Cryptocurrency Knowledge

Japanese female idols have teamed up to form the ‘Virtual Currency Girls’ group to promote the knowledge of cryptocurrencies through entertainment. Each of its 8 members represents a cryptocurrency: bitcoin cash, bitcoin, ether, neo, nem, ripple, mona, and cardano. Also read: Russian Regulators Draft Law to Restrict Crypto Mining, Payments, and Token Sales ‘Virtual Currency Girls’ … Read more

Cryptocurrency Valuations Have Created Very Wealthy Founders

Bitcoin has been on a tear for well over a year now, but a few other cryptocurrencies have increased in value far more than BTC. This past week the two digital assets ripple (XRP) and ethereum (ETH) have spiked in value exponentially, making the founders of these projects some of the wealthiest men in the … Read more

Markets Update: Bitcoin’s Price Re-Captures the $16K Territory

The weekend is coming, and things are looking far more optimistic for bitcoin markets than the last two holiday weekends. BTC/USD market value has jumped considerably since it hit a low of $11,600 across global exchanges with the price now averaging $16,500 per BTC on January 5. Last week a bunch of tokens priced under … Read more