Japan Bank Consortium Prepares Ripple-Powered Mobile App for Instant Transactions

Ripple has made a lot of positive waves in the financial sector as of late. The company has embarked on an interesting mission to streamline cross-border payments and revamp the entire banking industry. With a new Ripple-powered mobile app to launch in Japan, things are headed in an intriguing direction. The Ripple Mobile App in Japan … Read more

Grayscale Investments Announces Four New Cryptocurrency Investment Trusts

Exposing more people to the cryptocurrency ecosystem is an ongoing challenge for all companies. So far, the general public has seemingly cooled off on cryptocurrencies ever since their prices started to dip earlier this year. Grayscale Investments will try to make a positive impact in this regard. The company announced four new investment trusts meant … Read more

Japan Punishes Seven Cryptocurrency Exchanges, Suspending Two

The Japanese financial regulator has punished seven cryptocurrency exchanges in the country, suspending the operation of two of them. “The agency fears another Coincheck-style hack,” it stated after recent inspections of all crypto exchanges in Japan revealed inadequate measures for customer protection. Also read: Japan’s DMM Bitcoin Exchange Opens for Business With 7 Cryptocurrencies FSA Punishes … Read more

Venezuela to Auction off Petro Through Dicom Foreign Exchange Platform

Venezuela’s freshly-created cryptocurrency is still in the hot seat. With the country’s parliament declaring this currency illegal yet again, the future of the Petro is in question. Even so, it seems the Petro will be auctioned off to private companies through the Dicom foreign exchange platform over the next few weeks. A batch of conflicting reports only makes this … Read more

New Player Asrock Said to Enter the GPU Mining Market

Another major hardware producer may venture into the GPU market very soon. Motherboard manufacturer Asrock is reportedly going to offer new products for cryptocurrency mining in April. Currently, the company enjoys strong demand from crypto miners for its motherboards. Mining equipment shipments boosted its sales in 2017. Also read: GPU Producers Fear Drop in Demand … Read more

PR: It’s Time to Give Back! New Nauticus ICO Program to Help Protect Children and the Oceans

• Nauticus to give away as much as 41 percent of the team’s coins to charity • Additional referral bonuses can either be kept by users or donated • Nauticus will match the amount of user coins donated It’s been a wild two weeks for Melbourne fintech company Nauticus, which is launching a new crypto … Read more

What Is MoneroV?

Forked versions of existing cryptocurrencies have become the new normal. There are multiple forks of Bitcoin in existence, although some altcoins also have their own “offspring”. Monero is about to join this illustrious list, as the MoneroV hard fork is scheduled to occur in about a week. Why Does MoneroV Exist? It is evident Monero has gotten a … Read more

Markets Update: Crypto Values Drop to Lower Vantage Points

The price of cryptocurrencies across all markets has been dropping in value quite a bit over the past 48 hours. BTC/USD markets started tumbling on March 5, after the price reached a high of $11,650 during the evening trading sessions. Following the peak, the value dropped to $10,600 on March 6 losing $1,000 in value. … Read more