Tuesday, Jan. 29 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting moderate gains on the day at press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is trading just over $3,400 again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is down just a fraction of a percent on the day, trading at around $3,450, according to CoinMarketCap. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is lower than $3,655, the price at which Bitcoin started the week, trading sideways until yesterday, Jan. 28. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ripple (XRP) has gained about half a percent in the …
Wednesday, Jan. 23 — most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies are seeing slight to substantial growth on the day to press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering near $3,600 again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is up just over 1 percent on the day, trading at around $3,603. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is just slightly lower than $3,658, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. On the month, the leading cryptocurrency is down about 10 percent from just over $4,000. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ripple (XRP) is …
Friday, Dec. 21 — crypto markets have broken their five-day streak of green, with many of the major crypto assets seeing mild corrections at press time, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization by Coin360 Largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin (BTC) is only just below the $4,000 mark, which it reclaimed yesterday, Dec. 20, capping a five-day streak of solid growth. At $3,971 at press time, and down around 2 percent on the day, the coin is trading around $800 higher than its intraweek low at $3,185 on Dec. 14. Bitcoin’s recent uptick has sealed an almost 16 percent gain on the …
Thursday, Dec. 20 — crypto markets are seeing their fifth day of green, with virtually all of the top 20 cryptocurrencies showing a strong burst of growth, as data from Coin360 shows. Market visualization by Coin360 In terms of 24-hour growth, fourth-largest cryptocurrency Bitcoin Cash (BCH) has soared ahead of other assets, seeing an astonishing 36 percent spike to hit $165 as of press time. Today marks the coin’s third day of double-digit growth, and fifth day in the green. With 7-day growth over 80 percent, the coin still remains close to 50 percent down on its monthly chart. Bitcoin …
Wednesday, Dec. 19 — Cryptocurrency markets continue a fresh rally with Bitcoin (BTC) touching $3,800 and leading altcoins to claw back their latest losses. Market visualization from Coin360 Data from Cointelegraph’s own price index, CoinMarketCap and Coin360 confirms the extended rebound, which began late Monday and continued through Tuesday. After a slight correction, almost all of the top 20 assets by market cap began climbing higher again, with BTC/USD finding support at $3,750. Last week, the pair had dipped as low as $3,130 amid warnings that a much larger fall could be imminent, potentially taking Bitcoin to $1,300 or lower. …
Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria (BBVA) has partnered with Blockchain company Waves to create a distributed ledger technology (DLT) platform for processing and handling shipping document submissions. The system, already being tested, was able to reduce the processing and handling times from 7-10 days, to just 2.5 hours. The first test was performed on a shipment of tuna from Mexico to Barcelona, Spain. Generally, such a purchase is completed using a letter of credit, which can often still involve manual checking of documents which would require at least a couple of weeks for full verification. However, with the immutable nature of …
While there are a few ways in which to work cryptocurrencies, from day-trading to holding, it is still widely recognised that a long-term investment is best. However, making the right call on one of the many coins out there is difficult. Below, some well known cryptocurrency investors share their tips and secrets, and give a top three pick of the coins they are holding onto for a big payday down the line. Logan Kugler, Managing Partner at General Crypto 1 - Ripple (XRP) “Ripple is going after SWIFT, and their token XRP could entirely change the way we send money …
Saint Petersburg will soon host a major international IT event: the ICO-Hypethon. This event will be hosted by Crypto Friends and sponsored by the Waves Platform and Eberhard Lindfordt. Hypethon is expected to draw more than 1,000 visitors over a two-day period and will feature workshops, meet-and-greets with industry leaders and presentations from promising startups. These startups will be competing for Angel funding in order to get their projects off the ground, and ultimately intend on hosting ICOs to sell their tokens to crypto investors. Saint Petersburg is already home to several important online software technologies such SEMrush, IQ Options, …
On Aug. 16-17, dozens of ambitious project teams are expected to take part in Hypethon in Saint Petersburg, Russia. The event will see a launch of their pre-ICOs and a fierce competition for the prize pool provided by ICO angels. Saint Petersburg which is challenging Moscow in becoming the Russian Blockchain capital, has recently witnessed a “Crypto Friends” meetup organized by Eberhard Lindfordt. In a highly successful event, over 150 cryptocurrency professionals and enthusiasts gathered at the “Kreutz Flat” restaurant to talk about major trends and developments in the industry. “Crypto Friends believe that teams with disruptive ideas shouldn’t miss …