Category: Blockchain

Ethereum is eyeing the $2,000 mark once again but has failed to break it. Currently, the second-largest cryptocurrency is down by 6% in the last 24 hours to trade at $1,571.60 at the time of writing, per data from CoinMarketCap. New data by Santiment reveals that Ethereum’s non-exchange whales are on an accumulation spree as

Elon Musk, the Chief Executive Officer of Tesla, has revealed that customers can now purchase Tesla vehicles with Bitcoin. He made this revelation on his Twitter handle, and the move came weeks after the automaker announced its first purchase of $1.5 billion worth of Bitcoin (BTC). At the time, the company said it will begin

EIP-1559, an Ethereum Improvement Protocol set to launch in July, has been touted as a game-changer that will address the issue of rising gas fees on the network. However, according to an “Ethereum Gas Report” by CoinMetrics data analytics, Ethereum’s EIP 1559 upgrade may not resolve the issue of rising transaction fees, although it is

OKEx cryptocurrency exchange has announced plans to shut down its operations in South Korea due to new anti-money laundering regulations that will be implemented in the country, which will make it hard to conduct business as usual. According to sources familiar with the talks, OKEx South Korea will terminate its crypto services in the country

On March 23, the top US cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase announced that ANKR, CRV, and STORJ will be made available for trading on Coinbase Pro accounts. Except for CRV in New York State, all Coinbase-supported jurisdictions will provide support for ANKR, CRV, and STORJ. If the liquidity conditions are met, trading will start on or after

The government of Telangana, a southern Indian state, is moving forward with its objective of making the voting process seamless and trustworthy with the help of blockchain technology. Boosting remote voting Telangana has set its eyes on enhancing remote voting amid the coronavirus pandemic. Furthermore, this approach will be helpful to senior citizens who may

While there are currently more than 8,900 cryptocurrencies around today, all with distinct and unique features, each one gets more recognition when it grows to become ranked as one of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalization. Amid its consistent surge in price in the past weeks, Theta (THETA) has found its way to the

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange, has said that the crypto startup may someday support central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) on its network. His comment came via a video response to an “Ask Me Anything” session on Reddit hosted by Coinbase ahead of the exchange’s forthcoming direct listing on Nasdaq. Armstrong’s remarks were

IOTA is an open-source distributed ledger and cryptocurrency designed specifically for the Internet of Things (IoT).  IOTA is a new type of distributed ledger that does not require miners, electricity, or transaction fees to truly own the protocol. Dominik Schiener, the co-founder of the IOTA Foundation, acquired 10% of the shares of “credX AG,” a

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has refused a request from Ripple to access documents pertaining to Bitcoin and Ethereum.   In a letter appealing to Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn, the SEC requested that the court deny Ripple’s motion to obtain SEC documents related to the classification of Bitcoin and Ethereum (ETH) as non-securities. Per