Category: Altcoin

Litecoin (LTC) Sparks Crypto Adoption With Big E-Retailer on Board

Online tech retailer Newegg has announced it will be accepting Litecoin (LTC) as a form of payment for customers who use BitPay on their platform. In a new press release, the California-based e-commerce company reveals that customers shopping on Newegg.com will be able to check out using LTC starting this week.   According to Newegg’s

Bug Alert: Monero Users May Want To Wait Before Spending Newly Acquired XMR

Software developer Justin Berman is investigating a privacy issue with the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR), exposing a bug. The Monero development team confirms that the bug, which could compromise privacy by revealing the target destination of transferred funds, lies in the cryptocurrency’s “decoy selection algorithm.” “A rather significant bug has been spotted in Monero’s decoy selection

PayPal Plotting Bitcoin and Crypto Expansion in August – Here’s What the Payments Giant Is Up To

Global payment giant PayPal is preparing to expand its cryptocurrency offerings. In April of this year, PayPal introduced crypto services on its mobile payment service Venmo, which enabled over 70 million additional users to buy and sell four cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Litecoin (LTC), and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).   During PayPal’s Q2 earnings

Altcoins pump while traders anticipate a lower support test from Bitcoin

Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are locked in a battle with bears in order to take control of the $40,000 level and dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggest that loose monetary policies will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Generally, the crypto ecosystem is “cautiously optimistic” about further price rises as the fallout

Here’s why Telcoin’s (TEL) rebound eclipsed most altcoins

Last week, as Bitcoin resurged after briefly falling below $30,000, a good number of altcoins embarked on their own relief rallies. Telcoin (TEL) was among this large group of digital assets whose prices shot up on July 21.  Unlike most of its peers, however, TEL’s upward trend remained alive for the entire week, leading to

Cardano smart contracts creep toward full launch

The Cardano network is in the watershed phase of its network development and upgrades. The ongoing phase of the protocol’s roadmap is the Goguen phase, bringing smart contracts to the network. This is the third phase of the roadmap after Byron and Shelley. The Goguen phase was split into three stages, Allegra, Mary and Alonzo.

Yield Guild Games’ IDO raises $12.5M from just 32 participants

Yield Guild Games (YGG), a collective of play-to-earn gamers, completed its initial DEX offering via SushiSwap’s Miso platform in under a minute earlier today. The offering saw YGG raise roughly $12.5 million  on July 27, with the token sale distributing 25 million tokens or 2.5% of the project’s 1 billion token supply via a dutch