Ripple publishes the quarterly XRP Markets Report to voluntarily provide transparency and regular updates on the company’s views on the state of the XRP market, including quarterly programmatic and institutional sales updates, relevant XRP-related announcements, such as Xpring and RippleNet partnerships, and commentary on previous quarter market developments. As an XRP holder, Ripple believes proactive
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A full month after the Philippines’ Securities and Exchange Commission flagged Forsage as a likely Ponzi, it remains the second-most popular Ethereum DApp on internet rankings. As of Aug. 6, Forsage has 390,000 users and a turnover of $3.11 million per 24 hours — despite being marked in dappstat.com rankings as “high risk.” Speaking to
On June 30, a jury trial was scheduled for the notorious Kleiman v. Wright lawsuit on October 13. Now a recent filing from the plaintiffs notes that when Craig Wright’s ex-wife Lynn Wright recently testified, she revealed a number of interesting findings. Lawyers representing the Kleiman estate say her testimony brings the “infamous “Tulip Trust”
Sberbank, Russia’s biggest consumer bank, is launching a blockchain platform built on Hyperledger Fabric, potentially with its own stablecoin. The blockchain system is designed for trade finance transactions, including exchanging letters of credit, the bank’s press representative told CoinDesk Thursday. Anatoly Popov, Sberbank’s deputy chair, told the Russian newspaper Vedomosti on Wednesday that the the
Since the “digital Sleeping Beauty,” Bitcoin (BTC), woke up about two months after its third halving in mid-May 2020, we have read a lot about the “funding rate” of digital assets futures — from good to completely misleading reports. We just wanted to chime in on that trendy topic. What is the funding rate? First,
On August 6, Grayscale Ethereum Trust filed to become an SEC reporting company. Amidst the Ethereum (ETH) bull run, Grayscale Investments voluntarily decided to make its Ethereum Trust an SEC reporting company. The company’s best known investment product is a Bitcoin Trust that holds around 400,000 Bitcoin (BTC). Additionally, its Ethereum Trust currently has 1.9
In the time following the massive market-wide bull run seen in in late-2017 and early-2018, XRP has been one of the worst performing altcoins, posting intense losses that have led it to underperform most of its peers. The first quarter of 2020 was no exception to this trend either, as data reveals that it was
After a lengthy joint investigation with the American FBI, German police have seized over 25 millions euros worth of cryptocurrency associated with the illegal movie streaming site movie2k.to. Shuttered in spring 2013 due to copyright infringement concerns, the site’s two main operators are accused of having distributed over 880,000 pirated copies of films, together with
Last week, all eyes were on Bitcoin: the leading cryptocurrency had just cracked past $10,500 for the first time since February and had entered a steep uptrend. But over the past few days, BTC has stagnated. This lack of volatility has made some focus back on altcoins, hence why coins like Band and Zcash are
Band Protocol (BAND), a rival blockchain network to Chainlink (LINK) — which is also at an all-time high — surged by 65%. Within 24 hours, BAND rose from $4.825 to $8, setting a new record high. Three major catalysts appear to have triggered the rally of BAND, namely the DeFi (decentralized finance) boom, Coinbase listing
Ethereum Classic has suffered its second 51% attack in a week after more than 4,000 blocks were reorganized Thursday morning. Mining pool Ethermine’s parent entity Bitfly and crypto exchange Binance reported the reorganization, announcing all Ethereum Classic payouts, withdrawals and deposits had been suspended due to the attack. It’s unclear how much the attacker has
Bitcoin (BTC) price perked up on August 5, rallying from $11,090 to $11,784 before briefly retracing to the $11,650 area as the daily close approached. Currently the price trades near the $11,500 support after bulls were unable to tackle the $11,800 level. Despite a pullback to lower support, Wednesday’s 6.29% push through the $11,100 to
On March 3, Bitcoin (BTC) price gained the most on speculation that the US Federal Reserve, as well as other central banks, will be supporting markets even as concerns of the coronavirus outbreak continue to grow. Bitcoin Jumps Over 4% After Last Week’s Plunge Bitcoin gained 4% to take its price to $8,895, having suffered
Computer scientist and Blockstream CEO, Adam Back, has compared Ethereum and other high cap altcoins Ponzi-schemes in a Twitter tirade today: “Bitconnect, Charles Ponzi, Ethereum, Onecoin, Cardano, Ripple, Bernie Madoff, Stellar, Dan Larmer. All looking very similar grade to me.” Charles Ponzi and Bernie Madoff are two of the most famous creators of Ponzi-schemes, while
Ethereum Classic (ETC) has suffered a second 51% attack in less than one week, bringing the ongoing security of the network into question. On August 6, Etherchain.org tweeted that its affiliated mining pool Ethermine had disabled ETC pool payouts after more than 4,000 blocks had been reorganized in the latest attack on Ethereum Classic. It