Day: August 18, 2018

ETN vs. ETF: Which Is the Investor’s Dream?

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There has been a big push for investors to be able to buy Bitcoin without actually having to buy the digital currency. Products — such as futures — have entered the market and upon their arrival in early December last year, Bitcoin rallied toward $20,000. However, the biggest prize on offer for investors — mainly of the institutionalised variety, who are still skeptical about owning Bitcoin — is an exchange-traded fund (ETF). There has been a push, through the SEC, to try and get a Bitcoin ETF in place for…

Crypto Markets See Slight Slump, Ethereum Fails to Hold $300 Support

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Saturday, August 18: crypto markets have seen another slump today, with some coins wavering following weekly gains, according to data from Coinmarketcap. Total market cap has dipped as low as $210 billion at press time. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is down 1.79 percent over the past 24 hours, trading at $6,396 at press time. With that, the top cryptocurrency has seen an intraday high of $6,562. The coin has lost around 13 percent over the past 30 days, while holding its weekly gains, according to Coinmarketcap. Bitcoin 30…

Cobinhood Execs Raise $20 Million for 1 Million Tx/S Blockchain Project

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The founders of cryptocurrency exchange Cobinhood are commissioning the development of a new blockchain capable of processing 1 million transactions per second, a massive undertaking given that Bitcoin transaction can take hours to complete and Ethereum transactions range from 1-5 minutes, with even Visa’s ~2000 tx/s being dwarfed in comparison. The company behind the project is DEXON, which is focused on blockchain mass adoption within the banking industry and real-world application requirements. DEXON reports that the new blockchain technology uses a blocklattice structure that meshes multiple chains together to form…

Uber’s Largest Shareholder SoftBank Denies Deal With Bitmain, Other Investments Uncertain

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An official from SoftBank has denied their involvement in the investment deal with Bitcoin (BTC) mining behemoth Bitmain that was reported last week by both crypto and mainstream media sources. As previously reported, Bitmain had allegedly sealed a pre-Initial Public Offering (IPO) financing deal which had brought its valuation to $15 billion. Both Chinese tech conglomerate Tencent and Japan’s SoftBank — another tech giant whose 15 percent stake in Uber makes it the drive-hailing app’s largest shareholder — were purportedly involved. After receiving an anonymous tip that Tencent and SoftBank…

Porn Website Tube8 to Launch Blockchain Platform, Reward Views With Crypto Tokens

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Porn website Tube8 has revealed plans to create a blockchain-based platform for users to earn crypto tokens as they watch and interact with Tube8 videos, according to Hard Fork, August 17. The adult entertainment streaming site and subsidiary of Pornhub announced a partnership with Vice Industry Token (VIT), which will develop a tokenize platform for Tube8’s 10 million users and 150 million monthly website visits. The new system will reportedly be implemented by the end of the year. As Robin Turner, the spokesperson for Tube8, told Hard Fork, the platform…

How Blockchain Developer Failed The Vice Industry Token

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As the Los Angeles Times reported on Aug. 14, Playboy — one of the pioneers in global erotica — is suing the Canadian firm Global Blockchain Technologies (BLOC), claiming that it failed to integrate blockchain technology into Playboy’s online media channels. Playboy Enterprises has filed a lawsuit in the Los Angeles County Superior Court, and the accusations include fraud and breach of contract, which the two companies drew up in March. BLOC representatives dismissed the lawsuit as a “normal dispute” between the two businesses, rejected the charge of fraud as…

BTCUSD Capped by Strong Resistance

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Bitcoin price today tumbled 2 percent against the dollar, confirming a weak push by bulls in the current bearish bias. The BTC/USD continued to extend its prevailing upside momentum, breaking above 6500-fiat to establish 6620-fiat as its new intraday peak level. However, the absence of enough bullish sentiment around the peak area, also visible during the August 15th pullback action, reversed the upsides. The pair dropped as much 4.5 percent, as a result, and is now attempting what looks like a weak bounce back. We also had to exit our…

Crypto Continues Short-Term Recovery as Tokens Surge

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The crypto market has continued its recovery over the past 24 hours, as both major cryptocurrencies and tokens continued to surge in value. While Bitcoin remained relatively stable with a 1 percent gain, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, and EOS recorded 4 percent, 9 percent, 8 percent, and 11 percent gains respectively, pushing the valuation of the crypto market to $220 billion. As was the case on August 17, the best performers in the global cryptocurrency market today have been tokens. Ta Ta Tu, Nebulas, Aion, EOS, and Ontology increased by…

Can Security Tokens Save Crypto From the Bear Market Blues?

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“Security tokens will save crypto.” That’s what Trevor Koverko, CEO of the crypto project Polymath, told CoinDesk at a blockchain technology festival in Toronto this week. There, tokenized dividends were the week’s hot topic, even despite the bear market in August in which bitcoin and ether prices dipped to below $6,000 and $300, respectively. But Koverko was far from alone in his views. Alan Wunsche, CEO of the crypto startup TokenFunder and co-founder of the industry consortium Blockchain Canada, told CoinDesk he believes tokenized assets are the future of capital…

How Hackers Stole Millions Worth of Crypto Via Victim’s Telecoms Operator

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On Aug. 15, American investor Michael Terpin filed a $224 million lawsuit against AT&T. He believes that the telecoms giant had provided hackers with access to his phone number, which led to a major crypto heist. Michael Terpin is a Puerto Rico-based entrepreneur and CEO of TransformGroup. He is also a co-founder of an angel group for Bitcoin (BTC) investors named BitAngels and of a digital currency fund, the BitAngels DApps Fund. Terpin claims that he lost $24 million worth of cryptocurrencies as a result of two hacks that occured…