Day: October 28, 2018

EOS, Ripple, Ethereum Classic, Dash, Monero

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The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The crypto markets are stuck in a very tight range for the past few weeks. It needs a strong catalyst to shake out of this consolidation. The breakout or breakdown of the range is likely to start a new trend that will remain…

Send Bitcoin Cash Over the Web in a Private Fashion Using Tor

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There are several ways to add layers of anonymity to bitcoin cash (BCH) transactions such as using a VPN or shuffling coins with mixers. One way to anonymize when using the BCH chain is by utilizing free Tor software while transacting online. This way, internet traffic is encrypted and routed through nodes throughout the overlay network. Tor won’t hide the transaction’s path, but bitcoiners using the Tor network can make it extremely hard for investigators to pinpoint their IP address and geolocation. Also read: How to Use a VPN in the…

MapleChange Crypto Exchange Hacked For 913 Bitcoin (BTC), Exit Scam Likely

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MapleChange Loses 913 Bitcoin ($6M) In “Hack,” Deletes Twitter Page And Shutters Website On Sunday morning, a lesser-known crypto exchange, revealed that it had apparently fallen victim to a hack, resulting in a loss of consumer-owned funds. The platform in question, MapleChange, which is reportedly Canadian (as its name implies), took to Twitter to explain that “due to a bug,” an unnamed group of individuals managed to withdraw funds, adding that it is conducting a “thorough investigation” and will be unable to make refunds.” While some cast this announcement aside, in…

US SEC Mulls Over Bitcoin ETFs, While Bakkt’s BTC Futures Inch Closer To Approval

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Coming every Sunday, the Hodler’s Digest will help you to track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions, and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week US SEC Releases Memorandum From Meeting Over Bitcoin ETF Proposal The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has published a memorandum from a meeting about the Bitcoin exchange-traded-fund (ETF) proposal from VanEck and SolidX that included EC Commissioner Elad L. Roisman and his counsels…

A Business School In Paris Is Getting Paid In Bitcoin To Teach Blockchain

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As the campaign for mass adoption of cryptocurrencies intensifies, various institutions and enterprises are making a move to capitalize on the opportunity to play a part in the process. The latest entrants into this crypto space are schools, and most precisely institutions of higher learning. Financia Business School is a Paris-based learning institution that offers various business-related degree courses. Learners can also earn their MBAs there. Crypto Revolution: Catching Up With The Wave Founded back in 2014, Financia Business School has made quick steps to catch up with the evolving…

Crypto Markets Keep Seeing Minor Fluctuations, Price Changes Mostly Around One Percent

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Sunday, Oct. 28: crypto markets have seen some minor fluctuations, with most of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing price changes within 1 percent over the past 24 hours, according to CoinMarketCap. The total market capitalization has remained hovering below $210 billion over the day. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin (BTC) is slightly up 1.7 percent and trading at $6,483 at press time, according to CoinMarketCap. Following reports on Bitcoin hitting 18-month lows of volatility, the major cryptocurrency is seeing insignificant price fluctuations over the past 7 days,…

Ethereum Co-Founder On CNBC: Crypto Isn’t Going To Collapse, Fundamentals Booming

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We’ve Seen Booms And Busts, But The Crypto Ecosystem Has Never Been Stronger “Digital currencies (Crypto) aren’t on the edge of a collapse.” There were the controversial words conveyed by Joseph Lubin, an Ethereum (ETH) co-founder and Consensys founder, during a recent appearance on CNBC’s “First On CNBC” segment. While such sentiment from a prominent industry leader is evidently bullish, many investors were left asking what catalyzed his optimistic claim. Of course, foreseeing this outcome, Lubin went on to explain why is sanguine, and what’s next for the nascent crypto world,…

Google Expert Developer Joins Ripple to Lead Crypto-Powered Payments Network RippleNet

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Ripple has recently hired a former senior developer at Google’s new wireless messaging service as vice president of products, Reuters reports Friday, Oct. 26. The U.S. tech company that backs the third top cryptocurrency by market cap, Ripple (XRP), has confirmed to Reuters that Amir Sarhangi is leaving his position at Google to lead Ripple’s global payments network, RippleNet. Sarhangi reportedly joined Google in 2015 when the tech giant acquired Jibe Mobile, a startup that he founded to develop technology for wireless carriers to implement rich communication system (RCS). The…

Bitcoin Doesn’t Move as Market Continues Stability, Volume Rises 20%

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Over the past 24 hours, the cryptocurrency market has demonstrated the same trend it has shown throughout the past 12 days, with Bitcoin at $6,400. The volume of Bitcoin has increased by nearly 20 percent from $3.1 billion to $3.5 billion, hinting a rise in trading activity in the cryptocurrency exchange market across major digital asset trading platforms. The sudden rise in the volume of Bitcoin, which has been stagnant since mid-October, could lead to a potential short-term positive movement on the upside in the days to come. Is Bitcoin…

Handcash Developers Launch ‘Cashport’, a Developer Kit for Bitcoin Cash

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The creators of the Handcash wallet have released a free software developer kit (SDK) for programmers who want to leverage the Bitcoin Cash network into applications and websites. The SDK called ‘Cashport’ is an open source BCH-based micropayments system for Android operating systems and web typescript that can be integrated into a variety of services. Also read: Unwriter Launches ‘Bitsocket’ — A Push API for the Bitcoin Cash Network Cashport: A New Software Developer Kit for Bitcoin Cash Handcash developers have released a new tool for programmers that allows them to…