Day: February 13, 2019

Altcoin Beam Announces Plans to Incorporate Mimblewimble Lightning Network

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Privacy coin Beam (BEAM) has announced that it plans to introduce a Mimblewimble-compatible lightning network (LN), according to an paper published by Beam on Feb. 12. Beam’s main goal for implementing the Lightning Network, which would allow for a second-layer scaling solution for quick transfers on value off-chain, is to enhance the altcoin in commercial settings where payments would require quick confirmation. While Beam’s paper states that their transaction capacity is three times faster than that of Bitcoin’s (BTC), the paper notes that it is not at the same level…

Fees Are “Ungodly”, Buy XRP at Binance Using Your Credit Card

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Ripple Prices under pressure but bullish Buy XRP using your credit card at Binance Transactional volumes are below average Good news is Binance is opening up new demand corridors after finally allowing users to buy XRP and other cryptos using their credit card. Undoubtedly, this will help fuel demand and prop XRP prices that risk dropping below 30 cents. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals The maverick founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao has confirmed that indeed one can purchase XRP using their credit cards. If you remember well, buying digital assets via…

Fees Are “Ungodly”, Buy XRP at Binance Using Your Credit Card

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Ripple Prices under pressure but bullish Buy XRP using your credit card at Binance Transactional volumes are below average Good news is Binance is opening up new demand corridors after finally allowing users to buy XRP and other cryptos using their credit card. Undoubtedly, this will help fuel demand and prop XRP prices that risk dropping below 30 cents. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals The maverick founder of Binance, Changpeng Zhao has confirmed that indeed one can purchase XRP using their credit cards. If you remember well, buying digital assets via…

Current ICO Market Is Bigger Тhan at the Start of 2017, Data Shows

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While the initial coin offerings (ICOs) market is currently smaller than it was in 2018, it is still larger than it was at the beginning of 2017, data on crypto analytics website CoinShedule reveals as of Feb. 13.   Total Funds Raised per Month Since Feb. 13, 2017-Feb. 13, 2019 — CoinSchedule CoinShedule’s data states that last month $291.6 million have was raised through ICOs, which is around 19 times less than the $5.8 billion raised in March last year. Still, this is also nearly 72 percent more than the…

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, EOS, Litecoin, Bitcoin Cash, Tron, Stellar, Binance Coin, Bitcoin SV: Price Analysis, Feb. 13

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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. 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. During a bull phase, any amount of supply is easily absorbed as the traders are keen to buy on every dip. However, when the sentiment sours and the price fails to stage a recovery, most traders become sellers. While it is difficult to…

MyEtherWallet Teams Up With Large Exchange to Offer Better Rates on Dozens of Coins

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A crypto wallet has relaunched its product and signed a partnership with a well-known exchange — delivering new features to its users in the process. MyEtherWallet’s collaboration with Changelly means its community can use the exchange’s multi-swap functionality. This feature opens the door to more than 100 cryptocurrencies and helps achieve better exchange rates during conversions. The technology is being included in the fifth iteration of MyEtherWallet — and since launch, the platform says it has evolved from “a geek-oriented platform to a go-to brand known for being an intuitive…

Tron (TRX) Ready For the $5.6 Billion South Korea’s Gaming Industry

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Tron prices slide 8.5 percent in the last week Roy Liu, the business development manager, signs a deal with two of South Korea’s gaming associations Transaction volumes low, recovery depends on bull trend resumption The Tron Foundation may be hard at work, but market dynamics are exerting pressure on TRX. It is down 8.5 percent in the last week despite Roy Liu signing an MoU with two of South Korea’s leading gaming associations. Tron Price Analysis Fundamentals Without a shadow of a doubt, Tron Foundation is ambitious. Evidence of their…

Self-Proclaimed ‘Satoshi’ Responds to Billion-Dollar Bitcoin Lawsuit

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The man who claims to have invented Bitcoin, Craig Wright, is being sued in Florida for roughly $10 billion or 1.1 million BTC. Last December Florida district Judge Beth Bloom denied Wright’s motion to dismiss the billion-dollar lawsuit against him. Now Wright has responded to the complaints and most of his responses assert that he lacks knowledge or information sufficient to answer the allegations. Also Read: Core Developer’s 300kb Block Proposal Bolstered in Bid to Push Lightning Adoption Wright Denies Complaints and Lacks Sufficient Knowledge to Respond Ira Kleiman, the brother…

Study Reveals Bitcoin Fees Can Be Cheaper Depending on the Timezone – BTCMANAGER

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Diar, a crypto firm focusing on data resource analyzing digital currency and assets, reported in its February 11, 2019, issue that Bitcoin fees depend heavily on the time zones in which users are living. Timezone Caveat According to Diar’s latest issue, the startup took a look into data analyzed in January 2019 to find out how Bitcoin fees have different costs at different parts of the day. The analysis firm found that to perform a Bitcoin transaction around 1 PM UTC a user would have to spend a substantially higher fee…

Iran: Still Waiting for the Blockchain Revolution

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From Jan. 29 to 30, Tehran hosted the eighth annual conference on Electronic Banking and Payment Systems, which was promoted by the Monetary and Banking Research Institution, the research arm of the Central Bank of Iran (CBI). Among the announced topics under the theme of the “Blockchain Revolution,” it was the unveiling of the Iranian plan for a national digital currency that, as a matter of fact, remained rather vague after it was presented during the conference. In his inaugural speech, Ali Divandari — the director of the Monetary and…