Bitcoin is once again surging higher despite fears the coin was reaching a trend peak. Two hours ago, the cryptocurrency began its latest leg higher, pushing as high as $13,650 on leading digital asset exchanges. In the past 24 hours, BTC is up 5%, having found a short-term bottom in the $12,800 range after yesterday’s stock market retracement. Analysts are mixed about what comes next for the leading cryptocurrency. While many are certain that Bitcoin remains in a long-term bull trend, there are signs indicating a short-term retracement is possible.…
Day: October 27, 2020
IOTA joins Japanese gov’t on blockchain-based maintenance project
The IOTA Foundation, a non-profit organization behind the IOTA blockchain, is collaborating with Japan’s government on a project targeting industrial infrastructure. The foundation has partnered on a project initiated by major Japanese maintenance companies, Best Materia and IMC, IOTA representatives announced on Oct. 27. The project is funded by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, a national research and development agency operating under Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. According to an announcement, the initiative intends to implement artificial intelligence and distributed ledger technology to risk-based maintenance…