Crypto markets lost some 3.5% in capitalization over the past 24 hours but seemed to gradually recover in European morning hours on Wednesday. Source
Dogecoin, Terra Fall Steepest Among Majors as ‘Long’ Traders Lose $280M
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21Shares launches hybrid Bitcoin and gold ETP to enable inflation hedge
21Shares, a major issuer of cryptocurrency exchange-traded products (ETP), is launching a new ETP tracking a mix of Bitcoin (BTC) and gold. The Switzerland-based firm on Wednesday announced the launch of the 21Shares ByteTree BOLD ETP (BOLD), a new product aiming to provide inflation protection by tracking an index providing risk-adjusted exposure to both BTC and gold. Listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange, the new hybrid ETP is subject to monthly rebalances according to the inverse historic volatility of each asset. At launch, BOLD comprises 18.5% of BTC and 81.5% of…
How Blockchain Technology Can Play a Role in Preserving Natural Capital
Blockchain and crypto are changing major industries around the world. From banking to supply chains, it revolutionizes several aspects across businesses and industries of all sizes. The crypto market which was only worth $1 billion almost a decade ago, has now exploded into a massive $2 trillion industry and what originated with the Bitcoin blockchain, has evolved into a full-fledged crypto ecosystem with over 18000 different projects. Blockchain solutions have emerged to solve real-world problems. And one of the critical issues they are solving is preserving Natural Capital by avoiding…
How Secure Is Blockchain? | Blockchain Security Explained
▶ Coinbase Website: Coinbase.com ▶ CEX Website: cex.io How secure is blockchain? A blockchain is a series of chunks of transactional data. Every block is connected to the block that preceded it. So, like balancing your checkbook, you’ll never want to remove a transaction as each is sequential. Removing something would invalidate the whole record or ledger as new transactions are dependent on the entire history of transactions that have occurred prior. The same holds true for each block. This makes it very difficult, almost impossible for thieves to alter…
How Crypto is Contributing to Environmental sustainability in Africa
Coming out of the COVID pandemic, sub-Saharan Africa is defying the odds with an explosive level of economic growth that has been unseen for decades. With more people moving about and more goods needing transportation, this growth is putting unprecedented strain on Africa’s logistics. As a result, parcel delivery and taxi driving entrepreneurship have become quite popular, their drivers being able to earn an above-average income. While this is fantastic for the economy, the local environment is suffering. Most logistics entrepreneurs rely on old and cheap imported motorcycles with inefficient…
Blockchain Technology: Enabling A Decentralized Future
What started as a distributed digital ledger enabling a peer-to-peer network has now become a whole new dimension of the internet. Blockchain, the underlying technology of cryptocurrencies, evolved in an immense way over the last ten years. Bitcoin is its first real use case, and it is now recognized as a global monetary network with a fixed supply that several countries have accepted as legal tender. Yet, blockchain’s functionality doesn’t end with Bitcoin. There are many prominent use-cases of blockchain technology that helped the crypto market accrue over $1.8 trillion…
Cuban central bank makes it official: VASP licensing coming in May
The Gazette further determines that this decision will enter into force 20 days after its publication, which is May 16. In a move that could potentially foster the growth of Cuba’s nascent tech industry, the Banco Central de Cuba (BCC), the country’s central bank, will begin issuing licenses for Bitcoin (BTC) and other virtual asset services providers (VASPs). According to the Official Gazette, No. 43 published Tuesday, which includes a Central Bank of Cuba resolution, anyone wanting to provide virtual-asset-related services must acquire a license first from the central bank.…
Institutional Investors Bearish On Bitcoin, Ethereum. Here’s What They’re Buying
Bitcoin and Ethereum have always been at the forefront for institutional investors. This is with good reasons too as not only are these the largest cryptocurrencies by market cap, but they are also the most popular with the best prospects. As time has gone on though, competition has become stiffer for the attention of institutional investors. The rise of other altcoins has put forward some formidable contenders for these two cryptocurrencies. Now, institutional investors are now moving away from the big two and pouring money into other altcoins, taking a…
Dogecoin (DOGE) Struggles, Drops 9% After Elon Musk Twitter Buyout
Dogecoin struggles to maintain its momentum, dropping steadily by 9%. And it seems investors are letting the chips fall where they may. Following the announcement that Elon Musk would buy Twitter, DOGE soared 26% and everything went bullish especially after the news that the Tesla CEO bought Twitter for $44 billion. Suggested Reading | Dogecoin (DOGE) Trading Volume Plunges – Here’s Why Musk Shakes Things Up For DOGE Apparently, the popular meme coin had a sharp spike in April 5 when Musk decided to join Twitter’s board with a 9.2%…
Bitcoin rebounds off 6-week lows amid warning of ‘brutal’ BTC price bull trap
Bitcoin (BTC) reclaimed $39,000 on April 27 after another night of pain saw BTC/USD hit its lowest levels since mid-March. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView “All assets suffer” at hands of rampant dollar Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed the largest cryptocurrency trading at $39,200 on Bitstamp at the time of writing, up 2.5%. April 26 had seen fresh trouble as soon as Wall Street trading began, Bitcoin following stocks downhill once again to hit $37,700 twice. Despite that area already being on the radar as a…