Bitcoin Throne Shaken? XRP And Emerging Tokens Steal The Spotlight

According to a recent Bloomberg report, the crypto market is experiencing a significant rally, with speculative demand expanding beyond the revival of Bitcoin (BTC).   In November, gauges tracking the performance of the bottom half and mid-tier tokens in MarketVector’s index of the largest 100 digital assets surged by 16% and 14%, respectively.

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Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether dominance rises as cybersecurity & fan tokens defy markets

Bitcoin dominance is rising as crypto investors attempt to decipher the impact of the recent SEC lawsuits against Coinbase and Binance. Investors appear to be converting tokens proposed as securities by the SEC into less disputable assets such as Bitcoin.

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Startup Sustainable Bitcoin Protocol Completes First Transaction of Clean Mining Tokens

Bitcoin miner CleanSpark sold clean-bitcoin tokens to alternative investment firm Melanion Capital.

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As Bitcoin Slumps, BTC Miners Sell Of Their Tokens Creating Panic In The Market

The broader crypto market has been in a state of a downward price swing, with Bitcoin going lower almost daily. Before now, Bitcoin miners have put away some BTC tokens waiting for their sunny days to reap.

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Is Tesla Preparing to Accept Tokens Other Than Bitcoin?

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These DeFi Tokens Have Double-Digit Gains as Bitcoin’s Growth Tapers

DeFi tokens are attracting investors as bitcoin's rally fades and new protocols are updated.

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Why XRP, DeFi tokens crashed the most vs. BTC as Bitcoin price corrects

As Bitcoin dropped below $18,000, major altcoins including XRP and DeFi tokens fell by 10% to 30%.

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Yearn.finance mergers and sideways Bitcoin price propel DeFi tokens higher

Select DeFi tokens have outperformed Bitcoin and altcoins as investors cheer the news of mutually beneficial partnerships.

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Bitcoin’s “Reserve Risk” Indicator Suggests the Next Parabolic Cycle is Coming

Bitcoin’s prolonged bout of sideways trading isn’t showing any signs of letting up Its stability is proving to be extremely bullish for the aggregated crypto market, as many tokens have found themselves caught within firm uptrends Some speculate that it won’t be until these tokens start seeing slowing momentum that Bitcoin can run One technical indicator is suggesting that this may be the case and that BTC is currently building a strong base to make […]

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Bitcoin v. Equity assets: Is falling correlation hinting at crypto's positive future?

Can tokens outperform ventures? Dan Morehead, CEO and Co-Chief Investment Officer at Pantera Capital, thinks it is a possibility. In fact, he even pointed out that tokens would outperform ventures oveThe post Bitcoin v.

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Check Out the New Featured Tokens on Bitcoin.com’s Markets Page

Markets. Bitcoin. com has just launched a Featured Tokens page, allowing coin creators with unique tokens to apply for a listing through a simple review process. Each token listed on Bitcoin. com’s upcoming exchange, launching Sep.

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Tokens Built on Bitcoin Cash Are Cheaper to Send Than Those of Rival Networks

Satoshi Nakamoto’s Bitcoin technology has inspired a lot of innovation spawning a myriad of tokens representing digitized assets. There are now token creation systems on blockchain networks like Omni Layer, Counterparty, and Ethereum.

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Mercado Libre may integrate FB’s Libra, Coinone welcomed to Ripple Net and more

Crypto News – 18 June – Coinone joins Ripple Net, Binance launches Bitcoin-pegged tokens and more Don’t forget to follow us for our daily videos#Bitcoin #facebook #Ripple #xrp #Ripplenet @CoinoneOfficial #binance #cryptonews #Crypto #cryptocurrency pic.

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Binance launching Bitcoin-pegged token on Binance Chain, other coins to follow

Binance announced the launch of native Binance Chain BEP2 tokens pegged to top cryptocurrencies “in the coming days,” starting with Bitcoin. It's over 9000! https://t. co/vauQtRzWeL — CZ Binance (@cz_binance) June 17, 2019 The debut token, Bitcoin-pegged ‘BTCB,’ will list on Binance.

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Binance to Introduce Derivative Coins Pegged to Bitcoin (BTC)

Binance will start introducing tokens pegged to leading coins, to create versions native to Binance DEX and allow the trading of those assets on the decentralized exchange.

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4 Notes on Why Bitcoin is Tokenized on Binance Chain

There has never been a shortage of curious developments which put an interesting sin on cryptocurrency projects. Binance, the world’s leading trading platform, is issuing new tokens on its native blockchain.

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Binance DEX To Support Bitcoin Trading With BTC-Pegged Token

While Binance DEX only supports tokens built on Binance Chain, Binance's own blockchain, the decentralized exchange will now support bitcoin trading with a newly created token pegged to the bitcoin.

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Police in Spain Arrest Fake Bank Card Ring Who Laundered Through Bitcoin

Despite all the legitimate activities that take place within the crypto market, there is the use of tokens such as Bitcoin for the perpetuation of illegal activities that take place across the world and these are being cracked down by law enforcement on a daily basis. One of the latest crackdowns was by the Spanish […]

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A Protocol for Issuing Tokens Launches on Bitcoin’s Lightning Network

The first protocol for issuing tokens via bitcoin’s lightning network is aimed to rival ethereum's ERC-20. But that's a tall order.

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WrappedKitties Trading Sees CryptoKitty Base Price Jump by 50%

With more CryptoKitties being converted into WrappedKitties (WCK), the base price of those digital kitties is reportedly up by more than 50 percent. Uniswap cryptocurrency exchange currently allows trading of WCK tokens which unlike CryptoKitties, are fungible ERC-20 tokens.

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Exchanging of Favors: Bitfinex and OKEx Mutually List Native Tokens

OKEx announced on June 12, 2019, the listing of its native token OKB on cryptoexchange Bitfinex, along with USDK, a stablecoin co-developed by OKLink and Prime Trust. The two new entries to the Bitfinex roster will offer 9 new pairs, which officially opens nine new trading at 10:00 am (UTC) on June 13, 2019.

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GateHub Issues Update on $10 Million XRP Hack

GateHub has issued an update on the efforts to recover from the hack suffered earlier in June 2019. Hackers managed to steal about $10 million worth of XRP tokens from the cryptocurrency wallet platform.

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Could Bitcoin (BTC) And Tether (USDT) Be Linked in Crypto Market Price Movements?

If Bitcoin (BTC) is the largest crypto in the market, Tether (USDT) is certainly the king of stablecoins. While these two tokens can be considered opposites since one of them is pegged to the U. S.

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‘Totally Absurd’ – New FATF Rules To Turn Bitcoin Exchanges Into Banks

Intergovernmental body the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has committed to making 200 countries treat cryptocurrency exchanges like banks. FATF Among ‘Biggest Threats’ To Crypto As Bloomberg reported June 11, an update to how national regulators should treat businesses dealing with cryptocurrency tokens will officially go public on the 21st of the month.

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Huobi FastTrack to Hold Inaugural Vote on June 13, One New Project Will Be Listed

Singapore-based crypto trading platform, Huobi Global will launch its innovative Huobi FastTrack program on June 13. The launching of the program will be followed by the inaugural vote where users will be able to choose project tokens that they want to be listed on the exchange.

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France Set to Introduce Clear Regulations for Cryptocurrency Token Sales

The French government is looking to introduce clear-cut regulations for ICOs in the country. As reported by Crowdfund Insider on June 10, 2019, regulators in the country want to issue rules governing the issuance of utility ICO tokens, which would serve as a new “ICO regime.

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NEO Lays Ground For Security Tokens

If 2017 was the year of the ICO bubble, then 2018 was the year of wrong predictions. Not only did Bitcoin ETFs face continuous delays, but institutional adoption remained distant, and mass adoption even more so.

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Telegram Set for Public ICO on Liquid Cryptocurrency Exchange

It appears that encrypted-messaging app Telegram is finally going forward with the public sale of its Gram tokens, as announced in a press release on June 11, 2019. This comes after the messaging app initially canceled its earlier public ICO plan, amid a firestorm of SEC clampdown on the funding mechanism.

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Coinbase Users Can Now Earn DAI by Learning About the Stablecoin

United States-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, has announced that its customers can earn DAI tokens if they watch lessons and take quizzes about the stablecoin and its features. Coinbase is aiming to boost global cryptocurrency knowledge by becoming a trusted source where people can educate themselves about the latest developments in the industry.

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Vontobel Lancunes New Certificate For Ripple Investors To Trade Simply and Transparently New Certificate For Ripple Investors To Trade Simply and Transparently

Vontobel Investment Banking, a well-known investment company, is ready to give its clients a new crypto product. After letting its investors trade in some of the top tokens such as Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH), the company is now expanding its options to Ripple, currently the third largest cryptocurrency by market share. […]

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Wirex Set to Launch Cryptocurrency Token; IEO not Primary Objective

Wirex, a cryptocurrency payments platform, has announced plans to launch a native cryptocurrency token. The British company says the token sale used to launch its cryptocurrency is all about product development and less about fundraising.

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Russia Contemplates Ban on Mining Public Blockchain Tokens

In an interview with a Russian media outlet, Chairman of the State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, Anatomy Aksakov, revealed that Russian lawmakers might potentially introduce a penalty for mining cryptocurrency on an open blockchain, as reported by Finance Feeds on June 10, 2019.

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SuperRare Is Bringing in a New Wave of “Dank” Meme Economists

While $100,000 CryptoKitties and digital race cars have earned non-fungible tokens (NFTs) a special place in the speculator’s heart, artists and designers are getting excited about the space for much different reasons.

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Teenage Crypto Millionaire Shills Dilbert Creator’s WHEN Token

By CCN: One of bitcoin’s youngest millionaires, Erik Finman, made a major declaration on Friday. Crypto adopters will get fabulously wealthy over the next decade, he claimed recently. And now, he says, those fortunes could be made with the WHEN token.

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GateHub Loses Nearly $10 Million in XRP to Hackers

Approximately 100 XRP Ledger wallets hosted on GateHub, a cryptocurrency wallet service provider built upon the XRP Ledger protocol have suffered a massive security breach, gifting bad actors nearly $10 million worth of XRP tokens, according to a blog post on June 6, 2019.

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Bitfinex Refutes Any And All Involvement In $1.37 Million Transfer Of Stolen Bitcoin (BTC)

Bitfinex Denies Any Involvement In $1. 37 Million Stolen BTC Transfer Bitfinex had 774,048 BTC stolen from its management back in 2016. At the time of the theft, the tokens were worth $350 million USD only, but now they are worth roughly $5.

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This Week in Cryptocurrency: June 7th, 2019

Cryptocurrency market update: Cryptocurrency markets saw a slight correction this week, however, some tokens still saw their time in the sun. The losers: Bitcoin down 4%, Ethereum down 3%, EOS… The post This Week in Cryptocurrency: June 7th, 2019 appeared first on CoinCentral.

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Wallet Dev Komodo Hacks Customers To Rescue $13 Million In Cryptocurrencies

After a security audit revealed a backdoor malware threat that could have resulted in the loss of user funds, Komodo used the same backdoor to save 96 bitcoin and 8 million Komodo tokens.

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Former SEC Chief Calls IEOs “Unregulated Crypto-Casino Fundraising Mutations”

In 2017, the explosion of initial coin offerings (ICOs) – a new fundraising method where startups could issue tokens in exchange for early capital they otherwise wouldn’t have access to – helped fuel the crypto mania alongside Bitcoin’s meteoric rise.

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Apple’s New Crypto Kit Could Be a Stepping Stone for Hardware Wallets

In September 2018, Apple launched the CryptoTokenKit to allow users to store and retain crypto tokens on their MacBooks. Now, Apple has launched a software development kit (SDK) to enable developers on iOS and MacOS to perform cryptographic operations securely.

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PR: Monarch Wallet Updates Bring SLP Support

Monarch Blockchain Corporation has updated the Monarch Wallet for Android & iOS with a new user interface, full transaction history support for all tokens, SLP token support, SLP Faucet where users can receive free SLP tokens and their Universal KYC Has Also Been Launched! The post PR: Monarch Wallet Updates Bring SLP Support appeared first on Bitcoin News.

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Kik’d: SEC Sues Crypto Firm over $100 Million Illegal ICO

In a press release issued June 4, 2019, the U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stated that it was suing Kik Interactive Inc. for conducting a $100 million illegal initial coin offering (ICO) of digital tokens.

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Bitcoin Cash and SLP-Fueled Badger Wallet Launches for iOS

On June 3, the popular bitcoin cash (BCH) light client Badger Wallet launched its open beta version for iOS mobile devices. Now Apple users can download the wallet in order to store, send and receive BCH alongside the ability to do the same with Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens in a noncustodial manner.

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Watchtowers Are Coming to Lightning

“The Eye of Sauron casts its gaze upon the Lightning Network. ”This is how Lightning Labs CTO Olaoluwa Osuntokun (aka, roasbeef) has heralded the coming of Watchtowers to the Lightning Network.

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dxDAO Goes Live, Boost to DutchX Governance

dxDAO, a community run organization that’s in total control of the DutchX Protocol went live and will attempt to create a ‘super-scalable’ organization through systematic consensus, May 31, 2019.

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Creating Your Own SLP-Based Token Using Memo

Over the last few months, Simple Ledger Protocol (SLP) tokens have been very popular among Bitcoin Cash (BCH) supporters and there’s been a wide variety of unique tokens created. Since then Memo.

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Stablecoin Cryptocurrencies: Another Look at the Good, Bad and Ugly of Fiat Tokens

Another Look at Stablecoins When cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin were first hitting the digital world from their respective white papers, we were residing in a time of financial turmoil. With the financial crash of 2008/9 destroying (for many) the trust of the people in major banking institutions.

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Best Bitcoin SV Wallets: Top BSV Token Storage Options in 2019

While bitcoin SV is relatively new on the scene –was a hard fork of the BCH token- it’s garnered enough support to warrant a loyal following. These followers value the token and are actively seeking out the best possible wallets for the bitcoin SV token.

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Golem Extends Use Case to Gaming Platforms

The Golem Network (GNT) has tied up with video game platform Hoard to integrate blockchain technology and allow developers who require large amounts of computing power to seamlessly do so through Golem’s services.

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