H umanity’s earliest, truly transformative general purpose technologies were the ability to cross-fertilise plants and cross-breed animals. Suddenly, it made more sense to farm than to hunt and gather. The surge in agricultural output meant humans could do other things than worry about survival; they could live in cities. Human civilisation began. The story of…
Month: December 2017
Bitcoin’s Alternatives: Litecoins Vs Verge Vs Ripple
Home | Business Bitcoin’s Alternatives: Litecoin Vs Verge Vs Ripple Vs Zcash What makes a litecoin appealing is that its price (at $277) is still affordable for many such investors, at least as of now. Business | NDTV Profit Team | Updated: December 23, 2017 18:58 IST Bitcoin prices have fallen in the past couple…
UPDATE 1-Bitcoin slips below $14,000, down 30 pct from record peak
December 22, 2017 / 3:25 AM / Updated 5 hours ago Bitcoin plunges below $12,000, heads for worst week since 2013 Jemima Kelly , Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss 5 Min Read NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin plunged by a quarter to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency in manic trading after its blistering ascent…
Tron (Trx.x) will have network open source by Dec. 29th. : CryptoCurrency
Featured Subreddit: /r/Best_of_Crypto Welcome Welcome to /r/CryptoCurrency . This subreddit is intended for open discussions on all subjects related to emerging crypto-currencies and crypto-assets. Please make quality contributions and follow the rules for posting. Rules Obey the Golden Rule & Maintain Decorum Lead by example and treat others as you would wish yourself to be…
Money that burns: Cryptocurrency is wasting energy, Opinion
Copy The cryptocurrency craze is reaching frenzied levels as 2017 draws to a close. Barely in the cents when trading was started at the beginning of this decade, the price of the signature currency – bitcoin – has jumped some twentyfold this year from nearly US$ 1,000 to surge past the US$20,000 mark. While monetary…
Bitcoin extends losses, slips below $14,000 on Bitstamp exchange
December 22, 2017 / 3:26 AM / Updated 18 hours ago Bitcoin falls 30 percent, posts worst week since 2013 Jemima Kelly , Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss 5 Min Read NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) – Bitcoin plunged by 30 percent to below $12,000 on Friday as investors dumped the cryptocurrency after its sharp rise to a peak close…
Bitcoin, Ethereum and other cryptocurrencies slip, Ripple’s XRP surges
10:49 AM ET Fri, 22 Dec 2017 | 01:14 Alternative digital currency ripple made some significant gains Friday, despite the wider market for cryptocurrencies seeing a sharp pullback. Also known as XRP, it soared to $1.24 at 1:14 a.m. ET, and was up 25 percent over a period of 24 hours, according to data from…
Bitcoin price plunges $2,000 in 12 hours as year-end rally fizzles out | Technology
Bitcoin lost more than a quarter of its value on Friday as an analyst warned that investors in the cryptocurrency had finally been introduced to the law of financial gravity. In the latest illustration of bitcoin’s volatility, it slumped to below $11,500 at one point on Friday – touching $11,159 – having started the week…
Belarus adopts crypto-currency law to woo foreign investors
December 22, 2017 / 10:01 AM / 2 days ago Belarus adopts crypto-currency law to woo foreign investors Andrei Makhovsky 4 Min Read MINSK (Reuters) – Belarus has legalized transactions in crypto-currencies, part of a drive to foster private sector growth and attract foreign investment by liberalizing parts of its Soviet-style economy. President Alexander Lukashenko…
Bitcoin plunges below $US13,000, heads for worst week since 2013
Bitcoin plunges below $US13,000, heads for worst week since 2013 Jemima Kelly and Shinichi Saoshiro twitter TWEET More London/Tokyo: Bitcoin plunged below $US13,000 on Friday after losing around a third of its value in just five days, with the digital currency on track for its worst week since 2013 after a blistering ascent to a…