Jan 4, 2018 at 20:37 UTC FEATURE Ripple’s native cryptocurrency, XRP, is on a bull run. According to CoinDesk data , the price of XRP is up over 1,000 percent in just the last month alone, eclipsing $3.50 per coin Thursday after spending much of 2017 under $0.30. With a market capitalization above $120 billion,…
Month: January 2018
Why is the price of Tron going up? | finder.com.au
Harry Tucker 3 January 2018 Tron has skyrocketed over 40% in the past 24 hours. What’s going on? Tron (TRX) is now the 14th most valuable cryptocurrency with a market cap of US$4.8 billion, up over 100% in the last 7 days. TRX is currently trading at US$0.075, up from $0.032 around Christmas time, and…
Ripple: Price Surges Past $3, Second Most Valuable Currency | Fortune
By Jeff John Roberts January 3, 2018 The new year has already brought some surprises on the cryptocurrency front, but the biggest one is about Ripple: In the last 24 hours, the currency has climbed around 25% to break $3 and lock up second place behind bitcoin. Ripple’s recent run is remarkable in part because…
Bitcoin: Regulation vacuum leaves banks ‘unwilling to work’ with cryptocurrency traders – ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation)
Analysts say the high demand for digital currencies like Bitcoin makes it near inevitable that Australian authorities will be forced to regulate the industry. What is Bitcoin? A digital cryptocurrency It operates on a decentralised peer-to-peer network, with no central authority or government backing They can be bought with fiat currencies like Australian dollars from…
Ripple coins soar to record — quietly stalking bitcoin for crypto dominance – MarketWatch
Published: Jan 3, 2018 10:34 p.m. ET Share Will Ripple eventually surpass bitcoin in the digital-currency world? Getty Images Ripple is challenging bitcoin for supremacy. By Mark DeCambre The virtual currency known as Ripple coins soared to a record on Wednesday, solidifying a rally in the world’s No. 2 digital asset and closing in on…
IS THIS GOODBYE?: Bitcoin may bulldoze Australian banks
Image Bitcoin 101: What It Is, How to Invest 1:44 The virtual currency bitcoin continues surging to new highs as a frenzy of investors get in on the action. WSJ’s Paul Vigna explains what you need to know, and how to invest should you want to join the mania. Photo: Alexander Hotz/The Wall Street Journal.…
An Update on Wraith – Eric Kryski – Medium
Blocked Unblock Follow Following Partner @bullishventures, creator of @feathersjs, founder of @yycjs. Passionate about AI, finance, politics, transparency and startups. I’ll try anything once Jan 3 An Update on Wraith The release of Verge Core wallet 4.0 I recently got involved in the development effort with Verge (XVG). There seems to be a lot of…
95 Crypto Theses for 2018 – TwoBitIdiot – Medium
Blocked Unblock Follow Following Entrepreneur & Angel. Founder, Messari & EiR, ConsenSys. Founding team of Digital Currency Group & CoinDesk. Sign Up for the Weekly Bit: http://eepurl.com/JgGy5 Jan 2 95 Crypto Theses for 2018 (I see your top 10 and raise you 85.) Happy new year, everyone! The post-Christmas, pre-New Year’s period is always one…
Bitcoin may be king, but Ripple dark horse in crypto race
(Reuters) – Bitcoin was the star of the white-knuckle ride that cryptocurrencies offered in 2017 but lesser-known names, such as Ripple and Ethereum, are seen gaining prominence in 2018. While bitcoin jumped more than 1,200 percent last year, Ripple, created by the founder of bitcoin exchange Mt Gox, surged 35,000 percent in the same period.…
Few hundred bitcoin whales can send cryptocurrency market crashing down
Few hundred bitcoin whales can send cryptocurrency market crashing down Published time: 3 Jan, 2018 07:56 Get short URL © Mike Hutchings / Reuters Bitcoin investors definitely have reason to worry, as nearly 40 percent of all bitcoins are in the hands of just 1,000 investors. Together, they can tank or prop up the market…