Dow Dips, Bitcoin Clings to Gains as Tuesday Promises Volatility Josiah Wilmoth Reblog The Dow Jones Industrial Average enters Tuesday seeking to snap a streak of two consecutive losing sessions, but the specters of the Brexit vote and earnings season threaten to derail the index’s mid-week recovery. The cryptocurrency market, meanwhile, continues to flash green,…

(Bloomberg) — The term “fork” has acquired a negative connotation in cryptocurrency circles lately. A November software upgrade of the Bitcoin Cash network wiped out nearly half its market value. Yet for Ether investors, a pending update should be good news. On Wednesday, the Ethereum network will move to a new version of its blockchain…

3 hours ago Dow Dips, Bitcoin Clings to Gains as Tuesday Promises Volatility The Dow Jones Industrial Average enters Tuesday seeking to snap a streak of two consecutive losing sessions, but the specters of the Brexit vote and earnings season threaten to derail the index’s mid-week recovery. The cryptocurrency market, meanwhile, continues to flash green,…

INFOGRAPHIC: 2018: a year of fluctuation for crypto Technology / 15 January 2019, 8:45pm / Supplied Representations of the Ripple, Bitcoin, Etherum and Litecoin virtual currencies are seen on a motherboard in this illustration picture. Photo: Reuters. JOHANNESBURG – The world of crypto in 2018 was characterised by massive price fluctuations, regulatory changes and social…

Published: Jan 15, 2019 2:01 p.m. ET Share In contrast to the recent Bitcoin Cash hard fork, the ethereum upgrade should be smooth Getty Images/iStockphoto Aaron Hankin Reporter The looming hard fork of the ethereum network — the popular blockchain for crypto-related ventures — is scheduled for late Wednesday Eastern Time and unlike recent cryptocurrency…

The looming hard fork of the ethereum network — the popular blockchain for crypto-related ventures — is scheduled for late Wednesday Eastern Time and unlike recent cryptocurrency forks, the change isn’t expected to create friction. The latest version of the software, known as Constantinople, will be implemented after block number 7,080,000 is mined: A block…

Bitcoin’s (BTC) fortunes fluctuated during the last 12 months, with its value dropping from near $20,000 in December 2017, to lows of $3,360 (£2,634) almost a year later. There were, however, initial optimistic signs in the new year, after bitcoin passed the psychologically important $4,000 mark. But investors’ early hopes for the apparently ailing crypto…

2 hours ago Breaking: Ethereum Developers Postpone Constantinople Hard Fork, Price Plunges Ethereum developers have delayed the long-awaited Constantinople hard fork in response to potential security vulnerabilities in one of the upgrades. | Source: Shutterstock The core developers of Ethereum have called for a delay to the activation of Constantinople , just hours before the…

Julia Magas Gauging Community Expectations and Developer Readiness as Ethereum’s Constantinople Launch Date Approaches Difficulty bomb delay, mining reward decrease, ETH price change — What else is to be expected by the community ahead of the Constantinople fork? Difficulty bomb delay, mining reward decrease, ETH price change — What else is to be expected by…