With the global crypto-market cap falling below the two trillion mark, the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, has experienced more lows than highs lately. However, this “routine” trend did not take the community by surprise. After all, volatility is the name of the game.  Bitcoin, after trading above the $50,000-mark for a significant chunk of theContinue reading “‘This one in Bitcoin is pretty routine’”

The legal advice received by Ripple Labs has become one of the contentious issues of the ongoing SEC v. Ripple lawsuit. After accusing Ripple Labs of selectively denying access to Fair Notice documents, the SEC had asked the court to compel the defendants to produce all the relevant documents pertaining to the legal advice thatContinue reading “Another XRP lawsuit update: SEC accuses Ripple of ‘misstating’ fairness doctrine”

The SEC v. Ripple lawsuit has started to gain pace and notable developments have been taking place on a daily basis of late. In what is the latest one, the court presided by Judge Sarah Netburn has given the regulatory body a green flag to continue seeking information from foreign bodies about Ripple’s endeavours.  TheContinue reading “XRP lawsuit update: Court denies Ripple’s motion to withdraw SEC’s foreign requests”

With Ethereum’s demand climbing with every passing day, the alt has already carved a separate niche for itself. Riding on the back of its growing market dominance, the alt’s price subjected itself to new highs of late, before corrections hit the market hard. Nonetheless, Bitcoin maximalists hope that post the ongoing alt-run, the market’s focusContinue reading “Analyst on Ethereum: The worst case would be that…”

Ethereum’s multi-faceted ecosystem has managed to incentivize other parallel networks in the crypto ecosystem. As more and more platforms enter the DApp space, they seem to possess the characteristics of Ethereum’s network.  In a recent podcast, CEO and founder of Nuggets News, Alex Saunders highlighted why the ecosystem needed Ethereum’s “copy-paste” alternatives. Underlining the same,Continue reading “Some Ethereum’s ‘copy-paste’ alternatives will survive…which ones though?”

The ongoing market rally, fuelled by alts, has compelled outsiders to enter the crypto-ecosystem. FOMO has been the catalyst off late. Right from November last year, the number of blockchain wallet users has shown an exponential surge, and as of 11 May, the number oscillated in the 72 million range.   With Coinbase stepping intoContinue reading “Doge, BTC, ETH, and XRP: Are these alts helping exchanges like Coinbase ‘over-earn’”

With blockchain technology getting upgraded and refined on a daily basis, not all coins and tokens can thrive and sustain themselves in this competitive environment. Only a few of them would be able to be resilient and shield themselves, while the rest of them would eventually cease to exist. In a recent appearance on CNN’sContinue reading “‘The next bitcoin’ can only be…”

It would not be wrong to assert that altcoins, of late, have become synonymous with meme coins. In fact, one can argue that these meme coins have gradually diverted the market’s attention from better-recognized altcoins. Ruled by the likes of Dogecoin and Shiba Inu, the altseason this time, is more or less the meme-season, andContinue reading “Here’s how Dogecoin has fueled one of the biggest ‘bearish Bitcoin dominance cases’”

As digital assets continue to thrive and evolve amidst the traditional financial landscape, governments around the world are trying to exert their control and get the crypto-space under their regulatory ambit. Ever since the Biden administration assumed power in the United States, talks about them regulating the crypto-space have been going on. However, industry leadersContinue reading “Will the Biden administration’s crypto-confrontation lead to a clash with industry leaders?”

After exchanging a few Memorandums of Law over the past few days, Ripple’s legal battle with the U.S Securities Exchange Commission is threatening to go on for more weeks and months. As far as XRP is concerned, the crypto at the center of this lawsuit has concomitantly not fared well lately, subjecting itself to aContinue reading “Another XRP lawsuit update: Ripple denies it tried to ‘artfully plead’ a good faith defense”

The crypto-space has been dominated by Bitcoin and Ethereum for a few years now, with the king coin often taking center stage over the said period. The last few weeks and months, however, have seen the canvass of the crypto-space change completely. For starters, Ethereum seems to be steadily decoupling from Bitcoin, having started toContinue reading “Here’s why it makes sense to ‘load up on Ethereum’”

The SEC v. Ripple lawsuit is inching ahead with every passing day. Right after Ripple filed its Memorandum of Law in opposition to the SEC’s motion to strike on Thursday, the regulatory body reverted back with its own Memorandum of Law, one requesting the court to deny the individual defendants’ motions. In the same, theContinue reading “XRP lawsuit update: SEC claims Ripple execs were aware of their ‘wrongful’ offers”