Recent changes in cryptocurrency market dynamics have fueled the popularity of altcoins like Solana [SOL]. It recently became one of the most trending blockchain platforms around on the back of its surging price. The cryptocurrency, in fact, had a 1-year ROI of over 4,200%, despite dropping by 34% since its peak in early September. DespiteContinue reading “‘Bitcoin maxis’ like Solana, but is there sound logic to that”

Amid the market frenzy, Cardano hosted summit 2021, wherein the team shed light on the upcoming partnerships and vision for Cardano. To begin with, IOHK founder Charles Hoskinson pointed at the governance issues ailing the world and opined that blockchain and decentralized technologies offered potential solutions. As was visible with Cardano, it has been workingContinue reading “What do these ‘super exciting’ developments mean for Cardano”

The cryptocurrency market has been moving into a downward spiral as the price of the largest cryptocurrency plunged, following China’s announcement about the state of cryptocurrencies in the country. This news also led many crypto institutions and projects in China to close down. As per data compiled by Chinese crypto journalist, Colin Wu, Ethereum miningContinue reading “Here’s how crypto-businesses in China are dealing with the ban”

This was not the first time that China made its stance clear over the use of cryptocurrencies. As the country reiterated its anti-crypto stance, many users panicked into selling their holdings, fearing the loss of their profits or investments. India saw such a wave take over its markets as transaction volumes surged nearly 50% onContinue reading “Many Indians panic sell in the wake of China bans BUT here’s the upside”

China did it again. Same old news but the market was blown away like a leaf on a windy day. The country maintained its anti-crypto stance, which in turn compelled Huobi, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in China, to comply with new regulations. As a result, Huobi stopped the registration of new users fromContinue reading “Huobi suspends registration of new users to comply with regulations in China”

The Indian cryptocurrency industry has been booming lately, despite the lack of regulatory clarity on the national level. In fact, this is only expected to grow over time. In fact, according to a research report compiled by NASSCOM and WazirX, the country’s crypto-tech industry could hit $241 million by 2030 and $2.3 billion by 2026Continue reading “$184B and 800k jobs – What do these stats mean for crypto and India”

Ripple may be benched in the United States, but it continues to expand its net across the world by adding more clients to RippleNet. The latest addition to the same is Novatti after it announced taking its partnership forward with Ripple by expanding in Southeast Asia. The multi-channel payments technology company is entering Thailand’s market.Continue reading “Novatti to leverage Ripple’s cross-border solution to tap into Thailand”

The regulatory air in the United States has pushed many companies to become more cautious about compliance with existing laws. Although not defined particularly for cryptocurrencies, the Securities and Exchange Commission’s [SEC] recent actions have led many to revisit securities laws and make sure their products comply. Arca Labs has now partnered with Securitize toContinue reading “Arca Labs’ latest partnership promises compliance, but will that be enough”

After the much-anticipated London hard fork, Ethereum is now well and truly on its way to “The Merge.” In fact, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, the network is now “at the finish line to the Merge.” Especially since there is nothing else as monumental as EIP-1559 in its way anymore. EIP-1559 is pivotal toContinue reading “A sign of ‘doing things right’ – Here’s Buterin’s take on Ethereum’s EIP-1559”

RippleX, Ripple’s developer arm, has announced its first wave of XRPL grants to promote its development. The grant offers to fund developers building XRP ledger-based projects. The focus of the latest grants was on the development of non-fungible tokens [NFTs]. According to a statement, RippleX chose 25 applicants from 10 countries and awarded them $2Continue reading “Ripple’s developer arm announces XRPL grants focused on NFT development”

The current market volatility hasn’t been kind to Dogecoin, with the popular meme coin falling by a lot since its hype-fueled rallies a few months back. In fact, at the time of writing, the value of DOGE had dropped by almost 30% since mid-August. Nevertheless, many in the DOGE community, including #dogefather Elon Musk, areContinue reading “It is ‘super important’ for Dogecoin to fix this for adoption”

The volatile cryptocurrency market has given way to multiple metrics for the market observers to analyze and predict what’s coming next. One such metric has been Bitcoin dominance, but as per Su Zhu, it should not be relevant to you unless you are a billionaire. How so? The CEO of Three Arrows Capital opined thisContinue reading “Bitcoin dominance is an irrelevant metric unless…”