On the day Bitcoin became legal tender in El Salvador, one man’s breakfast made headlines all over. Journalist Aaron van Wirdum paid in Bitcoin for a McDonald’s breakfast in San Salvador and it made waves. While the same was welcomed by a majority of the crypto-space, it also fueled a weighty prediction from infamous NSAContinue reading “‘There is now pressure on competing nations to acquire Bitcoin’”

The XRP community was left fuming on 3 September after the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] filed its opposition to Ripple’s motion compelling the regulator to produce information about SEC employees’ XRP, Bitcoin, and Ether holdings. On 7 September, Ripple filed its reply, touching upon three of the SEC’s reasons for refusal, to furtherContinue reading “XRP Lawsuit: Ripple takes aim at the ‘obvious tension’ in the SEC’s ‘broad theory’”

Struggles with UTXOs, DApp errors, and congestion issues after the Cardano testnet went up led to users asking for help and complaining across a variety of forums. On 6 September, Minswap – a decentralized exchange on Cardano – confirmed it had shut down its testnet “temporarily.” Needless to say, crypto-community reactions weren’t positive. In fact,Continue reading “‘Nothing to fix’ – What Cardano’s Hoskinson said after Minswap shut down”

All eyes should have been on Bitcoin as the king coin leapt past $51,000 and marked its highest price since mid-May. Yet, behavior analysis platform Santiment showed the Bitcoin discussion rate had dropped. The reason? Short-term traders were busy watching the trending alt coins. 📈 #Bitcoin closed out the weekend with a jump to $51,911,Continue reading “Are altcoins looking more interesting than Bitcoin right now”

As the Cardano testnet went up and developers began reporting challenges, founder Charles Hoskinson live streamed yet another energetic video. In an hour, he took users through the extended unspent transaction outputs [eUTXO] system and spoke about Cardano’s trajectory. However, the video raised questions about the Cardano user experience and its accessibility. Community Struggles In theContinue reading “Why it is ‘ridiculously hard’ to use Bitcoin, other cryptocurrencies”

While it is nearly impossible to decipher the intentions of a crypto whale, some monthly cycles and world events can hint at the real picture. As September began, a relatively sedate weekend stream of whale alerts was broken by whales moving tens of millions of XRP between unknown wallets, Bittrex, Binance, and even Ripple. DoesContinue reading “Sudden whale activity involving large sums may signify this for XRP”

In a latest update regarding the ongoing Ripple v. the United States Securities and Exchange Commission [SEC] lawsuit, the SEC opposed Ripple’s motion compelling it to reveal SEC employees’ XRP holdings. Citing the privacy of its employees, the SEC requested that the court deny defendants’ motion. #XRPCommunity #SECGov v. #Ripple #XRP The SEC has filedContinue reading “SEC refuses to produce documents related to employees’ XRP, Bitcoin, Ethereum holdings”

After days of criticism associated with Cardano’s new compliance decisions, Founder Charles Hoskinson finally shot back at FUDsters today via his latest video. In fact, in the said video, the exec went as far as explaining how the new policies would not affect the Cardano protocol. Here, it’s worth pointing out that Hoskinson’s video cameContinue reading “Cardano’s Hoskinson has this message for compliance ‘FUDsters’”

Solana, the eighth largest cryptocurrency by market cap broke past $100 for the first time and continued its rally above $115. At press time, the price of SOL was $118.35. Reaching a three-digit price wasn’t the only reason to rejoice for the Solana community. Its NFT marketplace, Solanart also recorded a milestone of one millionContinue reading “Assessing Solana’s ‘historic run-up’ past $100”

China’s crackdown on crypto mining triggered a sharp fall in Bitcoin’s hashrate and price earlier this year, panicking traders worldwide. In spite of this, analysis by CryptoQuant showed that the Bitcoin hashrate was recovering “nicely” and that miners were still in net accumulation. "BTC hashrate recovers nicely, and miners are still in net accumulation" by @venturefounder ReadContinue reading “Here’s why ‘accumulating’ miners expect Bitcoin to cross $48,000”