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Research: ICOs Are Lucrative Endeavors for Investors, Too

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) are often severely underpriced: compared to the price of the token on its first day post-release, returns for holders average at around 179% over a holding period of just 16 days on average, a recently published paper by two academics of the Carroll School of...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Top 5 Coins With Best Investment Risks & Rewards Grades

Weiss Ratings, a veteran firm dedicated to analyzing investments, was the first such institution to publish ratings for cryptocurrencies. Based on what the company calls a, “groundbreaking model that analyzes thousands of data points on each coin’s trading patterns, technology, and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Altcoins Basing for Next Move Higher

Bitcoin price is holding gains above the USD 7,400 level, which is a bullish sign. Cardano gained bullish momentum during the past two days. Golem and BNB surged more than 10% today.The past few sessions were mostly bullish for bitcoin and altcoins. BTC/USD corrected a few points yesterday, but...

, by Aayush Jindal

Long-Time Bitcoin Critic, Nobel Laureate Gives a Hope to Crypto

“Something good may come out of this,” Nobel-winning economist and Yale professor Robert Shiller said when asked about cryptocurrencies in a recent interview with CNBC. Also, he stressed that Bitcoin is not a bad thing: “I don’t mean to be dismissive of Bitcoin. It looks...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

R3 Blockchain Consortium Receives Major Financial Boost

A leading American foreign exchange settlement provider, CLS, has invested USD 5 million in R3, a company that aims to build blockchain-powered apps and networks for financial institutions.Per Reuters, the deal will see CLS take a seat on R3’s board of directors, and follows investments from...

, by Tim Alper

Chinese President Hails Blockchain – as Crypto Biz ‘Leaks’ Abroad

Chinese President Xi Jinping says that blockchain technology is bringing about “breakthroughs” in the country.Speaking at a meeting at the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi said that the country needed to “build a powerful world of science and technology more than any other time in...

, by Tim Alper

A Key Insight For the Blockchain Came in 1991

When Satoshi Nakamoto, the mysterious creator of Bitcoin, published the founding document of Bitcoin in 2008, it had just eight citations of previous works. Three of them were papers co-authored by physicists Scott Stornetta and Stuart Haber, and published in 1991-1997.Bitcoin’s roots lie in...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Altcoins Rally Could Extend Further

Bitcoin price surged higher and broke the USD 7,250 and USD 7,400 resistances. Almost all altcoins rallied, including ethereum, ripple, bitcoin cash and ADA. BCN, THETA, 0x, MITH, Augur, ICON, Kin and GXS registered gains more than 15%.Yesterday, we discussed that bitcoin and altcoins are trading...

, by Aayush Jindal

S Korean Regulator Unmoved by Parliamentary Call to Lift ICO Ban

South Korean financial regulators have poured cold water on calls from a parliamentary committee that wants to lift the country’s ban on initial coin offerings (ICOs).Per Money Today, the regulatory Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) is not prepared to heed the committee’s calls at...

, by Tim Alper

Chinese Giant Introduces Blockchain-powered Encyclopedia Services

Chinese search engine giant Baidu says it is using blockchain technology to ensure accuracy and traceability for its online, user-created encyclopedia Baidu Baike – China’s equivalent to Wikipedia.Per China Money Network, Baidu Baike users can now look at blockchain-logged historical...

, by Tim Alper

German Prosecutors Sell off Millions in Website’s Crypto-assets

Prosecutors in Germany have auctioned off a whopping 1,312 Bitcoin (USD 10 million), a similar amount in Bitcoin Cash and Bitcoin Gold – and some 220 Ethereum.The Bavarian Central Office for Cybercrime last year accused Lul.to, a website allegedly dealing in pirated eBooks and audiobooks, of...

, by Tim Alper

POA Network: How To Stake Your Identity

One of the most interesting things in the whole blockchain space is an increasing variety of available consensus mechanisms. They are used to validate transactions and secure blockchains. Visualization by POA Network. Proof-of-Work, Proof-of-Stake, Delegated Proof-of-Stake, Proof-of-Activity,...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

How Much Does it Cost to Attack Bitcoin, Ethereum and Other Coins

In a decentralized system, where no individual or group holds the majority of power, the only way to seize control is to gain a majority of like-minded individuals. This is the origin of the 51% attack - where the system needs a majority vote to reach consensus.Although a 51% attack in a large...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Average Blockchain Project Dies In 15 months, Chinese Official Claims

For over 80,000 of all blockchain projects ever launched globally, only 8% are still being actively maintained and the average life span is only around 1.22 years, or less than 15 months, according to an official from the China Academy of Information and Communications Technology (CAICT), reported...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Bitcoin and Altcoins Trading Near Crucial Juncture

Bitcoin price declined further and almost tested the USD 7,000 support. All major altcoins remain in the red zone and trading near crucial support levels. Dropil, CyberMiles, MYB and GXS traded higher by more than 10%.Yesterday, we discussed that bitcoin could trade to new lows below USD 7,250....

, by Aayush Jindal

Report: Ethereum Price May Have Plummeted Because of EOS

Yesterday’s plummet of Ethereum price is blamed on a large sale of ETH on crypto exchange Bitfinex attributed to EOS, an infrastructure for decentralized applications, according to tech site TrustNodes (TN). According to TrustNodes, “An incredible trading volume of some 180,000 ETH (USD...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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