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When will Bitcoin crash again? Here is what experts claim
September 13, 2021 04:11 PM AEST| By Team Kalkine MediaSource: © Colicaranica | Megapixl.com The emergence of the world’s largest cryptocurrency – Bitcoin – has seen an army of critics walking with it who believe the digital asset is empty and void of any real-world va.....
Five crypto influencers who are ruling the social media
September 13, 2021 01:51 PM AEST| By AshishHighlights Cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin and ethereum have exploded in popularity of late. Their potential to give relatively higher returns compared to other traditional financial assets have earned them millions of investors. With the ris.....
Bitcoin Uses More Electricity Than Many Countries: How Is that Possible?
September 11, 2021 12:05 AM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsLast week, the New York Times published an article outlining Bitcoin’s energy usage. According to the article, Bitcoin’s energy usage has increased tenfold in the past five years and now accounts for 0.5 per cent of all energy usage on.....
How to mint money with NFTs?
September 10, 2021 10:05 PM AEST| By Kiara KhannaHighlights NFT, is a unit of data stored in a digital ledger called a blockchain. NFTs are unique and can come with copyright too. To know further details about NFT, please read the complete article. After Cryptocurrencies, one name that .....
Crypto’s Five Biggest Winners This Week
September 10, 2021 10:00 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights Fantom’s price was US$0.85 just seven days ago and has shot to US1.68 where it sits as of September 10, 2021 IOST finished on Friday valued at US$0.08241 – a rise of more than 80 per cent from its price of US$0.045 se.....
Aussie Company zkTube Addressing Crypto Mining Issues
September 10, 2021 03:25 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights The zkTube lab’s team is attempting to change the impact crypto mining has on the environment zkTube has developed PayTube: a Layer 2 Zero-Knowledge platform and accompanying wallet It allows users to mine for cryptocurrencies.....
Confessions of the Bitcoin Babe
September 10, 2021 12:02 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights Bitcoin broker Michaela Juric claims there has been irreversible damage done to her livelihood as a result of 91 banks who have stopped dealing with her Debanking is when financial institutions ban a crypto- based business from doing.....
Altcoin Season: When Altcoins Are Set to Explode
September 09, 2021 04:02 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsThe value of many cryptocurrencies ebb and flow in conjunction with the world’s largest cryptocurrency – Bitcoin. Observing the price performance of the wider crypto market this year shows many altcoins (alternative digital currencies .....
dydx Takes A Quantum Leap; Airdrops Governance Token To Users
September 09, 2021 02:22 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights dydx is a governance token that allows its community to govern the dydx Layer 2 Protocol In dydx, the number of tokens sent to each user was determined by the level of their activity on the platform Users of the dydx platform go.....
Flash Crash: Why Crypto Isn’t Ready for Mainstream Adoption
September 08, 2021 06:48 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights The world’s largest cryptocurrency fell over ten per cent in a matter of hours, wiping billions of dollars off the value. Of the top ten cryptocurrencies by market capitalisation, seven suffered losses of more than ten per .....
Crypto crash & Murphy’s law: The recent dip shows correlation
September 08, 2021 06:30 PM AEST| By Manu ShankarSoon after El Salvador made Bitcoin its legal tender, the cryptocurrency market had once again reminded us of the Murphy’s law, which states that ‘anything that can go wrong will go wrong’. That’s what happened on Tuesday an.....
7 new crypto scams that investors should watch out for
September 08, 2021 05:24 PM AEST| By Rishika RainaCryptocurrency investments are one the latest rage worldwide, and so are crypto scams, which are hitting an all-time high in 2021. According to FTC, crypto scams were 12 times higher in 2020 as compared to 2019. Cryptocurrency exchanges, such as Co.....
Panama Introduces Crypto Bill
September 08, 2021 05:16 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights Independent Panamanian Congressman, Gabriel Silva, introduced a bill on Monday proposing the regulated use of cryptocurrencies throughout the country. One of the key differences between Panama’s crypto bill and El Salvador&rsqu.....
Solana Jumps to Seventh Largest Crypto
September 08, 2021 11:43 AM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsThe Solana platform’s native token – SOL – has leapfrogged Dogecoin to become the seventh largest cryptocurrency by market capitalisation. Solana has a market cap of US$50.03 billion according to CoinMarketCap, which is approxima.....
El Salvador Adopts Bitcoin – 5 Knock on Effects
September 07, 2021 10:43 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsEl Salvador has officially become the first country in the world to adopt Bitcoin as legal tender alongside the dollar. This makes El Salvador somewhat of an experiment as other countries watch closely to see if the people of El Salvador will choo.....
Is the future of Dogecoin in good hands?
September 07, 2021 04:07 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsDogecoin has breached US$0.30 for the first time since August after hitting a record high of US$0.72 in May, 2021. Last month, it was announced Dogecoin would undergo a reboot which would see the inclusion of Ethereum cofounder, Vitalik Buterin as.....
Shop.com says yes to crypto payments, teams up with BitPay
September 07, 2021 12:39 PM AEST| By AayushThe buzz around cryptocurrencies is intensifying as their march to the mainstream is gathering more and more speed. Be it gains from investments, acceptance in the form of legit payments or the newest buzz NFT, the crypto world keeps on expanding. .....
NFT-based game CrytpoZoo in soup with allegations of scam
September 06, 2021 08:08 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights CryptoZoo is a new NFT game release by popular YouTuber, Logan Paul, where users are required to breed and exchange exotic digital animals Since the game’s release on Thursday, users have expressed their frustrations on T.....
Top 3 Performing Cryptos in Past 24 Hours
September 06, 2021 06:43 PM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHighlights Quant was launched in 2018 and its platform allows developers to create apps that can run on more than one blockchain simultaneously Fantom is a consensus-as-a-service (CaaS) platform that aspires to make advanced technologies more a.....
Burning Up – What is HOT Crypto?
September 06, 2021 11:50 AM AEST| By Daniel Paul JohnsHolochain’s native token – HOT – has started September off nicely rising by 22% since September 1, 2021. The price of HOT was trading at around US$0.0128 on September 6, rising from approximately $US0.0105 on September 1, accordi.....