Stablecoins are facing new challenges. With USD interest rates hitting 0% and US Treasury yields turning negative, it’s becoming increasingly hard to earn a profit simply by holding USD in reserve or by purchasing US Treasury bills. While some stablecoins operate using alternative business models, those stablecoins which rely on such rates and yields for…
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Let’s see what this past week served on our crypto table. Bitcoin and major altcoins reversed losses Monday, after the Fed announced unprecedented measures to support the economy, while Coronavirus put gold in a peculiar pickle. As BTC mining difficulty saw a historic drop, a new Cardano scaling solution was unveiled but ADA remained unchanged.…
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Over 500,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus have already been diagnosed across the globe, and that figure just keeps rising sharply by the day. As a result, many governments across the globe have taken drastic measures – such as imposing quarantines and lockdowns, closing borders and shutting down bars and restaurants – all in an…
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A colorized image of cells from a patient infected with the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2. The virus particles are colored pink. The image was captured from a scanning electron micrograph. In the midst of the current COVID-19 pandemic, we asked several crypto/blockchain startups how they are operating in this hazardous environment. As we’ve seen, a number of…
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It seems that the notorious market crash on March 12-13 has affected every crypto company. But how? A few industry players shared their own experiences and plans. "The market crash is definitely an important stress-test for both Ethereum and the decentralized financial products launched on it, and I’m confident that both will emerge as more…
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Spring is in the air for those of us in the Northern Hemisphere, and that means it is time to get started with some spring cleaning – especially for those of us with crypto holdings. If you trade cryptocurrency on a relatively frequent basis, you will probably have tiny sums in exchange wallets that are…
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Another adventurous crypto week. Did you have fun? BTC once again saw heavy selling on Monday, after the news that the Fed was taking emergency measures to mitigate the financial devastation, Coin Metrics found that it’s the short-term traders again who have been driving the most recent sell-off, and interest in Bitcoin futures dropped amid…
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Cryptocurrency is also known as virtual currency. And funnily enough, "virtual" is becoming an increasingly apt word to use in the context of cryptocurrency, which is showing a newfound fondness for virtual reality. More and more cryptocurrency events and meetings are being hosted in VR rooms or platforms. Meanwhile, blockchain-based virtual worlds and platforms are…
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With the coronavirus pandemic raging – bringing illness, death, and unprecedented economic decline in its wake, the pressure is on scientists, doctors and statisticians to pick key patterns out of the flood of coronavirus-related data. In fact, rewind a few weeks and you may recall that South Korea was once the worst-hit nation on earth…
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Bitcoin (BTC) is the most secure cryptocurrency with the most secure blockchain, remind the legions of Bitcoiners who argue that the cryptocurrency’s increasing hashrate is enough to ensure that it never succumbs to a 51% attack. However, skeptics argue that Bitcoin’s halving block rewards put this much-fabled security at risk. By reducing the quantity of…
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