Ripple Sold $535 Million Worth of XRP in 2018
By John P. Njui
January 27, 2019
In the latest quarterly financial report from the team at Ripple, the sales summary for Q4 showed that the firm had sold $129 Million worth of XRP. This figure brought the total of XRP sold by Ripple in 2018 to $535.56 Million.
The…
Tron (TRX) and Binance Coin (BNB) Make Significant Gains Ahead of the BitTorrent (BTT) Token Sale
By John P. Njui
January 27, 2019
Sunday the 27th of January has found the two digital assets of Tron (TRX) and Binance Coin (BNB) exhibiting impressive gains only hours before the BitTorrent (BTT) token sale goes live on the Binance Launchpad. In the case of TRX, the…
Coinbase Integrates TurboTax to Help its US Customers File Crypto Taxes
By John P. Njui
January 26, 2019
The American tax season is an annual period between late January till around mid April. With the government shutdown temporarily suspended for three weeks, employees at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) will soon be reporting to work…
Nasdaq Backed Blockchain Project Raises $20 Million in Series B Funding
By John P. Njui
January 25, 2019
Nasdaq Ventures has led a series B round of funding for the market-leading smart contracts platform of Symbiont. Other firms that participated in the funding include additional new investors such as Galaxy Digital, Citi, Raptor Group…
Wall Street At Davos Want Blockchain, Not Bitcoin & Crypto
By Nick Chong
January 25, 2019
Davos’ Attendees Enamored With Blockchain, Not Bitcoin Narrative
Bitcoin became widely-known before blockchain did — there’s no doubt about it. Yet, Wall Street attendees of Davos‘ recent World Economic Forum annual…
QtumX Successfully Handles Over 10k TPS in Benchmark Tests, Beating Other Projects Such As TRX, XRP, XLM, EOS and NANO
January 25, 2019
The team at QtumX, an Enterprise blockchain solution developed by Qtum, announced on January 22 that they had successfully passed the 10k TPS barrier in stress tests.
The team mentioned that in addition to achieving this critical…
NEO's Devcon 2019 in Seattle Is Only 3 Weeks Away
By John P. Njui
January 24, 2019
The team at Neo (NEO) has partnered with numerous media companies to organize the NEO DevCon 2019 summit that will be hosted in Seattle, Washington. The event will take place on the 16th and 17th of February; which is exactly three…
Why CBOE's Withdrawal of the Bitcoin (BTC) ETF Did Not Shock the Crypto Markets as Expected
By John P. Njui
January 24, 2019
When news hit the crypto-verse that the CBOE exchange had withdrawn its application for a rule change at the SEC to consider a Bitcoin ETF, many traders had held their breath expecting the value of BTC to fall a few hundred points and…