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Sowohl Ripple (XRP) als auch Ethereum (ETH) mussten heute – in einem insgesamt roten Krypto-Markt – heftige Preisrückschlage hinnehmen.

  BLOCKCHAIN NEWS   S&P Global Platts explores blockchain to improve commodity trading S&P Global Platts, the commodity price reporting agency, is exploring how blockchain can transform the commodities market. The company announced at the Annual Asia Pacific Petroleum Conference [APPEC] in Singapore that it will team up with Enterprise Singapore to digitize commodity markets. Read more Ben Strick traces Syrian Jihadis, South African kidnappers, scammers with blockchain Ben Strick, an open-source analyst and major blockchain enthusiast who uses blockchain in open-source financial investigations, was able to trace the “funding of a Syrian Jihadi cell, South African kidnappers, and an online scammer, all to one bitcoin address.” Strick believes that everyone should be aware of the methods that can be used to monitor crypto-crime. Read more Blockchain payment system introduced by the UAE government A blockchain-powered payment system is currently in the works and will soon be introduced in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This system is the product of the Dubai Department of Finance (DoF) and the Smart Dubai Office (SDO), as reported by local news site Zawya on Sunday.The platform, called “Payment Reconciliation and Settlement”, will be focused on integrating public service government entities such as the Dubai Police, Roads and Transport Authority (RTA), Dubai Health Authority(DHA), among others. Read more CRYPTOCURRENCY NEWS Justin Sun: deploy dApps on TRON network instead of Ethereum; Vitalik Buterin remarks TRON founder Justin Sun has requested developers to stop deploying dApps to Ethereum and migrate to TRON network immediately.Justin Sun tweeted, “Yes! Please stop deploying d-apps to Ethereum and migrate to #TRON network immediately! We are 100x faster than #ETH and fully compatible with #ethereum.”The newly launched TRON Virtual Machine (TVM) is completely compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine and developers can shift to the TRON Network for almost free. Read more Coinbase, Caspian team up to boost institutional trading in crypto The cryptocurrency industry is calling out for more institutional investments, in hopes of wider adoption of digital currencies. These past few months have witnessed major financial players such as Citigroup and Morgan Stanley introduce crypto-related products and services. Some say these efforts are to tap into the nascent industry before it is too late. Moreover, most institutional investors are affected by ‘FOMO’, or the fear of missing out. In an effort to help these investors, Coinbase and Caspian are joining forces to help the increasing number of financial institutions looking to trade in cryptocurrencies, according to a Medium post. Read more Bitcoin scam: Indian authorities seize scammer’s assets worth around $60 million The Enforcement Directorate (ED), India’s economic intelligence agency, has reportedly seized assets worth close to $60 million in connection with its probe against Amit Bhardwaj in the alleged Bitcoin Ponzi fraud of $5.26 billion.According to a PTI report, the agency said that it had issued a provisional order for the attachment of properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). Read more Erik Voorhees laments ShapeShift’s ID Policy, calling it a ‘Proactive’ move Secrecy and intractability are some of the key features that make cryptocurrencies popular. Their adherents want to detach themselves from mainstream financial networks, where identity is public. Hence, it came as no surprise that crypto-traders were displeased when cryptocurrency exchange ShapeShift announced its controversial decision of requiring its customers to hone user identities. Read more Bitcoin to touch $10,000 by the end of 2018, says bullish Mike Novogratz While cryptocurrencies continue to take the downward slope in 2018 after witnessing the intoxicating highs of 2017, there are many in the crypto world who still believe that cryptocurrencies, especially Bitcoin will gain some late momentum by this year-end.Billionaire Mike Novogratz of Galaxy Investment Partners is one such person who believes that Bitcoin (BTC) will have a 30% rally by December 2018, which means the current price of $6,700 would jump to $8,700. Read more Study on the ‘impact of Tether (USDT) grants on Bitcoin’ finds “no evidence” of price manipulation To find out the suspected correlation between Tether (USDT) issuance and Bitcoin (BTC) price movement, Wang Chun Wei, a lecturer in finance at the University of Queensland Business School, conducted a study. The study published by the University of Queensland found that the issue of USDT tokens did not have a “statistically significant” effect on the price movement of BTC. Read more The Dirty Money quest: Bitcoin Tracker launched by LongHash LongHash, a blockchain accelerator and cryptoanalyst, recently launched their very own Bitcoin tracker. The objective of this tracker is to “offer more peace of mind to investors, regulators and the general public,” to find the exact source of the Bitcoin in question.“Cryptocurrencies can seem murky, Bitcoin transactions are pseudonymous, which makes them attractive to criminals,” compared to other financial services, argues Longhash. Read more Anonymous crypto-donations for Taiwanese political candidate A Taipei politician was pleasantly surprised when he received donations for his political campaign in the form of cryptocurrency. In a historic first, Hsiao Hsin-Chen – a candidate for a position on the Taipei city council – opened up his campaign for donations from anyone, as reported by local media Taiwan News. Read more Sending cryptocurrency through radio waves is now possible with off-grid solar-powered system Many believe that cryptocurrency offers financial independence from banks and governments. However, one of the major issues is the dependence of blockchain on the power grid. Since blockchain cannot operate outside government infrastructure, how can it offer independence from the government? Moreover, how can one expect that crypto will replace cash if it cannot be used when the lights go out? Read more TronWatch Market: Tron Network to come up with a decentralized exchange Tron, a relatively young platform, aims to ‘decentralize the web’. So, it doesn’t come as a surprise that they want to create a decentralized exchange for TRX tokens. Tron launched their mainnet in June 2018 and just recently launched its fully functional Tron Virtual Machine. Read more UNICEF France to accept Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], XRP & other cryptos as donations UNICEF France recently announced that it now accepts donations in the form cryptos. The organization also mentioned a list of nine cryptocurrencies which can be used to make a donation. The list includes Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Ripple’s XRP, Bitcoin Cash [BCH], EOS [EOS], Stellar Lumens [XLM], Litecoin [LTC], Dash [DASH] and Monero [XMR]. Read more Dash partners with cryptocurrency exchange Bitbns, announces no-fee service Dash [DASH] recently announced that it was partnering with India-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitbns. Users will be able to transact the coin for no fees within a certain time period. Apart from this cryptocurrency, the trading platform had also recently deployed Tether [USDT] and Ethereum Classic [ETC] for trading. The main cryptocurrency markets trading on the platform include Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Neo NEO] and Pundi X [NPXS]. Read more Image via Shutterstock Join Our Telegram Group

A form of cryptography pioneered by zcash might help scale ethereum “by a huge amount,” says founder Vitalik Buterin.

TRON founder Justin Sun has requested developers to stop deploying dApps to Ethereum and migrate to TRON network immediately. Justin Sun tweeted, “Yes! Please stop deploying d-apps to Ethereum and migrate to #TRON network immediately! We are 100x faster than #ETH and fully compatible with #ethereum.” The newly launched TRON Virtual Machine (TVM) is completely compatible with the Ethereum Virtual Machine and developers can shift to the TRON Network for almost free.  The launch of the virtual machine was seen as step towards expansion of the ecosystem. Justin Sun’s tweet comes after a developer, Afri Schoedon, wrote, “Please stop deploying d-apps to Ethereum. We are running at capacity.” The developer suggested, “Use $ETC, $POA, or whatever else is available and bridge important stuff, these networks have plenty of capacity and are well supported by MyCrypto, MetaMask, etc.” According to Blocktivity, at press time, the Ethereum blockchain was at its full capacity. In fact, there are more than 60,000 pending transactions on the network. However, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin stated, “Disagree. Most dapps have lots of room to gas-optimize, and even if *you* don’t your dapp running raises gas fees and pressures *others* to gas-optimize. There’s *plenty* of low-value spam on chain. And everyone should be looking into layer-2 solutions.” “And there are layer 2’s without data availability tradeoffs or liveness requirements, eg. tx mass-validation via ZK-SNARKs can reduce costs to < 1000 gas per tx if done well. That's ~500 tx/sec on-chain with all the security guarantees of on-chain," Vitalik added, "And there are layer 2's without data availability tradeoffs or liveness requirements, eg. tx mass-validation via ZK-SNARKs can reduce costs to < 1000 gas per tx if done well. That's ~500 tx/sec on-chain with all the security guarantees of on-chain." See also: TronWatch Market: Tron Network to come up with a decentralized exchange TRON’s Justin Sun “confident” banks will adopt blockchain as XRP continues rally

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After a 72-hour surge which saw Bitcoin’s closest rival scale up to an impressive price point of $255, Ether has now dipped slightly in value, closing at $234.70— thereby showcasing a slight dip of around 5% since yesterday afternoon. Over the course of the past 24 hours, nearly all of the top-20 altcoins have dropped […]

Today, KuCoin cryptocurrency exchange is proudly announcing the listing of CPRT as part of their tradable tokens. CRPT is the single transaction currency of Crypterium, a blockchain based project focusing on revolutionizing the digital banking. Deposits are now available withe recommended trading pairs including CRPT/BTC and CRPT/ETH. Buying and all trading activities are to be …

Both Ripple (XRP) and Ethereum (ETH) have today taken hefty price hits as the wider crypto markets see deep red.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED), India’s economic intelligence agency, has reportedly seized assets worth close to $60 million in connection with its probe against Amit Bhardwaj in the alleged Bitcoin Ponzi fraud of $5.26 billion.
According to a PTI report, the agency said that it had issued a provisional order for the attachment of properties under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA). The properties include six offices of the owner of GainBitcoin.com and the alleged kingpin of the scam in Dubai and India. It also includes the residential apartments and bank balances of two of his associates, Pankaj Adlakha and Hemant Bhope. This is the first attachment in the case where Bhardwaj started a company in Singapore — Variabletech Pvt — in 2015 and duped around 8,000 people into investing in his Bitcoin-trading Ponzi scheme, according to the ED investigation. The alleged scammer lured people to invest in his fraudulent Ponzi scheme – he would hold marketing events at various hotels across the country and his associates would attract attendees towards their schemes. “Through this, Bhardwaj and his marketing agents were able to collect investments worth about 80,000 bitcoins,” the agency told PTI. The ED added that instead of paying back the returns in Bitcoin as promised to the investors, returns were offered in Bhardwaj’s own newly-launched cryptocurrency token, which had almost no value on cryptocurrency exchanges. In fact, Bhardwaj even roped in Bollywood celebrities, including Shilpa Shetty, Bipasha Basu,and Nargis Fakhri in order to promote his ebook — Cryptocurrency for Beginners. Shilpa Shetty’s husband, Raj Kundra, a popular businessman, also faced the ED over his monetary involvement in Bhardwaj’s company. Bhardwaj was arrested in April by the Pune police at the New Delhi airport, when he was returning from Dubai. See also: UNICEF France to accept Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], XRP & other cryptos as donations Sending cryptocurrency through radio waves is now possible with off-grid solar-powered system Image via Shutterstock Join our Telegram group

A merger of two chains would be a curious experiment, but it would create three chains, not one, according to Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin.

Brazilian brokerage Grupo XP is making a foray into the crypto business with a BTC and ETH trading platform slated for launch in the coming months.

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Bitcoin Cash, EOS, Litecoin, Cardano, Stellar, IOTA, Dash, Monero: Cryptocurrency Prices According to the online platform Coin360,

Despite being not enthusiastic about cryptos, the largest brokerage in Brazil will enter the crypto space by launching an exchange for Bitcoin and Ethereum in the near future.

ETH remains in a bullish trend in its medium-term and short-term outlook. Traders may look to buy at pullbacks with bullish candles reversal pattern as confirmation, currently Ethereum is in an ascending channel. RSI and EMA suggest bulls may breakout of the triangle shortly.

Grupo XP, Brasiliens größter unabhängiger Broker und Eigentümer von XP Investimentos SA, startet in den kommenden Monaten eine Börse…

On 24th September, Justin Sun, the CEO and Founder of Tron Foundation asked developers to stop deploying dApps on the Ethereum blockchain, instead, shift to the Tron blockchain. He said: “Yes! Please stop deploying d-apps to Ethereum and migrate to #TRON network immediately! We are 100x faster than #ETH and fully compatible with #ethereum. We […]

From a new study on Bitcoin price manipulation to a powerful new way to use nine cryptocurrencies, here’s a look at some of the stories breaking in the world of crypto. Bitcoin and Tether A n…

Ethereum price is consolidating gains against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ETH/USD could trade higher once there is a break above the $250-254 zone.

Many believe that cryptocurrency offers financial independence from banks and governments. However, one of the major issues is the dependence of blockchain on the power grid. Since blockchain cannot operate outside government infrastructure, how can it offer independence from the government? Moreover, how can one expect that crypto will replace cash if it cannot be used when the lights go out? To counter these issues, developers have come up with a solar-powered blockchain that can operate completely off-grid. The developers of Burst claim that they have already completed a solar-powered cryptocurrency transaction by using short burst radio waves, CCN reported. There are a number of other projects that have incorporated radio waves into their transaction process, but Burst is potentially the first that has fully performed an off-grid transaction. This is a great use case for cryptocurrency in areas with poor infrastructure or areas hit by natural disasters. Developer Daniel Jones tweeted, “It is with great honor I present to you the first $burst radio transaction. Solar powered, mesh net, and on chain.” The solar-powered system was reportedly designed as a part of the Call For Code challenge. This challenge brings developers together to design technology that can be use for good, especially in humanitarian relief . Describing the project, Jones told CCN, “Radio is used in natural disasters and is an infrastructure we often overlook. Burst is mined with hard drives, it requires far less power. And as far as developing the radio piece, it’s done. It’s not hard to send a packet over radio, just got to use right tools and understand the myriad of regulations.” Burst will be helpful to people suffering from any disaster, natural or man-made, as they would be able to preserve value and can still carry out trading, even when banks and other on-grid blockchains are being blockaded or destroyed. Apart from this, the project also allows users to confirm whether they are alive and also send messages without disclosing their location. The purpose of the first transaction was explained by Jones, calling it a demonstration to show “Proof of Life.” He said, “[The] transaction…was a multi factor verification of Proof of Life….  [D]uring a disaster…there could be cases where you may need to verify [that] someone is who they claim to be but without being able to see them …. [T]he wallet was assigned to someone who sent a transaction with the fee to show the target wallet they were ‘alive.’ This gives us some levels of certainty, wallet seed, target wallet known, and amount + fee or message content.” See also: UNICEF France to accept Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], XRP & other cryptos as donations Dash partners with cryptocurrency exchange Bitbns, announces no-fee service Image via Shutterstock Join our Telegram group

Weiss Ratings, ein Anbieter von Marktforschung und Aktienanalysen zu ETFs, Investmentfonds, Kryptowährungen, Banken und…

Grupo XP, the largest independent brokerage in Brazil, has publicly released its plans to launch a Bitcoin and Ethereum trading platform by the end of 2018.

Vitalik isn’t giving away ETH, but if he ever decided to hold a real giveaway he’d have a heck of a bad time proving that it’s really him.

There have been significant happenings in the crypto sphere lately. The crypto market had a big bull last week which saw most of the altcoins increasing by significant percentages. Ripple (XRP) increased by 64% within a week, which saw it go above Ethereum. The bullish trend of XRP has moved a bit downwards; nevertheless, the …

Anthony Pompliano, founder and partner  at Morgan Creek Digital Assets, and Travis Kling, founder and CIO at Ikigai Asset Management, sat down for a sweeping conversation about the state of the cry…

UNICEF, an organization focusing on helping underprivileged children, is now accepting donations in cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH). UNICEF Australia launched a website called “The HopePage” in May to allow users to donate their computing resources in order to mine digital currencies for charity. Mosques and various other religious organizations have started accepting crypto donations.

The Money Makers Club now has 6 of 15 available seats. Learn more here! It has become more and more apparent that mainstream blockchains cannot meet crowds’ demands as their average transaction speed per unit time is truly low. Currently, neither of the biggest two blockchains, namely Bitcoin and Ethereum, are able to process more […]

“The ethereum killer is ethereum, the ethereum of China is ethereum, the ethereum of Taiwan is ethereum… 2.0.” So said Vitalik Buterin, ethereum’s co-founder, in November 2017. Since then, developers…

UNICEF France recently announced that it now accepts donations in the form cryptos. The organization also mentioned a list of nine cryptocurrencies which can be used to make a donation. The list includes Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Ripple’s XRP, Bitcoin Cash [BCH], EOS [EOS], Stellar Lumens [XLM], Litecoin [LTC], Dash [DASH] and Monero [XMR]. According to UNICEF France, this move will attract a new category of donors and would effectively spread their area of reach for funding. Sébastien Lyon, executive director of UNICEF France, stated, “Cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology for charitable purposes offer a new opportunity to appeal to the generosity of the public and continue to develop our actions with children in our country of intervention.” He further added, “It is an innovation in terms of solidarity and fundraising that we are still few to propose, but which tends to become more democratic.” Donors will also have the option of making ‘free’ donations by mining any of the one cryptocurrencies mentioned by using the UNICEF France electronic wallet. However, this isn’t the first time that UNICEF France is showing its acceptance towards cryptocurrency. In February, the organization launched Game Chaingers – a fundraiser for the Syrian Children’s program. As part of the charity drive, UNICEF appealed to crypto enthusiasts and miners to use the maximum of PC Graphics Cards by mining cryptos on the Ethereum blockchain to generate funds. Simply put, the donors just had to mine cryptocurrencies on the Ethereum blockchain. UNICEF Australia, through Hopepage, is trying to automatically generate funds to protect and save the rights of children. Approximately 1,700 people are currently presenting their CPU processing power to The Hopepage mining page, where they proceed to mine for as long as they continue on the site. When a person is on the Hopepage, the web browser uses his computer’s processor to solve cryptocurrency algorithms. The longer a user stays on the page and the more processor power he/she donates, the more algorithms get answered, which earns cryptocurrency. Mining is perfectly safe for users’ computer. Coinhive powers the initiative. It offers a JavaScript miner for the Monero Blockchain. See also: Dash partners with cryptocurrency exchange Bitbns, announces no-fee service Surging cannabis stocks blaze past cryptocurrency bubble of 2017: experts Image via Shutterstock Join our Telegram group

Weiss Ratings, a provider of market research and stock analysis on ETFs, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, banks, and insurance companies, made a bold move Weiss Ratings made a bold move saying that Ethereum will overtake 50% of Bitcoin’s market share in the next 5 years.

Dash [DASH] recently announced that it was partnering with India-based cryptocurrency exchange Bitbns. Users will be able to transact the coin for no fees within a certain time period.

We are excited to announce our new partnership with @Bitbns, one of the leading exchanges in #India! For a limited time transact in $Dash for no fees on the #Bitbns platform! https://t.co/y2CfNTNtKw

— DASH (@Dashpay) September 21, 2018

Apart from this cryptocurrency, the trading platform had also recently deployed Tether [USDT] and Ethereum Classic [ETC] for trading. The main cryptocurrency markets trading on the platform include Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH], Neo NEO] and Pundi X [NPXS]. “Both Dash and Bitbns share a common goal of making cryptocurrency more accessible for everyone across the globe, and we hope through this partnership we can take a small step in achieving this in India and the broader South Asia region,” Bitbns CEO Gaurav Dahake said, according to BitcoinExchangeGuide. Bradley Zastrow, head of business development at Dash Core Global, also spoke about the advantages of the new partnership. “We’re additionally excited about the support for InstantSend, one of our core areas of focus. The more we can build this across exchanges globally, the more we additionally build networked liquidity and increase opportunities for traders and exchanges,” he added. It is to be noted that amid the hyperinflation crisis in Venezuela, Dash has emerged as a pillar of support. Discover Dash, an online directory of nearby merchants that support the digital coin, recently revealed that the count of merchants supporting payments in this particular virtual currency went up to 3,000. Image via Shutterstock Join our Telegram group

The first ever baseball tokenized cards by a major sports team are already finding their way onto eBay where they’re going for around $25 or 0.1 eth at current prices….