Tag: cryptocurrency
Lightning Bank Ledgers? Bitfury and Ripple Demo New Twist on Bitcoin Tech
Bitcoin's much-anticipated Lightning Network is now compatible with seven different payment networks.
Today, blockchain services firm Bitfury and payments network provider Ripple are releasing new code that makes it possible to...
South Africa Tops Bitcoin Google Searches Worldwide in Adoption Spike
South Africa
has topped the world for Google searches for ‘Bitcoin,’ over the last month according to data from Google Trends.
Journalist and commentator Kyle Torpey...
Bitcoin as a Commodity is Great for Traders, Not so Great for Investors
Bloomberg reports that historically, commodities have not performed well as an asset class. Equities have drastically outpaced commodities in terms of long-term investment gains. However,...
Vitalik Buterin and Joseph Poon Collaborate on Scalable Smart Contracts
On August 9th, the OmiseGo (OMG) project sent the following tweet:
✔@omise_go
Yes, @omise_go = first Plasma.io project CC @jcp @VitalikButerin
7:43 PM - Aug 9, 2017
Still in working draft...
Japan Might Be Driving Factor For Recent Bitcoin Price Rally: Reasons & Trends
Over the past few months, through previous coverages, Cointelegraph emphasized the importance of the Japanese Bitcoin industry to the Bitcoin exchange market in Asia.
Earlier...
Satoshi Cycle: Interest in Bitcoin Raises Price, Which Raises Interest
As Bitcoin price rises, it comes out of the shadows with more people googling the digital currency, and from that rise in interest the...