Category Archives: Coins

Bitcoin dropped by more than four percent early Monday to an intraday low of $10,500 on the Bitstamp exchange. The market capitalization of the bellwether cryptocurrency took a $7 bln cut over the span of the last 24 hours. Image by tradingview.com However, Bitcoin’s dominance of the whole crypto market climbed to a multi-week high […]

SingularityNET, a blockchain-based marketplace for artificial intelligence (AI) applications, has collaborated with Charles Hoskinson-helmed IOHK, according to the Sept. 30 announcement. The win-win partnership will be driving the development of the ninth largest blockchain in the world while helping to scale SingularityNET-based services: “The transition of SingularityNET onto modern blockchains such as Cardano is a clear […]

According to a recent announcement tweeted by Input Output Hong Kong software developers, Epoch 221 of Cardano’s Shelley era will bring two improvements in terms of staking rewards distribution and community governance. Stakers are responsible for 38 percent of minted blocks Input Output HK has confirmed that the latest portion of staker rewards is on its way to validators’ wallets. […]

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), the technology firm behind the Cardano (ADA) cryptocurrency, has joined forces with the United Nations (UN) to launch a hackathon challenge, according to its Oct. 6 blog post.       It has set up a $10,000 fund to sponsor those Cardano-based projects that would make the UN’s sustainable development goals more approachable.  […]

During his most recent AMA, IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson announced that the Goguen’s roadmap that will kickstart the new Cardano era was slated to be announced on Oct. 29.  Similarly to Shelley, the rollout of Goguen will take place in stages as explained by Hoskinson: “It’s not the case that you flip something and you […]

The ETC Cooperative, a non-profit entity that supports Ethereum Classic, has collaborated with Cardano developer IOHK to enhance the security of the troubled Ethereum fork. The two organizations have published a report that explores possible solutions for preventing future 51 percent attacks that post an existential threat to the blockchain.    Comparing six proposals   […]

Cryptocurrency exchange Gemini—which was founded by the Winklevoss twins back in 2014—has added support for euro trading. From now on, its European customers will be able to purchase Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Chainlink (LINK), Litecoin (LTC), Cardano (ADA) and a slew of other cryptocurrencies. Euro deposits are accepted in both the mobile […]

Over 50 percent of all blocks on the Cardano network are now being validated by public stake pools, according to an announcement shared by computer software company IOHK. Image by @IOHK_Charles This marks a major decentralization milestone for the proof of stake (PoS) blockchain created by Ethereum cofounder and IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson. Cardano laid […]

Input Output Hong Kong (IOHK), an organization devoted to supporting the Cardano blockchain, has become one of the first sponsors of the newly formed Haskell Foundation, according to a Nov. 4 blog post.      By injecting funds into this non-profit, IOHK — which is spearheaded by none other than Cardano founder Charles Hoskinson — aims to […]

Mathematician, founder of IOHK and Ethereum cofounder Charles Hoskinson celebrates his 33rd birthday today, Nov. 5. On his Twitter account he announced that he is taking a pause from tweeting, but he said he would be doing live Periscope videos on multiple channels from time to time. U.Today offers you a brief history of Charles […]