Category Archives: Solana (SOL)

Cardano Can Bring Fresh New Perspective to Crypto But It Needs Time: Weiss Ratings

Cardano is currently ranked 11 on the CoinMarketCap’s scale. It seems to be favored by the Weiss Ratings agency that deals with financial analytics. ‘Fresh new perspective to crypto’ Several times in the past, Weiss Ratings has picked Cardano to call it superior to some other blockchains, e.g., EOS. A few times in 2019, the […]

New Bitcoin (BTC) Extortion Scam Targets Website Owners

According to KrebsOnSecurity, website owners are getting e-mails from extortionists who threaten to attack them with an enormous amount of spam traffic and make AdSense, Google’s advertising platform, suspend their accounts. Those who want to avoid a storm of unwanted clicks have to make a payment in Bitcoin (BTC).  Pay up, or we’ll make Google ban […]

Cardano ADA to Release New Ouroborous BFT Protocol, Hardfork Announced

Tim Harrison, Marketing & Communications Director at Cardano (ADA) confirmed that a brand-new Ouroboros Byzantine Fault Tolerance (OBFT) consensus protocol will be released tomorrow. Bridge to decentralization It has been revealed that after 18 months of development, the Cardano (ADA) team is ready to update its main algorithm, Ouroboros Classic, to Ouroboros Byzantine Fault Tolerance (OBFT). […]

$1,300 per Bitcoin: Fortress Has New Buyout Proposal for Mt. Gox Victims

Investment management Fortress has come up with a new offer for Mt. Gox creditors. Due to Bitcoin’s rapid appreciation, $1,300 per one Bitcoin (BTC) is now on the table, which represents 88 percent of their account value.  Related A higher buyout proposal   In order to calculate the price of its offer, Fortress multiples the creditor’s stake […]

Bitcoin Remains in ‘Very Bullish’ Uptrend Despite Pullback: Alessio Rastani

Bitcoin’s seven percent drop made even the most ardent bulls revise their price predictions. However, it seems like Alessio Rastani is not one of them.  In his new video, the prominent trader explains why the top cryptocurrency by market cap is still in a very bullish trend despite its recent pullback.  card The bull trend […]

Cardano (ADA) Hard Fork Successfully Launched as Shelley Mainnet Looms

IOHK CEO Charles Hoskinson has just made an announcement about the successful launch of the Ouroboros BFT hard fork, which bridges Byron with the forthcoming Shelley era.  Hardfork successful. The OBFT era has begun — Charles Hoskinson (@IOHK_Charles) February 20, 2020 Related A stepping stone  The upgrade of Cardano’s proof-of-stake (PoS) protocol took place on Feb. […]

Cardano Gets Nearer to Shelley Now That Hard Fork Arrives, Here’s How

A couple of days earlier, on February 20, Cardano succeeded in implementing a hard fork called Ouroboros BFT. The network now runs on a better consensus mechanism. What is more, this is a big step towards implementing Shelley on the network. A recent blog post published on Medium explains why. When Cardano spread the word […]

Bitcoin BTC Could Benefit From Recent CEO Exodus: Crypto Analyst

If you think that this exodus of CEOs is reminiscent of the financial crisis that plagued the world in 2008, you are not alone. Analyst CryptoBird has taken to Twitter to state Bitcoin is too cheap on the cusp of what appears to be another global recession. 2008: CEOs stepping down rapidly & btc emerges 2019-2020: […]

Ripple’s Partner SBI Remit Announces Tie-Up with Major Japanese Bank

RippleNet-powered money transfer service SBI Remit has made an announcement about its cooperation with the Fukushima Bank. From now on, this regional Japanese bank will be responsible for handling all of the company’s international remittance services.  Related Technological innovations  SBI Remit states that is it keen on adopting new technologies, including Ripple’s distributed ledger technology. […]

S&P 500 Looks Like ‘Bitcoin Dump’ with $3.4 Trln Erased in Days: Analyst

While Bitcoin hodlers are no strangers to volatile price moves, it clearly doesn’t apply to U.S. stock market investors who are currently caught in the worst sell-off since 2008.  Now, all assets are tanking across the board, and analyst Brian Patrick Eha noticed that the S&P 500, the index that is used to track large-cap equities, […]