‘Bitcoin Layer 2’ sidechains aren’t really L2s: There is a better way

Researchers say 2020 is on track to become a record-breaking year for cryptocurrency-related thefts, hacks and fraud.Digital asset intelligence firm CipherTrace released a report on June 2 revealing that in the first five months of this year so far, the value of ill-gotten funds siphoned through cryptocurrency crimes has reached almost $1.4 billion.This makes it…

Binance has resumed allowing crypto purchases using Visa and Mastercard for its exchange users. Does this signal the end of Binance’s regulatory troubles?

Securing a close above $40,000 will give bullish pro traders a sizeable advantage in Friday's $625 million BTC options expiry. 917 Total views 10 Total shares Despite the recent breakouts to the $40,000 level, Bitcoin (BTC) price could still face downward pressure in August. The 42% rally in late July effectively inspired some optimistic short-term…

Bitcoin (BTC) speculators waiting for a BTC price drop of even 35% will probably be waiting forever, new data shows.In a tweet on Sep. 22, quant analyst PlanB noted that Bitcoin will break the habit of a lifetime if it goes lower than $6,700.PlanB tracks historical BTC price floorPlanB was referencing the 200-week moving average…

Tokenized gold carries several benefits over other forms of paper gold, including gold exchange-traded funds (ETFs), according to Melissa Song and Dustin Becker, representatives of Gold DAO, a decentralized autonomous organization that facilitates investor access to tokenized gold. In an interview with Cointelegraph, the DAO representatives outlined three major benefits unique to tokenized gold, including

XRP TipBot has avoided closure due to the Netherlands' strict implementation of AMLD5 via a partnership with Uphold. 2791 Total views 49 Total shares XRP TipBot, a service enabling users to transfer XRP to each other via comments on Twitter, Reddit and Discord, has been saved from the threat of extinction at the hands of…

Existing L2 networks can increase their transaction and smart contract throughput by 100 times by utilizing Sovereign Chains.

The bridge between crypto and fiat is getting stronger.Speaking on stage at BlockShow Asia 2019, Chief Scientist and CEO of decentralized AI marketplace SingularityNET Ben Goertzel announced new support for conventional PayPal transactions to support the purchase of the platform’s AGI tokens.“We’re excited about this. It opens the door for new ways to promote and…