Recent reports indicate that South Korea is actively considering the idea of releasing its very own digital currency, thus joining several other countries in this endeavor. As such, the Asian country is currently in the progress of setting up a task force, in charge of carrying out a thorough research of the opportunities and disadvantages…

On January 3rd the United States military killed Iranian general Qasem Soleimani with a targeted drone strike, an act that rapidly escalated tensions between the two hostile nations. The cryptocurrency market responded quickly, with prices quickly moving up. Notably, Bitcoin jumped almost four percent, reaching USD $7,250 within a matter of hours. In the days…

Bitcoin appears to be recovering from a price correction that took place earlier last month, and is once again slowing moving up in the market rankings. The flagship cryptocurrency now holds a sixty-eight percent market share, more than double all other platforms combined. As Bitcoin has recovered, the debate over its ability to permanently remain…

Blockchain development has a reputation for being extremely expensive, demanding a high amount of financial, technological, and human resources to provide value to organizations. The most common type of blockchain that we generally encounter is permissionless, the types of blockchains serving as the foundation for all of the cryptocurrencies that we use regularly such as…

There is little doubt that blockchain development and adoption will make significant progress in the coming year. One clearly emerging trend is a movement by governments and regulators to reign in private use. As more of the public acquires cryptocurrencies, these efforts are all but certain to increase, as the ability to move assets with…

Financial giant and card provided JCB and Paystand, a payment network that leverages blockchain technology, have entered into an agreement to create the first end-to-end blockchain-powered B2B digital payment platform for Japanese enterprises and JCB’s customers in Japan and Asia, according to a press release from the companies. The annual value of the…

Although market volatility is norm for crypto investors and traders, for several years exchanges have enjoyed consistent and stable profitability. The largest and most popular of these trading hubs have reaped tremendous wealth as the blockchain space has continued to mature. Although 2020 looks to be another good year, exchanges are now experiencing pressure from…

The blockchain space has no shortage of self-styled experts claiming the ability to accurately forecast future values. As the end of this year is approaching, these individuals are as active as ever, making a wide range of predictions as to how the market will perform in 2020. Whereas there is a need for legitimate analysis…

Blockstream’s “c-lightning” team announced their latest update to their version of the lightning network protocol through a blog post on December 18th and there have been a lot of interesting changes. As noted by the developers, three significant changes make this update so interesting. For starters, any new lightning network nodes will be…

It is becoming clear that the crypto market is ending 2019 on a down note. The price recovery that seemed all but certain to bring back a bull market has lost steam, with many platforms falling to their lowest values of the year. More notable is the fact that volatility continues to shake up the…