After a somewhat scary step-down, Bitcoin(BTC) along with most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies rebounded reporting moderate to notable gains on Sunday, 19th May. The flagship cryptocurrency Bitcoin pushed just below the $8,000 mark again, after a sharp correction on...
As of May 1, a third of all ether, ethereum’s native cryptocurrency is owned by just 376 whales, as indicated by a recently published study by Blockchain analysis startup Chainalysis on Wednesday.As per the report, these 376 individuals control 33 percent of the...
Microsoft announces the release of a new Azure Blockchain Development Kit specifically for the Ethereum blockchain, in an official blog from Microsoft Azure blog, Build Azure on May 6.An extension to Microsoft’s source-code editor Visual Studio Code, the new offering...
In April, Ether (ETH) volumes on decentralized applications (DApps) have registered a new high, breaking its previous record set last December by a small margin, as noted by Diar in a report on May 6.In saying so, the crypto analytics firm pointed out that the new...
GSR, a Hong Kong-based algorithmic crypto trading firm launches cryptocurrency variance swaps, a product for hedging against volatility. The development was revealed by the company in a press release published on April 24.As per the announcement, the variance swaps...
A new study dubbed as “Ethercombing: Finding Secrets in Popular Places,” illustrates that tens of thousands of ETH are being stolen by an unknown entity, taking advantage of the weak private key.Published on Tuesday, the study was undertaken by a security consulting...
Societe Generale SFH, French specialized credit institution, has issued a 100 million euro ($112 million) bond over the Ethereum (ETH) blockchain as a security token, as announced by the company on its website on April 23.A subsidiary of one of Europe’s largest...
Rakuten, the Japnese e-commerce giant has opened up their account registrations for Rakuten Wallet, the new cryptocurrency exchange offering from the firm.As of now, the only consumers who have an account at Rakuten Bank or have a Rakuten member ID can register in...
In just one month of its launch, IOST, an “application-friendly next-generation public blockchain network,” has reportedly processed more transactions than Ethereum (ETH) on 6 April, as per a press release shared by the IOST network.IOST is touted to be the first...
Opera launches the desktop version of its new browser dubbed as “Reborn 3,” which reportedly has a built-in cryptocurrency wallet. The browser will now be available for the Mac, Windows and Linux operating systems. Announced on Tuesday, the software will allow users...
