We’re always on the lookout for companies innovating in the blockchain space. Today we will explore IoT and Blockchain technology and IOTEX’s ioTube in particular. IOTEX recently announced a major upgrade to their ioTube service (v4). ioTube is now capable of acting as a bridge to support two-way token swaps between IOTEX, Polygon, Ethereum and […]
Token burning is gradually becoming a vital phenomenon in the digital currency ecosystem, and it is set to place the Ethereum coin as a deflationary asset.
At the heart of the Leonicorn Ecosystem is the $LEOS token, a BEP-20 digital coin that is built based on the EVM-compatible Binance Smart Contract. Holders of the LEOS token enjoy multiple incentives bordering on liquidity mining and staking programs.
While there’s been all excitement surrounding the EIP-1559 implementation, some independent developers have pointed out some issues with debugging the Ethereum DApps post the upgrade.
The request was granted by US Magistrate Judge Sarah Netburn to Garlinghouse’s motion to Obtain international discovery of Binance records.
Football sensation Lionel Messi is dabbling into the world of NFT. Messi has joined hands with Australia-based popular digital artist Bosslogic to launch his NFT collection on Metaverse.
The sale of NFTs will start tomorrow, August 5, at 12 am ET via Cryptograph, a publishing and auction platform of digital creations. According to its website, the proceeds from the auction will partly go to Phoenix House.
Akoin, a cryptocurrency project created by popular Senegalese-American singer Akon, qualifies its initial testing phase and will be available for a nationwide rollout in Kenya in September.
According to the application submitted, Victory Capital desires to list an ETF tracking the Nasdaq Crypto Index as a part of its contract with Hashdex.
This collaboration is a unique positioning of branded NFTs in popular blockchain-based games. It sets up new synergies between the emerging blockchain gaming market and the fashion world.
Since the inception of bitcoin in 2009, thousands more have sprung up with each of them having their distinctiveness. Bitcoin is often referred to as the king of cryptocurrency each of the other thousands of cryptocurrencies falls under the class of altcoins; be it Ethereum (ETH), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ripple (XRP), Litecoin (LTC), Monero (XMR), EOS (EOS), TRON (TRX), etc.
All altcoins have their uniqueness in the sense of how they are mined, their nature (whether or centralized or decentralized), underlying technology, speed of transaction, coin distribution mechanism, etc. Although bitcoin is always used as the yardstick when analyzing an altcoin, some altcoins outshine bitcoin in certain specs. Several altcoins are developed on Bitcoin’s framework.
Altcoins are sub-divided into three categories namely; stablecoins, utility tokens, and security tokens. For example, stablecoins such as Tether (USDT), Binance Coin (BNB), Gemini USD (GUSD), USD Coin (USDC), etc. are known to be less volatile than Bitcoin because they are pegged to fiat currencies. However, some altcoins fall under more than one of these categories. You will find more information in altcoin news category.
Altcoins are getting thumbs up from different quarters for playing a significant role in the expansion of boundaries of blockchain adoption and applications. For example, Ethereum is known for its robust blockchain that enables faster transaction time as well as the creation of decentralized applications (dApps). At the time of launch, most altcoins sell themselves as better alternatives to existing ones and usually attempt to improve on the setbacks of known altcoins.
According to CoinMarketCap, there are over five thousand digital currencies in April 2020 although BTC has a staggering 64% dominance in the crypto market. As a crypto investor and enthusiast, stay tuned to coinspeaker.com to get the latest altcoins news around the world to keep you updated and geared up in the crypto space.