Cryptocurrencies are mainly traded on Coinbase. Coinbase only allows trading on about four cryptocurrencies. Trading on the thousands of other cryptocurrencies is often on less secure exchanges. Getting a hardware wallet like Ledger Nano S (about $110) is needed to securely trade on these other exchanges. The alternative cryptocurrencies that make the leap to the …
RBC (Royal Bank of Canada) Capital Markets analyst Mitch Steves says cryptocurrencies and the blockchain technology underlying them could become a $10 trillion market in 15 years. This $10 trillion estimate comes from taking one-third of the roughly $30 trillion in assets held in offshore funds and gold. Though startups that enable cryptocurrency protocols to …
Ethereum hit a high of $914 this morning. Most of the top 20 digital currencies are in the green today, and the market cap for all cryptocurrencies is closing on a new record, standing at $645 billion Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per …
Another Cryptocurrency doubles in one week. This time it was Ripple. Ripple is used for transactions on Ripple’s open-source RippleNet cryptocurrency network, reached $1.82. The price rally arrived after a long period of inactivity in the market, which had held steady at $0.20 over the past six months. As a result, the market capitalization of …
Artificial Intelligence researcher Ben Goertzel has spent the past 3 decades working in the field of Artificial Intelligence. He coined the term Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) to differentiate a sentient, cognizant computer from a machine capable of narrowly intelligent behavior in confined areas. Dr. Goertzel has founded the OPenCOG foundation designed to promote open AGI …
Bloomberg added price quotes for three other crypto-currences—Ripple, Ethereum and Litecoin—to its terminal service, which is used by major banks and investment houses worldwide. Bitcoin price quotes were added previously. Come one, come all — @TheTerminal has officially added ether, litecoin and ripple pricing pic.twitter.com/RDGchH5QEP — Lily Katz (@LilyKatz) December 14, 2017 Ethereum relies on …
Litecoin has doubled today and has nearly quadrupled from last week. Litcoin is up over 100 times this year. Litecoin is considered the leader of the altcoins. An influx of new money from both retail investors and institutional entities means that these alternative cryptocurrencies, or “altcoins”, are under new scrutiny as traders look to diversify …
Hacken.io, a tokenized bug bounty marketplace driven by white hats, helped Jibrel Network neutralize phishing attacks that occurred during the first week of its public sale of the Jibrel Network Token (JNT), which began on November 17th. Jibrel Network is the first decentralized protocol for storing and transacting traditional financial assets on the ethereum blockchain. …
The Winklevoss twins, who were ousted from Facebook, are now Bitcoin Billionaires. The twins won a $65 million settlement with Facebook after claiming Mark Zuckerberg stole their idea. They invested $11 million in to bitcoin in 2013. The price has gone up 100 times. The twins say that they will not sell and are in …
Foresight Vision – Blockchains – Master Key to Unlock the Future – Panel Zooka Wilcox, Nathan Sharma (Singularity University), Mark Miller, Nick Kritikos on how to build better realities block by block. Beyond Crypto – ICO hype and hope. Decentralized governance Zooka Wilcox is working on zCash. Bitcoin does five things now 1. Store of …
IBM, other large companies and startups are working on a global shift to decentralized identity that is built on blockchain technology. This would mean a person would control their digital identity and would not need to use passwords for systems that interfaced with the ID system. Blockchain provides distributed ledger technology as the foundation for …