A new program to set up Lightning Network micropayments, tippin.me, has recently entered beta testing. The developer for this project described some of its details on a Reddit thread to the r/Bitcoin subreddit. The dev says that it “allows you to receive tips (micro-payments) over the Lightning Network, anytime, anywhere, without needing a LN node,”…
At the December 7, 2018, TenX Summit, a group of developers showcased an industry first: an atomic swap between a non-native asset, TenX’s PAY token, and a native asset, bitcoin. By non-native, the team is referring to an asset/coin that is not the base currency for the network. For Ethereum, for example, the native asset…
German blockchain startup Bitwala has launched crypto banking in Germany. After securing EUR4 million (roughly $4.5 million) from VC firms Earlybird and Coparion in September of 2018 to develop a crypto banking solution, the company has allegedly amassed a waiting list of 30,000 potential users. Bitwala’s new banking solution, which it claims was built to…
Last week, it was reported that a Bitcoin whale had moved thousands of bitcoin into different wallet addresses. Between December 1 to December 6, 2018, the whale split 856,000 bitcoin between 107 wallets, sending an equal 8,000 BTC into each wallet. Speculators have formulated different hypotheses since the monstrous sum was moved. Was it a…
The holiday season is here. And even if crypto prices are on the coal heap, you can still have fun spreading some holiday bitcoin cheer. For the bitcoiners in your life, this could mean a crypto-related gift as a token of solidarity. After all, what better way to commiserate with fellow HODLers than decking their…
A common narrative in today’s financial world is that crypto holders are often unable to execute trades without paying large amounts of commissions and fees. Traditional markets are loaded with retail brokerages that bet against their clients with artificially adjusted prices, spreads and unrealistic fees. Enter Quantfury, an emerging enterprise that’s on an ambitious quest…
Another week, another low. Bitcoin’s market has been bleeding relentlessly for weeks and now, after falling 50% in value in just one month, the market has managed to break south of a major bearish consolidation pattern called a bear pennant: Figure 1: BTC-USD, 4-Hour Candles, Bear Pennant Breakout This is a massive bear pennant with…
SFOX, an institutional crypto trading platform, recently released a comprehensive, data-packed analysis on the possible causes of the volatility in the cryptocurrency space over the month of November. The report, which SFOX released on their website, covers a large amount of raw data, looking at factors such as price fluctuation on a day-to-day basis and…
Chinese-based cryptomining firm Bitmain is shutting down the operations of Bitmaintech Israel, its research and development (R&D) center in Ra’anana, Israel, according to reports from local news outlet Globes. The R&D center, which produced Bitmain’s first Israeli mining pool ConnectBTC, was launched in 2016 to explore meaningful use cases of blockchain technology, as well as…
As if the drama surrounding the recent Bitcoin Cash split needed a sequel, the vaudevillian sideshow has reached a new stage: the legal arena. A suit spearheaded by United American Corporation (UnitedCorp), a telecom company with a little-known blockchain subsidiary, BlockNum, is taking legal aim at Bitmain and its cofounder Jihan Wu; Bitcoin.com and its…