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The cryptocurrency market will outgrow its early-stage status and experience tremendous growth. This is the belief expressed by Joseph Lubin, one of the co-founders of Ethereum, during an interview for CNN Money.

After Bitcoin launched, keen developers noticed that its underlying technology, the blockchain, could do more than just send digital tokens from one point to another on the internet.

Since 2016, more than 10 applications to list Bitcoin ETFs (exchange-traded funds) have been made to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

On the 24th of August, the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) released its latest report on Bitcoin futures, revealing that the investors’ bearish views are declining. In capital market terms, a bearish view is the opinion that the value of an asset will decline. This may prompt stockholders to start selling or do nothing.

The National Constituent Assembly of Venezuela is prepared to change the Constitution of the country in order to create the first central bank for cryptocurrency. The embattled South American nation has already launched its own cryptocurrency – called the petro – which is backed by the country’s oil reserves in the Orinoco belt.

Many people hear ‘bear market’ and immediately think of red charts, memes of the Titanic sinking, and a general sense of despair and misery. It’s one of those phrases that gets thrown around so much in the cryptocurrency sphere that the real meaning tends to get lost.

If you’re interested in delving into the world of Bitcoin, then you’re probably thinking of it as a possible investment venture. And it’s true that the world’s first decentralised digital currency has risen massively in value since it was launched in 2009. But Bitcoin is also a currency like any other, albeit one that is […]

All too often we hear heated discussions within the cryptocurrency community over which coin is king. Framed as bitter rivals battling to control the future of crypto, many “Bitcoin vs. Ethereum” debates entirely miss the point that these two currencies serve fundamentally different purposes. While there is nothing wrong with picking favorites, a “one coin […]