Online gambling Is a $52 billion global industry. The Augur Ethereum-based decentralized oracle and prediction market is seeking to disrupt this industry using its REP token. It’s been in development since 2014 and its beta is online, enabling bets on anything. But its legal woes have just begun.
Ripple just lost half a billion dollars in market cap, at least until someone finds Matthew Mellon’s key. His unexpected death left hundreds of millions of dollars in blockchain limbo, and his family is scrambling to find a way to access them.Â
Crypto mining explained. Mining is something of anathema in the crypto community: it is widely known about but what exactly it is, is a different story. This article hopes to give as comprehensive a run-down of what mining is for reference in the future.
London-based Populous differs from other cryptocurrencies in that it focuses on the niche of invoice financing. Its beta, which launched May 1, 2018, combines blockchain technology, XBRL data, and the Altman Z-score for an in-house credit rating system to assess debts and create an auction platform.
BitShares dove head on into the forefront of the battle to regulate cryptocurrencies. Ethereum and Bitcoin are being reviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine the key differences that indicate a crypto token is acting as a security.
Bitcoin is a single layer cryptocurrency, and Ethereum is a dual-layer blockchain that adds smart contracts and dApps to the mix. Chinese blockchain Bytom takes things a step further with a triple-layer approach.
Aeternity is an interesting coin in more ways than one. Cryptocurrencies come in a variety of flavors. Some focus on value transfer. Others are app-based and depend on the crypto to fuel app engagement. And some, like Aeternity, are blockchain platforms for hosting smart contracts and decentralized apps.
Verge, a token focused on privacy, generated a lot of buzz in Spring 2018 as Pornhub announced it would accept its XVG cryptocurrency as payment on its platform. The partnership is considered a major win and it opens the door to even bigger players - like Spotify, perhaps?
