Bitcoin is the only top-20 coin seeing some gains ahead of the upcoming launch of Bakkt’s physically delivered BTC futures.
Altcoin News
An altcoin, or alternative coin, is pretty self-explanatory. An altcoin is every cryptocurrency alternative to Bitcoin – the first one. Altcoins may differ from Bitcoin in every possible way, such as mining mechanisms, coin-distribution methods or the ability to create decentralized applications.
Although Bitcoin is innovative and massively influential, it has some problems that developers are trying to fix with their own products. There is an altcoin that makes faster transactions, there is an altcoin that is less volatile, there is an altcoin that is more private and so on. There are more than one and a half thousand altcoins on the market at the day this text is written, according to coinmarketcap.com. Altcoins are playing a very important role by expanding boundaries of blockchain possibilities and the scope of applications.
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by Joeri Cant
Social media giant Facebook acquires chatbot startup Servicefriends to integrate into the customer service of Facebook’s digital wallet, Calibra.
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by Thomas Simms
Altcoins enjoy an explosive bull run as Bitcoin falters, Zuckerberg wines and dines with US politicians, and North Korea begins developing its own cryptocurrenc...
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Blockchain platform Tron’s founder, Justin Sun, has announced a new plan for TRON's proof-of-stake mechanism.
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by Helen Partz
Crypto markets continue to trade sideways, with the majority of the top 20 coins by market cap seeing losses.
- Price Analysis
Can the altcoins continue their rally after a shallow pullback? Let’s analyze the charts.
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Fraudulent advertisements have reportedly begun to circulate Facebook, offering to join the Telegram Open Network investment platform.
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David Marcus, the head of Calibra at Facebook, has said that a 2020 launch for Libra remains the company’s goal, despite regulators’ intense hostility toward th...
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Controversy is again mounting around the company as it tries to avoid explicit reference to XRP token’s classification.
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by Joeri Cant
San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase is looking to add support for Telegram and 16 additional digital assets.
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by Joeri Cant
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg is continuing his tour of Washington, meeting with U.S. Senator Josh Hawley to further discuss “future internet regulations.”
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Bitcoin owners say it is better to donate altcoins to charities and other nonprofit organizations while “stacking sats.”
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by Helen Partz
Binance CMO announced plans to launch fiat-to-crypto over-the-counter desk for Chinese market, part of the exchange’s continuing expansion in China.
- Market Update
Overall losses not as bad as expected for altcoins as Bitcoin price dives under $10,000 once again.
- Analysis
Public authorities across the globe continue to press Libra, central banks argue that the stablecoin will threaten sovereignty.
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