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The Human Rights Foundation Awards Grants to Three More Bitcoin Projects

The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) is issuing grants to three more Bitcoin developers. JoinInbox creator Openoms, Zeus creator Evan Kaloudis and Fully Noded creator Fontaine will be gifted 1 bitcoin each, worth over $11,000 at the time of writing, making for a total of over $33,000. This marks the second round of grants from the Bitcoin Development Fund, HRF’s new fund to support Bitcoin projects. “HRF decided to acknowledge and support these three developers and their projects because they are all focusing on making Bitcoin technology more accessible. Usability is

Bitcoin is Overvalued at $11,000, Analyst Explains Why

Bitcoin stands overvalued at $11,000 in the short-term, according to analysts at Phi Deltalytics. The statement followed a drop in net positions on Chicago Mercantile Exchange’s Bitcoin Futures last week. It showed institutional investors are bearish, a sentiment that amounts to a correction in the Bitcoin market. A cheerful Bitcoin price rally above $11,000 is unlikely to sustain in the short-term, according to analysts at Phi Deltalytics. Bitcoin CME Positions Fall The crypto-focused investment consultation portal said the BTC/USD stands overvalued above $11,000. It reasoned the analogy with a drop

The Scam and Fall of YFI Clones

After the success of yEARN finance (YFI), a yield farming token which saw a rise in price from $35 to over $4000, a number of cryptocurrencies are trying to copy its success. These include the likes of YFFI, YFII, and Asuka, however, they’ve all witnessed 100% drops and a conspicuous exit scam. Encouraging Words Fueled by DeFi platforms where any token with an address can be traded for anything else, these are the days of Wild West token swaps. To clone the YFI token, developers only had to copy code

NFT Floodgates Open With Impressive Lineup of Blockchain Games in 2020

Blockchain in the gaming industry is one of the space’s hot topics of 2019. This year is catching the interest of both young independent developers and large corporations. Conferences and hackathons are periodically held around the world for developers to search for new ideas for integrating blockchain into games.The main advantages of blockchain are its decentralization and open-source nature, which can significantly change the gaming market. The technology is taking trust between developers and players to a new level, and users can now own and freely exchange in-game assets without

Rune Christensen: ‘Our Job Is to Support Whatever the Maker Community Decides’

As the dust begins to settle over MakerDAO’s Black Thursday incident, the team is now returning to a normal working pace. We took the opportunity to catch up with Rune Christensen, one of the original founders of the protocol, for a full recap of the situation and what it means for Maker (MKR). Christensen had been oddly quiet as the events were unfolding, never joining any forum discussion or issuing comments to the media — until now.MakerDAO provides users with stable DAI cryptocurrency in exchange for their volatile crypto holdings, and

Adult Entertainment Supported by Crypto Shoppers During Quarantine

While many crypto holders around the world are practicing self-quarantine and other measures to limit social contact, some are turning to the adult industry for comfort. Speaking to Cointelegraph, cryptocurrency payment processor CoinGate reported an increase in purchases from adult stores in March over activity in February. Sites like ManyVids and LiveJasmin had 17% and 8% increases in cart sizes, respectively. Other adult stores reported a 36% increase in turnover. Most of these merchants are based in Europe, where measures are in place to limit people from leaving their homes and many

Bitcoin Price Prediction: BTC/USD Extends Sideways Grind Below $7,000 Level

Bitcoin (BTC) Price Prediction – April 5The technical indicator RSI (14) is currently moving in sideways, reflecting that the Bitcoin price is in a consolidation mode.BTC/USD Long-term Trend: Bullish (Daily Chart)Key levels:Resistance Levels: $7,800, $8,000, $8,200Support Levels: $5,700, $5,500, $5,300BTCUSD – Daily ChartBTC/USD added around 2% and closed at $6,890 yesterday, at the moment, the coin is currently erasing the majority of its gains. As of writing, the Bitcoin (BTC) hovers at $6,780 which is down with 1.38% on a daily basis. For now, the price is seriously struggling in

Crypto Rating Council Reveals New Cryptocurrency Scores for Brave and Other Assets

The Crypto Rating Council (CRC) is changing up some of its scores. In fact, it’s adding three whole new ones on top of adjusting some previous ones as well.These three brand new scores are for Brave Browser’s Basic Attention Token (BAT), USDCoin (USDC), and IOTA (IOTA), a blog report from the council notes.Of course, these assets are “traded, transacted or supported in some capacity as a non-security by at least one CRC member’s U.S. business,” which is part of the criteria for listing them.Then, it changed the scores it has

Battle of Elrond Launches on Samsung Galaxy Store

The Battle of Elrond, a blockchain-based game from Elrond Network, is now available on Samsung dApp store to give users of the Samsung Galaxy and Note, the opportunity to interact with a medieval multiplayer 5v5 PVP arena. The development, according to the announcement today, is a product of a collaboration between Samsung and Elrond. The game will support a blockchain-based in-game economy integrated by the Samsung Blockchain Wallet and new players will receive $ERD, Elrond’s native token, as a welcome bonus for 5 PvP games.  The move was first revealed

Litecoin Price Prediction: LTC/USD Will Only Move Higher If $40 Is Broken

LTC Price Prediction – April 2The Litecoin (LTC) price records gain of almost 1.5%, as the coin is seen approaching the $40 level.LTC/USD MarketKey Levels:Resistance levels: $48, $50, $52Support levels: $30, $28, $26LTCUSD – Daily ChartLTC/USD is trading in the green in today’s session, trading above the 9-day and 21-day moving averages with a gain of 1.45%. The Litecoin bulls broke out from a narrow range-block formation as the price action is capped to the upside at $39 and supported the downside at $36, within tight conditions.However, a few days

Evolution of‘Payments’ Will Bolster Next-Generation Businesses

Humans have always been on a developmental journey. When we are born into thousands of years of inventions and improvements, it’s easy to take for granted what’s around us— as if they always existed. We seldom think about the changes it took to get to where we are.Take for example, the creation of language and how that opened up a new course in human history. How it led to communication, collaboration, communities and organizations. From there, people organized a set of doctrines and came up with story-telling, a precursor to