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Ripple continues its effort to bring financial inclusion to struggling markets. 1381 Total views 3 Total shares Ripple announced a contribution of $10 million to Mercy Corps to help it use digital assets in its work on financial inclusion in emerging markets during the annual Swell conference.Mercy Corps is a non-governmental, humanitarian aid organization that…

It doesn’t matter how experienced you are at trading because nothing can be done to protect a person against the might of cryptocurrencies’ price swings. Currently, Bitcoin’s (BTC) volatility, the standard measure for daily fluctuations, stands at 64% annualized. As a comparison, the same metric for the S&P 500 stands at 17%, while the volatility…

Bitcoin (BTC) price was testing support at $10,000 Aug. 22 as the largest cryptocurrency fluctuated between four and five figures.Market visualization. Source: Coin360Difficulty must touch floor before Bitcoin price moonsData from Coin360 showed BTC/USD crossing the $10,000 mark multiple times over the past 24 hours. Currently, the pair is hovering around the $10K mark, having traded…

Diamond Standard Co. has introduced a blockchain payments system that uses diamonds as backing collateral for transactions.

What has been driving recent Bitcoin price action? Or perhaps more importantly, who? And why does it matter? Lead Digital Strategist at Fundstrat David Grider and Platinum Account Manager at eToro Simon Peters break down Bitcoin’s next move, how the coronavirus and financial crisis may impact the halving, and how Bitcoin’s fundamentals will affect its long-term…

The alpha release will launch this month for Gods Unchained, opening up to double jump.tokyo and several other developers. 1554 Total views 17 Total shares Double jump.tokyo, the developer of popular blockchain game My Crypto Heroes, announced on March 25 that it will use the Immutable X platform to mint and trade nonfungible tokens, or…

Bitcoin needs to move away from the proof-of-work consensus mechanism to remain the world’s dominant cryptocurrency, Ripple’s Chris Larsen said. 2388 Total views 15 Total shares Bitcoin (BTC) code contributors need to consider a move away from the cryptocurrency’s proof-of-work consensus mechanism, Ripple co-founder Chris Larsen argued.In a Wednesday blog post, Larsen outlined major PoW-related…