TRX hits $20B record high, flashing ‘altseason’ signal for December

Some people predicted that crypto assets were going to be a fad that would quickly come and go. But in just a short time, we’ve seen crypto assets become the focus of new innovation. Cryptocurrencies have offered value exchange, the ability to generate income, and a viable investment option. Young companies are turning away from…

Japanese finance giant SBI Holdings has released its nine-month financial report today, Jan. 31. In the report for the period ending on Dec. 31, 2018, SBI notes Ripple’s potential for cross-border payments.SBI outlines the implementation of technologies by Ripple (XRP) and blockchain consortium R3 as a major part of its strategy to enable a global…

Disclaimer: This report previously stated that Kik was only considering shutting down its app and has been updated following new information from Kik.The Canadian social media and messaging app company Kik is considering shutting down its popular Kik messaging app.70 reported layoffs at Kin subsidiary In a Sept. 23 article, Israeli tech publication CTech Calcalistit cites…

New wire fraud charges against St. Petersburg trolls allege that they stole the identities of U.S. citizens to open crypto accounts. The U.S. filed criminal charges against Russian national Artem Lifshits for his management of an affiliate of the infamous Internet Research Agency, which U.S. authorities accuse of interfering in the 2016 election.The new complaint alleges…

Is Solana living up to its so-called “Ethereum-killer” status? And one trader was left over $1 million poorer due to a hard fork.

Following the successful deployment of twenty-five previous Ethereum Request for Comments (ERC) standards, including the industry-recognized ERC-20 designed for tokens, ERC-721 for nonfungible tokens (NFTs), and the single smart contract multi-token ERC-1155; the newly-passed ERC-4626 is gaining traction within the Ethereum community for its purported yield-bearing benefits.Referred to as the “tokenized vault standard,” ERC-4626 is…

Bitcoin (BTC) is now seeing "tepid" demand just three months after hitting its latest all-time high, according to on-chain analytics firm Glassnode.In a tweet on Feb. 18, researchers flagged a sea change in Bitcoin on-chain activity compared to just three months ago. Bitcoin active entities echo 2019 "mini bull peak"Bitcoin's descent from $69,000 to $33,000 has…