Cointelligence Blog
XRP showing impressive growth
Predictions show that XRP could reach the price of $10 in the coming year and currently, almost every exchange is facing problems in dealing with the investors and processing their payments due to the amount of transactions that are being processed by their networks.
eSports causes litecoin price hike
Like most other cryptocurrencies, litecoin has had a stellar year in terms of growth, however, it’s latest price increase can perhaps be attributed to a surprising catalyst: eSports.
Estonian government to develop their own cryptocurrency
The Estonian Government has announced that they’re currently building their own state-backed cryptocurrency as well as a crypto asset market.
South Korean crypto exchange, Youbit, shuts down following second hack
After falling victim to a devastating hacking campaign for the second time this year, the cryptocurrency exchange, Youbit, has shut down.
European bank offers clients altcoin trading
The European bank, Swissquote, has recently announced that investors can now invest in up to four different altcoins on their trading platforms.
North Korean hackers target South Korean crypto exchanges
A South Korean newspaper recently confirmed that North Korean hackers were behind increasingly damaging attacks directed at South Korean cryptocurrency exchange platforms.
Cryptocurrencies do not threaten the financial world order, says FSOC
Most traditional financial institutions have declared a Bitcoin Crash as one of the top 20 possible financial threats in 2018, however, the regulatory body FSOC argues otherwise.
Bitcoin platinum is a scam
Bitcoin platinum (BTP), was set to be launched on December 10th, turns out to be a fraud. BTP was initially marketed as a hard fork of the Bitcoin blockchain. The leading South Korean media outlet, JoongAng, exposed Bitcoin Platinum to be a scam to manipulate Bitcoin prices.
ICOs taking advantage of legal loopholes
Research found that many ICOs provide insufficient information and, therefore, seeing them as ICOs to invest in cannot be the product of logical reasoning. Most of these ICOs count on legislative ambiguities and do not deliver any key legal information regarding their ICO.
What are the investors thinking?
It really is confusing when it comes to Bitcoin, since the difference of opinion regarding the cryptocurrency is so stark. Half of the big-time investors claim that bitcoin is the new gold, whereas, others state that it is a speculative bubble that should be avoided.
