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Ambrosus | Making sure our products are safe?

10 Apr 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Ambrosus (AMB) initially attempted to raise close to $100 million for their ICO. While they never managed to gain such a high amount, there was still a large amount of interest and curiosity in the project among the community. However, why exactly w...

Will the markets stay bullish throughout 2019?

10 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Taking a look at the Bitcoin chart, we had the blowout date on April 2nd where the markets had massive buys on the open order books. A good proven and time-tested sign that this is a time where OTC desks are going wild, and they’re filling major ord...

What exactly is Coinbase’s newest listing- Augur?

9 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Coinbase recently announced that they would be providing a listing for three further cryptocurrencies. These were EOS (EOS), Maker (MKR) and Augur (REP). The coins will be made available to trade on their Coinbase Pro platform, and will be launched i...

Zilliqa | Solving the great scalability problem

9 Apr 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Zilliqa advertises themselves as being able to achieve a speed of 2828 transactions per second. This is a significant claim. However, several projects in crypto claim to have 10K transactions per second, some even 100K. It seemed for a period; every...

Bitcoin futures at a record high- retail money coming back in?

8 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Bitcoin has seen massive volume in the futures markets. Retail investors could finally be taking a renewed interest in Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies following regulatory updates from some of the world key economies. The CME Bitcoin futures contract h...

IOTA | The tangle solution for IoT

8 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

The IoT revolution is firmly taking place. As the global population continues to grow and mature, the number of ‘internet of things’ devices will subsequently grow exponentially. It’s estimated by 2020; there will be over some 50 billion connected d...

Is DAI the decentralized stablecoin of the future?

8 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

MakerDAO is not a new project; in fact, they have been in existent for a lengthy period now. However, what aspects concerning the project have given it a unique standing in the cryptocurrency sphere? Well, MakerDAO is stablecoin, more significantly i...

Japan continues to be at the forefront of blockchain adoption

6 Apr 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

Among the recent green markets experienced by the community, more fundamental positive news continues to take place towards the adoption of blockchain technology. Japan Railways is the biggest railway and subway operator in Japan. The Japan Railways...

Lisk | A true competitor to Ethereum

5 Apr 2019 2 minute read 1 comment Blockspectator

With Bitcoin core being written C++ and other projects in Ethereum Solidity primarily, there’s much confusion for developers about which language to focus on, let alone both together. Max Kordek and Oliver Beddows saw and experienced these struggles...

Are US Tech IPOs causing the markets price pump?

3 Apr 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Blockspectator

The past couple of days have seen Bitcoin have a massive breakout from the previous three-month trading range. It gained over $600 in an hour and as of writing it, stands the psychologically important level of $5,000. The Bitcoin price pump has cause...