Bitcoin climbed to the highest since November after breaching the $8,000 price level. Concerns about an escalation in the conflict between the U.S. and Iran are seen as contributing to the rally in Bitcoin, which is not managed by a government. “Bitcoin...

The fact that a store-of-value asset with fixed supply and increasing adoption is more likely to appreciate in price will keep Bitcoin supported in 2020, in our view, while the primary trends of 2019 that favored the first-born cryptocurrency vs....

Baidu, the Chinese Internent giant, has launched the public beta for its “Xuperchain” open-network blockchain.  On Jan. 6, Baidu Xuperchain announced the launch of its public beta during an online press conference. Until March, users can pay as low as...

Bitcoin (BTC) is not off to a good start as the flagship crypto steadied at $7,100 on the first day of 2020 and declined by more than 3% the following day, permitting it to revisit $6,000 levels. The price of...

It behooves a speculator to speculate, and nothing gets the attention of the speculator more than the classic market catalyst of “war in the Middle East.” So last night’s U.S. strike, killing Iranian General Soleimani, is the sort of event...

The Ethereum mainnet has just undergone the Muir Glacier hard fork, less than a month after its Istanbul update on Dec. 8.  The Muir Glacier update was activated at Block number 9,200,000 on Jan. 2, 2020, with only one improvement proposal, EIP 2384....

Ethereum (ETH) celebrated the new year by being up 1.28%, but the second day of 2020 had erased those gains as the current price of the second most popular crypto is back from where it opened yesterday. Ethereum, which has...

The price of Bitcoin reached in December 2017 nearly $20,000 per bitcoin. The bitcoin price traded between $930 and $978 on December 29, 2016, and surpassed $1,000 on New Year’s Day 2017, then $5,000 in October, and $10,000 in November....

Now, as most of the 2020 blockchain predictions have settled in and the year is near its end, let’s review the highlights in the enterprise blockchain and digital assets space, especially in the financial services vertical. Measured by the quality of the...

The 3rd Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) Forum of Tsinghua University, guided by the People’s Government of Shanghai, Tsinghua University and the China Association for Social Workers, has been successfully held in Shanghai from December 19 to December 20. At the Forum, VeChain, together with...