We’ve already discussed how several methods of sharding can work as possible solutions for this problem, but a different approach includes building a new network from the ground up, focusing on creating fast, off-chain channels to support micropayments with immediate liquidity.

With the cryptocurrency market recovering from its harsh winter of last year, crypto hedge funds seem to be gaining popularity again, which is why we took a look at a report release by PwC and Elwood about the way the top 100 hedge funds are run, the solutions they offer, the magnitude of assets they handle and how that translates into a raise in the number of users.

After last week’s big rise, it’s been enough time for the market to stabilize and to oscillate around new resistance values, with some healthy signs in terms of trading volumes, but let’s take a look.

Given how popular blockchain has become, both as the support for cryptocurrency and for the development of decentralized apps, it was only a matter of time until scalability became an important topic of discussion. With more and more transactions taking place simultaneously, each node has more processing to do in order to validate them.

It has been quite the week for cryptocurrencies, as the prices fluctuated widely and are yet to stabilize again. Let’s take a look at how the top 10 coins moved:

The time is upon us. Starting today, the so called Blockchain Week for this year will begin, during which many different events regarding blockchain development and cryptocurrency implementation will take place. Seminars, forums, meet-ups and many more, all within a week, but the one that attracts the most attention is the Consensus.

Another week, another recap. In a week with plenty of news, and a few days before the most important blockchain-related events in the year, the market experienced some interesting movements. Let’s take a look

After the great dip of last year’s “Crypto winter”, the market seems to be recovering in a healthy way, and the news seem to have reached new ears, since the announcements from great multinational companies venturing into the uses of blockchain and developing their own tokens are more frequent by the day.

Another week has passed, and the whole market showed a very healthy growth after the happenings of last week. Most coins broke their resistance points and trading volumes seem to indicate this is not a fluke, but let’s take a deeper look:

Resuming with our original schedule, today we will review the behavior of the top 10 cryptocurrencies in terms of market capitalization. Let’s take a look:

Given that Easter was celebrated last week’s weekend, we will take our time to review the movement of the top 10 currencies (in terms of market capitalization) and discuss briefly about happenings in the crypto environment.

With Q1 of 2019 done, prominent data compiling companies are already releasing their reports on how the cryptocurrency market behaved in this past 3 months. In this article, we will be reviewing the data reported by InWara, a well known data analysis company that focuses on ICOs and, recently, in the rise of Security Token Offerings (STOs).

Yet another has passed, and this one wasn’t as wild as the last one. Some say the movement of the market was predictable to some degree, but let’s take a look at what happened!

It’s been two years since the discussion about a legal Bitcoin ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) started and the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission rejected the request because of the difficulties that arise when trying to track and regulate the trading of cryptocurrencies.

A new month has begun, and with good news for the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin experienced a great pump on Tuesday, and the rest of the market followed suit, with the top cryptos also showing rises proportional to Bitcoin’s. Let’s take a look!

Since Coinmaster funded themselves in 2013, the ICO (Initial Coin Offering) method has been the most popular and effective fundraising route for projects oriented towards blockchain and cryptocurrency. But this trend seems to be changing.

Another week has passed, which means it’s time to analyze how the top cryptocurrencies in the market behaved and what could that mean for the next days.

Continuing our last article, we will now take a quick look at some of the best crypto-to-crypto trading platforms, that compete against one another in terms of quick transactions and low fees.

It’s time for the weekly recap of the top 10 cryptocurrencies in the market. As usual, we’ll rank them in terms of market capitalization, with a dynamic plot to visualize the currencies’ behavior in the past days. Last saturday, we saw an overall rise across most important coins, but this climb was temporary as most experienced a decline yesterday.

Whether you are an experienced trader looking to enter new markets, or a traditional internet user with a sense of curiosity about how the world of cryptocurrency moves, probably the most important aspect is finding a platform where you can buy, sell and trade your currencies. And since these investments usually involve a high amount of money, these platforms need to build enough confidence for the users to trust in them. Here we will review some of the best cryptocurrency exchanges, highlighting their pros, cons, and telling you a little bit about their history and their current state.