BCH Developer Unveils Xthinner Scaling Protocol – Claims to Compress Blocks by 99%
On Sunday, Bitcoin Cash (BCH) developer Jonathan Toomim unveiled a project he’s been working on called Xthinner, a new block propagation protocol that leverages the benefits of lexicographic transaction...
UTXO Analysis Points to a BTC Price Bottom in Q1 2019
“When will the bear market end?” is the refrain of bored and frustrated traders across crypto Twitter. “Soon” is the answer suggested by Delphi Digital’s latest report. “Bitcoin Holder...
Indian Central Bank’s Report Shows Cryptocurrencies Are Not Currently a Threat
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has published a report indicating that cryptocurrencies are not a threat currently. However, the central bank says, with rapid growth and adoption of...
December Volume Report: Top Markets See Strongest Trade of H2 2018
The five most traded cryptocurrency markets saw an increase in volume during December, when compared with the previous month. Despite the spike in trading activity posted by the dominant...
Private Blockchains Have Few Applications, Study Finds
Despite all efforts, so far businesses haven’t been able to come up with significant applications for private, centralized blockchains as opposed to public distributed ledgers, a new study shows....
Study Finds Less Than 40% of BTC Addresses Are Economically Relevant
The number of unique addresses on the Bitcoin Core (BTC) network is constantly growing but only 37 percent of them are “economically relevant,” according to a recent study by...
Bithumb Accused of Inflating Reported Trading Volume
An investigation conducted by Crypto Exchange Ranks (CER) has alleged that Bithumb, the largest Korean digital currency exchange by volume, has drastically inflated its reported trade volume during the...
Researchers Find Thousands of Crypto Pump-and-Dump Groups on Messaging Apps
A new study has identified 4,818 cryptocurrency pump-and-dump groups...
The Daily: Japan Calls All Coins ‘Crypto Assets’, Russia Defines Cryptocurrency as Property
The Financial Services Agency of Japan has resolved to refer to cryptocurrencies as “crypto assets” in order to prevent confusion with legal tender. Also in The Daily, the Justice...
BTI Claims Only Two of Top 25 Crypto Exchanges Accurately Report Volume
The Blockchain Transparency Institute (BTI) has published its December 2018 “Exchange Volumes Report,” claiming that only two of the top 25 cryptocurrency exchanges by reported volume on Coinmarketcap pairings...
