Since the turn of the year, Stellar (XLM) is the only major cryptocurrency not to have increased in price. While that sinks in, bear in mind that most coins in and around the 12th ranked XLM have recorded anywhere between 100% and 1,100% growth during …
As bitcoin roars back into a bull market, traders are eagerly awaiting “alt-season,” a parabolic jump in altcoins that historically follows bitcoin’s rise. But they’re going to be disappointed. There won’t be an alt season in this hype cycle. Not like …
By CCN: With numerous bullish breakouts on the longer timeframe, the crypto bull market is growing stronger by the day. We’re not just talking about bitcoin. On the contrary, the disbelief rally of the king of cryptocurrencies may be on its last legs. …
By CCN: Stellar, the Ripple fork founded by Jed McCaleb after disagreements with decisions at Ripple, went down for about two hours yesterday. Tim Swanson alerted Twitter to the issue, and a Stellar representative confirmed its occurrence. Experts Noti…
Earlier this week, Coinbase announced in a blog post that it would add Stellar Lumens (XLM) support to its mobile cryptocurrency wallet app Coinbase Wallet with its next update, which the company expects to roll out over the next week. The wallet app w…
By CCN.com: A bug in the code for Stellar – the eighth-largest cryptocurrency – allowed an attacker to generate 2.25 billion lumens in April 2017 successfully. Stellar quietly patched the bug in version in 0.6.2, released in May of that yea…
IBM’s Jesse Lund, who heads the blockchain division, claims IBM is the leader in blockchain technology. In a recent interview, Lund stated: What IBM’s been doing as the leader in blockchain technology for the last three years is adding security and con…
XLM, a cryptocurrency backed by Stellar Lumens, an open-source, decentralized payment protocol, surged as much as 11-percent in the past 24 hours. The upside move started brewing during the early European trading session on Monday, as the XLM moved fro…
Ripple is under serious threat as IBM joins forces with major banks to issue cryptocurrencies. In a Bloomberg report, IBM revealed it was in talks with two “major US banks” to issue a cryptocurrency for internal and remittance payments. The IBM initiative, which is powered by Stellar’s blockchain, is a huge threat to Ripple. Ripple has always positioned itself and its associated cryptocurrency XRP as the future standard for banking remittance payments. If banks create their own blockchain solutions for instant payments, is Ripple obsolete? It’s official: IBM is open for business in payments with World Wire in 72 countries
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The stellar cryptocurrency has completed its Coinbase rollout following its listing on the retail-facing brokerage platform Coinbase.com. Stellar Goes Live on Coinbase.com & Mobile Apps The US-based crypto exchange announced just minutes ago that s…
Coinbase Pro will have active trading of Stellar Lumens (XLM) by morning. The exchange announced in a blog post earlier today that it is currently accepting deposits. They are conducting the listing in a similar manner to how they did Ripple, in stages…
Stellar’s crypto asset XLM is pursuing a steady uptrend since March 7. As of 1100 UTC, the XLM-to-dollar rate was trading at 0.093, up 11.20-percent from its March 7 low. The pair today posted circa 4-percent gains, according to a 24-hour adjuste…
Whenever a new blockchain platform launched between 2017 and 2018, it was inevitably heralded as a future replacement for the largest, most successful cryptocurrency platform of all. In short, it came bearing the name of Ethereum Killer. Those propheci…
IBM VP of Blockchain and Digital Currencies Jesse Lund is bullish on Bitcoin – so bullish, in fact, that he set a long-term $1 million price target. Bitcoin Price Has Million-Dollar Potential Lund revealed his long-term Bitcoin price target at th…
The cryptocurrency market once again featured almost nonexistent volatility on Tuesday, though the Bitcoin price continues to feel uncomfortably heavy. The global average for Bitcoin pushed upward a slight amount, to $3,470, in the 24-hour period. Nota…
Stellar price attempts to break above its rangebound action as the crypto market enters the second week of January 2019. The XLM/USD rate on Monday has surged more than 6% on a 24-hour adjusted timeframe. It was previously locked in a wider price band …
Opinions expressed in this article are those of the author alone. While some conservatives are focused on fomenting national security with barriers, cryptocurrencies have at their heart a mission to cut across national boundaries. Money talks, and cryp…
As CCN recently reported, Ripple and Stellar co-founder Jed McCaleb took time out of a recent interview to denigrate Cryptocurrency TRON. Calling it “garbage,” McCaleb has apparently set off a minor firestorm of reactions on Twitter. Said firestorm in…
The TRON Foundation and the TRON blockchain is going from strength to strength, after beginning this year’s march to success with a development team of just two engineers, TRON now has over 40. The growth of TRON’s core development team has allowed its…
According to Stellar, Ripple, Mt. Gox, and e-Donkey co-founder Jed McCaleb, Tron is “just garbage.” McCaleb, who forked away from Ripple to create Stellar due to personal differences with the mission of Ripple’s corporate board at the time, also …