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Crypto Gaming Platform Litemint Completes the Acquisition of Stellarport

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020 by Rehan Yousaf

In an official statement released on January 1st, the gaming platform Litemint, and Stellarport, which is part of Stellar ecosystem, announced that the two companies have entered an agreement in which Litemint will be acquiring Stellarport. The press release states that Stellarport provides a compact multi-assets crypto wallet, and conducts and anchors the services and operations for Stellar Decentralized Exchange. Litemint will soon become a key player in the blockchain-based markets, merging $68.5 billion mobile…

$15M Worth of Stellar (XLM) Moved to the Crypto Exchange Kraken

Posted on September 16, 2019November 14, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

‘Whales’ are known to make big moves in the world of cryptocurrency and it’s very common for them to make transactions crossing millions of dollars worth in crypto. But a recent transaction of a huge sum of Stellar (XLM) has some people worried about the digital coin’s future. Whale Alert, a real-time tracker of large crypto transactions alerted on its Twitter account about the transfer of 260,000,000 XLM virtual coins, which at that time were…

Ethereum Keeps Losing Market Share to its Crypto Rivals EOS and Stellar

Posted on March 31, 2019March 31, 2019 by Carolyne Walker

Once considered as Bitcoin successor (and by some, still does), Ethereum brought the new concepts of smart contracts and dApps that made it quite popular among developers and programmers as it allowed them to create the applications that could execute transactions automatically. Bitcoin was definitely a revolutionary concept of digital means of exchange value but Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin went a step ahead with additional functionalities and capabilities that helped startups and many established businesses…

Report Reveals Stellar Swept a Bug Worth 2.25 Billion XLM ($10M) Under the Rug

Posted on March 30, 2019March 30, 2019 by Rehan Yousaf

A blockchain research company called Messari released a report last Wednesday that reveals a hack on the Stellar platform from all the way back in early 2017. According to the report, the hack went unnoticed by the media because Stellar conveniently chose a way to report on the bug that got no media attention. Hacks on a blockchain platform, be it new or old, has always attracted a lot of media attention and hurt the…

The Tor Project Enables Cryptocurrency Donations

Posted on March 25, 2019March 25, 2019 by Julie Williams

As cryptocurrency and its underlying technology, Blockchain technology, garner more traction towards the mainstream, this new era of digital currencies has proven to offer a wide range of use cases across different sectors. Ranging from the corporate world to our everyday grocery purchase, this set of virtual currencies have found its use in virtually every aspect of our lives today. Over the years, tons of innovative ideas were created to help demystify the complex technology,…

Weekly Crypto Market Analysis March 6-13: Stellar Rises, Tron Falters

Posted on March 13, 2019March 13, 2019 by Lipsa Das

The crypto markets are finally behaving in a very matured manner. After every major increase, there is a round of correction and each of these correction rounds is getting shorter and shorter. Additionally, the correction has not resulted in such a huge decrease in value of cryptocurrencies; thus, hinting an upcoming bullish trend. However, just like every other week, there are a bunch of cryptocurrencies that have gained a lot of value as well as…

Stellar’s Jed McCaleb Says Most Crypto Projects Are BS and Tron Is Just Garbage

Posted on January 3, 2019January 3, 2019 by Julie Williams

In an interview with Yahoo Finance concerning the state of cryptocurrency as at the end of 2018, crypto pioneer, Jed McCaleb stated without mincing words that the growth of the crypto sphere is not measured by the prices of crypto coins and that about 90% of crypto projects are B.S. He went on with his rather firm statement and also asserted that Tron, for example, is just garbage and it is not worth the money…

Report: North Korea Deepens Involvement in Cryptocurrency Scams this Year

Posted on October 28, 2018January 3, 2019 by Jodie Lauren Smith

Over the last 18 months, the internet technology company Recorded Future has released details of a number of reports into North Korea’s use of the Internet. There is evidence to show that North Korea’s leaders are technologically savvy and engage with emerging and cutting-edge technologies such as cryptocurrency. Key Findings of the 18-month look into North Korea’s Internet Habits One major goal of internet usage among North Korea’s ruling elite is to create revenue for…