IOV Labs, the parent company behind RSK Bitcoin smart contract network, and RSK Infrastructure Framework (RIF) has recently acquired Taringa, the major social media platform for Latin America with 30 million users. This acquisition represents an opportunity to quickly bring …
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Is Market Regulation of Online Gambling The Death Of Crypto Casinos?
Bitcoin, the world’s oldest cryptocurrency, turned 10 on January 3, 2019. This date marked a full decade since the bitcoin blockchain network started operating, and it hasn’t stopped since. In the meantime, many more cryptocurrencies have come about, and today …
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Tax Strategies For Cryptocurrency Investors To Legally Minimize Taxes
Many cryptocurrency investors and taxpayers view the tax system as a drain on their wealth. They often say, if it wasn’t for taxes, I would have more funds to accelerate the growth of my portfolio and build wealth for my …
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Ranking methodology updated! New metric coming soon
Next Monday (Sep 2, 2019), we will be announcing a change in our ranking methodology to ensure cryptoassets will have fairer representation in the ranking when comparing across all cryptoassets. Previously, we announced an expanded methodology that detailed the requirements …
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CoinMarketCap’s First Global Crypto Conference is Free with Proof-of-Work
We know traveling for events can be extremely tiring. Plus, we’re not really passionate about high-priced entry tickets. As we’re in the process of planning for CoinMarketCap’s first global conference, we firmly believe that regardless of title or expertise, our …
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The Evolution of Fundraising and Investments in the Blockchain Space
When a little known cypherpunk project called Bitcoin launched in 2009, few expected that cryptocurrency would become a household name. The blockchain market exploded onto the global scene in 2017, reaching a fever pitch in December and peaking at over …
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Shaping The Future of A Rising Economy: How Blockchain is Gaining Credibility in India
Blockchain, a simple concept yet so complex and diverse in its use-cases is still in a nascent stage. Numerous countries have come to realize the immense potential of blockchain and are tapping into the unexplored areas of this disruptive technology. …
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Driving Cryptocurrency Adoption on the Ground: Lessons Learned from Dash in Thailand
Real life payments have been the number one use-case of cryptocurrencies. Yet, a decade after Bitcoin’s genesis, it’s still a long way to mass adoption on both sides of the scenario, for the customers and merchants. With local teams around …
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CoinMarketCap’s enigmatic founder to make his first public appearance
We are hosting our first-ever large-scale conference! NEW YORK, JULY 18, 2019 – For the first time, our enigmatic founder will take the stage at our first large-scale conference happening on November 12-13 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands. …
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Learn to Read Crypto and Blockchain Data With Our Simple Guide
CoinMarketCap’s block explorer guide will have you navigating blockchain data like the coolest kid on the block. At CoinMarketCap, we have made it a mission to clearly communicate blockchain and crypto concepts in conjunction with providing data in abundance. Education …
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A Day in the Life with the CoinMarketCap Team
(Featuring our small but mighty app) Morning in East Asia, 7:00 am The alarm clock rings to signal a new day. Still half asleep from staying up late, as the schedule of a global community manager dictates, Eric slowly brings …
Happy 6th Birthday! DATA Alliance, Block Explorers and more
Today we are celebrating our sixth anniversary at CoinMarketCap. To commemorate this momentous occasion, we are announcing several major initiatives that we’ve been working on for months: CoinMarketCap Data Accountability & Transparency Alliance CoinMarketCap Block Explorers CoinMarketCap Shop CoinMarketCap API …
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Bitcoin 2019 Is Coming
By Bitcoin 2019 As crypto winter begins to thaw and the frost starts to melt from the leaves of the token forest, a renewed sense of excitement is beginning to build in the Bitcoin community. Bitcoin has survived another down …
Challenging Veteran Chinese Cryptocurrency Exchanges at Utomarket
Offering competitive trading conditions and a wide range of services to satisfy the needs of demanding clients as they evolve The Chinese cryptocurrency exchange industry experienced a hard blow in 2017 when the government introduced a blanket ban on cryptocurrencies …
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2019: Year of the DEX
Is the winter of cryptocurrency prices the golden age of blockchain technology? Welcome 2019, the year of Decentralized Exchanges (DEX) From the CMC editorial team: We’ve heard lots of hype around DEXes billing 2019 as the year that they might …
DeFi: Seamless Payments with Totle
Decentralized finance (DeFi): The industry of financial services built on the blockchain for the purpose of removing consumers’ dependency on the banking system, enhancing financial security, and expanding consumers’ financial capabilities. DeFi services offer users complete control over their finances. …
The Biggest Barrier to Building in DeFi
DeFi services have the potential to make managing finances easier than ever before: We’ve entered the era of programmable financial instruments. DeFi promises us complete control over our funds, stronger security infrastructure, seamless payment functionality, and investment options previously only …
How blockchain will disrupt the communication industry
From the CMC editorial desk: One of the things we’ve always wanted to explore is what mass adoption of blockchain technology looks like. Here we have some examples of how it will change the face of the communication industry in …
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CoinMarketCap cryptocurrency benchmark indices to launch on NASDAQ, Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters today
CoinMarketCap will launch two comprehensive headline indices calculated and administered by Solactive, the German index provider Today, we will be launching two cryptocurrency benchmark indices on NASDAQ GIDS, Bloomberg Terminals, Thomson Reuters Eikon (Refinitiv), and Börse Stuttgart. These indices will …
Life After Trading: Cryptocurrencies In Everyday Life
Part 3 of 3 in the Digital Gold on the Blockchain series From the CMC editorial desk: Continuing where we left off in the second post, we explore the potential of cryptocurrencies in day-to-day life. Cryptocurrencies were launched into the …
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