A news digest of what happened in the crypto world in the past month, February 2019: Big Brands Jumping On Board JP Morgan launched its own cryptocurrency, JPM Coin, a move that surprised many given CEO Jamie Dimon’s prior opposition to cryptocurrency. Another financial giant, Nasdaq, added Bitcoin and Ethereum indices to its Global Data…
Recent high-profile Bitcoin “torch passes” on the Lightning Network have highlighted an issue that, for some, continues to pose a challenge for the cryptocurrency even after its explosion into the mainstream, writes CoinDesk. The very first comment written after the launch of the Satoshi network in 2008 had to do with the project’s scalability. It…
A major investment management firm that specializes in pensions and endowments, Cambridge Associates, remarked that cryptocurrency “may very well upend the digital world”, reports CCN. This comes on the heels of a growing trend among financial institutions. For optimists in the crypto space, the most important story in 2018 was that of institutional investment. The…
Since the financial crash of 2008-09, private banks have garnered some infamy for their malpractices and failure to provide security and stability for their clients. Last week, Wells Fargo found itself embroiled in a crisis that further boosted the argument for storing some of one’s wealth in crypto, reports CCN. On February 7, the 13th…
The winner of the BitIRA U Scholarship for January 2019 has been announced. We do have an honorable mention for the contest. Som Mohapatra, a high school senior from Virginia, wrote an essay about how blockchain can protect users’ data privacy in a variety of contexts and applications. Below is the essay that Som submitted:…
A news digest of what happened in the crypto world in the past month, January 2019: Ethereum’s Highs and Lows Ethereum (ETH) again regained the #2 cryptocurrency position after a rocky end of 2018, though it continues to jockey for this place with Ripple (XRP). Despite recent price blows, Ethereum on-chain transaction volume actually reached…
BitIRA is happy to announce that Noah Covey is the winner of the BitIRA U Scholarship for January 2019. The scholarship is for college students and high school seniors in their senior year that write an excellent essay how blockchain will shape the world in the next 20 years. Noah is a high school senior…
Although virtually everyone with internet access knows about Twitter, not as many are familiar with Jack Dorsey, the man behind the globally-renowned platform. Of those who know about Dorsey, even fewer realize that the entrepreneur is a crypto bull with a particular focus on Bitcoin. In a recent interview on a popular online podcast, Dorsey…
In this week’s interview, we talk with Bijan Bina, a co-host of the Dose of Ether podcast and founder of Battle Tested Ventures (BTV). Read the full interview below to find out how he thinks that “the next 100 million consumers” can be brought into blockchain and why he believes that “every industry will be…
During the crypto boom in 2017, Nasdaq was among the companies that looked into the prospect of Bitcoin futures, along with other exchanges like Cboe and CME. Nasdaq’s plans for crypto futures have since been placed on ice, but the famed exchange is as bullish as ever when it comes to cryptocurrency, reports Bitcoinist. In…
