Anu Bhardwaj is a dynamo focused on tackling women’s issues on a global scale, including facilitating entrepreneurship and investing. Anu collaborates with key industry players to obliterate barriers to entry and demonstrate to women that systems meant to intimidate them can be easily mastered. She’s already inspiring the next generation, as seen from…
Details
After months of rumors and speculation, the social-media giant, Facebook, finally announced its own crypto coin, Libra. Details spread quickly, especially when it became apparent that Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg have far greater ambitions for the Libra than previously expected. Instead of merely acting as an in-app payments solution akin to the Apple…
Details
In a recent series of articles, various Bitcoinist contributors examined the myriad of reasons why Bitcoin might be the most durable of all assets, despite having no physical foothold. Ever since Bitcoin’s boom towards the end of 2017, numerous governments have tried to impose bans on cryptocurrencies in various forms…
Details
Griff Green is the founder of Giveth.io, a Donation Application (DApp) striving to reincentivize giving and to help the nonprofit space thrive by rewarding donors. He spoke with BitIRA about how he got started in crypto, and how his visions for revolutionary blockchain applications have evolved over time. BitIRA: How did you first get…
Details
As traders and investors marvel at Bitcoin’s recent price recovery, one that saw the token rise by roughly 120% over the span of two months, news of blockchain’s ever-increasing adoption have somewhat fallen under the radar. Yet recent developments involving giants such as Microsoft, Amazon and JPMorgan show that…
Details
Bitcoin’s spectacular recovery seemed to momentarily cap two weeks ago, when the cryptocurrency briefly touched the $8,000 level before dropping off to just above $7,000. Since then, the top crypto continued its surge and now appears to aim for the $9,000 level, having most recently clocked in at $8,785, the highest in a year. While…
Details
In February, bitcoin finally broke the bearish trajectory that had many doubters forecasting doom for the crypto market. After more than a year of downward price movement, the top cryptocurrency jumped from around $3,500 at the start of February to over $5,000 by April. The price gain of nearly $2,000 within the span of two…
Details
After a historic 2017 that saw Bitcoin’s price vault over the most bullish forecasts, the cryptocurrency ushered in 2018 with a bit of tumult. Although BTC continued to gain mainstream and institutional attention, along with displaying a newfound stability, it would be difficult to ignore its numerous corrections last year. But now, Bitcoin seems to…
Details
Michael Gronager, PhD, is the Founder and CEO of Chainalysis, is an international firm that develops blockchain compliance and investigation software. He talks with BitIRA about the inherent challenges of building trust in blockchains while maintaining users’ privacy. BitIRA: What personally drew you to get involved in the crypto industry? Michael Gronager: I’ve always…
Details
Although reports of attacks on crypto exchanges have been making the headlines for a while, some have dismissed the warnings by thinking that such compromises only happen to smaller or lesser-known websites. Yet news this week of a major hack on Binance, one of the world’s most popular crypto exchanges, showed that not even the…
Details
