Bitcoin and cryptocurrency round-up 22 May 2018
What's happening in cryptocurrency?
Learn about who likes which coin, the future of bank money, bitcoin payments in Argentina, the ICO takedown and Ethereum's price analysis.
1. XRP and BCH sitting in a tree
T-R-A-D-I-N-G.
How do gender and age affect coin preferences?
2. 5% pleasure, 5% pain, 100% reason to get in the game
Banks haven't seen a threat like cryptocurrency before.
They haven't seen an opportunity like it either.
3. "Just do it" - Shia LaBeouf explains how to implement crypto transfers
As of today, customers at Argentina's Banco Masventas can make international transfers to 50+ countries within 24 hours with fees of 3% + VAT via bitcoin.
The fastest way for a bank to implement cross-border crypto payment solutions is to just do it.
4. The crackdown to end start all crackdowns
They say don't make threats you can't back up.
Ethereum price analysis: Certainty edition
If there's one fact you can take to the bank, which all experts unanimously agree on, it's that Ethereum prices will continue to go up unless they go down.
It's clear beyond a shadow of a doubt that they might go up.
Disclosure: At the time of writing, the author holds ETH, IOTA, ICX, VEN, XLM, BTC and NANO.
Latest cryptocurrency news
- Ethereum price: Massive slide as market faces bearish pressure
- Ethereum 2.0: Roadmap, timeline and implications
- Bitcoin falls to US$34,000 as confidence in money markets improves with the Biden inauguration
- Bitcoin price lags while regulators raise fears and banks grapple
- Bitcoin price sees volatility around $37,000 with Pantera Capital projecting $115,000
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