Bitcoin and cryptocurrency roundup: 15 February 2018
What's up?
Ripple's volatility by the numbers, a close look at the Havven experiment and the increasing importance of crypto skills.
Meanwhile IOTA's spreading renewable roots to Canada, a dip into the least volatile coins and a chat with NEM president Lon Wong.
1. Dang, Ripple
Finder crunched the numbers to measure crypto volatility. And would you believe it, there's a powderkeg.
Ripple in particular has been known to blow its top.
2. A maybe slightly-too-brave new world
Havven is going where no economic system has gone before.
Whether it stays there is anyone's guess, but if economic wonders of the world were a thing, Havven would probably be one of them.
3. Writing, 'rithmetic and 'rypto
Freelancers with crypto skills, and general financial skills, are increasingly in demand.
In some places, they just can't get enough.
4. First the green revolution, then the IoT revolution or maybe vice versa
IOTA might best known for making plans that elicit incredulous eyebrow movements. If the energy of those movements could be harnessed, you'd realise it wasn't worth bothering. The more conventional energy sources are still much more promising.
5. Ssshhh, easy there crypto, who's a good coin?
The volatile crypto markets only ever sleep with one eye open and are prone to wake up with huge price swings.
But bitcoin is actually one of the more restful cryptos around.
6. Lon Wong of NEM on the long road ahead
Latest cryptocurrency news
- Grin had “most expensive genesis block one in history”
- Grayscale adds Stellar Lumens, citing demand and application
- Binance goes live with EUR and GBP fiat trades at Binance Jersey
- Grin vs Beam: MimbleWimble heats up as crypto competitors launch
- Brave browser on the verge of rolling out ads that pay viewers
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Disclosure: At the time of writing the author holds ETH, IOTA, ICX, VEN, XLM, XRB, SALT
