With less than two days left to the ninth Ethereum upgrade, Muir Glacier, majority of the node operators are ready for it. As previously reported, Ethereum is forced to have another hard fork less than a month after the Istanbul upgrade, due to a mistake, and in order to delay the feature known as the difficulty bomb which slows down blocks, aka Ice Age, for approximately 611 days. Nodes should’ve been upgraded by December 30 to account for the variable block times, given that even the exact tim...

Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the last quarter of this year and this decade: Total crypto market capitalization in Q4 October We started this quarter with looking who is to blame for Bitcoin price crash. We were in for a surprise when a German bank stated that Bitcoin prices are in for a major boost next year and that current prices do not take into account the upcoming halving. Speaking of which, the discussions on the halving and what it might mean for the future of BTC miners h...

Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the second quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q2 April The quarter started with Bitcoin price suddenly jumping by 16% in an hour, reaching USD 4,882 per coin, the level last seen in November 2018, then it went above USD 5,000. This all prompted numerous crypto forecasts to start pouring in. Singapore-headquartered blockchain company Pundi X blamed the bear market and long certification process for missing their expansion targe...

Though only recently announced, Ethereum's (ETH) latest upgrade has been announced as a success, while the price of ETH is showing a rise in the last week. At the time of writing (11:15 UTC), ETH is trading at c. USD 130. It dropped 0.73% in the last 24 hours, but the price appreciated 3.6% in the week leading up to the Muir Glacier upgrade. In comparison, bitcoin (BTC) is down by almost 1% in a week, while majority of other coins among the top 10 advanced by 1%-12% in the past seven days. As wr...

Here is what happened in the Cryptoworld in the third quarter of this year: Total crypto market capitalization in Q3 July July was a very busy month. Telegram's token Gram jumped 201% even before public sale, and DOGE skyrocketed after the announcement that it'll be listed on Binance. In other coin news, Tron (TRX) was hit with fake news; and Opera’s crypto wallet for Android started supporting Bitcoin (BTC) and TRX.Speaking of Tron, the anticipation and the guest list for the Sun-Buffett lunch...

Disclaimer: The text below is a sponsored article that was not written by Cryptonews.com journalists. Bitcoin takes over the digital world. From online retail to video gaming, from banking to travel — crypto adoption keeps gathering momentum in a variety of markets. Some of the industries show great potential to expand after bitcoin adoption, but companies often don’t endorse the process due to a lack of favorable conditions. For example, bitcoin and retail seem to belong together, but the per...

Crypto Briefs is your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptocurrency and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news. Mining news The Iranian Ministry of Industries, Mining and Trade has issued more than 1,000 licenses for cryptocurrency mining units so far. Financial Tribune cites an official with Iran’s ICT Guild Organization, Amir Hossein Saiedi, saying that studies show that the crypto mining industry has the potential to add USD 8.5 billion ...

Something is happening over at FCoin, a Chinese crypto exchange, and it resulted in the mysterious case of missing data. Meanwhile, the exchange opened a withdrawal process. FCoin was founded by the former CEO of Huobi exchange, Zhang Jian. It's said to be the pioneer of the trans-fee mining model, and it was the talk of the town when it promised to customers that they'll reimburse 100% of their transaction fees in the form of its native FT token. But today we find it open for withdrawals, with...