Ethereum News Update
Were you surprised at Ethereum prices this morning? If the answer is yes, you are not alone. The sudden drop in ETH prices (without a corresponding fall in market cap) was perplexing at first glance. But then I dug a little deeper.

It seems that CoinMarketCap.com changed how it calculates crypto prices. From now on, trades recorded on Korean exchanges will not be factored into the average price.

This is a significant move because CoinMarketCap is where a lot of people go to check cryptocurrency prices. It is clear, simple, and as of today, free of Korean price distortion.
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Ripple News Update
Many readers panicked when checking Ripple prices this morning because a popular web site excluded Korean exchanges from its calculation of Ripple prices.

The result was a seemingly sharp drop in XRP’s value.

What’s shocking is that CoinMarketCap did not warn investors about the change, nor did it explain the shift thereafter. Investors simply discovered the move by checking CoinMarketCap.com. This sparked panic and then a frantic search for answers.

Those searching online found.

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What Is Stellar Cryptocurrency?
Stellar is an open source infrastructure for distributed payments. The basic idea behind Stellar is to be a cryptocurrency platform that will help connect people, payment systems, and bank, enabling the transfer of funds quickly, reliably, and for a fraction of a penny.

Stellar’s recent partnership with a software behemoth (see below) has raised the Stellar value exponentially. People are curious to find out about Stellar coin and Stellar currency’s claim to fame.

Every time a new cryptocurrency hits the headlines, investors.

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A recent partnership with IBM (NYSE:IBM) has seen a relatively new cryptocurrency race up the charts. People are now curious about how to buy Stellar lumens (XLM). But before we get to the topic of how to buy and sell them, let’s take a quick look at what XLM is all about.
What Is Stellar Lumen?
Stellar lumens are units of a digital currency. Each unit is stored on a shared public ledger of the Stellar network, which is based on blockchain technology.  Lumens help move money around the world in quick and secure.

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Volatility reins supreme in the cryptocurrency space, with Bitcoin back in the green, up 10% and Ripple XRP lingering in the red, down almost 15% after making record highs in the week. However, one currency sits quietly in the top 10 crypto shelf and that is Litecoin.

LTC had made a record high last December, but following the news that the founder, Charlie Lee donated all his LTC holdings; it has been coming down gradually. However, the 8th largest cryptocurrency just cannot be written off as yet.   

Litecoin is a fork of Bitcoin and was designed to improve upon the features of Bitcoin, to make transactions faster and cheaper. With Bitcoin and other top cryptos grabbing all the.

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Stellar (XLM) Could Give Ripple a Run for Its Money
Ripple, Ripple, Ripple. This cryptocurrency is on everyone’s lips these days. After all, Ripple has shot up by more than 1,100% in the past one month and by more than 43,000% in just one year!

It won't be too far-fetched to say that overnight riches have been made with this cryptocurrency. Countless young investors have turned their modest investments into ginormous jackpots in a very short span of time.

Somebody in my extended friends has just turned an early $15,000 investment into.

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Daily Litecoin News Update
It is ironic that Bitcoin, Litecoin, and all of their counterparts, which are built on a decentralized blockchain technology, today trade on centralized exchanges. But what if I tell you that you could soon trade Litecoin for Bitcoin and vice versa without having to deal with these exchanges?

Centralized exchanges not only charge you fees, they are also prone to cyber attacks. Countless hacking incidents have taken place in the short eight-year history of cryptocurrencies. From the Mt. Gox hack to the DAO attack to the most recent Tether hack, there have been far too many of these.

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Ethereum News Update
As I sit down to write this market update, Ethereum’s price is the most glaring number to report. Namely, that the average ETH price topped $1,000 for the first time ever.

The crypto advanced 4.63% against the U.S. dollar, bringing the Ethereum to USD exchange rate to $1,025.07. It is a landmark moment, to be sure.

However, I feel compelled to include a few other scraps of information that caught my eye. Some of them are quite disturbing.

For example, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTS) is meeting to review complaints about Bitcoin futures. Ostensibly, the issue is whether or not there should have been public debate before the Chicago.

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Ripple News Update
Dreams of Coinbase adding Ripple’s XRP token were dashed on Thursday afternoon, as an official statement made it clear the speculation was just that—speculation.

“As of the date of this statement, we have made no decision to add additional assets to either GDAX or Coinbase,” the statement said. “Any statement to the contrary is untrue and not authorized by the company.” (Source: “Our process for adding new assets,”.

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What Is Dash Currency?
Dash is a unique peer-to-peer cryptocurrency that is exchanged through encrypted software. Think of Dash as digital cash that you can use to make private payments, make instant payments online, and much more.

Dash was first introduced by Kyle Hagan and Evan Duffield as XCoin and was later renamed Darkcoin. It was only in March 2015 that the name changed to Dash, and it has stuck ever since. Speaking of names, there is another cryptocurrency called "Dashcoin" that could pop up when you type “What is Dash.

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Will Ripple Crash?
The Ripple XRP juggernaut continues to roll! Ripple XRP was trading at over $3.70 at the time of writing. Bitcoin, on the other hand, continues to take a beating and is down by almost three percent.

So what is driving this rally and is an XRP crash coming? The increasing demand for crypto assets is primarily the result of the craze for decentralized currency combined with the power of blockchain technology made popular by Bitcoin.

But the fact is that Ripple XRP is a totally different crypto beast than Bitcoin. Ripple XRP is not a decentralized currency as the majority of XRP is owned by the company and its founders.

Hence, saying that there might.

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Litecoin News Update
If you have recently been watching Litecoin descend the ladder of valuation, I can understand your frustration. But, my friend, if you fear that Litecoin is somehow losing to younger crypto-coins, you’re wrong.

If we go by the book, Litecoin is now the eighth-most-valuable cryptocurrency in the world, down from its long-held fifth spot. Litecoin has been pushed out of the way by three largely unheard-of crypto-coins. “Market capitalization” is the lousy measure that has been altering these ranks.

But.

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Ripple News Update
As the most successful cryptocurrency of 2017, Ripple made quite a few people rich. Among them is the company’s co-founder: Chris Larsen.

Larsen was the company’s CEO before stepping down in November 2016. However, he continues to serve as Executive Chairman. He also owns 5.19 billion XRP, which, in conjunction with his 17% stake in Ripple, brings his net worth to $37.3 billion—according to Monday's data, when Ripple was trading at around $2.39. (Source: ".

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Ethereum News Update
A new report from the Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY) says blockchain technologies could become a $10.0-trillion ecosystem, benefiting those “protocols” at the lower end of the infrastructure pyramid. (Source: "RBC Report: Crypto and Blockchain Could Unlock $10 Trillion Market," CoinDesk, January 3, 2018.)

Allow me to translate that into plain English.

When it comes to the Internet, no one cares about.

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Why NEM (XEM) Could Double in 2018
Cryptocurrencies had a remarkable journey in 2017. It got bumpy here and there but overall, it was a joy ride for investors. When we look back in the rearview mirror, we feel content that most of our predictions have been on target.

One of these particularly stands out. I’m talking about our NEM (XEM) price prediction for 2018. But before I revisit it, let’s first celebrate some of our pitches that.

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Litecoin News Update
The “chikun” is getting slaughtered again, and this time, it may be the Koreans feasting on it. Cryptocurrency traders in South Korea may finally have a deadline to get their act together before the government comes hunting down for the speculators.

According to some reports, January 20 may be the last day for Korean traders running incognito accounts before they are sent packing. It doesn’t take one to be a high-functioning genius to guess the obvious. These traders have preempted the inevitable outcome of the.

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Ripple News Update
A few months ago (which is basically forever in crypto-time), we reported that TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington launched a $100.0-million investment fund. Normally, that isn’t news. However, Arrington’s fund had a curious feature: it was denominated in Ripple’s XRP tokens.

Investors barely responded to the announcement, much less to our coverage of it. And not much has been heard about the fund since then. At least until now.

The topic resurfaced on Twitter yesterday when a user tweeted out a link to Arrington XRP.

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Ethereum News Update
Some of you may recall that TechCrunch founder Michael Arrington launched a $100.0-million crypto investment fund last year.

In doing so, he made Ripple (XRP) the “cash position” of the fund. This meant that investors had to buy XRP in order to join, rather than simply putting U.S. dollars into the fund.

It was a strange move. However, this was months ago, way before XRP became the toast of the town. And Arrington was a successful, well-connected guru in the Valley, so most shrugged and moved on.

But then XRP prices.

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Ripple (XRP) has been making waves for the past few weeks and ended 2017 with a bang by overtaking Ethereum and becoming the second most valuable currency after Bitcoin. No one would have imagined that XRP would cross $2.00 in such a short time frame. With XRP having touched a new peak, is Ripple worth buying?

Tides can turn so quickly in this cryptocurrency arena that nobody can predict what is going to happen a few days from now, let alone a few months or years. At the moment, XRP is trading at a record price of over $2.70, after posting gains of more than 900% in.

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Litecoin News Update
Cryptocurrency prices are once again in the green, in what seems like the “January effect” being in play. Prices of the top 15 cryptocurrencies, including Litecoin, are soaring on the second day of the new year. We can’t, however, be sure whether this is just an anomaly until the stock markets open and we can draw better parallels.

Wait, why am I comparing cryptocurrencies with stocks? Because, soon after these unconventional investment instruments became popular in 2017, traditional investors began to stack them up with conventional investment vehicles, particularly stocks. But let me remind you that the two are only as similar as.

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