Day: October 21, 2017

MOSCOW (Oct. 22, 2017)—Just one month after shattering its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) goal and successfully thwarting hackers, blockchain startup KICKICO’s  streak continues with the October 22 launch of its KICK Tokens on the HitBTC exchange. It’s a move that crypto enthusiasts have been waiting forever since the fully launched 3-in-1 blockchain ICO crowdfunding and … Continue reading The Streak Continues: KICKICO Tokens Land on Leading Bitcoin Exchange

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The GDAX exchange, owned and operated by the firm Coinbase has just announced integration with the popular algorithmic trading platform Quantconnect. Now cryptocurrency traders can utilize Quantconnect’s trading algorithm interface to execute a swathe of exchange strategies.

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Identify, Backtest and Research New Quants With GDAX and Quantconnect

Algorithmic trading has been used within trading exchanges since the seventies by using computers to follow the flow of financial markets. The method allows the execution of orders that are automated, and pre-programmed to adjust with price variables, time, and trade volumes. Algorithmic trading is used by cryptocurrency traders already as there is a slew of companies that offer automated services and open source trading bots. The New York-based firm Quantconnect has been a well known algorithmic trading service since being found in 2011 by the entrepreneur Jared Broad.   

“Through an integration with GDAX, Quantconnect’s technology has been extended to include cryptocurrency assets,” explains the firm’s announcement.  

Adding cryptocurrencies to the platform allows users to identify, backtest and research new ideas, insights, and strategies, Additionally, users will have the opportunity to hedge preexisting positions by investing in cryptocurrency.

Designing and Instantly Deploying Cryptocurrency Strategies

This year Quantconnect has seen a lot of growth as traders are becoming more attracted to live algorithmic trading. The firm says both strategy building and backtesting activity is up over 300 percent and new live algorithms have increased by 30 percent.   

“Adding cryptocurrency support to Quantconnect was the next logical step for our business,” explains the Quantconnect founder, Jared Broad. “As a powerful open-source initiative, we saw an opportunity to reach a larger set of quants and engineers that have been investing in digital currencies. Now, with a strategic integration with GDAX, the Quantconnect community can design and instantly deploy cryptocurrency strategies.”

Traditional Financial Institutions Are Focusing On Cryptocurrencies

The GDAX president, Adam White, says the latest integration with Quantconnect shows conventional financial institutions are continuing to evolve towards cryptocurrencies. “As the awareness of digital currency as an emerging asset class grows, Quantconnect has made it easier for institutions to conveniently backtest, research and live trade digital currencies,” details the Coinbase and GDAX senior executive.

As bitcoin and cryptocurrencies continue to grow popular the use of algorithmic trading has also increased within the emerging economy. Services like Haasbot, BTC Robot, and Cryptotrader also offer similar automated trading platforms and pre-programmed trading bots. Quantconnect also reveals the platform will soon be integrated with the San Francisco-based Kraken exchange as well.

What do you think about Quantconnect integrating with GDAX and Kraken? Do you use automated trading platforms or bots? Let us know in the comments below.

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Europe is a rather controversial region when it comes to Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. Up until this point, there is no hint of any regulatory measures whatsoever. That isn’t necessarily a bad thing, but ignorance shouldn’t be rewarded either. ECB president Mario Draghi feels Bitcoin isn’t mature enough to warrant regulation. An interesting choice of words, … Continue reading Mario Draghi States There’s no Need for Bitcoin Regulation in Europe Right now

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Despite being relegated to the sidelines for years, Blockchain technology is suddenly hot. MasterCard is the latest company to utilize the technology that underpins Bitcoin.

Financial trends were always hard to predict even by careful observers. Transparency of events is something that traders are seeking regardless of the year, though nowadays not everything can be spotted with the help of the word of mouth. Trading before and after digital revolution looks like two different phenomena. It is not a crystal … Continue reading Complex AI Trading Algorithms Are Available Now

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The cryptocurrency industry has in the recent days, broken all the past records. The rapid growth in value of the overall market has evoked mixed reactions, with some hailing the digital currency revolution and others calling the unprecedented growth as a bubble. Irrespective of everyone’s opinion, it is still hard for people to keep track … Continue reading Blockchain Asset Fund: Community Driven Investment Solution, Announces BAF Token Fundraiser

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There are some conflicting reports regarding the Bitcoin Gold fork date. This is not entirely surprising, as the project is poorly organized at best. The website claims the “fork” – which isn’t an actual fork – still needs to happen. Coinbase, however, claims this has already begun quite some time ago. It is hard to … Continue reading Coinbase Claims the Bitcoin Gold “Fork” has Already Taken Place

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Earlier today, on October 21, the Bitcoin price achieved a new all-time high at $6,199. The market is confident that the price of Bitcoin could reach $10,000 in the mid-term if major markets such as Japan and the US continue to strengthen. For third time this week, #bitcoin achieves new all-time high again at $6,199. … Continue reading Bitcoin Price Could Reach $10,000 if China Resumes Cryptocurrency Trading This Year

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Bitcoin’s scaling debate has been getting increasingly nasty and out of hand since it began. While there is nothing wrong with disagreeing with anyone in the community — Bitcoin is meant to encourage discourse and debate — things are taking a turn for the worst. The animosity in this debate is hurting the image of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies in general. We all need to reign it in.

I don’t care who you disagree with, just how you disagree with them

One of Bitcoin’s greatest features is that it encourages the debate of new and old ideas. Through decentralization, users are given a voice. While there is difficulty involved in tabulating the results of that debate — there’s no precise way to vote per se — the spirit of the cryptocurrency debate is such that everyone should be able to participate in the discussion.

We need to remember this, especially as one of the more contentious — or at least noisy — network changes draws closer. Whatever “side” you are on in this scaling debate, I want to be perfectly clear: personal attacks and threats toward advocates of the opposing side is wholly unacceptable. Not only do these sorts of acts not further the discourse or help the debate, they also actively hurt cryptocurrency’s image.

It is fine to disagree with someone and fine to let them know that. However, civility will get us way further in this debate than name-calling, cursing, and SWATing.

Where unproductive discourse lands us

Cryptocurrency communities are already fighting an uphill battle. Not four years ago, to the rest of the world, cryptocurrency users were all seen as drug users and nefarious actors. We’ve made gains since then, but in the face of a system that is looking for every reason to dismiss us, this kind of behavior can knock us back.

When people behave irrationally like this, it only provides ammunition to everyone saying that we have no place in the modern economy. If we can’t figure out how to act decently to one another in a debate involving millions, how are we supposed to get anything done when billions adopt (hopeful, I know, but I’m an optimist)?

Given how some of us are handling ourselves right now, few others may take cryptocurrency communities seriously. Think about that the next time you’re tempted to label someone a “shitcoin troll” or “core shill” on Reddit.

Our opportunity

We have the opportunity to turn this around, to show off what distributed consensus and distributed debate can look like. We can showcase the eloquence in the technology, and holding ourselves to a higher standard is just one way that the community can do so. It lets onlookers see past the noise and gaze upon the brilliance of the blockchain, allowing them to begin imagining their own use cases and adoption possibilities.

It’s okay to be upset and to disagree; just do so productively.

Powerful partnerships have been at the core of business success for many top-performing companies, across almost every industry. SOMA and UTRUST shake hands, combining knowledge, cost scaling, and in-house payment advantages to accelerate leverage on the market.

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For a few months now, we have been reading about many interesting and thought-provoking projects coming out of the crypto sphere, but rarely do we read about partnerships. From a business perspective, this is one that makes sense.

UTRUST, operating out of Switzerland, are already well on the way to developing support for payment with maximum consumer protection and usability, seeking to streamline payments into an efficient ecosystem which will ultimately maximise feasibility of use for the end user. What, then, would be the effect of moving this payment system in-house with another decentralised service, which operates entirely on fee-based transactions?

That company is SOMA, who are working on using the blockchain to connect communities in the ecosystem, and incentivising its users to perform “value-adding services for the benefit of the community as a whole.”

“Soma is proud to announce a partnership with UTRUST,” stated co-founder Joseph al Sharif, “UTRUST is a revolutionary payment platform that empowers buyers to pay with cryptocurrencies while providing a groundbreaking purchase protection mechanism. Soma and UTRUST will both benefit by this fruitful partnership and we are excited to begin this collaboration as a long-term union between two innovative concepts.”

Fusion of these two companies will certainly see SOMA taking advantage of the decreased transaction costs of payment provided by UTRUST. Shared knowledge between the two teams will be worth its weight in gold in an environment that is constantly changing. UTRUST stand to benefit from a major pipeline for business from SOMA, representing investment in the future that is compelling.

“Diversification” is a word investment enthusiasts come across more times than is worth mentioning in the day. UTRUST and SOMA have demonstrated that diversification doesn’t have to be so out of line with current strategies. Spreading risk over multiple channels of business will make the partnership more durable. Together, SOMA and UTRUST hope to not only improve the experience of consumers via payment protection and decreased fees, but also the community, by ushering in an “era of decentralised social wealth.” Perhaps SOMA and UTRUST together will rival modern-day behemoths Amazon and eBay?

Solar panels are one of the most intriguing aspects of technology today. More specifically, researchers and scientists all over the world are looking for new ways to make existing solar panels more efficient, cheaper, and appealing to the masses. As it turns out, there is a new type of solar cell which was primarily inspired by the wings of a butterfly. It’s an interesting thing to think about, to say the very least.

A new Solar Cell With More Efficiency

To put this into perspective, there is still a lot of room for improvement when it comes to solar panel technology. A new solar cell recently unveiled shows major progress when it comes to harvesting light. More specifically, the new cell does it twice as efficiently as do regular solar panels, which makes it of utmost importance to plenty of people. This technology will not appear in consumer-grade solar panels anytime soon, mind you, as there is still a lot of research to be done.

Most current solar panels use thick solar cells. Moreover, they have to be positioned at a specific angle to ensure they collect the most amount of light under any circumstance. This is why most flat roofs will never house any solar panels, as setting them up would be somewhat problematic. Sooner or later, though, those cells will be replaced by thin film solar cells. This new technology is only nanometers thick, which is a significant improvement.

To make things even more interesting, thin film solar cells are far cheaper and lighter than their predecessors, but they’ve usually been less efficient compared to traditional solutions. That is no longer the case, mind you, although scientists had to take some inspiration from an unlikely source. More specifically, they looked at the black wings of the rose butterfly and copied its structure. It was a rather unusual approach, to say the very least, although it makes a lot of sense when looking at the bigger picture.

Thanks to this rather unusual research, we now have thin film solar cells capable of collecting light in a far more efficient manner. Having these cells absorb more light regardless of their angle opens up a whole new set of opportunities that people will be eager to explore in the future. The fact that they are also easy and cheap to make will only bring them to market faster. Then again, it is still unclear as to when we may see consumer-grade technology featuring these thin film solar cells.

The choice to mimic the rose butterfly is not random either, mind you. This species was forced to evolve in such a manner that its wings became highly efficient at absorbing energy. Though it took millions of years to develop this new and improved wing type, it goes to show Mother Nature will outpace human engineering in every possible way for quite some time to come. That doesn’t mean we can’t learn a thing or two from her, though.

It will be interesting to see how this development affects the solar panel industry as a whole. All companies want to be first to market when it comes to this technology, for obvious reasons. The fact that these panels can generate power efficiently throughout the entire day will undoubtedly be of great interest to a lot of consumers.

Acclaimed blockchain start-up TriForce Tokens has secured a vital partnership with the UK’s Coventry University Enterprises LTD, just days before the launch of its pre-ICO. It represents a doubling-down on the strategic direction and effectiveness of TriForce Tokens at a crucial time when funding is about to be put on the table. Additionally, an IP audit conducted with Government-backed Innovate UK looks set to gift TriForce Tokens with the property rights insights needed to maximise impact.

Coventry University Enterprises

Coventry University Enterprises operates across a wide variety of industries in the private and public sector, supporting corporate aims and maximising the commercial potential and ability of companies it partners with. Specialised in Innovation and Internationalizing, and with an impressive client list in the region of 50,000, CUE’s partnership comes at an especially crucial moment. Dedication to ongoing strategic and innovative excellence, as well as preparing for the global implications of operating with the expansive reach of Blockchain technology puts TriForce in good stead during its’ development.

Innovate UK

Innovate UK is based in Swindon along the “M4 Corridor” which is often heralded as the technological hub of the UK. Innovate has committed over £1.8bn ($2.25bn) directly to innovation and risk management within major UK start-ups and established businesses, adding an estimated £16bn ($20bn) and 70,000 jobs to the UK economy. TriForce has gained access to Innovate UK’s Intellectual Property Audit to ensure security in the future environment in the “at-times” uncertain world of Cryptocurrencies. This will also address brand identity and development.

Why is it important?

For a project to be truly long-term in scope, there must be adequate attention to strategic and innovative direction. Too many start-ups these days, across all sectors simply pay lip-service to strategic and innovative processes, leading to short-term success, but stagnation in their product and company life cycle in the medium and long-term. Attention to brand identity through Innovate UK will add value not just to the company, but to all in the ecosystem, as is the way with Blockchain technologies.

Such protection against these long-term risks demonstrates a hefty amount of foresight and certainly puts TriForce Tokens on the watch list as an interesting and open-to-change project. This marries with the industry projections, at a projected growth rate of more than 6% annually. And, TriForce has already paid much attention to partnerships; doubling the games and publisher network TIGA, and the Swiss Crypto Valley Association. It would certainly seem like TriForce Tokens is ticking all the boxes.

TriForce Tokens and ICO Crowdsale

TriForce Tokens’ pre-Alpha gives end-users a first glimpse at the operation of the final platform (developers link here, players link here), and on the 14th October 2017 at 13:30 GMT, they will be holding their pre-ICO to raise initial funds. Tokens will be offered at a discount rate of 60% (1TFT=$0.20 – discount), with 50 random pre-ICO participants receiving a free Ledger Nano S.

Following this, TriForce Tokens will run the main ICO event from 12th November 2017 until 25th November 2017 at 13:30 GMT, and will be the UK’s first fully-compliant ISO27001 ICO.

What do you think about the partnership? Let us know below in the comments.

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