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Cryptocurrency Market Update: ‘Ethereum Killer’ EOS Getting Killed

FOMO Moments Another red day in crypto land, EOS getting battered and only Tezos is gaining Hopes of a rally have been dashed as the bears wrestle markets downwards for another day. Total market capitalization has declined once again and fallen back below $270 billion. Bitcoin could not break resistance at $6,800 and has fallen

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FOMO Moments

Another red day in crypto land, EOS getting battered and only Tezos is gaining

Hopes of a rally have been dashed as the bears wrestle markets downwards for another day. Total market capitalization has declined once again and fallen back below $270 billion. Bitcoin could not break resistance at $6,800 and has fallen back 1.5% on the day to $6,675, volume has increased fractionally though.

Likewise with Ethereum, it could not push past $500 and has dropped back a heavy 4.8% to $460 at the time of writing. As expected all altoins are in the red with a few plummeting double figures during the morning’s trading.

EOS has been absolutely trounced over the past 24 hours shedding 12% to trade at $7.58. From its all-time high of $21.50 just two and a half months ago it has lost 65%. Over the past week EOS has lost 17% falling from $9.15 this time last Tuesday. Mainnet, wallet, and centralization woes have taken the shine off what was once dubbed the ‘Ethereum killer’. EOS is no longer the crypto superstar it was hyped to be though it is still early days for the emerging technology.

As usual Cardano is taking a kicking, it has been consistently one of the worst performing altcoins over the past 3 months. Today ADA is down 6.5% to $0.134, likewise with Iota dropping a similar percentage to trade at a dollar. Neo has also had a rough day plummeting 9.6% to $35, the lowest levels it has seen since November 2017.

Privacy coins Monero and Dash are both down over 7% on the day as is last month’s top performer, Ethereum Classic. Qtum has taken a hit of over 8% and Ontology and Zilliqa are both down over 11% as bears pummel the markets. Bitcoin Diamond is the biggest loser of the day dropping 37% over the past 24 hours to trade at $2.30.

Once again the only coin in the green in the top 25 is Tezos posting a gain of 5.6% to trade higher for the fourth consecutive day at $2.28. XTZ prices have almost doubled since the weekly low of $1.20 on Friday as the new kid on the block becomes the latest hot crypto.

Total crypto market capitalization has lost almost 3.5% as another $10 billion leaves crypto land. Currently at $264 billion markets could fall back to yearly lows below $240 billion if this bearish momentum intensifies. Trade volume has increased however from $11 billion to $13 billion indicating that a small rally could be imminent.

FOMO Moments is a section that takes a daily look at the top 25 altcoins during the current trading session and analyses the best performing one, looking for trends and possible fundamentals.

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PR: Football World Cup KIRIK Betting Prize

Bitcoin Press Release: Kirik is a meta-protocol that connects blockchains seamlessly. Many members of Kirik’s team are avid football fans. To celebrate the  2018 FIFA World Cup, they’re giving away cash-value bonuses to their community. Participants stand to win free KRK tokens without making a purchase – and the contest rules are explained below. July …

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Bitcoin Press Release: Kirik is a meta-protocol that connects blockchains seamlessly. Many members of Kirik’s team are avid football fans. To celebrate the  2018 FIFA World Cup, they’re giving away cash-value bonuses to their community. Participants stand to win free KRK tokens without making a purchase – and the contest rules are explained below.

July 2nd, 2018. Singapore.  With the group stage over and the round of 16 underway, the FIFA World Cup is heating up. Hundreds of millions of fans are watching each game with bated breath, rooting for their favorite team. And one thing that’s known to make games even more fun is a friendly bet – which is what Kirik is inviting users to make in their new contest.

By proceeding to this link​ and following a few simple steps users can make a free “bet” on the outcome of any World Cup game. If you guess right, you win 100 KRK tokens free of charge. That’s nice in and of itself, because you can win up to 1600 free KRKs if you predict the outcome of each remaining game correctly. But that’s not all. There’s a way to 10x your winnings for free, too.

That’s right. In addition to giving away free tokens, Kirik’s team will multiply all your winnings by 1,000% if you refer 10 people or deposit $1,000+ during their token sale. That’s up to 16,000 KRKsper user; an attractive incentive to take take part in the contest.

In true Football spirit, the project is committed to fair play. To eliminate cheating, all contest participants must get whitelisted – so if you haven’t gone through the verification process yet, ​do so here. Then proceed to ​this link in order to sign up to the contest and win hundreds (or thousands) of KRKs. And, above all, enjoy the World Cup and have fun!

About Kirik

​Kirik is a meta-protocol that connects blockchains and legacy networks. The project’s ambition is to help create a World-Wide-Blockchain that makes crypto easy and convenient to use. Kirik’s minimum viable product already serves millions of people, and can potentially help billions more.

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Ripple Price Analysis: Can XRP/USD Hold $0.4600?

Key Highlights Ripple price extended its decline and broke the $0.4700 support area against the US dollar. Yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line was breached with support at $0.4690 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair is currently trading near major support levels at $0.4640 and $0.4600. Ripple

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Key Highlights

  • Ripple price extended its decline and broke the $0.4700 support area against the US dollar.
  • Yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line was breached with support at $0.4690 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken).
  • The pair is currently trading near major support levels at $0.4640 and $0.4600.

Ripple price struggled to recover against the US Dollar and Bitcoin. XRP/USD is struggling and it remains at a risk of more declines below the $0.4600 support.

Ripple Price Decline

Yesterday, there was a downside correction from the $0.4880 swing high in Ripple price against the US Dollar. The XRP/USD pair declined and broke the $0.4800 and $0.4750 support levels. The decline was such that the price even broke the 61.8% Fib retracement level of the last leg from the $0.4630 low to $0.4880 swing high. Finally, there was a close below the $0.4750 support and the 100 hourly simple moving average.

During the slide, yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line was breached with support at $0.4690 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair. Currently, the price is trading near a key support at $0.4640. A break below this may push the price towards the $0.4600 support area. Any further declines depend how XRP buyers react when the price reaches $0.4600. On the upside, an initial resistance is near the 23.6% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $0.4877 high to $0.4630 low.

Ripple Price Analysis XRP USD

Looking at the chart, the price is at a risk of more declines below $0.4640. To recover, the price must move back above $0.4750 and the 100 hourly SMA. The $0.4750 resistance also coincides with the 50% Fib retracement level of the last decline from the $0.4877 high to $0.4630 low.

Looking at the technical indicators:

Hourly MACD – The MACD for XRP/USD is now placed in the bearish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for XRP/USD is currently near the 30 level.

Major Support Level – $0.4600

Major Resistance Level – $0.4750

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Benson Oak Raising $100 Million for Blockchain-Focused Fund

Prague-based Benson Oak announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund with a focus on blockchain startups in Israel.

Prague-based Benson Oak announced it is raising $100 million to launch an investment fund with a focus on blockchain startups in Israel.

Czech Investor Puts $100M Into Israeli Blockchain Startups

Czech investment banking firm Benson Oak has launched Benson Oak Ventures and will be investing in Israeli blockchain startups. So far, it has raised USD 25 million but is expected to raise and invest USD 100 million. Benson Oak has raised USD 5 billion worldwide and has always had a strong focus on technology startups. Benson Oak …

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Czech investment banking firm Benson Oak has launched Benson Oak Ventures and will be investing in Israeli blockchain startups. So far, it has raised USD 25 million but is expected to raise and invest USD 100 million.

Benson Oak has raised USD 5 billion worldwide and has always had a strong focus on technology startups. Benson Oak believes that blockchain technology is the future. Its website says, “The emerging Web 3.0 landscape, undergirded by blockchain infrastructure, is engendering a new wave of disruption and will unleash the platforms and brands of the future. We seek to invest in these platforms and brands of the future, supporting products and marketplaces that have stickiness built in and can scale rapidly with digital marketing efforts without operational growth bottlenecks.”

The website further states that Benson Oak Ventures will use its experience to develop a strong brand and market it, while connecting blockchain and decentralized products with consumers.

Managing Partner Robert Cohen says, “I believe that there are great entrepreneurs in Israel who are leading the platforms of the future, with creating and disruptive use of blockchain technologies. I moved to Israel six years ago, and with a passion to build companies, I have established Benson Oak Ventures as a new platform to provide financial and operational capital to the best entrepreneurs in Israel and around the world.”

This news is another sign that institutional investors are jumping into the cryptocurrency markets, which could open up a tremendous amount of capital, spurring rapid blockchain technology development and a cryptocurrency rally. Recently, Galaxy Digital said it was investing hundreds of millions of dollars into blockchain startups, and Andreessen Horowitz said it was investing USD 300 million into blockchain and crypto companies.

 

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Decentralized Exchange Bancor Falls Victim to $24 Million Security Breach

A popular decentralized exchange platform, Bancor, recently took to Twitter to announce that the platform fell victim to a security breach, giving further details about the apparent hack. Bancor Sees $24 Million In Cryptos Stolen On July 9th at 8 AM (UTC), Bancor released a Tweet noting that its web service would be closed down

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A popular decentralized exchange platform, Bancor, recently took to Twitter to announce that the platform fell victim to a security breach, giving further details about the apparent hack.

Bancor Sees $24 Million In Cryptos Stolen

On July 9th at 8 AM (UTC), Bancor released a Tweet noting that its web service would be closed down for maintenance. This announcement, which came out of nowhere, got some users worried, as they wondered what had occurred.

A few hours later, another Tweet was issued bringing clarity to the situation, writing:

“This morning (CEST) Bancor experienced a security breach. No user wallets were compromised. To complete the investigation, we have moved to maintenance and will be releasing a more detailed report shortly. We look forward to being back online as soon as possible.”

According to details released in an update, a wallet used to update smart contracts was compromised by an unnamed attacker. The hacker or group of hackers were able to withdraw 24,984 ETH, along with two ERC-20 tokens, which are NXPS and the in-house BNT.

The total amount of funds stolen amounted to $24 million, but the update stressed that no user wallets were compromised.

Acting quickly, the team at the exchange utilized code in the BNT smart contract that allowed for them to freeze the stolen tokens. The update noted:

“Once the theft was identified, we were able to freeze the stolen BNT, limiting the damage to the Bancor ecosystem from the theft.”

Adding that this function was only meant to be used in “an extreme situation,” like the one seen just recently. The exchange was unable to take control of the ETH or NXPS tokens but the update made it clear that the platform is working with “dozens of cryptocurrency exchanges” to trace the stolen funds, and possibly identify the hacker(s).

Bancor has become one of the most prominent decentralized exchange (DEX) platforms in the industry, raising $153 million in an ICO last year. The exchange has consistently posted volume figures that mirror and even surpass other premier DEX platforms, allowing for its users to participate in a decentralized trading environment.

However, this seemingly devastating hack brings Bancor’s security protocols and systems into question. Emin Gun Sirer, a professor at Cornell University and co-director of the IC3 cryptocurrency initiative, criticized the operations security (op-sec) methods which Bancor utilized in their smart contract, writing:

“This looks like a straightforward case of bad opsec at Bancor, instead of a more worrisome flaw in their core contract.”

Sirer posted another Tweet in the same thread that pointed out that there were some aspects of central control written into the smart contract.

Although it was mostly well-received that Bancor was able to mitigate damage by using a feature on its smart contract, others reminisced back to the DAO situation with Ethereum. Although the Ethereum/Ethereum Classic situation was under vastly different conditions, users still brought up the question, “Should a decentralized platform have emergency functions written in to mitigate the risk of hack attempts?”

Charlie Lee went on Twitter to express his disbelief about the “false sense of decentralization” Bancor was pushing, as a true DEX should not be allowed to freeze user funds. The platform implied that it only had the best intentions, but the debate around this pressing topic will continue, especially as this situation unfolds further.

As of the time of press, BNT has fallen by 14% on the day, underperforming Bitcoin by 13%. But since its fall on the announcement of the hack, BNT has found a home at ~$2.65, holding at that level for the time being.

 

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Tron (TRX) Price Watch: Short-Term Support Zones

Tron Price Key Highlights Tron is on another leg lower but might be due for a bounce off the nearby support zones. Price has tumbled through most of the Fib extension levels but is still due to test the channel support and full extension. Technical indicators are showing mixed signals, with oscillators hinting at a

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Tron Price Key Highlights

  • Tron is on another leg lower but might be due for a bounce off the nearby support zones.
  • Price has tumbled through most of the Fib extension levels but is still due to test the channel support and full extension.
  • Technical indicators are showing mixed signals, with oscillators hinting at a bounce.

Tron has been in selloff mode for the past few days but might be able to bounce off these nearby support areas.

Technical Indicators Signals

The 100 SMA is still below the longer-term 200 SMA on this time frame to indicate that the path of least resistance is to the downside. This confirms that the selloff is more likely to resume than to reverse.

Also, the gap between the two is widening to reflect strengthening bearish momentum. The 100 SMA is also near the top of the descending channel on the 1-hour time frame to add to its strength as resistance in the event of a pullback.

Tron might be due for a bounce off current levels as price is hovering at the 78.6% extension. The full extension is located at 0.034 but Tron could also find some support at the bottom of the channel around 0.035.

RSI has been lingering around oversold territory for quite some time, which reflects exhaustion among sellers. Turning higher could draw buyers in and Tron could follow in the climb. Stochastic is also sitting in the oversold region but has yet to move back up to signal a pickup in buying pressure.

TRXUSD Chart from TradingView

Cryptocurrencies are erasing part of their gains from the previous week after a few American economists, namely Joseph Stiglitz, Nouriel Roubini and Kenneth Rogoff, gave negative remarks on bitcoin.

In an interview with Financial News, Stiglitz cited:

“You cannot have a means of payment that is based on secrecy when you’re trying to create a transparent banking system. If you open up a hole like bitcoin then all the nefarious activity will go through that hole, and no government can allow that.”

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Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis: BCH/USD Extending Losses

Key Points Bitcoin cash price declined further and broke the $730 support area against the US Dollar. There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $740 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken). The pair may continue to move down towards the last swing low

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Key Points

  • Bitcoin cash price declined further and broke the $730 support area against the US Dollar.
  • There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $740 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).
  • The pair may continue to move down towards the last swing low and support at $700.

Bitcoin cash price extended its downside correction below $740 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD is likely to extend its decline further towards the $700 support.

Bitcoin Cash Price Decline

There was a downside correction initiated from the $780 swing high in bitcoin cash price against the US Dollar. The BCH/USD pair declined below the $750 support and faced an increased selling pressure. It prompted more declines and the price declined below the $740 support area. More importantly, there was a close below the 50% Fib retracement level of the last leg from the $698 low to $780 high.

Sellers took control recently, resulting in a break below $730. There was also a break below a key bullish trend line with support at $740 on the hourly chart of the BCH/USD pair. The pair is now trading well below the $750 level and the 100 hourly simple moving average. An immediate support is around the 76.4% Fib retracement level of the last leg from the $698 low to $780 high at $717. Below this, the price is likely to extend losses towards the last swing low and support at $700.

Bitcoin Cash Price Analysis BCH USD

Looking at the chart, the price is showing a few bearish signs below $750, $740 and the 100 hourly SMA. If there is an upside correction, buyers could struggle to break the $740 and $750 resistance levels in the near term.

Looking at the technical indicators:

Hourly MACD – The MACD for BCH/USD is placed heavily in the bearish zone.

Hourly RSI (Relative Strength Index) – The RSI for BCH/USD is now moving into the oversold levels.

Major Support Level – $700

Major Resistance Level – $750

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Bitcoin (BTC) Price Watch: Potential Bounce Targets

Bitcoin Price Key Highlights Bitcoin price is still inside its short-term ascending channel but is on its way to test support. If the near-term floor holds, the Fibonacci extension tool on this pullback shows the potential upside targets. Technical indicators are suggesting that the rally could carry on from here. Bitcoin price looks prime for

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Bitcoin Price Key Highlights

  • Bitcoin price is still inside its short-term ascending channel but is on its way to test support.
  • If the near-term floor holds, the Fibonacci extension tool on this pullback shows the potential upside targets.
  • Technical indicators are suggesting that the rally could carry on from here.

Bitcoin price looks prime for a bounce off its short-term channel bottom and might recover to the Fib extension levels.

Technical Indicators Signals

The 100 SMA is above the longer-term 200 SMA on this time frame to confirm that the path of least resistance is to the upside. This means that the uptrend is more likely to resume than to reverse or that support is more likely to hold than to break.

In addition, the 100 SMA is currently holding as dynamic support while the 200 SMA is near the channel bottom to add an extra layer of defense for bulls. RSI is indicating oversold conditions and looks ready to pull up, so bitcoin price might follow suit.

Stochastic is still on the move down to indicate that there’s some selling pressure left. However, the oscillator is already approaching oversold levels to signal exhaustion among bears. Turning higher could show that bullish pressure is returning.

The 50% extension is close to the mid-channel area of interest at $6,800 and might be the first upside target. Stronger bullish momentum could take bitcoin price up to the 61.8% extension at $6,842 or the 78.6% extension at the channel top or $6,900. The full extension is at $6,991.90 or near the $7,000 major psychological barrier.

BTCUSD Chart from TradingView

There were a few negative remarks from American economists Joseph Stiglitz, Kenneth Rogoff, and Nouriel Roubini citing that bitcoin will fail as governments increase regulatory efforts. These may be to blame for the recent slide in bitcoin price, erasing part of the previous week’s rallies.

This is nothing new to the cryptocurrency, though, and it might just take a string of positive updates to revive the climb. Besides, bitcoin and its peers were off to a good start for the quarter so investor optimism is evident.

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Bancor breached — Exchange working to alleviate issues

Bancor, a decentralized ERC20 exchange, in a statement released earlier today let its community know that a vulnerability in its network had been exploited by hackers who stole 24,984 ETH (worth approximately $11,815,683, at index prices), $1 million o…

Bancor, a decentralized ERC20 exchange, in a statement released earlier today let its community know that a vulnerability in its network had been exploited by hackers who stole 24,984 ETH (worth approximately $11,815,683, at index prices), $1 million of NPXS and $10 million worth of Bancor tokens.

Chinese Regulator Warns Against “Mythologizing” Blockchain

A top official at the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has acknowledged blockchain as a significant innovation, though warns not to “mythologize” it

A top official at the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission has acknowledged blockchain as a significant innovation, though warns not to “mythologize” it

Ontology MainNet, “Ontology 1.0”, has Officially Launched!

Ontology, a new high-performance public multi-chain project and a distributed trust collaboration platform, has announced the launch of Ontology 1.0. Ontology 1.0 provides new high-performance public blockchains that include a series of complete distributed ledgers and smart contract systems, and at the same time supports public chain customization and chain network collaboration, whilst providing common […]

Ontology, a new high-performance public multi-chain project and a distributed trust collaboration platform, has announced the launch of Ontology 1.0. Ontology 1.0 provides new high-performance public blockchains that include a series of complete distributed ledgers and smart contract systems, and at the same time supports public chain customization and chain network collaboration, whilst providing common modules in various distributed applications.

Public chain basic services, high-performance customizable blockchain framework, and protocol groups are the three key components of Ontology’s infrastructure. Ontology 1.0 includes a decentralized identity authentication protocol, distributed data management protocol, and credit score protocol. At the application level, the integrated client product (ONTO), trust search engine, and distributed data exchange framework will provide strong technical support.

Ontology 1.0 Features

Ontology 1.0 is the first decentralized smart contract execution platform with identity. The first version of the core chain reached over 5,000 tps without performance enhancements (enhancements will be added in the future). Regarding security, there is continued deep cooperation with NCC Group, Baimaohui, and SlowMist to ensure the security of Ontology’s nodes. At the same time, Ontology 1.0 can provide complete smart contract support and tools package for smart contract development.

Competition for Ontology consensus nodes has also been tense. The MainNet launch, on-chain business development, and node inputs have been closely connected and been receiving international support.

Smart contract tool “SmartX”, VBFT consensus algorithm, and the Triones Consensus Group

Ontology has helped pioneer the VBFT algorithm, a new consensus algorithm which integrates PoS, verifiable random function (VRF), and BFT. It will continue to be closely combined with the Ontology governance model to greatly improve the performance and usability of public chain networks.

The smart contract tool SmartX is a one-stop IDE that can be used to compile, deploy, and invoke smart contracts. It provides a range of smart contract templates and a powerful online editor. Smart contract users can use it as a reference, use its contract templates, or commission community developers to customize contracts.

The “Triones Consensus Group” is the first generation of Ontology’s public chain governance model. Its distributed, high-performance extended support, and incentive scheme are innovative, and promote an open-source collaborative distributed trust ecosystem. In the meantime, the Triones seed node recruitment plan was released by Ontology at the beginning of June. Besides the basic ONG consumption in the whole chain network system, an additional 1% ONG per year will be allocated to nodes from community incentives.

It has been reported Ontology will launch ONTO in July. ONTO will support autonomous and controllable digital identity, MainNet digital assets management, a one-stop MainNet token swap, and more. Ontology will also launch SmartX 2.0 and the latest smart contract development guidelines to provide better dApp development support for developers.

Partnerships for real business scenarios

Ontology’s “real economy” strategy, which targets building connections between the real economy and distributed digital systems, aims at enabling service providers from various industries to provide distributed services without complex systems and technologies. As thus, Ontology’s distributed infrastructure can be connected with services for several application scenarios, integrating global and decentralised certification sources, connecting distributed digital systems with people, assets, objects, affairs, and other aspects of the real economy. This will build a trust system that integrates the real economy and the digital world, achieves comprehensive verification and authentication, provide users a better service experience, and brings stronger trust cooperation and efficiency to society.

Recently, Ontology has announced a series of ecosystem partners, including Contentos, who are committed to creating the world’s most extensive digital content public chain to reshape the content ecosystem; DAD (Decentralised Advertising), a blockchain digital advertisement platform; COT (Chains of Things), a smart hardware infrastructure solution platform; CarBlock, the world’s first decentralised car market based on vehicle data; PTS, a credit service network, which will work with Ontology on a credit data exchange, attestation, and deployment and execution of smart contracts; and German-listed fintech company NAGA, which will work with Ontology to research and develop electronic payment cards, financial settlement, and other applications. With the launch of Ontology 1.0, Ontology blockchain technology will be applied in the real business scenarios on a deeper level.

Early this April, Ontology announced its cooperation with Sequoia China, Danhua Capital, Matrix Partners China, and Zhen Fund, co-initiating the Co-Builder Plan. The partnerships aim to explore application development, outreach, and incubation, and together build a new generation of public blockchain infrastructure and a distributed trust ecosystem. Ontology Advisors Group (OAG) was set up at the beginning of June, formed by Shoucheng Zhang, Bin Zhang, Xiangyang Yang, and other experts, to provide a full range of strategic and industry consultancy for the Ontology ecosystem.

Ontology’s Founder Jun Li said: “Ontology has always adhered to a ‘real economy’ strategy, through the effective combination of Ontology and various industry partners, to bring more real business application scenarios and create more innovative solutions. Ontology 1.0 could not have been created without the high degree of cooperation and support of all technical teams, partners, co-builders, and industry experts. We look forward to joining hands with more industry partners to create a brilliant future together!”

About Ontology

Ontology is a new high-performance public blockchain project & a distributed trust collaboration platform.

Ontology provides new high-performance public blockchains that include a series of complete distributed ledgers and smart contract systems. Ontology blockchain framework supports public blockchain systems and is able to customize different public blockchains for different applications. Ontology supports collaboration amongst chain networks with its various protocol groups. Ontology will constantly provide common modules on the underlying infrastructure for different kinds of distributed scenarios, such as those for the distributed digital identity framework, distributed data exchange protocol, and so on. Based on specific scenario requirements, Ontology will continue to develop new common modules.

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Thinking Beyond the Bubble: What’s Next for Cryptocurrency?

The great cryptocurrency surge in late 2017 followed by the equally great corrections in early 2018 has left the altcoin field wide open for new and innovative cryptocurrencies. There’s no doubt that blockchain technology is a gamechanger. Cryptocurrencies and their associated tokens are creating a revolution. Backed by tech industry leaders like Richard Branson, blockchain […]

The great cryptocurrency surge in late 2017 followed by the equally great corrections in early 2018 has left the altcoin field wide open for new and innovative cryptocurrencies.

There’s no doubt that blockchain technology is a gamechanger. Cryptocurrencies and their associated tokens are creating a revolution. Backed by tech industry leaders like Richard Branson, blockchain technology has the potential to completely change how we live, work, pay and play.

In his take on the cryptocurrency market, Branson highlights the positive impacts he expects the technology to have and his enthusiasm for the changes to come.

But which cryptocurrencies best exemplify this future? DasCoin believes it has the ability to outlast the rest.

DasCoin is the brainchild of entrepreneur Michael Mathias. It is a hybrid of traditional centralized currencies and decentralized cryptocurrencies. Mathias and his 100-strong team aim to bring DasCoin into the ranks of Bitcoin and other top cryptocurrencies by providing world-class service with common sense regulatory accountability.

Despite Satoshi Nakamoto’s original vision of a true peer-to-peer cryptocurrency system, regulation appears to be on the horizon. The U.S. government and other regulatory bodies have a duty, after all, to protect investors from predatory schemes. This was underscored by the most recent G20 and it’s unlikely that regulation will loosen up over time.

Here’s where DasCoin really shines. The cryptosphere has a Wild West atmosphere to it. That won’t last forever. When regulators come down, they are likely to come down hard on coins that can’t prove they are accounting-accountable. That is, they can’t demonstrate Know-Your-Customer or anti-money-laundering processes.

DasCoin bills itself as the cryptocurrency of trust and it’s easy to see why. A blockchain featyring a streamlined, dynamic design gives DasCoin all of its inherent benefits – speed, security and privacy. DasCoin’s Know-Your-Customer efforts, however, give the coin a bit of insulation from overzealous regulators or enforcement agencies. If tested, DasCoin is likely to pass current regulatory standards. Very, very few cryptocurrencies can claim this as an inbuilt feature of their blockchain networks. As a result, DasCoin has the potential to rise quickly above the thousands of cryptocoins currently clogging the market.

Regulatory compliance will breed future adoption, particularly since DasCoin can tap into established Visa and Mastercard payment networks.

“With the ability to pay at over 60 million merchants around the world, using DasCoin to pay for your morning coffee quickly is becoming a reality,” Mathias said.

With some futurists predicting that cryptocurrency will displace a quarter of the world’s fiat currencies by 2030, it looks likely DasCoin will earn a significant chunk of that market share.

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