Lightstreams is a blockchain designed for decentralised applications that require speed and privacy when sharing content. It's built on a modified version of the Ethereum blockchain and purports to solve the problem of data storage. Andre Cronje looks it…

How do you spot a shill? While the rest of the blockchain community innovates, creates, and changes, the shill plays the same old game - they encourage others to join in, and help prevent them from leaving. Whether it's FOMO or FUD, there's usually a shill…

The Robinhood crypto exchange aims to become simpler than Coinbase. The mobile app that lets you play Gordon Gecko in your underwear, has recently entered the crypto market and Robinhood began offering investments in Bitcoin and Ethereum in select states…

There's been a sea change in the crypto-world, as digital currency moves from the backwater to the mainstream. The cryptocurrency community is now dominated by corporations which are seeking institutional approval. And they're finding that rebellion doesn't…

The Islamic world is moving to embrace cryptocurrency. Although digital coins still remain a controversial topic, one London-based mosque has said it will now accept donations in cryptocurrency for the Zakar donations. Funds raised will go toward essential…

Crypto branding is becoming more sophisticated all the time - and finding a project name that can be directly applied to a ticker symbol is trending. 16 of the top 100 cryptos have the same name as their symbol - versus just one of the Dow Jones Top 30. The…

Bitcoin is a single layer cryptocurrency, and Ethereum is a dual-layer blockchain that adds smart contracts and dApps to the mix. Chinese blockchain Bytom takes things a step further with a triple-layer approach.

A Gibraltar crypto hub is the dream behind the Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) which looks to create a secure and regulated platform for digital securities and utility tokens. However, with strong competition from Bermuda and Malta, a safe harbor for…

In Zilliqa news, the sharding crypto has today announced it will be integrating a new programming language for smart contracts which it claims is 'bug resistant'. Smart contracts have in the past proved vulnerable to attacks but Zilliqa's development team…

There aren’t a lot of bright spots in this rainy market, but Bitcoin Cash is making its own weather. Despite the grey skies, the nine-month-old crypto is already on a journey to reinvent itself. Rather than fighting for the Bitcoin crown, the coin is getting…

The token used for the privacy ecosystem ZenCash has experienced a tumoultous day as its listing on Binance was postponed following a strong surge in the coin's price. Designed to prevent third-party interference into personal privacy, the founder of ZenCash…

Taking a scroll down coinmarketcap is like going down a science-fiction rabbit-hole. On the near end are the projects solving with prosaic problems like banking or smart fridges. Peer a little further, past the bottom fifty, and some of the new projects look…

There's a new record for crypto-funded pizza. Eight years after the most expensive pizza in history, a new record was set for the most pizza bought with cryptocurrency.

As GDPR takes effect across Europe, the Liberdy Foundation wants to enable its users to sell internet data, collected from their search history and social media profiles, back to the internet companies who make a profit out of it. But with three years to…

A mainnet launch is a defining time for any crypto token. Last summer,  the trendiest ICOs existed only only on paper, with years of work ahead of them. Since then, the bubbles have stop bursting, the pot has cooled down, and we're finally getting a chance…

Here's my Emotiq code review for this blockchain: scalable, private, natural. Natural? Emotiq is a next generation blockchain with powerful scalability and privacy, combining the latest research in distributed ledger technology with an innovative natural…

2017 was a wild year for crypto, and ICOs were greeted with fanfare and massive market caps. But investors love new and different, so many of the projects that are most familiar to crypto veterans are off the front page of CoinMarketCap and quietly building…

There are new faces in the cryptoverse, including a few that we all recognize. Ashton Kutcher just introduced Ellen DeGeneres to cryptocurrency. But celebrity shills just feel wrong... They're awkward, they make bad choices, they crave attention - oh, they're…

Our nOS ICO preview outlined some of the key assets of this highly-anticipated NEO Smart Economy project. It's a decentralized Internet play, data control returned to the user and websites and dApps hosting their content in a decentralized fashion. So what…

If you’ve ever spent a long time in a jewelry store, you know how expensive the love business is. Now one Chinese startup has launched a cryptocurrency for the love business. No, not that love business. In a press release earlier this month, eDiamond announced…

BitShares dove head on into the forefront of the battle to regulate cryptocurrencies. Ethereum and Bitcoin are being reviewed by the Securities and Exchange Commission to determine the key differences that indicate a crypto token is acting as a security.