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The longest and largest ICO, worth more than $4 billion, has ended, the release of EOSIO 1.0 has taken place, and the launch date of the EOSIO main network remains a closely guarded secret.
Every month we see an increasing number of cryptocurrency exhibitions, conferences, and summits that are held at the highest level. We believe that these are great platforms for product launches, brand announcements, and networking. The Litecoin Foundation recently posted on Twitter that applications have begun for those wishing to attend the Litecoin Summit 2018.
While Litecoin's closest competitors such as EOS have already begun to recover, Litecoin is still on the opposite trajectory. However, despite this, there are many reasons that indicate that the Litecoin price will skyrocket again in 2018.
Block.one, the company behind the EOS project, has confirmed that the EOS mainnet, called EOSIO, will launch this Saturday, immediately after the close of the 11-month token sale.
The next hard fork, which took place yesterday on the Ethereum Classic (ETC/USD) network, does not involve dividing the network and the emergence of a new token, but is intended to solve problems associated with the profitability of mining. In essence, this is a soft fork, an upgrade of the network to remove the “unnecessary function” of the project.
On June 2, the EOS token will transition from the Ethereum network to the MainNet network. Below is a list of exchanges that will perform EOS token swaps.
According to CCN, there was a recent attack that resulted in a malicious miner gaining temporary control of Bitcoin Gold hashing power. Thus, the miner gained control of the Bitcoin Gold register.
Fintech company Revolut has significantly increased its profits and customer base after adding services for Bitcoin, Litecoin and Ethereum last year. Today (May 24) ripple and bitcoin cash will join them. Customers will now be able to buy and sell digital assets directly from the Revolut app.
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