In our “Altcoins” section, we cover news, updates, and market trends related to alternative cryptocurrencies beyond Bitcoin. Here you will find information about popular altcoins, new blockchain projects, and the technologies driving the altcoin ecosystem. Read the “Altcoins” section on ForkNews to stay updated on the latest developments across the crypto market.
At the end of the past year, the Chinese Center for Information and Industrial Development (CCID) once again published the Global Public Blockchain Technology Assessment Index (GPBTAI). This is already the eighth rating of cryptocurrency projects.
IOTA has reportedly developed a plan to decentralize its network by eliminating the coordination node. This part of the IOTA Tangle is currently responsible for ordering transactions, but it poses a number of problems. IOTA has already started the process and intends to remove this node from the network next year.
Stellar Guard decided to start a series of publications analyzing and exposing fraudulent schemes. The first such material is dedicated to the Stellar Activity hard fork, which was scheduled for December 9, but never took place.
Popular cryptocurrency platform Gemini has announced support for Bitcoin Cash (BCH). The crypto giant only recently partnered with Cboe Global Markets Inc. to supply Bitcoin futures.
Initially, in the first weeks of November, the price of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) rose. Investors have begun to accumulate the asset ahead of the upcoming fork and network split, during which holders of the main asset will also receive a new cryptocurrency, BSV. Why did the price drop by 81%?
Last week, someone from a single address moved more than 35 million Litecoin tokens in 24 hours, representing 60 percent of the coin's total market capitalization. However, trading on crypto platforms has nothing to do with this transaction. It is possible that this is an over-the-counter transaction.
According to the project's lead engineer, Bitcoin SV's scalability ensures that it will one day be able to serve billions of people on a daily basis.
Daniel Larimer, CTO of Blockchain and developer of EOS Block.One, is known for his habit of jumping between projects and or even creating a new coin if the previous one is not very successful. And now Larimer plans to develop a new cryptocurrency project.
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