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Ethereum Could Narrowly Avoid a Major Downtrend if it Closes Above One Key Level

Ethereum has been able to capture some notable upwards momentum today, surging towards its key near-term resistance at $210 as the aggregated crypto market pushes higher.This has allowed the crypto to narrowly avoid seeing massive losses stemming from a previously bearish market structure that it had formed.ETH isn’t completely out

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Blockchain Bites: Coinbase and BlockFi Do Some Major Hiring, Tron Gets Coronavirus Relief

Justin Sun's Tron platform successfully applied for a $2 million pandemic relief loan intended for small businesses. Coinbase has scooped up employees from the now-defunct TokenAnylist startup while BlockFi has poached two executives from Credit Suisse and American Express to join its lending firm. Here's the story:You're reading Blockchain Bites, the

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Major Polish Insurance Company Taps Blockchain for Its Paperwork

Polish insurance company Link4 has partnered with a regtech firm Coinfirm to streamline document correspondence and storage with a blockchain-based system.Called Trudatum, the blockchain-enabled tool developed by Coinfirm reportedly allows the firm to transfer and store electronic documents and ensure their immutability. For Link4’s customers specifically, it means that their

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Major Donations Are Coming From Crypto Industry to Fight COVID-19

All over the world, doctors, nurses and medical resources are strained as the fight against the coronavirus continues. In response, many charitable organizations and philanthropists from various industries have come forward to offer their support. In the cryptocurrency industry, companies such as BitMEX, Binance and the Stellar Foundation have been making

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Major Airline AirAsia Launches Blockchain-Driven Cargo Booking System

Teleport, the logistics division of major airline, AirAsia, has launched a blockchain-based cargo booking system called Freightchain.According to an April 16 announcement, Freightchain is “the world’s first digital air cargo network run on blockchain.” The network — which is launching today — allows shippers or freight forwarders to instantly book

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Libra Stablecoin is Still a Major Threat to Bitcoin: Economist

Economist and academic John Vaz believes Bitcoin (BTC) still faces stiff competition from Facebook’s troubled Libra project.Vaz told Cointelegraph that Bitcoin has scaling challenges in terms of payments and was used disproportionately as a vehicle for speculation. By contrast he said Libra has been purpose-built to scale as a payments

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