At the end of 2017 and beginning of 2018, more people–especially those in the mainstream finance world–were paying attention to bitcoin and cryptocurrency trading. And in early January 2018, the Japanese exchange Coincheck disclosed a hack worth a whopping $534 million. This happened right around the time that bitcoin slipped from its peak value, and it certainly seemed to accelerate its drop.
Some experts predict bigger, global corporations could jumpstart this adoption even more in the latter half of this year. “What we’re looking at is institutions getting involved in crypto, whether it’s Amazon or the big banks,” says Weiss. A huge retailer like Amazon could “create a chain reaction of others accepting it,” and would “add a lot of credibility.”
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Some mainstream companies also view blockchain technology itself with interest, evaluating various uses such as supply chain. The future of cryptocurrency and its associated technology appears bright, judging by the growth and adoption that has been seen since 2008 when Nakamoto published the framework for a little asset called Bitcoin.
Cardano is up over 9 percent in the last 24 hours and nearly 14 percent in the previous week. It is priced at around $2.23.
That seems to be the overall message from most. Even Innes, who has been critical of bitcoin and crypto-trading for quite a while, admits that this doesn’t mean the blockchain is bunk. He, in fact, sees things looking up. “If this base can hold,” he says, “[the price will] start drifting up.” But not because of fervor or blind faith that bitcoin is the future, but due to advances on the technology side.
The hype surrounding popular memecoin Dogecoin had appeared to diminish recently as new altcoins took centre stage.
Bitcoin (BTC) -5.11% (£48,199.49)Ethereum (ETH) -2.38% (£3,502.32)Binance Coin (BNB) -5.15% (£463.07)Tether (USDT) +0.91% (£0.75)Solana (SOL) -1.38% (£178.60)Cardano (ADA) -7.61% (£1.55)XRP (XRP) -7.29% (£0.90)Polkadot (DOT) -5.50% (£35.69)Dogecoin (DOGE) -5.65% (£0.19)SHIBA INU (SHIB) +8.29% (£0.00004094)Terra (LUNA) -1.43% (£37.61)
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Among the cryptocurrencies that could disrupt Safemoon is the Bitrise coin, which is the fastest growing crypto at the time of writing. The coin was launched at the end of July. Shiba Inu is another piece that has been doing very well since its launch in August. However, experts have pitted Safemoon against Bitrise, which is now billed as the next “Safemoon”.
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