The cryptocurrency Dash has made waves over the past months as the price has continued to increase. A new win for the currency has come from a partnership with CoinBR, a Brazilian cryptocurrency company. The connection is a particular win for Dash, as the cryptocurrency, through the CoinBR platform, is now able to be used throughout the country at more than 13,000 locations that support the CoinBR platform. The announcement was made via Twitter: A CoinBR é a plataforma brasileira ~real/oficial~ que disponibiliza Dash aos seus usuários. — COINBR (@coinbrnet) July 6, 2017 Dash expansion The Dash network has been …

Anybody who was drawn to Bitcoin in the very earliest days might have been put off by one significant fact. Bitcoin’s biggest exchange, where they would likely go to purchase the currency, was bizarrely called: “Magic the Gathering Online Exchange,” or Mt. Gox for short. Anybody who was confused as to why they needed to go to a “Magic the Gathering” website to purchase Bitcoin probably just went ahead and closed their browser. A nascent economy Mt. Gox is just one example of the type of services (or lack thereof) provided during Bitcoin’s infancy. Eventually more reputable exchanges would come …

The Dash network is sponsoring twelve free conferences in Venezuela from September through the end of the year. The goal of these events is to increase Venezuelans’ knowledge of virtual currencies in general, and Dash in particular. The nation’s worsening hyperinflation has caused the popularity of Bitcoin and Ethereum to soar as people turn to these currencies as a more effective store of value than the Venezuelan Bolivar. The Dash plan Representatives of the Dash team have been regulars at a number of key Bitcoin conferences around the world. Recently, Dash announced that it is hosting an entire conference dedicated …

Hurricane Harvey pummelled the State of Texas and the Gulf Coast, causing massive damage and displacing hundreds of thousands. It will undoubtedly go down as one of the worst hurricanes to hit the United States in decades. - Thomas B. Shea/AFP/Getty Images Danny Sessoms, host of a cryptocurrency-themed radio show based in Austin, teamed up with Unsung.org to hold a fundraiser for the Hurricane Harvey victims. On his radio show, Sessoms announced that he would be accepting donations via the digital currencies Bitcoin and Dash, and would use those funds to buy basic necessities for the victims. This effort raised …

While there are a few ways in which to work cryptocurrencies, from day-trading to holding, it is still widely recognised that a long-term investment is best. However, making the right call on one of the many coins out there is difficult. Below, some well known cryptocurrency investors share their tips and secrets, and give a top three pick of the coins they are holding onto for a big payday down the line. Logan Kugler, Managing Partner at General Crypto 1 - Ripple (XRP) “Ripple is going after SWIFT, and their token XRP could entirely change the way we send money …

Capitalization and infrastructure In June, the altcoin market managed to set a historic record, after a long race, which began back in April. The mark of the total market capitalization reached $72,830,700,000. In July, the same trend reversed and, despite the uncertainty about the Bitcoin future, in a matter of days the total capitalization of the market fell to $30.79 mln. After the news about SegWit deployment, the price started to recover, but it could not overcome the $50 mln point. Over the two summer months, the infrastructure of the market has changed drastically for several times. In mid-June, Bitcoin …

In the early hours of Saturday, IOTA advanced as much as 41.32 percent and moved up one place in the rankings. In the process, it made a casualty of privacy-centric Dash to become the number seven digital currency. The swelling pushed IOTA's market value to more than $1.7 bln. Veritably, this marked the second time the business-to-business token is overtaking Dash in the rankings. It will be recalled that barely two weeks ago when IOTA, in an extraordinary move, entered the elite zone. Dash was one of the three entities it shoved aside. Will Dash fight back? Given the resiliency …

Wonders shall never end in Cryptoland! On Sunday Cointelegraph predicted that it is going to be hot at the top 10 on CoinMarketCap this week. Truly less than 24 hours, on the early mornings on Monday, Ethereum Classic flew so much to make an upward adjustment of 31.46 percent. ETC conquers Dash In the process, ETC knocked down Dash to take over as the sixth most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. Nothing surprises anyone anymore in this ecosystem when it comes to the growth of altcoin. Just when everyone thought the battle between Dash and Ethereum Classic is over and …

The past week has seen Dash rise to equal 10 tokens per Bitcoin for the first time in its history. The historic boundary was crossed on March 18, data from CoinGecko shows, as the price per one Dash touched $110. The privacy-focused altcoin has surprised the cryptocurrency community with its speed and subsequent long-term growth in value, starting out from $23 only one month ago. While many predicted a crash would accompany its meteoric rise, Dash has seen only modest retraces, managing to continue trading around the $100 mark despite even admissions from its own developers that they had been …

Bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies functioning off Blockchain distributed ledger technology operate in an open-source environment without centralized ownership or command structure. Under this model, only miners, those who mint new coins and process network transactions, receive funding directly from the cryptocurrency itself in the form of the block reward, or all new coins created. Dash, a cryptocurrency emphasizing mass adoption and usability, breaks from this model by offering only 45 percent of the block reward to miners and reserving 10 percent of new coins minted to fund development and other projects. Community projects Reddit user Tigerix, when contrasting the …

Dash price’ meteoric rise seems to have attracted more investor interest as well as a significant spike in user numbers and business partnerships. At the time of publishing, according to Coinmarketcap, it was the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency, with the market capitalization of over $200 mln, passing Litecoin with its $190 mln market cap. Dash has struck a partnership with BlockPay, a leading cryptocurrency PoS solutions, which made Dash accessible for use by hundreds of merchants in over 36 countries. The arrangement will add Dash to the list of several other leading cryptocurrencies that are available for use on the …

Litecoin Litecoin almost returned at the weekend’s level of $3.00, made a start from this level and now keeps growing to $3.20. Descent from the level of $3.20 could be fast or painfully slow — everything depends on the behavior of the “elder brother" Bitcoin. Only sudden growth of Bitcoin can bring Litecoin to the levels of $ $3.50, 3.80 and above. If Bitcoin continues to fall, this week we will see a Litecoin price below $3.00. The exchange rate of LTC:BTC can't overcome the resistance level of 0.008. It speaks about the weakness of Litecoin and the possibility of …