Ethereum (ETH) has the most developers working on its base protocol of all cryptocurrencies, not counting community project developers, according to a report by crypto asset management firm Electric Capital. The report was published in a Medium post on March 7. Per the post, the company fingerprinted over 20,000 code repositories and 16 million commits to obtain data, which reveals that on average 216 developers contribute code to ETH repositories every month. The company also specifies that this data “is undercounting the number of Ethereum developers since we do not include ecosystem projects like Truffle.” Bitcoin (BTC), the largest of …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The CEO of Twitter and Square, Jack Dorsey seems to be buying Bitcoin on a weekly basis. In a recent interview, he said that he had used up the $10,000 weekly limit on Square’s CashApp on buying the leading cryptocurrency. This indicates that Dorsey has been buying Bitcoin around the current price levels. …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Crypto companies are attracting talent from traditional industries. This shows that firms in the crypto space are preparing for the long-term, undeterred by the current bear market. Similarly, traditional companies are attempting gain footing in the crypto space. Ernst & Young, one of the Big Four auditing firms, has come up with a …

Wednesday, March 6 — after a surge of growth earlier today, most of the top 20 cryptocurrencies have stabilized and are reporting slight to noteworthy gains on the day by press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering near the $3,900 mark again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is up just under one percent on the day, trading at around $3,903, according to CoinMarketCap data. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is about one percent higher than $3,858, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Recently …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. The market tends to cycle between periods of low and high volatility. After a week of small-price-range action, the range expanded on Monday and the crypto markets decided to move southwards. What has caused this sudden fall? There are no specific fundamental reasons that might have led to this selloff. One of the …

Sunday, March 3 — the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting minor losses on the day to press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just over the $3,850 mark again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is down a fraction of a percent on the day, trading at around $3,853, according to CoinMarketCap data. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is nearly half of a percent lower than $3,870, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap The day before yesterday, blockchain development company Blockstream released a new …

Saturday, March 2 — the top 20 cryptocurrencies are reporting minor to medium losses on the day to press time. Bitcoin (BTC) is hovering just over the $3,850 mark again, according to Coin360 data. Market visualization from Coin360 At press time, Bitcoin is down little over half of a percent on the day, trading at around $3,858, according to CoinMarketCap data. Looking at its weekly chart, the current price is over 6 percent lower than $4,142, the price at which Bitcoin started the week. Bitcoin 7-day price chart. Source: CoinMarketCap Ethereum (ETH) is holding its position as the largest altcoin …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph.com. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. The market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Social media giant Facebook plans to leverage its massive user base of more than 2.7 billion for the success of its crypto project that aims to integrate Instagram, Facebook Messenger and WhatsApp under one canopy. According to the New York Times’ sources, the cryptocurrency will be a stablecoin that will be pegged to …

China’s state-backed tech workgroup has released its tenth crypto rankings report, placing Bitcoin (BTC) in 13th, while EOS (EOS) keeps its top spot. The monthly report was released by China’s Center for Information and Industry Development (CCID) on Feb. 26. Operating under China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, CCID first launched its monthly crypto ratings report in May 2018, and awarded major altcoin Ethereum (ETH) the top-rated crypto position out of the original 28 coins. In its latest crypto rankings report, CCID has added a new entrant to the list, having analyzed 35 digital coins instead of 34 cryptos …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao said that investors lapped up the Fetch.AI (FET) token on Feb. 25 in a record time of 22 seconds. This is a bullish sign. It shows that the investor appetite for initial coin offerings (ICOs) is returning. Though the crypto space has been in a crushing bear market for more …

The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of Cointelegraph. Every investment and trading move involves risk, you should conduct your own research when making a decision. Market data is provided by the HitBTC exchange. A bottom formation after a long bear market is not a linear process. At various intervals, we are likely to witness spurts of buying and selling as the bulls and the bears attempt to establish their supremacy. After a smart recovery from the lows, when it looked like the bears had surrendered, came the …

An anonymous hacker managed to move 2.09 million EOS ($7.7 million) from a hacked account due to an alleged failed update by an EOS block producer (BP), according to a Telegram post by EOS block producer EOS42 on Feb. 23. The EOS blockchain has a feature that requires BPs to blacklist compromised accounts; all top 21 BPs are required to blacklist a certain account in order for the blacklist to function properly. On Feb. 22, a new EOS block producer dubbed “games.eos” apparently did not update the blacklist for EOS mainnet accounts. Subsequently, the security team of major global crypto …