Mainnets

Monero, one of the world’s leading fungible cryptocurrencies, has been up and running with a network-wide upgrade scheduled for the coming months. One of the most important features about the upgrade is the shift from Cryptonight R Proof-of-Work...

Following the successful launch of the Shelley testnet last week, Cardano users will be able to earn ADA from November onwards as the network starts to add all the additional functionalities to the staking protocol ahead of a...

When you think of blockchains with a social media application, Bitcoin is probably not the first ledger that comes to mind. More people are familiar with Ethereum-based Peepeth, Bitcoin Cash’s Memo.Cash, or EOS’ Voice. In contrast, the original...

Facebook’s Libra has made Telegram investors nervous, but they are now breathing sighs of relief. Oleg Jelezko, one of the lead investors in the Telegram Open Network (TON), is now confident that Telegram’s cryptocurrency will launch before Libra,...

In 2017, China dominated cryptocurrency headlines – but to many observers, it’s now all quiet on the eastern front. But don’t let the diminished focus fool you – Chinese blockchain projects continue to innovate and build; and some...

Secure oracle mechanisms are the only way to bring established companies onto the blockchain, according to the founder of ChainLink (LINK). In an interview with Crypto Briefing, Sergey Nazarov explained that many companies are interested in using the technology, but...

Theta Market Opportunity The Theta Network aims to serve two different market niches within the online video industry. Firstly they are targeting live video streaming. Eventually as the platform evolves Virtual Reality video streaming functionality will also be...

The ICO boom of 2017 won’t be forgotten any time soon. In addition to a wave of valuable (and not-so-valuable) Ethereum-based projects, it also brought failed ICOs and outright scams. At least, that’s the position of Orbs, a...

Grin Market Opportunity Grin is a privacy focused coin, which places it in the same sector as Monero, Zcash and the like. By protecting, sender, receiver, and transaction data information, the project aims to become digital cash in...

GRAM tokens are finally coming to investors, Telegram says. The company behind the second-largest cryptocurrency sale expects to ship tokens in the next two months, the New York Times reported yesterday. The issuance will end a saga that...