Daniel Cruz graduated in Information Management and started his professional career as an Informatic Consultant on AXA Group Solutions soon after making the switch to the crypto space after realising the potential of blockchain technology. He has since started working in the blockchain space with the mission of helping to provide reliable data and content to the world.
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How to Pick the Right Proof-of-Stake Crypto to Stake
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- 11 Aug 2019
When Ethereum first announced its transition from a Proof-of-Work (PoW) to a Proof-of-Stake (PoS) consensus algorithm, the idea was noteworthy and novel. The switch was going to be transformative, reducing energy consumption, increasing engagement, and ushering in a new era of sustainable blockchain technology.
Crypto Roundup – Hacker Arrestedfor Stealing Over $130,000 & Why Most Educated People Fail to Understand Bitcoin
- Daniel Cruz
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- 18 Mar 2019
Eight coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.26% to 2.76%. Japanese Hacker Arrested for Stealing Over $130,000 in Cryptocurrency. Why Most Educated People Fail to Understand Bitcoin
Crypto Roundup – Six Pools Control 75% of Bitcoin’s Hashrate & NEM’s Venture Capital Arm Invests $500,000
- Daniel Cruz
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- 8 Mar 2019
Five coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.19% to 68.74%. Six Pools Control 75% of Bitcoin’s Hashrate. NEM’s Venture Capital Arm Invests $500,000 in Cryptocurrency Savings Platform.
Crypto Roundup – Switzerland’s Exchange Launches Ethereum ETP Trading & Brave Browser Surpasses 20 Million Downloads
- Daniel Cruz
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- 7 Mar 2019
Seven coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.17% to 1.06%. Switzerland’s Main Stock Exchange Launches Ethereum ETP Trading. Crypto-Powered Brave Browser Surpasses 20 Million Downloads.
Crypto Roundup – Venezuelans Trade $60 Million in BTC in 2019 &Airswap on WBTC
- Daniel Cruz
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- 6 Mar 2019
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.68% to 19.74%. Venezuelans Trade $60 Million in BTC in 2019. Airswap on WBTC, Regulation and Why Dexs Are the Future of Crypto.
Crypto Roundup – BitMEX Futures Trading Up as Overall Volume Falls & Bitcoin Cashs Block Sizes Are A Tiny Fraction of Bitcoins
- Daniel Cruz
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- 21 Jan 2019
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 1.98% to 6.76%. BitMEX Futures Trading Up as Overall Volume Falls. Bitcoin Cash’s Block Sizes Are A Tiny Fraction of Bitcoin’s.
Crypto Roundup – Bittrex Introduces OTC Trading Desk & Danish Tax Authority to Scrutinize Exchanges
- Daniel Cruz
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- 15 Jan 2019
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 1.39% to 9.83%. Bittrex Introduces OTC Trading Desk, Supports 200 Digital Currencies. Danish Tax Authority to Scrutinize Exchanges, Crack Down on Tax Cheats.
Crypto Roundup – 18 September 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 18 Sep 2018
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 3.41% to 10.88%. Digifinex replaces Tether with TrueUSD. Tezos mainnet goes live, XTZ gets listed on Bitfinex.
Crypto Roundup – 17 September 2018
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- 17 Sep 2018
Seven coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.32% to 1.81%. Cryptocurrency card issuer Wirex expands to Canada. TRON foundation burns fifth batch of ERC20 tokens.
Crypto Roundup – 14 September 2018
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- 14 Sep 2018
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 2.94% to 16.79%. NCB, one of the largest financial institutions in the middle east, joins RippleNet. Oneiro launches VC-backed untethered stablecoin Ndau.
Crypto Roundup – 12 September 2018
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- 12 Sep 2018
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 1.60% to 14.39%. U.S. SEC hits crypto hedge fund (“CAM”) with enforcement action. U.S. district judge rules Initial Coin Offerings subject to securities laws.
Crypto Roundup – 11 September 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 11 Sep 2018
Seven coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.13% to 2.55%. Nasdaq looking to add cryptocurrency price prediction tools, inside sources report. LA Dodgers baseball team to pioneer the ‘first crypto giveaway in sports’.
Crypto Roundup – 06 September 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 6 Sep 2018
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 12.78% to 22.15%. Goldman Sachs drops plan to open bitcoin trading desk, for now. Coinbase Pro launching new GBP trading pairs for ETH, ETC, LTC, and BCH.
Crypto Roundup – 05 September 2018
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- 5 Sep 2018
Six coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.31% to 3.10%. Ledger Nano S finally supports EOS. Ex VP of Tesla gets into blockchain with Solo Energy.
Crypto Roundup – 04 September 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 4 Sep 2018
Five coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.52% to 7.01%. Bittrex acquires 10% stake in Malta-based blockchain firm Palladium. IBM Introduces ‘Blockchain World Wire’, its Stellar-powered near real-time cross-border payments solution.
Crypto Roundup – 03 September 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 3 Sep 2018
Eight coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.76% to 5%. Bitcoin Cash stress test sees its miners process over 2 million transactions in a day. Petition for Amazon to accept Dogecoin gathers over 8,000 signatures.
Crypto Roundup – 31 August 2018
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- 31 Aug 2018
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.16% to 5.84%. Cboe reportedly close to launching Ether (ETH) futures. EU regulators to discuss tightening crypto regulations over transparency concerns.
Crypto Roundup – 30 August 2018
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- 30 Aug 2018
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 1.04% to 7.42%. Crypto exchange Bittrex launching USD markets for Cardano (ADA) and Zcash (ZEC). Bithumb to reopen account registrations after renewing contract with Nonghyup Bank.
Crypto Roundup – 29 August 2018
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- 29 Aug 2018
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.26% to 10.65%. Japanese crypto mining company GMO halts Bitcoin Cash mining. CTO of Stellar (XLM) powered money transfer firm Tempo: ‘Crypto is a Swiss Bank account for every person’.
Crypto Roundup – 28 August 2018
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- 28 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 1.44% to 20.66%. North Korea to hold international blockchain conference in October. User data leaked from Brazilian crypto arbitrage platform, funds reportedly safe.
Crypto Roundup – 27 August 2018
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- 27 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.47% to 4.98%. Binance Labs to give $500,000 to crypto startups in exchange for a 10% stake. Iran completes national cryptocurrency project amid threats of US-led ‘Psychological Warfare’.
Bittrex Partners with Rialto Trading, a U.S.-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS)
- Daniel Cruz
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- 24 Aug 2018
Yesterday, U.S-based crypto asset exchange Bittrex announced a partnership with Rialto Trading, a U.S.-registered Alternative Trading System (ATS), to jointly provide a digital securities trading platform.
Indiegogo Hosts its First Asset-Backed Security Token for Shares in Luxury Ski Resort
- Daniel Cruz
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- 24 Aug 2018
Indiegogo, the famous crowdfunding platform, is launching its first ICO for an asset-backed security token, a move that comes after the company announced its plans to launch an Initial Coin Offering (ICO) platform in December of last year.
Crypto Roundup – 24 August 2018
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- 24 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.22% to 4.2%. SEC will review August 22nd decision to reject 9 Bitcoin ETFs. Bank of Thailand (BoT) is developing its own cryptocurrency to “enhance operational efficiencies”.
Crypto Roundup – 23 August 2018
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- 23 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 2.98% to 6.64%. The U.S. SEC rejects Bitcoin ETF proposals from ProShares, Direxion, and GraniteShares. First Islamic Crypto Exchange (FICE) set to launch, aims to serve 1.8 billion Muslims.
Crypto Roundup – 22 August 2018
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- 22 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.8% to 4.2%. Buying players with Bitcoin? Seven English premier league clubs trial cryptocurrency system. US Government endorses blockchain with $800,000 award to distributed ledger technology (DLT) researchers.
Crypto Roundup – 21 August 2018
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- 21 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.9% to 7.1%. Head of BitConnect Asia arrested in Delhi. The Exodus wallet and exchange now supports XRP and TrueUSD (TUSD).
Crypto Roundup – 20 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 20 Aug 2018
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 0.6% to 16%. Crypto exchange Huobi announces five partnerships to further its expansion efforts. Coinbase files patent to make direct Bitcoin payments more secure for customers.
Crypto Roundup – 17 August 2018
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- 17 Aug 2018
Nine coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 1.6% to 33.2%. Binance partners with LCX to offer a fiat-to-crypto exchange in blockchain-friendly Liechtenstein. Crypto wallet and DApp explorer Toshi rebrands to Coinbase wallet.
Crypto Roundup – 16 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 16 Aug 2018
Six coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.45% to 4.6%. Coinbase gets more serious about decentralized identity solutions with acquisition of startup distributed systems. Hungary’s Finance Ministry: Cryptocurrencies aren’t a legal payment method.
Crypto Roundup – 15 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 15 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted positive changes, ranging from 4.37% to 21.9%. Jamaica stock exchange (JSE) to launch crypto asset trading by the end of the year. JPMorgan leads $32 million series B investment in axoni’s Ethereum-based financial system.
Crypto Roundup – 14 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 14 Aug 2018
All the coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 6.7% to 21.65%. Coinbase makes its Index fund more attractive to institutional investors by halving its fee. Indian exchanges attempt to bypass reserve bank’s ban on crypto, now offering support for Tether (USDT), TrueUSD (TUSD).
Crypto Roundup – 13 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 13 Aug 2018
Eight coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted negative changes, ranging from 0.44% to 2.62%. Bitmain eyes $18 billion IPO, potentially the largest in history. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao denies exorbitant listing fees.
Crypto Roundup – 10 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 10 Aug 2018
Six coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a positive change, ranging from 0.1% to 4.3%. ShapeShift acquires Bitfract, which lets you trade Bitcoin for multiple altcoins in a single transaction. Microsoft launches proof-of-authority algorithm for Ethereum on Azure.
Crypto Roundup – 09 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 9 Aug 2018
Eight coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a negative change, ranging from 0.5% to 5%. Crypto exchange Bittrex launching USD markets for XRP and ETC. Ukraine election body uses NEM blockchain in voting trial.
Crypto Roundup – 08 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 8 Aug 2018
All coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a negative change, ranging from 0.5% to 15%. Coinbase enables instant trading, increases daily purchase limit for verified U.S. customers.U.S. SEC sets 30 September 2018 as new deadline for decision on VanEck-SolidX ETF.
Crypto Roundup – 07 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 7 Aug 2018
Six coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a positive change, ranging from 0.05% to 8.1%. Goldman Sachs becomes latest investment bank to explore crypto custody service. Barclays’ former traders say they’re working on a crypto trading desk.
Crypto Roundup – 06 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 6 Aug 2018
Five coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a positive change, ranging from 0.34% to 22.8%. Hacked cryptocurrency exchange Bithumb reopens deposits and withdrawals. Coinbase announces Ethereum Classic support is in final testing phase.
Crypto Roundup – 02 August 2018
- Daniel Cruz
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- 2 Aug 2018
Five coins from the top 10 coins by 24-hour volume posted a negative change, ranging from 0.15% to 5.35%. Former US President Bill Clinton to deliver keynote speech at Ripple’s swell conference. Wikipedia Co-Founder says is absolutely never conducting an ICO.