By CCN Markets: Litecoin (LTC) entered a positive territory on Wednesday while other top cryptocurrencies trended flat as investors became cautious following the introduction of the Facebook token, Libra. The LTC-to-dollar exchange rate established an intraday high of $ 139.66, up more than 3 percent since the Asian session open. The upside action neutralized the pair’s losses in the past seven days. At the same time, it brought Litecoin’s month-to-date gains to 26 percent, with a market value of approx $ 3.94 billion. Debit Card, Calibra Announcement The surge in the Litecoin price closely followed an announcement by the Litecoin Foundation. The nonprofit
Bitcoin Startup Unveils ‘Thunder Bird’ Lightning Code for IoT Devices
Japanese startup Nayuta is releasing a lightning network implementation with a compelling new focus: bitcoin payments for the internet of things.
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Stellar (XLM)’s Next Breakout Might Steal Ripple (XRP)’s Thunder
Stellar (XLM) has seen growing institutional interest over the past few months. A survey report by Fundstrat recently showed that institutional investors believe Stellar (XLM) to be a promising project. To the surprise of many, there was no mention of Ripple (XRP) though. This indicates that institutional investors prefer Stellar (XLM) over Ripple (XRP). However, the majority of retail investors still prefer Ripple (XRP) over Stellar (XLM) as Twitter polls show. That being said, we have seen that sentiment does not take long to change in this market.
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ZeusMiner Offers Batch 1 Customers Store Credit To Help Them Get ROI
Even though I had originally planned to do this article yesterday, it got delayed a bit due to World Cup games, and, well, a bit of general laziness. But I’m getting to it now, as ZeusMiner has provided us with another weekly update!
I could sum up everything that has been said in this news update, but I’ll just get to the bits that are relevant to myself, as well as to any other Blizzard customer out there. We actually get something , but I’m not sure I’ll ever use it.
ZeusMiner Update : Shipments Started, Hashrate Increase On Ordered Miners And More!
Even though we didn’t report on the weekly udate from ZeusMiner last week, that doesn’t mean we have lost interest in the company. They made some new announcements yesterday, so let’s recap what’s been said!
As promised, ZeusMiner has started shipping out their first units. A very impressive feat, especially concerning they shipped nearly 6 weeks ahead of their original schedule. My hat off to their entire team!
This also means that , for the people who had an order number between 1 and 500, and who didn’t pick up their order in person, you should have received a tracking number via email. Delivery should only take a few days, depending on customs of course.