The Ethereum Name Service (ENS) is one of Ethereum’s most important usability features. By default, Ethereum addresses appear as garbled text. By substituting that text for human-readable names, ENS makes it easier to interact with the blockchain.

SIMBA Chain has announced the release of a cloud-based platform which could remove the hardest barriers for dApp developers. The Smart-Contract-As-A-Service (SCaaS) solution will reduce development time for decentralized applications by automating the process of creating a smart contract, enabling developers to rapidly prototype and deploy enterprise-level dApps on Android, iOS and the Web. 

Galaxy Digital is now a licensed underwriter for registered public offerings, the company announced yesterday. Having already secured approval from the Financial Regulatory Authority (FINRA), Galaxy can now facilitate IPOs for crypto companies.

“[W]e now have the ability to finance digital asset and blockchain technology companies through their entire life cycle – from founding, through private capital raisings, to their initial public offering and beyond,” said Ian Taylor, Head of Advisory Services for Galaxy Digital.

• IOST has a bearish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency still trading below major technical support on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows that the IOST / USD pair is holding above key trendline support
• The daily time frame continues to show a bearish wedge breakout in progress

IOST has a bearish short-term trading bias, with the IOST / USD pair still trading below major technical support on the four-hour time frame.

• Binance Coin has a bearish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency trading below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame is showing that a bearish head and shoulders pattern has formed
• The daily time frame still shows that the BNB / USD pair is trading above breakout support

Binance Coin has a bearish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency still trading below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Nano has a bullish short-term outlook, with the NANO / USD pair moving back above key technical resistance on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern is forming
• The daily time frame shows that buyers have move price above the neckline of a head and shoulders pattern

Nano has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency now trading back above key technical resistance on the four-hour time frame.

Lolli delivered some exciting news today for Bitcoin adoption, with the launch of a rewards partnership with Albertson’s Companies subsidiary, Safeway.

If you’ve been living under a rock for the past two weeks, you probably still heard about David Marcus’ efforts to assuage Congress on Facebook and its Libra cryptocurrency.

Whether Marcus’ assurances will safeguard Libra’s long-term viability is anybody’s guess. But aside from Facebook’s own conundrum, what was really surprising was the amount of influence the U.S. government can exert over the digital asset market.

If crypto were a Spaghetti Western, you’d probably see a budget Clint Eastwood summarize investor attitudes in a single line: “There are two types of cryptocurrency in this world: Bitcoin, and everything else.”

Cryptocurrency attracts publicity – and lots of it. But for every celebrity enjoying their moment in the Sun and trying to put the world to Wrights, there’s a figure in the background whose face is not plastered on skyscrapers, and whose signature isn’t attached to copyright claims.

Brandon Chez is the founder of the world’s most popular cryptocurrency website, CoinMarketCap.com (CMC) – and yet he is almost completely unknown.