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Last year’s massive bullish run in the cryptocurrency market turned bearish by the start of February 2018. This opened the industry to prying eyes of regulators and authorities across the world. In 2017, the Chinese government banned the launch of ICOs in the country and closed down multiple cryptocurrency exchanges. Some months later, the SEC […]

As 2018 comes to a close, we’ve been thinking about some of the big questions that crypto still needs to answer. Although there is some clarity on the mega theses for crypto —1) global, state-free money 2) decentralized/open/composable finance 3) web3—it’s still unclear how society is going to get there. Or in other words, the idea […]

Quick Take Direction: We’re currently in one of the tightest ranges BTC has experienced since the bear market of 2014. BTC volatility has plummeted and we’re at the lowest point ever on the .BVOL index since BitMEX started running calculations back in Feb 2017.     Bitcoin dominance peaked at about 55% this cycle, and has slowly […]

What are zero-knowledge proofs? Zero-knowledge proofs are an effective way of ensuring anonymity for users of decentralized applications. Zero-knowledge proofs have a high theoretical potential to improve security and privacy in blockchain applications. Blockchain transactions are connected to wallet addresses. Usually, all participants of the blockchain are able to see the details of the transactions. […]

Last Friday, Yale, the iconic long-term investor that other endowments look to for guidance, made a historic investment in two funds dedicated to crypto, signaling to many that institutional floodgates are officially open. As the manager of one of the more established cryptofunds, we often get asked, “How big can crypto really get?” The short answer is: […]

This article is part four of a four-part Eden Labs series on privacy tokens. Ask the Eden Labs team questions on our Telegram and receive updates, analysis, and research insights. Part 1: Zcash Part 2: Monero Part 3: Dash Part 4: Comparison Review The difference between coins and tokens is that coins act as a simple method of value […]

This article is part one of a four-part Eden Labs series on privacy tokens. Ask the Eden Labs team questions on our Telegram and receive updates, analysis, and research insights. Part 1: Zcash Part 2: Monero Part 3: Dash Part 4: Comparison Review When analyzing a project, the Eden Labs team looks for projects that do something unique […]

This article was originally published by Kyle Samani at Multicoin Capital. Multicoin Capital’s mission is to accelerate the transition from the centralized institutions of the Industrial Age to the decentralized institutions of the Internet Age.   I have yet to see an actual illustration of the Web3 stack. So this is an attempt. Given how […]

Posted July 24, 2018 on CoinSavage.com This article was originally published at CoinCentral.com, follow this link to the original article (https://coincentral.com/what-is-zcash/) *** January 15, 2018 |AARON MANGAL What is Zcash? Zcash is a publicly encrypted blockchain and scientific breakthrough in cryptography by using zero-knowledge cryptography known as zk-SNARKS. This framework allows the user to leverage two addresses: […]