Last week, NEO developers upgraded their network’s mainnet consensus nodes, including the core consensus protocol. The updated delegated Byzantine Fault Tolerance (dBFT) consensus mechanism is designed to provide strict one-block finality, a challenge both in terms of technical specification and research. 

The new features are expected to reduce the need for network maintenance and downtime, as well as their impact  on the running processes of decentralized applications.

Quoine (pronounced “coin”) is a cryptocurrency fintech firm that created the Liquid platform. This Ethereum-based blockchain makes it easier to cash out cryptocurrency coins to fiat cash by compiling orders and prices from multiple exchanges into one world book. Qash (QASH) is the proprietary ERC-20 token used by Quoine’s Liquid platform.

Have you ever wanted to be a big-time exchange owner like Brian Armstrong or Changpeng Zhao? Well, today could be your lucky day: for the price of a small London flat, you can own your own digital asset exchange.

VeenPool Technologies, a UK-based cryptocurrency solutions provider, is selling an off-the-peg, fully-developed trading platform to the highest bidder. The exchange is currently known as ‘EzoPay,’ but VeenPool can reskin it to meet the buyer’s requirements at no extra cost.

Last week Block.one confirmed the launch of an EOS-based social network. Having purchased over $20 million worth of RAM prior to the announcement, pundits had already guessed the company was up to something big.

Bitcoin mining currently consumes more electricity than the entire country of New Zealand, according to a new report. But the cloud has a green lining: researchers determined that much of that electricity comes from renewables, indirectly subsidizing environmentally-friendly sources.

• Zilliqa has an increasingly bullish short-term trading outlook, with the cryptocurrency probing towards the April high
• The four-hour time frame now shows a valid bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern
• The daily time frame is showing that the ZIL / USD pair is testing towards the top of its yearly price range

Zilliqa has an increasingly bullish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency testing towards the April 2019 trading high.

• Tezos has a bearish short-term bias, with the XTZ / USD pair trading below its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame continues to show a bearish head and shoulders pattern
• The daily time frame shows that price is testing the neckline of a large inverted head and shoulders pattern

Tezos has a bearish short-term bias, with the XTZ / USD pair trading below its key 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

• Ripple has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency still trading above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame
• The four-hour time frame shows a bearish triple-top pattern formation
• The daily time frame continues to highlight that a confirmed bullish breakout is still underway

Ripple has a bullish short-term outlook, with the XRP / USD pair still holding price above its 200-period moving average on the four-hour time frame.

Kik isn’t the only company facing regulatory blowback. LongFin, a fintech company which drew controversy for an abrupt blockchain pivot, is now fighting allegations of fraud from the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Few cryptocurrencies can provide a long-term store of value. Some tokens are pegged to fiat, but the consistent inflation of national currencies means these are only stable for the short term.

One project seeks a more permanent form of stability. ndau is a ‘buoyant’ coin – not a stablecoin –  which is designed as the first digital asset that can maintain a steady value for the long term.