Ever wanted to become a blockchain pioneer? It might sound intimidating, but you don’t need to be a developer or a programming expert to build the foundations of a cryptocurrency ecosystem. In fact, with the latest tool from the ARK Ecosystem, even Craig Wright can do it.

The new tool is the ARK Deployer, launched today by the creators of the 89th largest cryptocurrency. According to developers, the Deployer fits in with ARK’s goals of creating an ecosystem of interoperable blockchains.

It’s just the cost of doing business in the banking world: white-collar criminals routinely walk away with huge profits after paying tiny legal penalties — not a bad profit-to-cost ratio for long-term success. And it happens all the time, with banks all over the world. You could say it’s a global phenomenon, of sorts.

Today’s Financial Times carried an interesting morsel this morning: Bitcoin (BTC) has proven to be a better store of value than the Argentine peso over the past 12 months.

As a fiat currency, the Argentine peso –  a victim of populist rule and economic mismanagement – hardly holds up to global reserve currencies. The dollar, Japanese yen and Euro still outperform digital assets, including bitcoin, as a store of value.

The emergence of a buzzing crypto tech startup scene around Zug’s Crypto Valley has given unusual blockchain projects the impetus to take big ideas to the market. As an example: the country’s biggest telecom provider, which is backed by the Swiss government, has announced Noow, a blockchain service that allows customers to access digital artworks.

The move means that millions of Swiss residents will have access to art on the blockchain via their TV.

Bitcoin (BTC) will always be a better solution for cross-border payments than XRP, according to the head of a Hong Kong-based remittance company. George Harrap, CEO of Bitspark, says that bitcoin has a clear edge because it is already globally accepted and has sufficient liquidity for established remittance companies.

Who could forget the end of 2017? A booming bitcoin price dragged the entire market up as the OG crypto tickled the underbelly of $20,000 on December 16. Cryptocurrencies were seemingly on the brink of imminent widespread adoption.

Then they fell. And fell. And continued to fall, hitting what pundits hope will be a low point in December 2018 – January 2019. Barry Silbert points to the burnout of, and sell off by, ICOs as an explanation for the mood-dampening bear market of 2018. His assertion amounts to an exit from digital to fiat currency via ICO tokens.

• Dent has a bullish short-term bias, with the cryptocurrency advancing to its highest level since November 2018
• The DENT / USD pair has a strong bullish medium-term trading outlook
• The daily time frame shows that a large inverted head and shoulders pattern has been triggered

The DENT / USD pair has a bullish short-term trading bias, with the cryptocurrency advancing to its highest trading level since November 2018.

• TRON has a bullish short-term outlook, with the cryptocurrency testing towards the current 2019 trading high
• A bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern has now been triggered on the four-hour time frame
• The daily time frame shows that the TRX / USD pair can trade much higher over the medium-term

TRON has a bullish short-term trading outlook, with the cryptocurrency testing towards the best level of the year so far.

• Bitcoin has a strong short-term bullish bias, with the cryptocurrency advancing to a new 2019 trading high
• The four-hour time frame is showing that a bullish inverted head and shoulders pattern has been triggered
• The daily time frame is showing that the $10,000 level is a realistic bullish target

Bitcoin has a strong bullish short-term trading outlook, with the BTC / USD pair advancing to a new 2019 trading high.

The liquidators responsible for New Zealand-based Cryptopia have released the latest update in the continuing fallout from the exchange’s hacking incident in January.