Volatility is back in full force in the cryptocurrency market and the price of Bitcoin (BTC) has undergone several $1,000 swings over the past few days and select altcoins have seen their prices surge to new highs after major announcements. The big winners on March 31 include protocols that focus on interoperability between the major blockchain networks as well as projects that are looking to release major updates in the near future. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24-hours were SKALE Network (SKL), IOST and Celer Network (CELR). SKALE Network prepares …

The bull market narrative has returned now that the price of Bitcoin (BTC) managed to briefly climb above $50,500 on Aug. 23. A handful of altcoins have also seen their prices charge higher as the momentum in the market continues to build. For many tokens, their price has been buoyed by new exchange listings and cross-protocol collaborations that have brought a new level of activity and attention to their ecosystems. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the biggest gainers over the past 24 hours were WAX (WAXP), Gnosis (GNO) and IOST. WAX benefits listing on Binance The …

A new artist-focused NFT trading platform has unveiled a $20 million fund to help artists tokenize and sell their works. In the first week since launch, Revival NFT Marketplace has exploded in popularity, achieving total weekly transaction volumes of $1 million. The first artist to be featured on Revival was Edison Zhang, a well-known Chinese street artist, muralist, and graphic designer. The NFT of his artwork Crowded sold for 255 million LOL tokens — equivalent to $71,135. Another, The Beauty and Pain of Pangolin, sold for almost one million IOST. The IOST-powered Revival NFT platform has been built to be …

While the past year has been marked by the rise of decentralized finance (DeFi), centralized entities like Coinbase and Binance continue to be some of the most important players in the industry as a whole, as they are essential in attracting attention to promising projects and pave the way for wider adoption. One protocol that has taken advantage of the "Binance bump" over the past week is IOST, a fully-fledged decentralized blockchain ecosystem that utilizes a unique proof-of-believability consensus protocol. Data from Cointelegraph Markets and TradingView shows that the price of IOST has rallied 88% over the past week, going …

Decentralized applications’ (DApps) transaction volume and user activity have slumped in the third quarter of 2019, a new study shows. DApp.com — an analytics platform for DApps built on Ethereum, EOS, Steem, Tron, TomoChain, IOST and Blockstack — revealed its recent findings in a news release shared with Cointelegraph on Oct. 7. An overall market assessment showed that DApps built on the six aforementioned blockchains reported a total transaction volume of $2.03 billion in Q3, down 40% compared with Q2. Only 36% of the DApp users from Q2 used DApps at least once in Q3, which also indicates a notable …