Ripple now secures a deal with a Brazilian exchange The Front Exchange. Under the partnership, both parties will jointly launch a platform for cross-border remittance and tourism-related services, which is called "Simple." June of 2019 and henceforth, users in Brazil have access to the platform's services.

The core infrastructure behind ethereum 2.0 might be in for a major redesign.
Dubbed the beacon chain, a new proposal by ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin suggests radically modifying the blockchain’s role in a new iteration of the ethereum network based on proof-of-stake consensus.
"The idea here is that basically on the beacon chain, you’re going to be able to deploy these little worlds that summarize how a blockchain works, how a state transition works, [and] how a smart contract works," Raul Jordan, co-lead at non-profit Prysmatic Labs, told CoinDesk.

Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has proposed creating an on-chain smart contract-based Ether mixer in a note on collaborative development platform HackMD on May 24.
In his note, Buterin argues that the Ethereum ecosystem needs more privacy, and points out that the default behavior is to do everything through a single account, allowing for all of the user's activities to be linked to each other. Furthermore, he notes that simply spreading the ether across multiple addresses is not a solution, since the transactions sending ETH to those wallets connect them.

As of 11:00 (UTC) on May 26, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) price remains below the psychologically important $8,000 level, marking $7,992.11. It has registered a decrease of 1.03% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Neutral" with six indicators sending out a selling signal, five showing a neutral signal, and seven indicating a buying signal.
The bulls are further cornered by bears, with 37 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $249.15 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $64.13 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 7,959.68 USDT on Binance, $7,962.00 on Bitfinex and $7,984.84 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $249.23 (-2.51%); XRP marks $0.383 (-1.91%); BCH marks $400.23 (-2.69%); LTC marks $101.40 (-1.67%); EOS marks $6.32 (-2.39%); ETC marks $7.18 (-1.93%).
Top 3 Gainers and Top 3 Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: NPXS (+12.25%), SC (+10.40%), and BTT (+10.37%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: DGB (-12.77%), BCN (-7.38%), and SAFE (-6.75%).
Top Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 24 categories: Content Copyright (+4.58%), Social Communication (+3.38%), and DApp Platform (+2.93%);
2. Top 3 losers among 24 categories: Contract Tools (-3.71%), Forked Coins (-3.60%), and Cross Chain Technology (-3.71%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: DASH (+$228 mln), ZB (+$66.18 mln), and TRX (+$55.05 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: BTC (-$86.79 mln), LTC (-$55.72 mln), and EOS (-$48.60 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$13.76 mln), Bitfinex (-$12.23 mln), and Coinbase Pro (+$960.4 k).

Commenting on Twitter, Charlie Shrem, founder of BitcoinFoundation.org, wrote, ""Transaction speeds' when debating Bitcoin vs. other faux-crypto's is red herring argument."
He went into the core pain point where Bitcoin is designed to tackle: censorship-resistant.
"There were plenty of fast ways to move money before Bitcoin. That’s not why we’re here," added he. "We’re building a censorship resistant value network that can-never be controlled by a single party."

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 10:00 (UTC) on May 26, ETH registered a net outflow of $43.81 million in the past 10 hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: TRX (+$18.56 mln), USDT (+$3.31 mln), QTUM (+$1.47 mln);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: ETH (-$43.81 mln), BTC (-$35.63 mln), LTC (-$34.45 mln).
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Crypto analyst and author of Cryptocurrencies Simply Explained, Julian Hosp, says a metric known as the stock-to-flow ratio indicates Bitcoin is on a trajectory to $1 million over the next 10 years.
The ratio calculates the current supply of a given commodity divided by the amount produced per year in order to predict future value. When using the ratio to determine where Bitcoin may be heading, the leading cryptocurrency's limited supply of 21 million coins emerges as a key factor. In the short term, Hosp says the model shows that Bitcoin’s upcoming halving, which will cut the block reward given to miners in half in 2020, should boost the price of BTC from $100,000 to as high as $300,000.
Click 'Read More' to see his explanation.

Citing data by DApp Review, as of 10:00 on May 26 (UTC), there are 1,777 ETH DApps, 525 EOS DApps, 437 TRON DApps, and 18 IOST DApps.
1. Top 3 ETH DApps by user volume in the past 24 hours are: HyperSnakes (2,342), My Crypto Heroes(2,167), and Playtowin.io (1,001).
2. Top 3 EOS DApps by user volume in the past 24 hours are: Endless Game (35,003), hashbaby (32,523), and BingoBet (15,641).
3. Top 3 TRON DApps by user volume in the past 24 hours are: OCDapp (7,798), PLAYFUN (TRON) (6,900), and Crazy Dogs Live (6,510).
4. Top 3 IOST DApps by user volume in the past 24 hours are: Endless Game IOST (9,426), IOSTJoy (799), and IOSTPlay (234).
5. New DApps: ETH DApps (0); EOS DApps (0); TRON DApps (1); IOST DApps (0).

Land at subsidised rates, funding of research and regulatory and policy support are among the features of Telangana government's draft Blockchain Policy aimed at wooing firms and startups in the field to set up shop in the state. Land will be allotted at subsidised rates to Blockchain companies by Telangana State Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited, according to the policy which seeks to position Telangana as the Blockchain capital of the country.

Justin Sun's TRON has been one of the top performers in the recent price surge. TRON exhibited another major surge, as the one-hour chart experienced a rapid hike of 7.50%, according to Tradingview. Crypto enthusiasts attributed the current price surge to a statement made by Justin Sun on Twitter, where he hinted at a major announcement with regards to Tron and BitTorrent after June 1st, which he described as "something huge and amazing."

Crypto Briefing published an article, titled "How Facebook's GlobalCoin Will Probably Ruin Everything Good About Crypto."
In the traits, the author Darren Kleine lists four concepts that make for the type of cryptocurrency that many in the industry would consider ideal.
1. Crypto is borderless;
2. Crypto is permissionless;
3. Crypto is trustless;
4. Crypto is decentralized.
Click 'Read More' to check out why Facebook's GlobalCoin is thought to compromise those four attributes of cryptocurrency.

Writing on Twitter, Jungle Test comments that the EOSIO 1.8 rc seems to compromise the CPU performance.

Founder of DGroup ZHAO Dong released the information on Weibo (Chinese Twitter) that LEO's trading volume on RenrenBit has exceeded 10 million USDT. Later, he also left his comment: "Honestly, 10 million is not a huge number, but it is real without click farming."

Verasity, the company offering a reward based video sharing ecosystem, joins forces with the Binance Chain. The alliance calls attention to the importance of providing a transparent, fair and thriving video sharing environment. What distinguishes Verasity is that the product is fully integrated as an SDK into all major online video platforms (over 95%) which provides rewards for actions without changing the publishers' workflow or the viewer's habits or preferences.

Citing data from DApp Total, during the last week, EOS had the best performance in the number of daily active users among the four main public blockchains, i.e., Ethereum, EOS, IOST, and TRON, accounting for 64.01%.
1. User number: EOS (126,610) > TRON (52,710) > Ethereum (18,478) > IOST (8,929);
2. Transaction number: EOS (3,503,021) > TRON (947,416) > IOST (561,217) > Ethereum (82,820);
3. Trading volume: EOS ($15,817,112) > TRON ($9,968,522) > Ethereum ($3,903,550) > IOST ($1,049,774).
In addition, the top 3 DApps by user number across the EOS, TRON, IOST and Ethereum chains are: Endless Game (EOS), Hash Baby(EOS), and BingoBet(EOS); the top 3 DApps by transaction number across the EOS, TRON, IOST and Ethereum chains are: Hash Baby(EOS), TRONbet(TRON), and BetHash - Blackjack(EOS); the top 3 DApps by trading volume across the EOS, TRON, IOST and Ethereum chains are: TRONbet(TRON), EOSJacks(EOS), and EOSREX(EOS).

According to Justin Moon, Fidelity Investments, one of the world's largest asset managers and financial institutions, has a "room full of Bitcoin miners (ASICs) at their [Texas] office." This likely marks the first time that a Wall Street institution, let alone one of the big names, has actually mined BTC and actively participated in public, renowned blockchains. As Moon puts it, "[this is] cypherpunk AF!"

Citing statistics from alternative.me, the Fear & Greed Index currently reads 67, two units less than yesterday, indicating the 'greedy' sentiment decreases in the crypto market.
As per the index, a value of 0 means "Extreme Fear" while a value of 100 represents "Extreme Greed."

On stage at the Malta AI & Blockchain Summit, Bitcoin Cash proponent Roger Ver made a $10,000 bet with the high-profile trader, consultant, and content creator Tone Vays - which the latter won.
The bet was spurred on by the Bitcoin.com CEO's insistence that BTC's average transaction fees were currently $3.00 per transaction and that BCH was vastly superior for having transaction fees under one cent. Vays correctly argued that claims of $3.00 average BTC transaction fees were misleading, which caused Ver to bet $10,000 that Vays could not send him a $5 BTC transaction with one cent fees in under one day. However, Vays took to Twitter early this morning to prove that the transaction went through in approximately 10 hours - thus proving Ver wrong.

The debate about the credibility and mainstream acceptance of cryptocurrency ever since Bitcoin rose to fame in 2017 does not seem to have any conclusion. A recent addition to this discussion was the general manager of Bank for International Settlements, Agustin Cartens, who sided with the 'Asset' camp. In an interview with Dallas Fed, Cartens presented his ideas regarding cryptocurrencies and said: "Bitcoin or Cryptocurrencies in general are interesting… the main issue I take with cryptocurrencies is the term currencies. And I think they are not currencies, they are not good store of value, they are not good medium of exchange, they are not good unit of account. I think the attempt to have them come into life as a way to substitute legal tenders and fiat currency is a failed attempt. They have a role as crypto assets... they have a room for financial assets in general but not cash. Blockchain by itself is not sufficient to think of a different monetary arrangement in a country."

According to a number of analysts, Bitcoin is still poised to reach $10,000 in the near-term, despite the recent stagnation. In a recent tweet, Moon Overlord, a popular trader and analyst, noted that Bitcoin's chart is still exhibiting clear bullish tendencies.
Overlord points out: "BTC is still bullish, as it trades above key resistance levels at $7,000, $7,300, and $7,400; and continues to trade in two clear parabola patterns, which have both yet to go entirely vertical (signals the end of the parabolic trend). This, coupled with the fact that Bitcoin markets on BitMEX have recently seen their biggest periods of buying volume ever, lead Overlord to suggest that Bitcoin could soon break above the local resistance of $8,400 to $8,500, and then begin a rally to the $10,000 price point. That could be where the rally ends though, as quintuple digits are where Bitcoin topped about one year ago. But, we can reaccess the situation once we get there."

As of 03:00 (UTC) on May 26, the global index of Bitcoin (BTC) price fluctuates around the $8,000 level, marking $8,035.18. It has registered an increase of 0.08% in the past 24 hours.
The CoinNess.com Bullish vs. Bearish Indicator shows our four-hour technical bias on BTC is "Strong Buy" with one indicator sending out a selling signal, five showing a neutral signal, and 12 indicating a buying signal.
The broad market shows a downtrend, with 46 out of Top 100 cryptos by market cap rising.
The global market cap reads $250.52 billion, and the 24-hour trading volume is $67.29 billion.
Major Coins
1. BTC quotes show 7,975.47 USDT on Binance, $7,993.90 on Bitfinex and $8,014.08 on Coinbase Pro;
2. CoinNess.com Market Index presents quotes for major cryptocurrencies besides BTC as following: ETH marks $251.15 (-0.30%); XRP marks $0.3859 (-0.52%); BCH marks $404.82 (-1.68%); EOS marks $6.39 (-1.09%); LTC marks $102.51 (+0.89%); ETC marks $7.20 (-1.41%).
Top 3 Gainers and Top 3 Losers in Cryptocurrencies
1. Top 3 gainers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: FT (+16.18%), DGB (+12.61%), and SC (+9.72%);
2. Top 3 losers among Top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap: LINK (-11.71%), NEW (-10.48%), and ABT (-7.25%).
Top Gainers and Losers in Categories
1. Top 3 gainers among 24 categories: Social Communication (+2.76%), DAG Technology (+2.07%), and Smart Economy (+1.96%);
2. Top 3 losers among 24 categories: Side Chain Concept (-8.10%), Contract Tools (-5.15%), and Block Service (-4.00%).
Cap Flows of Coins/Exchanges
1. Top 3 capital inflows within the last 24 hours: DASH (+$350.50 mln), ETH (+$139.58 mln), and ZB (+$56.47 mln);
2. Top 3 capital outflows within the last 24 hours: LTC (-$53.17 mln), TFUEL (-$12.45 mln), and BAT (-$8.88 mln);
3. Net inflows/outflows of exchanges: Binance (+$24.36 mln), Bitfinex (-$1.72 mln), and Coinbase Pro (+$4.47 mln).

Broadcaster Max Keiser is a noted Bitcoin bull. He doubled down on his $100,000 Bitcoin price target earlier this month. Now he's reiterating his ambitious outlook, suggesting in an interview with CNBC Crypto Trader that it's only a matter of time for the Bitcoin price to reach his target. "The timing is immaterial. It is still going to outperform every other asset you can possibly imagine owning over the next five, 10 or 15 years. Forget about timing. Timing is for people who think that I'm going to wait and buy it at a better price. And that is a bad way to approach crypto." he added.

gate.io Startup will start a $1.6 million BTC subscription with 20% off at 04:00 (UTC) on May 26. gate.io has launched the "Discount Plans For Popular Startup Projects" activity to benefit its users. One to four mainstream blockchain programs (e.g. Bitcoin, Ethereum, EOS etc.) will be listed with a 50% to 80% discount subscription every month.

Monitored by CoinNess.com, from 00:00 to 02:00 (UTC) on May 26, BTC registered a net outflow of $21.71 million in the past two hours.
1. The Top 3 net cap inflows in the crypto market are: AE (+$1.58 mln), MATIC (+$1.50 mln), MIOTA (+$1.45 mln);
2. The Top 3 net cap outflows in the crypto market are: BTC (-$21.71 mln), LTC (-$11.03 mln), BNB (-$8.74 mln).
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Mati Greenspan, the Senior Market Analyst at eToro and a major supporter of Bitcoin, recently commented on the market shift by tweeting: "At this point, a $200 move in the price of Bitcoin could easily lead to a move of $2,000." He continued: "Usual disclaimers apply. This is not trading advice. Past performance is not an indication of future results. Crypto assets are risky. I don't move the market."

Speaking to CNBC's "Squawk Box", Galaxy Digital's Mike Novogratz accentuated the importance of Facebook's massive step into this space. The former Wall Street hotshot, now a well-known cryptocurrency investor, said that "Facebook is wildly important for the ecosystem," adding that this tacit endorsement of the technology behind Bitcoin is resounding. He even states that contrary to popular belief, GlobalCoin will add value to the non-centralized cryptocurrency ecosystem, not subtract.