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Malta’s efforts to become known as the »blockchain island« continue, and the country is slated to become the home of the world’s first blockchain and cryptocurrency-friendly bank. The project, called Founders Bank, will be issuing equity tokens through a blockchain-based platform called Neufund.
After a disappointing Q1 of 2018, Q2 did not deliver either, and now cryptocurrency holders are looking at the second half of the year for a potential reversal of the negative trend. We’ve chosen five coins that have interesting developments coming up, but their performance will likely still depend on how the cryptocurrency market as a whole behaves.
Three coins with a combined market cap of over $5 billion are featured in this week's coins to watch article.
We have seen several notable figures in the cryptocurrency space predict Bitcoin to more than double its $20,000 all-time high and reach a $50,000 valuation by the end of 2018. Some of the people who have made this prediction include BitMEX co-founder Arthur Hayes, Blockchain Capital’s Spencer Bogart and TenX co-founder Julian Hosp. Right now, these predictions seem very unlikely to materialize, but Bitcoin is no stranger to explosive moves.
The popular trading application Robinhood has now expanded their cryptocurrency offering - Litecoin and Bitcoin Cash have now joined the previously available Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Julian Hosp, the co-founder of the cryptocurrency wallet and card startup TenX, remains confident regarding his 2018 price prediction. Back in December, when Bitcoin was at its all-time high at $20,000, he said that we are going to see both $5,000 and $60,000 in 2018.
The Litecoin Foundation has struck a strategic partnership with the TokenPay payments platform. The two entities now each own 9.99% of Germany-based WEG Bank, and TokenPay has future plans to acquire up to a 90% stake in the bank.
The NEO team have provided additional details about »NEO 3.0«, an upcoming major upgrade to the NEO platform.
We’ve picked a diverse selection of 5 coins that are worth following in July due to special events and upcoming roadmap milestones.
The ICO sector continues to move along at an extremely fast pace and a large number of projects are scheduled to conduct public token sales over the summer. Here’s our picks for 5 ICOs to check out in July.
