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Since most users are only buying or selling cryptocurrency for speculative investments instead of transactions, Ripple, a San Francisco-based startup, is trying a new approach to get people to adopt and use its cryptocurrency, XRP; they are giving it away.

2018 has been marked by long bearish runs in the charts of several cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple, Litecoin, and Bitcoin Cash among others. While some of these coins bounced back from their dip in July, several did not.

While the world of blockchain and cryptocurrency has been deemed a man’s game, there have actually been many women in it all this time, the problem is that “they’re just not given the same level of exposure or recognition," according to Connie Gallippi, founder of the first Bitcoin nonprofit BitGive.

Kodak, the popular photography tech company, announced its debut into the cryptocurrency ecosystem. Now, photographers will be able to register their work on Kodak’s blockchain to help prevent the illegal use of their work and can use the company’s digital asset known as “KODAKCoin” as a means of exchange.

Startups like ShipChain and shipping giants like UPS have already announced plans to join the blockchain alliance with hopes of being part of an industrial revolution that creates a better business environment.

EOS has been one of the most talked about cryptocurrencies on the market but there are many differing opinions. It has been hailed as the promising future of cryptocurrency, and it has been criticized as a complete scam. Regardless, it remains the fifth largest digital token by the overall market cap.

Bitcoin mining is a lucrative, yet difficult venture, which has become exceedingly popular with the emergence of various cryptocurrencies. For mining, certain hardware and software are needed and BFGMiner continues to be one of the best and most popular mining software in the market.

A DAO is a blockchain-based organization in which there is no central authority or management hierarchy to make decisions on how money is to be spent. But Vitalik Buterin, the founder of Ethereum, and other Ethereum developers have proposed a new model known as the DAICO.

Square Inc., a popular fintech payment company has received a license from the New York State Department of Financial Services to trade cryptocurrency in the state. The license is known as a Bitlicense and allows New York-based traders to trade Bitcoin directly on Cash App, the company’s official web and mobile payment app.