NEM

While bitcoin ended February with marginal gains, and the likes of litecoin and lesser-known DigixDao shined, names like ICON, NEM and cardano took a beating as the market turned south, CoinDesk data shows.

Altcoin investors had much to celebrate on Feb. 6 as NEM led a resurgence in the price of many major cryptocurrencies.

Travala, a service that lets its users pay for hotel stays with digital currency, has expanded its crypto payment options by adding support of NEM tokens.

Bitcoin still dominates the portfolios of most crypto investors and is by far the most popular cryptocurrency, meaning its price is less prone to drops than the rest of the market.

The NEM blockchain project is launching a development studio to support its move towards a major protocol upgrade later in 2019.

Malaysia has launched a work visa program targeting tech freelancers that addresses a demand for blockchain capable talens, local news outlet the Star reported on June 18.

Despite the wild price action that the cryptocurrency market went through today-where bitcoin saw its value jump above $9,000 to then quickly drop to $8,000-the charts could help determine where some of the highest market cap altcoins are heading.

After the strong recovery of the past few weeks, this week saw some profit booking at the highs.

The BTC/USD pair has largely stayed above the breakout level of $4,914.

The BCH/USD pair traded in a tight weekly range for 11 weeks before skyrocketing higher.