Altcoins like Ripple, Ethereum, and Tron posting significant gains in the first week of 2018. Decred Project Lead Jake Yocom-Piatt explains why these alternative currencies are surging.
"For all we know Bitcoin may fall, but for right now it's the dominant cryptocurrency," said Yocom-Piatt. "Currently there's 1,500 cryptocurrencies out there and the collective market cap of these keeps going up."
Decred's market cap has recently exceeded $700 million. Yocom-Piatt says he's seen a 200 x increase in exchange rate. Decred is centered around decentralization. "It's nice to see the financial metrics catching up with what I perceive to be the technological achievements," said Yocom-Piatt.
Irrigation might have saved Jackson's hay, but she and her husband rejected the idea about 10 years ago over the cost: as much as $75,000 for a new well and all the equipment. But now — with an extended drought and another U.S. heat wave this week that will broil her land about an hour northwest of Dallas for days in 100-degree-plus temperatures — Jackson said she is “kind of rethinking.”
Children’s advocacy groups including Fairplay and Common Sense Media are asking the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Google, saying the tech giant serves personalized ads to kids on YouTube despite federal law prohibiting the practice.
U.S. regulators on Wednesday announced a settlement with the company that runs Dollar Tree and Family Dollar aimed at improving worker safety at thousands of the bargain stores across the country.
