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Cryptocurrencies are no longer a fringe financial instrument for its most ardent supporters. In 2019, digital assets are a prominent investment vehicle couched alongside stocks, bonds, and commodities, bringing both increased participation and higher valuations.With the collective crypto market cap hovering around $300 billion, investors from all backgrounds with all
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About Richard KasteleinFounder and publisher of industry publication Blockchain News (EST 2015), a partner at ICO services collective Token.Agency ($750m+ and 90+ ICOs and STOs), director of education company Blockchain Partners (Oracle Partner) – Vancouver native Richard Kastelein is an award-winning publisher, innovation executive and entrepreneur. He sits on the
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Spanish banking giant Santander plans to expand Ripple-powered global payment solution to Latin America, a Santander spokesperson told CryptoX on Aug. 19.Citing rising transaction volume, Santander wants to expand Ripple’s xCurrent technology to a number of Latin American countries after first introducing the technology in Spain, Brazil, Poland and
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The world’s most dominant cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is not satisfied with being the best in the industry. It literally wants to own it as Facebook has done with social media. The latest ambitions from the Malta based company include a localized stablecoin initiative that will rival Libra.Facebook in the Firing
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The Crypto Fear and Greed Index has witnessed a sharp fall throughout August, which then accordingly indicated both ‘fear’ and ‘extreme fear’ among cryptocurrency investors.The Fear Index has been trading at its 244-day low (the lower the index is, the more full of fear the market is) this week which
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View Bitcoin has risen by $1,000 since Friday’s announcement by Bakkt exchange that it will be launching physically-settled bitcoin futures on Sept. 23. The price rise has neutralized the bearish setup on the intraday charts seen last week. The gains
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Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin says the Ethereum blockchain is almost full. In an interview with The Star published Aug. 19, he said the hurdle that faces big organizations interested in the Ethereum ecosystem is the still-thorny matter of the blockchain’s scalability.“Scalability is a big bottleneck”Buterin’s stark comments were made
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Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten has launched its own exchange for crypto spot trading. Announced Monday, Rakuten Wallet has gone live for trading in bitcoin (BTC), ether (ETH) and bitcoin cash (BCH) against the Japanese yen via an Android mobile app.
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ZenGo, a keyless multi-cryptocurrency wallet created by an Israel-based blockchain startup, has added support for Facebook’s Libra coin which is slated to go live in 2020. The wallet lets users store a test version of Libra that has no monetary value, to enable them to get familiar with the stablecoin
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The Association of Cryptocurrency Enterprises and Startups, Singapore (ACCESS) has developed a Code of Practice in partnership with multinational law firm Linklaters.A Global Legal Post report published Aug. 19 revealed that ACCESS had the support of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) — the country’s central bank and regulatory
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