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Visa Picks Ethereum Over Facebook Libra to Settle Payments; ETH/USD Up

Ether, the de-facto settlement token of the Ethereum blockchain, rallied on Monday after global payment giant Visa became the ledger’s latest supporter. The firm, which can handle 24,000 transactions per second, announced that it would offer users the option to settle transactions in Ethereum-based stablecoin USDC, becoming the first major payment

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Ukraine Government Picks Stellar Development Foundation to Help Build National Digital Currency

Ukraine’s government has chosen the Stellar blockchain network as a platform to build a central bank digital currency (CBDC).Announced Monday, the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine and the Stellar Development Foundation (SDF) signed a Memorandum of Understanding to build out a “virtual assets ecosystem and national digital currency of

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Market Wrap: Bitcoin Falls to $18.1K as Correlation to Ether Picks Up

The price of bitcoin took a bit of a dip, though overall market sentiment remains bullish. Ether’s correlation to bitcoin is going up despite differences in value propositions.Bitcoin (BTC) trading around $19,077 as of 21:15 UTC (4:15 p.m. ET). Slipping 2.1% over the previous 24 hours.Bitcoin’s 24-hour range: $18,171-$19,920BTC above

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Blockchain Bites: Bitcoin’s Path to $20K, Ethereum’s ‘Unannounced’ Fork and Biden’s Crypto-Friendly Picks

Ethereum’s Infura went down, causing a chain split. The world’s second-largest bank will issue $3 billion in blockchain bonds. President-elect Joe Biden’s transition team features some noted crypto commenters. Top shelfChain splitWednesday morning, around 08:00 UTC, Ethereum infrastructure provider Infura disclosed a service outage for its Ethereum mainnet API, related to

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Hong Kong’s Amber Group Picks BitGo Trust in Quest for Institutional Investors

Crypto market maker Amber Group will service its clientele of institutional traders with the help of BitGo Trust, the custodial arm of the Palo Alto-based security firm.BitGo’s status as a qualified custodian should draw more high-net-worth investors to Amber from places like Hong Kong, Taiwan and Seoul, the companies said.The

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$575 Billion Fund Strategist Picks 2 Critical S&P 500 Speed Breakers

Federated Hermes chief equity market strategist Phil Orlando considers the election and rising COVID-19 cases as threats to the S&P 500.Economists have lowered their forecast for the fourth quarter, projecting a 4.3% annual economic contraction.Growing uncertainty and nervousness in the markets amidst a declining economy pose major threats to U.S.

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Hong Kong Picks Consensys for Phase Two of Project Inthanon-LionRock

Hong Kong’s pick of ConsenSys for phase two of its proposed cross-border payment system is a recognition of ConsenSys stride in the blockchain space.The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has selected Ethereum development studio ConsenSys, as the trusted partner for the Phase 2 of its Project Inthanon-LionRock, the country’s equivalent

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