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Ripple’s XRP is leading the way as many of the industry’s top 20 cryptocurrencies are beginning to experience solid gains over the early morning and afternoon hours.XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Fighting for Their LivesAt press time, XRP has built itself up to 28 cents per unit – a near five-cent boost since it was first struck by the crypto bloodbath of last September. Bitcoin is also holding its own and is currently trading at just shy of $8,450. This is a spike of more than $100 in just...

Back in June, Live Bitcoin News reported that an online banking firm, Current, wasn’t very happy with Facebook or Libra, claiming that the project had potentially stolen its logo. Now, that anger has turned into a full-fledged lawsuit.Current Takes Facebook to CourtCurrent has filed suit against Facebook in a New York district court for allegedly stealing the logo of its company. When looking at the two examples, one can see that the bank’s properties may have been stolen. The logos of both...

Samsung’s announcement that TRON CEO Justin Sun would speak at the company’s forthcoming Developer Conference took many by surprise. The San Jose event, to be held over two days from October 29, will play host to developers, creators and technologists, with blockchain certain to be a major talking point.What to make of the Samsung-Sun linkup? Or is it premature to refer to it in such terms? After all, Sun is ostensibly in town to be a guest speaker tasked with discussing how the future of...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 726. Heute noch ein paar Videozusammenschnitte vom World Digital Mining Summit 2019 in Frankfurt. 4.) Bitcoin Informant bei iTunes als Podcasthttp://ppq6xp.podcaster.de/bitcoin-informant.rss 5.) Der Bitcoin Informant Inside Telegram Kanalhttps://t.me/bitcoininformant Sonnige GrüsseDennis “Bitcoin-Informant” Koray

Erik Finman and his business partner Marshall Hayner – the founders of Metal Pay – have invested roughly $1 million into a new venture fund called Metal VC. The purpose of the fund is to invest in new blockchain businesses and crypto-based products.Erik Finman Makes Metal MainstreamErik Finman is arguably one of the crypto space’s most intriguing figures. First getting into bitcoin while he was in high school, he turned to crypto trading as a hobby, though he was confident it could...

After an extremely disappointing debut, Bakkt – the trading platform designed for institutional investors – is exploding in use, with the number of bitcoin futures contracts being traded having exploded by roughly 800 percent.Bakkt: A Late Start Leads to Massive JumpsBakkt was first introduced last year. Many claimed it would bring a whole new level of mainstream use and legitimacy to the cryptocurrency space, as it was designed for institutional traders and retailers who were curious about...

Recently we reported about how PayPal, one of the founding members of the Libra Association abandoned the whole project. However, it seems it wasn’t the only one. Just for a reminder, there were previously 28 members of the association, but it seems that they couldn’t handle the issues Libra is currently facing, most especially the problems surrounding regulatory support from relevant authorities. Now Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and payments firm Stripe have decided not to participate in...

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has put a spanner-in-the-wheel of Telegram‘s $1.7 billion Gram (GRM) token offering. The securities regulator has asked the messaging giant to halt the sale of its digital currency calling its “unlawful”.As per the SEC press release on Friday, October 11, Telegram failed to register its token-sale offering with the regulator, in due time. The Telegram Group has been working on its blockchain project – Telegram Open Network (TON) –...

Australia is offering more viable proof that institutions are consistently looking to build their tokens atop the Ethereum network. The country’s Perth Mint refinery is now releasing a new gold backed Ethereum token in western Australia.Ethereum: Still the Blockchain of ChoiceKnown as the Perth Mint Gold Token (PMGT), it will be the first of its kind issued on a blockchain that’s backed by government’s reserves. A press release explains:It offers institutional investors a competitive...

Rock It Coin, a bitcoin kiosk company, has joined hands with the Blockchain Institute to install its 200th machine in the middle of Chicago.Rock It Coin Is Creating a World of Mainstream Blockchain AppsMichael Dalesandro, CEO and fonder of Rock It Coin, comments:This installation marks yet another milestone in our company’s growth. After installing machines across the country, it means a lot to install our 200th one in Chicago where we started the company… We see this [blockchain] technology...