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Crypto Derivative Markets are TrendyCryptocurrency derivatives were a major highlight of the cryptocurrency market in 2019. Data collected in the past year already reveals how the derivatives market outperformed the spot market and more recently, the buzz is becoming more intense as speculation suggest that this market will double the size of its counterpart spot market in the near future. More so, increased competition in derivative products has been instrumental in the growth of the...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 798. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Bitcoin Cash will eine Miner Entwickler Abgabe einführen, Tether veröffentlicht Gold-unterstützte Kryptowährung & Chiliz Sport Fan Token Exchange. 1.) Bitcoin Cash will eine Miner Entwickler Abgabe einführenhttps://www.btc-echo.de/bitcoin-cash-kommt-die-mining-steuer/ 2.) Tether veröffentlicht Gold-unterstützte...

The cryptocurrency derivatives market is on heat, with the BitMEX release of the XRP-USD quanto swap tool. The so-called ‘quanto-swap’ represents the derivative with an interest rate taken from the difference between different currencies. During the swap, one person is paying another interest. It is derived from the difference between the foreign and local assets, or between two ‘shitcoins’ (in the Bitcoin maximalist lingo, all the coins are ‘shitcoins’, while we just try to keep the...

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Prominent blockchain payments firm Ripple has published its latest quarterly XRP Markets Report for the previous quarter (Q4 2019) and there have been some significant changes in the figures. Ripple, who boasts of introducing such solutions as ODL (XRapid), Xpring, RippleNet among others, is known for publishing regular updates and views on the company’s stance on the XRP market in order to ensure transparency on the progress of the platforms as well as inform its stakeholders.According to...

In an interesting turn of events, Amazon is seeking a court injunction against Microsoft. Amazon wants the courts to prevent Microsoft from continuing with the popular Pentagon cloud project until all related cases are resolved.Amazon Looks to Stop MicrosoftIn October last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it will be awarding Microsoft with the Pentagon contract. Called the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), the project is worth $10 billion. At the time,...

Ripple is making innovations with cross-border payments but is also slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with in gaming. As SBI Investment Korea Director Lee Joo-Hyuk put it, the company is at the center of blockchain use in the gaming industry.Ripple in Blockchain GamingThe investment exec made the comment, referring to Ripple’s involvement with blockchain gaming last year. In spring 2019, San Francisco-based Forte game company announced a partnership with Xpring, Ripple’s investment...

There’s good news for Bitcoin investors and enthusiasts! The study of some on-chain metrics and Bitcoin wallets shows that the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been in the accumulation zone over the last 12 months.As on January 14, nearly 784,000 addresses were holding one or Bitcoin tokens. This is also an 11% surge from the 707,000 addresses holding BTC a year ago. Furthermore, the blockchain intelligence company Glassnode noted that total addresses holding BTC have doubled since...

All of the products being offered by Ripple regularly are drawing new partners for the blockchain company. Ripple already has an interesting list of companies that currently use different RippleNet products for their core functions. Now, two new partners, including Bottomline Technologies and Tranglo, are joining the Ripple team. In addition to this, the U.S. Treasury might be throwing its back behind the company as well.Bottomline Technologies Partners with RippleAccording to the company’s...