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The cryptocurrency community is usually divided into three major camps when it comes down to potential ways to earn money.The first is inhabited by traders, believing that the best way to make profits is to take advantage of the volatility in the market by trading.The second comes in the form of long-term investors, also known as Hodlers. They believe in a cryptocurrency’s (usually Bitcoin’s) value and that it will increase notably over the years, so they don’t trade it – just hold it.The...

Facebook’s cryptocurrency project Libra is still very much up in the air, according to board member Patrick Ellis.Ellis Admits Facebook Has No Clue What It’s DoingComing about in late June of 2019, Libra has sparked controversy at every turn, and has people split right down the middle regarding how trustworthy it is and how useful it will be. The idea is that Libra will be used as a cryptocurrency through Facebook for third-world nations to purchase goods and services. Many of these regions...

XRP rebounded at the $0.18 support this week but failed to climb above the resistance at $0.20.Against BTC, it is still on the bearish footing as the momentum lies with the sellers.The cryptocurrency remains the 3rd largest project with a total market cap value of $8.40 billion.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USDSupport:  $0.181, $0.17, $0.167. Resistance: $0.19, $0.20, $0.212.XRP/BTC:Support: 2600 SAT, 2530 SAT, 2455 SAT.Resistance: 2750 SAT, 2900 SAT, 3000 SAT.XRP/USD: Bounces From...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is continuing to exhibit its newfound hard-as-nails attitude towards crypto and blockchain ventures, and has recently enforced a $250,000 penalty on a startup called Blockchain of Things Inc. (BCOT)The SEC Is Not to Be Taken LightlyThe SEC alleges that the company hosted an unregistered initial coin offering (ICO) back in December 2017. That ICO resulted in roughly $13 million in capital gained for BCOT. Granted the company is forced to comply with...

Tap is a one-stop-shop crypto app that includes an aggregated crypto exchange (spanning several exchanges to deliver optimum prices), safe crypto storage through insured custodianship, a payment card and all the normal alt-banking features that help tap fulfill its aim to be a truly unified crypto banking solution.The listing on Bittrex is part of a coordinated mass rollout of the Tap project. As part of this rollout, Tap released an MTO on the STP network on 19th December, the app was made...

[Press Release Gibraltar, December 22th 2019] Following the app release, an in-principle DLT approval by the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission and an acceptance onto the STP network, tap’s token (XTP) is to become available on the Bittrex platform Tap is a one-stop-shop crypto app that includes an aggregated crypto exchange (spanning several exchanges to deliver optimum prices), safe crypto storage through insured custodianship, a payment card and all the normal alt-banking features...

Indian banks may start turning down potential customers, because of their religion, as per a recent report. Furthermore, protesters in Hong Kong are boycotting one of the largest banks in the country, HSBC, due to the latest alleged political arrests. Naturally, among economic and financial turmoil of the kind, it’s hard not to bring Bitcoin’s decentralized nature, which solves all of the above issues.Banks To Judge By Religion?According to a recent local report, Indian citizens who want to...

The world’s fifth-largest technology company by revenue Alphabet has recently appointed a new CEO. One of the world’s most valuable companies welcomed Google CEO Sundar Pichai. As we reported earlier, Pichai replaced Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Alphabet founders who decided to step down. Soon after promotion, Pichai got a new surprise: the Alphabet board announced awarding Pichai a hefty raise in salary. Now, Sundar’s earnings will make up $2 million per year starting from January, 1....

The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to postpone the Wilshire Phoenix’s Bitcoin ETF proposal. According to a document released by the commission, they will continue putting the proposal under review. By February 26th, 2020, the SEC will approve or disapprove the rule changes that will determine the status of the ETF. This decision essentially puts in limbo the status of the ETF. It also indicates the cold feet that the SEC has towards new Bitcoin and other...

Bitcoin doesn’t like to stay so long at one spot. The more it does remain, the sharper the next move will be.Let’s start from the macro-level: the last Wednesday saw Bitcoin’s huge price move of about a $1000 gain in just 12 hours – surging from below $6500 straight into the $7400 resistance (the marked MA-100 on the 4-hour chart).A price drop followed this major move down to $7000, and then a stabilization inside a tight range, like Bitcoin was used to do in the past month.This time the...