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With the long-awaited Istanbul hard fork now live on the Ethereum blockchain, the network will undergo an emergency hard fork in two weeks to resolve an old issue that seems to be pressurizing the entire ecosystem. The Istanbul update aims to solve issues like rebalancing gas costs, more privacy, and interoperability with cryptocurrencies like Zcash. You can read what to expect from the latest improvements here.While the Istanbul hard fork introduces new features, Ethereum developers made a...

It’s happened again, folks. Another massive cryptocurrency hack is in the books. This time, the subject of the attack is VeChain, an enterprise blockchain platform that’s reporting losses of nearly $7 million.VeChain Is In the PitsApproximately 1.1 billion VET tokens – the official cryptocurrency of VeChain – have been stolen, amounting to roughly $6.53 million USD. In a blog post, the company states that the hack came about due to “human error” and the “mismanagement of the private key by...

One of the largest American financial services corporations, Fidelity, is preparing to enter the European market with a product orientated towards digital assets. The branch called Fidelity Digital Assets is already operating in the U.S. since last year, delivering cryptocurrencies to institutional investors.Fidelity Digital Assets Enters EuropeLast year, Fidelity Investments Inc, launched a new business venture in the U.S. oriented towards cryptocurrencies. It’s called Fidelity Digital...

Oh, Nicolas Maduro… When are you going to take a hint and realize that the people of your country aren’t interested in your silly little Petro coin?The Petro Isn’t That PopularIn his never-ending quest to push a centralized, socialist form of cryptocurrency, Nicolas Maduro – president of Venezuela – has announced that he will invoke an airdrop in which one unit of Petro will be offered to every public worker living within his country’s borders.The airdrop is set to take place at around...

In what seems like a perfect match, Accenture has entered into a working relationship with a blockchain startup TradeIX to begin onboarding service for clients onto the Marco Polo Network. Sources have indicated that the relationship between the two entities began after Accenture made a yet-to-be-known investment in TradeIX. Accenture will provide specific use-case scenarios that go beyond their traditional banking services to provide unique solutions that involve trade finance for clients...

2019 has been a very interesting year for the stock market. While it has had its ups and downs as should be normally expected, it’s performed quite impressively regardless of certain issues. One of the most popular issues that have affected the stock market and the economy at large is the trade war between the U.S. and China that has been going on for a while now. Both countries have repeatedly slammed each other with tariffs that have had significant effects on both economies. However, both...

Tezos dropped by almost 8% over the past 5 days, bringing the price down to the $1.64 level.The cryptocurrency remains strong against BTC as it attempts to break the 0.00025 resistance.Tezos remains the strongest performing major altcoin over the past month and it got listed on Bittrex.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXTZ/USDSupport:  $1.64, $1.54, $1.42..Resistance: $1.74, $1.85, $1.99.XTZ/BTC:Support: 0.0002275 BTC, 0.00021 BTC, 0.00020 BTC.Resistance:  0.00025 BTC, 0.0002624 BTC,...

Ola Cabs, an Indian transportation network company that provides peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, taxi, and food delivery and serves more than 125 million drivers across 250 cities, is continuing its global expansion. The company has already expanded to Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, it started operating in the UK, across South Wales and the South West of England. In 2020, Ola is set to launch in London.Amid this launch, Ola has already signed up 10,000 drivers in London....

Ethereum fell by a steep 7% this past day, causing it to break below the previous range-bound condition.ETH slipped beneath a symmetrical triangle against BTC as it tumbled below 0.02 BTC.The cryptocurrency has now lost a steep 30% this past month.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USDSupport:  $145, $138.80, $133.50Resistance: $152, $158.60, $165, $170.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0196 BTC, 0.019 BTC, 0.0184 BTCResistance: 0.020 BTC, 0.021 BTC, 0.0215 BTC, 0.0223 BTCETH/USD: ETH Creates Fresh...

Today Bitcoin endured another fall, tumbling to the price level at $6,700 and drawing closer to the price level at $6,600.The cryptocurrency of the first choice has arrived at just $6,670.37 today, the most reduced level since late November. Now, the digital money has declined by over half from its 2019 high, as in June on the level at $13,879.21.Bitcoin continued a consistent descending pattern for a considerable length of time, during which time it exchanged to a descending channel.After...