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Place/Date: - December 9th, 2019 at 5:30 pm UTC · 4 min read Contact: Lukas Fluri, COO, Source: BLOCKv BLOCKv7th December, Zug, Switzerland: In an effort to deliver a new and exciting experience for Ben & Jerry’s fans in Asia-Pacific, BLOCKv and Ben & Jerry’s have joined forces to create an Augmented Reality, Vatom-powered ice cream hunt experience that will kickstart in Australia as part of its 10th birthday celebration. Fans of the beloved ice cream can enjoy hunting for...

Top electronic payments gateway provider Simplex has added the Japanese Yen (JPY) and the Canadian Dollar (CAD) to its platform for fiat conversions. Sources indicate that the top payment gateway for many of the top cryptocurrency exchanges indicated this today.  Simplex is a fiat payments partner for many of the top cryptocurrency exchanges which include Binance, Huobi, Poloniex, OKCoin, KuCoin, Xapo, Ledger and Abra.“We’re not handling crypto directly ourselves but rather enable our...

Good news came from Eastern Europe as the legislative arm of Ukraine, the Verkhovna Rada, has reportedly adopted an amended draft law that seeks to introduce cryptocurrencies as a legal means of payment and investment within the country.According to a report, this development is an effort to work in accordance with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) global standard for cryptocurrencies, which requires participating countries to provide guidelines for their individual crypto space. The...

Ever since its launch last year, Tezos has done quite a lot to improve its feats and keeps on doing so. As the company appears to continue with innovations and partnerships, some of the community is arguing that Tezos might be skyrocketing soon, resembling Ethereum’s surge from 2017.Is Tezos The New Ethereum?2017 was arguably the most intriguing year among all cryptocurrencies. While Bitcoin’s price skyrocketed to almost $20,000, Ethereum made a remarkable performance, as well. It started the...

XRP has seen an increase of 4.25% this week as it reaches $0.23.The cryptocurrency broke above a steep descending channel that was apparent in November.It continues to remain above the strong 3000 SAT support against BTC.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USDSupport:  $0.2150, $0.20, $0.1850 Resistance: $0.2345, $0.2520, $0.27XRP/BTC:Support: 3000 SAT, 2900 SAT, 22853 SATResistance: 3200 SAT, 3325 SAT, 3500 SATXRP/USD: A Break Above The Descending Price Channel The daily chart shows XRP...

Bakkt, the Bitcoin Futures trading platform of the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), has just announced that it’s rolling out cash-settled Bitcoin futures and monthly options. The platform sees an increasing volume over the past week, signaling further institutional involvement.Bakkt’s Cash-Settled Futures ContractAccording to an official publication by Adam White, COO at Bakkt, the platform has rolled out a cash-settled Bitcoin futures contract.So far, Bakkt was only offering...

As Bakkt has announced in its blog post, Bitcoin monthly options and cash-settled futures are now available.The recent post provides more details on these new offerings.Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) monthly options are based on the benchmark Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) Monthly Futures contract. It is the first CFTC regulated product of this kind. These options will offer new opportunities for trading and earning for traders from all over the world.Bakkt Bitcoin (USD) cash-settled futures are now available, as...

Ethereum finally broke above the $150 level but now struggles at the resistance at $152.ETH broke beneath the lower boundary of the symmetrical triangle as expected.The bulls are attempting to gain control over the momentum but have failed to break above the 50 level on the RSI so far.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USDSupport:  $145, $138.80, $133.50Resistance: $152, $158.60, $165, $170.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0196 BTC, 0.019 BTC, 0.0185 BTCResistance: 0.020 BTC, 0.021 BTC, 0.0215 BTC,...

Another Wall Street executive is calling for the collapse of bitcoin along with other cryptocurrencies. The wealth manager believes that bitcoin will follow the footsteps of Blackberry and Lycos. He fails to understand that bitcoin is the best performing asset of the decade and its function has evolved from simple payment settlement into a global hedge against the traditional banking system. Many so-called Wall Street experts have come forward over the years to criticize bitcoin and other...

Place/Date: San Francisco, USA - December 9th, 2019 at 2:01 pm UTC · 3 min read Contact: Ampleforth, Source: Ampleforth Ampleforth announced today that it will be the first monetary asset to use Chainlink oracles to aggregate secure and timely off-chain pricing data for its protocol. Through the Chainlink integration, Ampleforth’s Market Oracle (volume-weighted price) and CPI Oracle (current price target) will now be powered by nine different incoming price feeds from three different...