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Blockchain technology is predominantly associated with crypto. As a distributed ledger system, it is designed to ensure transactions are properly recorded and that there is solid, truthful evidence of money, assets or other property transferring from one party to the next.What Is the Power of Blockchain?What not a lot of people realize, however, is that blockchain has a lot of other uses that don’t necessarily apply to finance. Perhaps the big stickler is that blockchain can potentially serve...

Nearly one-third of Americans falsely believe that the US dollar is backed by gold, and 70% don’t know what is backing it. That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to US financial illiteracy, however. A new study reveals just how little Americans know about how their money works. An eye-opening new study into financial literacy reveals just how little Americans know about the US dollar – or how the monetary system works at all. The study, sponsored by cryptocurrency firm...

Libra has been a hot topic of debate lately, and now, executives of both Ripple and Ethereum are adding their thoughts to the mix.Libra Is Still Having Some TroubleLibra is Facebook’s new stable cryptocurrency. Designed to be a global payment system, the currency can be utilized via social media to purchase goods and services. Unfortunately, at the center of the project is a serious trust issue – one that seems to be growing larger with each passing day.This is the sentiment of Ripple’s Brad...

The Nuclear Power Corporation of India has confirmed the discovery of malware on its network. According to a statement, the infection was found on a central computer that was not connected to the more sensitive internal systems. Cybersecurity experts have linked the harmful code to North Korea’s Lazarus Group. The hacker unit uses a spectrum of vector attacks to steal funds for the administration. Pukhraj Singh, a former researcher at India’s National Technical Research Organization...

China is moving quickly to ensure it’s ahead of the curb when it comes to blockchain innovation.China Is Pushing Its Blockchain Agenda ForwardThe country has recently implemented a new law that will promote blockchain as a means of heightening and expanding the nation’s infrastructure. The law will also permit the country to unveil its new digital yuan currency designed to compete with the likes of Libra.There is both a good side and a bad side to this situation. First off, the addition of a...

XRP saw a small increase of around 0.50% over the past week and it currently trades at $0.2935. The cryptocurrency struggles to break above the resistance at $0.30 and looks ready to roll-over and fall lower. Whilst the majority of the top-10 projects surged this week by between 13% and 30%, XRP lags behind after increasing by just 6%. Nevertheless, XRP remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $12.74 billion.Looking at the XRP/USD 1-Day Chart:Since our previous XRP/USD...

Binance Coin saw a slight increase of around 4% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $20.24. BNB managed to surge by a total of 20% this past week which caused it to break above the resistance at $20.Binance Coin remains the seventh-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $3.15 billion.Since our previous BNB analysis, the cryptocurrency continued to climb above the resistance at $18.85 and managed to break above the $20 level. BNB continued to rise until meeting resistance at...

Photo: PixabayPolitical wars forced Twitter to distance itself from misinformation that usually pops up during elections. Head of Twitter Jack Dorsey seems to continue his quest to make the Internet a better place. After a prominent Bitcoin advocate had recently invested in a cryptocurrency-related venture called CoinList, he is now on the way to cut all political ads off on Twitter.The vast majority of so-called conspiracy theories made public via those ads probably came from wise...

A Russian company has decided to turn an aluminum plant into a crypto mining facility. The facility plans to take on China’s supremacy in bitcoin mining. If bitcoin manages to trade around $9,160, the Russian company estimates profits of up to $99 million per month. The cryptocurrency industry is having an exciting month as governments and private entities make announcements that contribute to the growth of the field. First, it was reported that billionaire Peter Thiel along with...

Apple has published an official report, detailing its earnings for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year which ended on September 28, 2019. According to the report, Apple reasonably exceeded analysts’ expectations on earnings per share as well as total revenue. Regardless, stocks remained relatively stagnant, in response to Apple’s announcement. Now they are traded at approximately 240$.The report shows that Apple pulled in total revenue of $64 billion in the fourth quarter, a year over year...