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Browser minnow Opera is ramping up cryptocurrency support for Android users in version 54, which has just been released on Tuesday. Among a host of other cosmetic improvements and a new UI, this latest release improves upon the current crypto wallet with support for both Bitcoin and Tron payments. Ethereum has been the staple payment option of the low-flying web browser for more than a year now; however, developers have heeded the calls in recent months for integration with other...

In Kürze ist die Kryptowährungsbörse Poloniex nicht mehr für amerikanische Kunden zugänglich. Derzeit gehört Poloniex noch zum amerikanischen Konzern Circle. Bald wird sie jedoch an Polo Digital Assets Inc. übertragen. Gerüchten zufolge wird dieses Unternehmen von chinesischen Investoren unterstützt. Justin Sun von TRON scheint ebenfalls involviert zu sein, obwohl er den Klatsch in den sozialen Medien...

Press Release ISTANBUL, Oct. 22, 2019The first-ever Eurasia Blockchain Summit, hosted by Huobi Group and Kemer Partners, was held last weekend and hosted a medley of local and overseas representatives to talk about a “blockchain revolution” already taking place in the region. 1,400+ attendees and 70+ speakers from leading blockchain companies, Turkish Government and banking sectors, startups, and media joined the discussion. The two-day event saw major companies disclose ambitions to...

Photo: Philip Taylor / FlickrIn what seems to be one of the biggest challenges to online payment processors such as Paypal, Apple Pay and a whole host of others, the biggest guns in credit card processing have decided to team up and implement their own single button-based checkout process. American Express, Visa, Mastercard, and Discover have decided to join forces to make checkout easier for consumers.Based on what the card industry refers to as Secure Remote Commerce (SRC) which is a...

U.S.-based aircraft maker – Gulfstream Aerospace – is all set to take the competition higher with its rival Bombardier. On Monday, October 21, Gulfstream unveiled its long-range luxurious G700 aircraft, an upgrade to its previous G650. Gulfstream unveiled this aircraft at the National Business Aviation Association’s (NBAA) annual corporate aircraft show in Las Vegas.With the Gulfstream G650, the company enjoyed its dominant position for some time in the business jets segment, until Bombardier...

A potential global financial crisis has certainly been a hot topic for a while now. Predictions have been made by many businesses, and another one recently came from the McKinsey & Co. consultancy. The company reported that most of the world’s banks are not prepared to survive a potential downturn.Banks Are Not Ready?McKinsey’s annual review of the financial industry says that we have entered the late phase of an economic cycle.A significant decrease is experienced in the growth volume...

Peter Schiff is not afraid to make extremely bearish calls on bitcoin. It appears that the chairman of SchiffGold sees the cryptocurrency as a competitor of gold. Recently, the gold bug took to Twitter to share his gloom and doom prediction on bitcoin. Schiff sees a monumental bitcoin collapse | Source: TwitterThe Crypto Twitter (CT) community was quick to respond to Schiff’s ultra bearish stance. One that caught our attention was from bitcoin bull Rampage. The trader contrasted the...

Canada-based Luge Capital has recently secured fresh funding for its fintech-focused venture capital (VC) fund. Luge recently secured $10 million funding from iA Financial Group and BDC Capital which takes its fund value to $85 million. iA Financial Group is Canada’s giant financial services company with over $187 billion of assets under management. On the other hand, BDC Capital manages over $3 billion in funds as AUM.Headquartered in Toronto and Montreal, Luge Capital invests in early-stage...

Veteran United States investor, writer, and Entrepreneur Rob Arnott has come out in favor of the American major technology stocks again as being in a bubble even as he lashes out at Bitcoin. He made his thoughts known to the Financial Times in an exclusive while defending the position of including Microsoft in the popular acronym FANMAG which he says is the new direction of technology stocks rather than FAANG.FAANG which is a play on technology companies Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and...

This year, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E), an American company that provides natural gas and electric service to approximately 16 million people throughout a 70,000-square mile service area in northern and central California, declared their bankruptcy and admitted their blame on a number of forest fires and problems with power.Recently, during the California Public Utilities Commission meeting, the company’s CEO Bill Johnson stated that California can expect blackouts for the next...