Ripple’s XRP is leading the way as many of the industry’s top 20 cryptocurrencies are beginning to experience solid gains over the early morning and afternoon hours.XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Fighting for Their LivesAt press time, XRP has built itself up to 28 cents per unit – a near five-cent boost since it was first struck by the crypto bloodbath of last September. Bitcoin is also holding its own and is currently trading at just shy of $8,450. This is a spike of more than $100 in just...
Read More »Current Takes Facebook to Court Over Logo Similarities
Back in June, Live Bitcoin News reported that an online banking firm, Current, wasn’t very happy with Facebook or Libra, claiming that the project had potentially stolen its logo. Now, that anger has turned into a full-fledged lawsuit.Current Takes Facebook to CourtCurrent has filed suit against Facebook in a New York district court for allegedly stealing the logo of its company. When looking at the two examples, one can see that the bank’s properties may have been stolen. The logos of both...
Read More »Is Samsung on the Verge of Partnering with Justin Sun?
Samsung’s announcement that TRON CEO Justin Sun would speak at the company’s forthcoming Developer Conference took many by surprise. The San Jose event, to be held over two days from October 29, will play host to developers, creators and technologists, with blockchain certain to be a major talking point.What to make of the Samsung-Sun linkup? Or is it premature to refer to it in such terms? After all, Sun is ostensibly in town to be a guest speaker tasked with discussing how the future of...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Sits At $0.28 But Is It Primed For A Breakout Against BTC?
XRP saw an increase of around 2% over the past 24 hours and it currently trades at $0.2805. This allowed it to climb by a total of 10.65% over the past 30 days as the cryptocurrency makes its way toward the $0.30 level once again. However, XRP has strong resistance ahead at the $0.2811 and the 100-days EMA before being able to reach $0.30.XRP remains the third-largest cryptocurrency with a market cap of $12.11 billion.Looking at the XRP/USD 1-Day Chart:Since our previous XRP/USD analysis, the...
Read More »Opinion: Authorities Clamping On Telegram And Libra Could Signal Negative For Bitcoin
Authorities are waking up when it comes to cryptocurrencies. In the past month alone, we saw a couple of very serious actions taken against major projects in the field. Facebook’s Libra, Block.one’s EOS, Telegram, KIK, all of them and more saw challenges in the face of lawmakers and regulators across the board. A lot of people, especially those who felt like Telegram was a scam and Libra was a “centralized Bitcoin” embraced the news with sort of positivity. Amid this legislative chaos,...
Read More »Ripple CEO No BTC Bear but Insists XRP Beats Bitcoin for Payments
In a recent interview on Anthony Pompliano’s Off The Chain podcast, Brad Garlinghouse, the CEO of Ripple, provided unprepared answers to questions sourced from crypto Twitter regarding the operations of Ripple and XRP, Ripple’s XRP sales, and the cryptocurrency ecosystem broadly. Garlinghouse recounts discovering Bitcoin and cryptocurrency while attending the Dialog conference – a two-day “thought retreat“ organized by Peter Thiel and Auren Hoffman, in 2012. Despite subsequently investing...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Analysis: BTC Is Still Bullish, But The Next Anticipated Move Can Change Everything
On the recent Bitcoin price analysis, we had mentioned how critical is the 200-days moving average line for Bitcoin.Bitcoin couldn’t break-out to finally close above the line, which is seen by many traders as the boundary between Bear and Bull market conditions. Two days ago, we got another proof for this, as the breakout candle reaching $8,800 quickly turned back into a false one. Bitcoin Bears pushed the coin down to $8200 in what seems like another well planned price move.Since then, and...
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Read More »Bitmain CEO: Bullish Behavior Unlikely Following May 2020 BTC Halving
With bearish activity spreading throughout the crypto space as of late, many people are looking for some sort of miracle to sort things out. Many have long believed that the upcoming bitcoin halving – set to take place in May 2020 – is likely to do the trick. Unfortunately, according to Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, this may not be the case.Bitmain CEO Predicts a Lack of BullsBitmain is one of the largest – if not the largest – cryptocurrency mining corporations in the world. Stationed in China, the...
Read More »Finman and Hayner of Metal Pay Launch Metal VC
Erik Finman and his business partner Marshall Hayner – the founders of Metal Pay – have invested roughly $1 million into a new venture fund called Metal VC. The purpose of the fund is to invest in new blockchain businesses and crypto-based products.Erik Finman Makes Metal MainstreamErik Finman is arguably one of the crypto space’s most intriguing figures. First getting into bitcoin while he was in high school, he turned to crypto trading as a hobby, though he was confident it could...
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