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After it seemed all the big-ones were leaving Facebook‘s backed cryptocurrency, it seems it still has its faithful believers. On Monday, in Geneva, Switzerland, 21 associations agreed to sign the Libra Association charter at last. The Libra Association named its board of directors as well a decision about people who will sit at the executive chairs.The first chair will be, as expected, Calibra’s CEO David Marcus who named 4 more people as his board fellows. That people are a partner with...

The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) Group, a global derivatives marketplace with a wide range of futures and options products, has said that in the last quarter, its Bitcoin futures offering has increased considerably in popularity. According to the CME Group its open contracts surged by 61 percent in number from the same period about a year ago.The CME Group has said that the reason for this is a significant increase in demand from institutional entities that have increased their appetite...

An investor in the OneCoin cryptocurrency scheme is facing death threats after publicly speaking out about her ordeal. Besides death threats, Jen McAdam has also been threatened with sexual violence, according to the BBC. As one of the tens of thousands of victims who lost money in the OneCoin scam, McAdam was most recently featured in a BBC investigative podcast, The Missing Crypto Queen. The podcast dug deep into the disappearance of Ruja Ignatova, the founder of the pyramid scheme. Since...

The world’s leading car producers — BMW, General Motors, Ford, Renault, and Honda — have been working on the blockchain car identification and payment system under the Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) since last year. Next month, automobile giants will start testing a vehicle identification network in the United States.As Nikkei Asian Review has reported, the car producers have an aim to integrate the blockchain system to automatically make payments on typical commuting routes. This...

Google‘s latest attempt of attaining supremacy in quantum computing is giving jitters to crypto enthusiasts across the globe. Experts from the tech world say that quantum computing could likely make cryptography redundant which comes as a huge threat to the crypto industry.After Google’s recent talks on attaining quantum supremacy, Bitcoin enthusiasts are concerned whether it can pose a direct threat to the world’s largest cryptocurrency. Blockchain expert and author, Andreas Antonopoulos,...

Der vermeintlich schnelle Gewinn durch Online-Trading-Plattformen für CFD und binäre Optionen (Binary Options) wird schnell zur Verlustfalle. Das zeigt sich jetzt auch wieder in einem Fall über den die Kriminalpolizeiinspektion und Staatsanwaltschaft Rostock mit einer Pressemitteilung berichten: In einem unter der Sachleitung der Schwerpunktabteilung VIII, Cybercrime, der Staatsanwaltschaft Rostock...

Tron price is gaining bullish momentum above the $0.0160 resistance against the US Dollar.TRX price is likely to surpass the $0.0172 and $0.0175 resistance levels in the near term.There is a significant bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0161 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex).The price could correct a few points, but it remains well supported near the $0.0155 level.TRON price is trading in a steady uptrend against the US Dollar and bitcoin. TRX price is likely to...

The FXCM Group, an international online platform that offers foreign exchange (FOREX) trading, digital asset trading, as well as contracts-for-difference (CFD), has announced the start of a new offering for cryptocurrency baskets, targeted at the company’s retail patrons.According to an official FXCM press release, the new crypto basket is called CryptoMajor and will allow retailers handle a pool of five different digital currencies at once. The announcement specifies that the assets...

It’s safe to say that the last several days have been fairly turbulent for Bitcoin’s price. The cryptocurrency surged from around $8,150 to about $8,800 in a few days and lost all of its gains in a devastating red hourly candle which brought its price back to around $8,300. Now, popular analysts are drawing a parallel with Bitcoin’s behavior in 2017 which led to the biggest “altcoin season” to date. Will history repeat itself?Bitcoin’s Price PerformanceToward the end of last week, we saw...

Ethereum price started a steady rise above the $180 resistance area against the US Dollar.ETH price is showing positive signs and it could continue to rise above $195 and $200.There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $182 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase).The price is likely to climb sharply once it clears the $188 and $195 resistance levels in the near term.Ethereum price is trading in a bullish zone above $180 against the US Dollar. ETH price seems to be...