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WordPress’ Parent Company Raises $300 Million from Salesforce to Hit $3 Billion Valuation

Automattic, the parent company of the World’s most popular content management system WordPress recently raised $300 Million in financing from a single investor known for its deep interest in innovative internet technologies. Its valuation is already estimated at $3 Billion. Not bad for a company that isn’t known for raising money in venture capital regularly.Known Venture Capital firm Salesforce Ventures committed the series D funding of the parent company of the web’s most popular...

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Bitcoin Price Back Above $10k, Targets New ATH Amid Bakkt Monday Launch

Crypto enthusiasts are almost always in a perpetual waiting state, in the hope that the market will pick up and keep on rallying, even when data is already bullish. In the past, there have been several factors named as important to Bitcoin price surge or pullback depending on the specific period. Today, the most anticipated event in the cryptosphere, which is also a major factor in the possible chance of a Bitcoin rally, is the launch of Bakkt.The Bakkt launch is only a few days away and with...

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Das sind die zwei mit Abstand beliebtesten Kryptowährungen

Bitcoin und Ethereum haben im Vergleich zu den Altcoins mit Abstand die höchste Nachfrage Bitcoin und Ethereum sind die beliebtesten Kryptowährungen. Das zeigt ein Blick auf die Kurswerte, die Anzahl der Transaktionen und die Hash-Raten der beiden Coins. Ethereum übertrumpft Bitcoin bei der Einnahme an Transaktionsgebühren Ethereum steht derzeit bei 215 US-Dollar, während...

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U.S. Congress to Discuss Cryptocurrency With SEC Right After Bakkt is Launched

On Sept. 19, the Committee on Financial Services came to an agreement that the topic, “Oversight of the Securities and Exchange Commission: Wall Street’s Cop on the Beat,” would be the topic of discussion and Sept. 24 was chosen as the D-day, which is, just for a reminder, the day after Bakkt launch.This hearing will consist of the chairman of the SEC, Jay Clayton, Commissioner Hester Pierce, who is also known as Crypto Mom, and three other commissioners.Will Libra Make It Into the List of...

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Ripple Moves Court to Dismiss XRP’s Securities Lawsuit, But Fails to Answer Questions

San Francisco-based blockchain startup has been having a tough time this year with several investors complaining over the nature of XRP being a ‘security’. Recently, Ripple has moved to the court to dismiss the claims that it has violated any U.S. Securities laws.In its motion to dismiss, Ripple claims that Bradley Sostack, the plaintiff, doesn’t have any standing to register a complaint and claim that XRP is a ‘security‘. Further explaining, Ripple stated that the plaintiff failed to file...

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Former Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne Just Sold All His Equity Holdings to Buy Crypto and Gold

Patrick Byrne shared the letter on his personal website. Within the letter he reveals that he had dumped all his Overstock equity holdings over the past week and blames the deep state and the government for this action:“The riff-raff will tell you that my departure and sale were from a lack of confidence in what I left behind in Peace Coliseum: they are wrong, and I would like to tell you all the actual reasons before the yuck-yucks spin the truth.”Patrick Byrne resigned from the role of CEO...

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Ripple Files Motion for Court to Toss XRP Securities Lawsuit

Ripple, the cryptocurrency firm behind the XRP token, has requested a federal court dismissal of a class-action lawsuit; all while ignoring one major issue, XRP's security status. The original lawsuit was first launched back in early 2018, by a handful of disgruntled XRP investors. The plaintiffs claimed that Ripple violated securities laws during the initial offering of the token; stating that XRP was intrinsic to Ripple's operational integrity. The relationship between XRP and Ripple has...

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China’s Digital Currency Research Institute Exec Says Facebook’s Libra Can’t Be Stopped

Changchuan Mu within the educational lectures touches a range of cryptocurrency questions starting from the recently announced People’s Bank of China (PBoC) digital currency to the vast expansion of Facebook‘s Libra. Also, he compared Libra to the PBoC digital currency, stating that the Chinese new currency is even better than Libra in several aspects. Mu believes that at this point, Libra already might be unstoppable and that it is “highly unlikely” that someone can stop people from buying...

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University of Indonesia on Public Attention: BitCherry Helps Indonesia’s Blockchain Education Overtaking

On September 20, 2019, the six-city tour in Indonesia was successfully concluded, and its sponsor BitCherry, a distributed network public chain project, was invited to participate in the roadshow.In this roadshow, the world’s great Blockchain projects brought their own unique technologies and applications to six universities: Brawijaya Malang, Teknologi Surabaya, Gadjah Mada Jogja, Telkom Bandung, Teknologi Bandung, and Atma Jaya Jakarta.Through exhibitions, lectures, seminars and other...

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Bitcoin Will Not Be Listed On Major Exchanges Without Better Regulation, Says SEC Chairman

Generally, the fact that the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is not very supportive of the cryptocurrency industry is no longer news. The SEC has many times before, spoken out against cryptocurrencies because of their volatility and unregulated nature.Even efforts to launch Bitcoin Exchange-Traded Funds (ETF), have been largely unsuccessful as a few days ago, the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) withdrew its application to float the VanEck/SolidX Bitcoin ETF, just...

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