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 AMF ( ‘Autorité des marchés financiers) is the authority for financial markets there granted ICO approval earlier this week. It gave the approval as conditional based on certain factors. The authority gave its approval based on certain conditions. These conditions tally with standard best practices the world over. It also demonstrates the need for simplistic rules for the activities within the cryptospace. The new rules are to ensure the security of the digital assets to be issued, effective...

Over the past days, the first ones of 2020, we received a reminder of the typical behavior of the Bitcoin price.As we pointed out about the trading volume, which was declining through the past week, we did get a considerable price action day (yesterday), recording the highest amount of volume of the past ten days.After breaking down the $7070 support mark, we saw a rapid drop to $6850. As stated before, the area of the next support level. This was maybe enough for Bitcoin, and together with...

Bitcoin and the alternative coins receive different acceptance from people: from a speculative tool for trading to an investment option, digital gold, etc. Yet, most of them have another, more meaningful purpose that is somehow neglected by the masses when they see only their coins’ prices.While most people are aware of the top digital assets and what they are supposed to do, let’s take a look at other, less-known cryptocurrencies and their usage in the real world, if any.Beginning With The...

It’s safe to say that the beginning of 2020 is everything one might have expected it to be on the cryptocurrency market: volatile. Just a few days after the New Year’s bell rang, Bitcoin went on a rollercoaster, dropping down to a low of $6,850, only to recover hours later, gaining upwards of $500 in the process. Interestingly enough, this move coincided with a significant political event. The US President, Donald Trump, ordered an airstrike against Baghdad’s airport. During this, the leader...

As expressed in the Reuters release, Ripple is getting ready to reveal the most recent Brazilian cooperation in mid-2020. Louise Antonio, overseeing chief of Ripple, said that uncomplicated Brazilian financial guidelines assume a principal role in the organization’s expansion in the nation. Ripple talks about XRP‘s utilization of transfers with banks and controllers.Besides Brazil, Ripple intends to extend to all the South American nations, for example, Chile, Peru, and Argentina.Ripple as of...

Bitcoin’s price went on a rollercoaster over the past week but still remains trapped beneath the December resistance at $7,686. The cryptocurrency fell below $7,000 to find support at $6,885. However, after reaching this level, Bitcoin bounced higher as it now trades around $7,319.If the bulls continue to drive Bitcoin higher and push it above $7,400, immediate resistance lies at $7,698 (bearish .382 Fib Retracement), $8,000 (100-days EMA), and $8,200 (200-days EMA). On the other hand, if the...

Trump sent a shockwave through financial markets when he ordered an airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani. Stocks, gold, and oil all fluctuated wildly as US-Iranian hostilities flared. Here’s how the prices of major assets responded. When US President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, he also unleashed a shockwave through global financial markets. Major stock indices cratered as investors fled into safe-haven assets like gold, and oil prices...

Tesla will begin deliveries for the company’s first-ever Tesla Model 3 vehicles produced in China. According to a Reuters report, a Tesla representative confirmed that the company will begin on Tuesday the 7th of January. Deliveries will happen during an event that will take place at the Tesla factory in Shanghai.For a while now, the company has been making specific efforts to bite a bigger share of the global auto market. Apart from this, Tesla’s move is a direct way to fend off the effects...

Today January 3, 2020, marks the completion of 11 years since Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto created the Genesis Block on the Bitcoin network. Also called ‘Block 0’, the Genesis Block was the first-ever block available on the Bitcoin blockchain.Six days later on January 9, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the first Bitcoin software client. Thus, the crypto community often celebrates January 9 as the birthday of Bitcoin when Block 1 was mined.Although the usual block time on the Bitcoin...

The case between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the encrypted messaging platform Telegram takes another turn. The latter has reportedly refused to hand over financial details regarding its ICO from two years ago, which was recently requested by the market regulator.Telegram Does Not Want To ShareAfter raising over a billion dollars in two token sales in 2018 for the development of its Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain, the company attracted a lot of attention to...