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The European Union has finally made its position clear on the issue of global stablecoins being deployed and used within its borders. The Council and the Commission explained their position in a joint statement. While the authorities acknowledged the importance of technological innovations which can be of great advantage to the financial sector, they also acknowledged the problems and risks that come from such an arrangement. They include money laundering, cybersecurity, privacy consumer...

As 2019 draws to a close, many analysts and other players in all of the world’s different markets, are taking a hard look at the last eleven months and trying to make a forecast for 2020. All the ups and downs with stocks and investments that have happened in one year are usually used as base points to form a prediction for the following year. While things have not been exactly terrible in 2019, American multinational investment bank and financial services giant Citigroup Inc. has predicted...

With all the advancements currently being made in the crypto industry, there is a constant need for continuous sensitization and education as this is probably the only way to ensure that the sector maintains an increasingly robust growth. This need for important knowledge has been recognized by popular crypto personality Mati Greenspan, who used to be the senior financial market analyst at the eToro trading platform. Greenspan will now begin to make training videos on Bitcoin trading along...

Premier cryptocurrency lending service BlockFi has introduced a new feature. It is trading at no fees for Bitcoin, Ethereum and the stablecoin GUSD. The startup has been known to allow users access to returns on their cryptocurrency holdings by offering loans to borrowers against users’ cryptocurrency holdings and then passing across the returns in terms of interest on the loans while securing the crypto assets that were used as security for the loans.  While this model is known to have been...

In our recent price analysis, we had anticipated a huge move coming up very soon. We couldn’t predict to which direction.The result was a massive $800 move to the upside, followed by an opposite move to the downside, to exactly where the movement began from (roughly $7100). And the winner is? Of course, the exchanges that allow margin trading, who encourage trading volumes.The bottom line is that Bitcoin stays at the same price level, the same confluence price zone, between $7300 – $7400,...

Bitcoin cash price is facing a strong resistance near the $212 area against the US Dollar.The price is showing a few positive signs above the $202 and $192 support levels.There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with resistance near $212 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could start a strong rise if it breaks the $212 and $215 resistance levels.Bitcoin cash price is likely approaching the next key break against the US Dollar. BCH/USD must surpass...

It seems that this year hasn’t been nearly enough for Apple. According to the recent forecasts from the famous Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, the company plans to release five new iPhone models next year. In a research note with TF International Securities, Kuo drafted his presumptions for a new phone dubbed iPhone SE 2. As Kuo predicts, it could come with a 4.7-inch LCD display in the first half of 2020. After SE 2 comes a higher-end all-OLED lineup comprised of 5.4-inch, two 6.1-inch, and...

A blockchain-powered financial services startup Figure Technologies founded by former SoFi CEO Mike Cagney, announced it has closed a $103 million Series C round. But, that is not all folks. It has also added Morgan Creek Digital’s Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano, one of the sector’s most vigorous supporters, to its board. That’s not a consequence because, according to the company’s announcement, the round was also led by Morgan Creek Digital, with participation from MUFG Innovation Partners and...

Ripple appears to be undergoing a lot of changes, and by changes we mean extreme growth.Ripple: Growth Is on the HorizonFirst off, the boss of Ripple – Brad Garlinghouse – has expressed an interest in bringing more banks into the Ripple family. At a recent SWELL event, the head executive of the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap spewed out several angry words towards SWIFT, and international payment and remittance service, and called it a “one-way messaging system.”He...

Enjin Coin surged 60% today after a successful partnership announcement with Microsoft.ENJ broke above the 1000 SAT level and looks to continue.Enjin is now ranked as the 72nd top cryptocurrency with a market cap of $50 million.Enjin Partners Up With MicrosoftMicrosoft and Enjin have teamed up to create Azure Heroes – a project that rewards contributors to the community for posting content, creating demos, building sample code, and blogging about Azure.Creators are nominated and receive a...