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In what has been seen by many in the crypto space as a massive disappointment, Ripple Labs’ XRP token has fallen 16% to new lows since the swell event which held earlier this month in the Island Nation of Singapore. The token which has been seen by many to be one of the most innovative in the cryptocurrency basket has filed to meet the expectations for many factors some of which can be directly traced to actions by the parent company.Firstly, the burning of 55 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) by...

It is no secret that cryptocurrency is been used more and more around the world as both an investment tool but also for everyday use and this is being facilitated by many merchants around the globe who are starting to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for their goods and services and also the many platforms that are facilitating the easy spending of cryptocurrency. One of these is the Visa debit card by Coinbase that allows customers to spend the cryptocurrency out of their Coinbase...

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., has announced pricing for its soon-to-come share listing in Hong Kong. Estimated to have a target to raise $13.8 billion, the company will be selling 12.5 million shares exclusively to retail investors and has pegged it at HK$188 per share. Roughly $24, the sale will easily take its place as Hong Kong’s most expensive initial sale in history.The company plans to sell a total of 500 million ordinary shares in the Hong Kong listing, finally placing its focus on the...

After consolidating its position above $8700 levels for the past few days, the Bitcoin price crashed another 1% today. At press time, Bitcoin is trading at $8640 with a market cap of $155 billion.The latest price drop comes as Bitcoin has been a victim of sideways trading ever since it failed to sustain above $9000. With this move, Bitcoin has slipped below its major support of $8700. This move has clearly raised the exposure of further slipping to its next support of $8550.Over the last...

Compound Finance, a crypto lending and decentralized finance (DeFi) startup has recently raised a massive $25 million in its latest funding round led by venture capital Andreessen Horowitz. This is reportedly one of the largest investments in any DeFi startups to date.Andreessen Horowitz will be pouring money into Compound through its a16z crypto fund. Besides, other investing firms include Bain Capital Ventures, Paradigm, and Polychain Capital.Currently, Compound holds nearly $103 million...

Since our previous analysis, Bitcoin was mainly ‘stuck’ trading between the range of $8600 – $8700. We had mentioned the possibility of a bullish breakout; However, the breakout did take place, but quickly turned into a fake-out upon reaching $8800.Overall, despite the lower highs trajectory, which is a bearish pattern, we can see that Bitcoin is forming a bull flag, and this is still intact (till proven otherwise). Besides, the $8500 area is the Golden Fibonacci level of 61.8% from the vast...

Bitcoin cash price is under a lot of pressure as it broke the $288 support against the US Dollar.The price is currently trading near a major support at $269, with a bearish angle.There are two major bearish trend lines forming with resistance near $280 and $290 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair remains at a risk of more losses below the $269 support area.Bitcoin cash price is facing an increase in selling below $280 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD might...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been honored by Time magazine in the inaugural TIME 100 Next list. Four crypto and blockchain startups appeared in the 2019 CNBC Upstart 100. Startups featured on the CNBC list must have raised $50 million or less in VC funding. This has been a good week for individuals and startups in the crypto and blockchain space. Within a span of hours, players in the sector have been recognized by two mainstream media organizations – CNBC and Time magazine – over their...

Revolut, the Britain-based digital banking and investing app is currently in discussion with global investors to push its expansion plans. As per the Reuters report, Revolut is planning to raise nearly $500 million as the company plans to expand its operations to Japan and the United States.On Tuesday, November 12, during an interview with Reuters, Revolut CEO and co-founder Nikolay Storonsky said:“We want to raise at least $500 million in direct equity and potentially, maybe at a later...

Crypto is great all by itself, but if you can get paid in it, that’s even better, and secure browser system Brave is now paving the way for a new rewards system that allows users to earn cryptocurrency for viewing advertisements as a means of marking the official launch of Brave’s new 1.0 version.Brave Allows You to Earn $$ By Watching VideosAside from earning money for watching ads, users can also tip publishers they like with BAT (Basic Attention Token). The publishers much be certified...