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Prolific Billionaire Jack Ma has stepped down as Chairman of Alibaba. After twenty years which has seen one of the biggest technology giants come from zero to hero, Ma has been one of the defining icons of the technology industry since the early days when no one thought that technology would be either this big or go this far in defining the human existence.He would remain on the board until the next Shareholders Annual General Meeting when it is expected that he will step down from the board...

The owner of office space company WeWork burned through $900m in the first six months of this year and documents filed with regulators reveal The We Company, valued at about $47bn, invested heavily in expansion. Because of these losses, SoftBank, the biggest external shareholder in WeWork, advised this property group to delay its hotly anticipated initial public offering.Just for reminder, WeWork’s parent company, the We Company, wants to raise between $3 and $4 billion in its flotation....

On Monday, September 9, Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao announced the official launch of Binance Futures. To get an early idea of the market before launch, Binance unveiled its crypto futures testnet last week. The futures testnet was available for a period of five days and launched on two platforms Futures A and Futures B.The two platforms were pitched against each other to see which one performs better. Binance’s own development team created the Futures A platform whereas Binance’s crypto...

Last week we wrote of how Telegram’s blockchain project, TON, has entered the last preparation stage before going live. The code for running a blockchain node was released on the test network and this (or the next) month is expected for the company to finally launch TON.However, it seems that the go-to marketplace for the new Gram tokens could be an emerging exchange with somewhat of 4,000 users.If it’s to believe Blackmoon Crypto, this small, Cayman Islands-registered exchange might be right...

Ethereum price started an upward move and climbed above the $175 resistance against the US Dollar.ETH price is currently consolidating above the $180 level and it could continue to rise.There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $175 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase).The price could climb higher significantly and it may perhaps break the $185 and $190 resistances.Ethereum price is gaining bullish momentum above $175 against the US Dollar. ETH price...

Ripple price is forming a support base near the $0.2475 level against the US dollar.The price is currently struggling to surpass the key $0.2650 and $0.2660 resistance levels.There was a break above a major bearish trend line with resistance near $0.2615 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The price could start a solid upward move if it manages to break the $0.2650 and $0.2660 resistances.Ripple price is consolidating in broad range below $0.2650 against the US...

In the last analysis, we had mentioned the crucial descending trend-line, marked with yellow on the following daily chart. This line is ‘preventing’ Bitcoin from discovering new highs since June 26, when Bitcoin reached $13,880 as the 2019 high.The resisting line was tested for the fourth time, and as it seemed like a breakout is knocking, it turned to be a false one – producing a decent red candle on the daily, with a wick above the line. The hit was hard: Bitcoin plunged $700 in a matter of...

Binance Coin has surged twice as fast as any other cryptocurrency over the past year, including bitcoin. Here's why BNB is leading the pack. | Source: REUTERS / Darrin Zammit LupiBinance Coin suffered one of its worst losses this year on May 7th after hackers took off with 7,000 bitcoins. The heist cost cryptocurrency exchange giant Binance a total of $40 million.Four months later, it appears that everyone has forgotten about the security breach. Binance is just as popular as ever, and its...

The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally in the Bahamas: Bitcoin, along with a helping hand from Coinbase. | Source: Wikimedia Commons (i), AP Photo / Gillian Flaccus (ii). Image Edited by CCN.The Hurricane Dorian relief effort has teamed up with an unlikely ally to help the Bahamas recover from the devastation wrought by the storm: Bitcoin.Coinbase & Bitpay facilitate Bitcoin donations for Hurricane Dorian recoveryThis has become possible after Lend a Hand...

Crypto startups Coinbase and Ripple have dropped from top-10 positions to No. 28 and No. 29, respectively, on LinkedIn's 2019 top 50 startups list. | Source: Shutterstock; Edited by CCNDespite being a relatively new sector, the blockchain and cryptocurrency space can this year boast of having two crypto startups, Coinbase and Ripple, in the LinkedIn’s 50 hottest U.S. startups of 2019 to work for. In the professional social network’s third annual Top Startups ranking, blockchain payment...