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Bitcoin comes first, ahead of blockchain, for speculators who look towards the year 2020 cryptocurrency situation. Its apparent several platforms have received support funds to create enterprise blockchains which mostly have launched out in 2019. However, the interest of speculators for such projects has waned out as they look towards fresh ideas on tokenization and cryptocurrency. This is a result of the shift in focus to the development of native cryptocurrency given rise to advancement in...

Photo: ShutterstockOn November 12, 2019, Paxos debuted its Fiat Gateway and have announced that Binance will be its first client in this regard. Its Fiat Gateway means that customers can swap out U.S. dollars for stablecoins on a one-to-one basis and this is one of the first of its kind within the cryptocurrency industry.While this unique service is seeing more widespread attention since its association with Binance, it has actually been available to Paxos users since May 2019 and according...

ICE Clear Singapore will be offering a new type of Bitcoin futures. Those are cash-settled ones, thus will also be available via ICE Futures. Venture funds from across Earth show their intent to work together with ICE‘s Bakkt too. Bakkt COO Adam White says that the new product is under discussion with the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MАS).When Bakkt first appeared on the horizon in 2018, it took almost a year to build their first product: physically-settled monthly Bitcoin futures. Their...

Bitcoin’s price movements have been rather bearish over the last few days. Yesterday, the largest cryptocurrency by market cap tried breaking up but got quickly rejected and recorded $8550 as of yesterday’s low.Since then, Bitcoin is slowly gaining momentum, and the coin is back at the past week’s consolidation range $8700 – $8800.As reported here yesterday, the $9,150 level that Bitcoin reached on Sunday and got rejected, was where the 4-hour MA-50 and the MA-100 met. Additionally, that’s...

eToroX, the blockchain subsidiary of global investment platform eToro, has added five new fiat stablecoins, a new cryptoasset, two further established stablecoins and a crypto-commodity pair, signalling its rapid growth, having only launched only six months ago. There are now 26 tradable assets available on the exchange.The new assets announced today are:Turkish Lira (TRYX), Polish Zloty (PLNX), South African Rand (ZARX), Hong Kong Dollar (HKDX), and Singapore Dollar (SGDX)Peer-to-peer...

With many issues that have made premier cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex controversial, it seems that the exchange is set to get its groove back in 2020 as per revelations by its CTO Paulo Ardoino in a podcast with the BlockCryto. In the podcast, Paulo discussed a wide range of issues ranging from the allegations of market manipulations to upcoming products that Bitfinex plans to offer including options and a gold-backed stablecoin.While much has been said about Bitfinex’s growing Twitter...

Photo: Disney+ / TwitterIn spite of steaming problems, Disney+ that offers all the premium content from Pixar, Disney, the Marvel Cinematic Universe and about 30 seasons of the Simpsons launched yesterday and sent Disney’s stock soaring. Initially, many users couldn’t access the streaming platform.And this is why you have load balancers. SMH another company trying to be cheap. @disneyplus #DisneyPlus pic.twitter.com/kNrR0PPn6B— Jared (@Geek38641) November 12, 2019And many of them were not...

ADA price is facing a strong resistance near the $0.0445 and $0.0450 levels against the US Dollar.The price is likely to break the $0.0425 support and it could correct lower.There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0430 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The price could bounce back as long as there is no close below $0.0405 and $0.0400.Cardano price is currently correcting lower against the US Dollar and bitcoin. ADA price might extend its correction...

Bitcoin price is currently under pressure below the $9,070 resistance area against the US Dollar.The price is holding the $8,600 support area, but it remains at a risk of more losses.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $8,900 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to break the $8,600 support area and it might soon test the $8,300 support.Bitcoin price is showing a few bearish signs below $8,900 and $9,070 against the...

Libra just can’t seem to catch a break. Following months of haggling by U.S. lawmakers and European officials, a Romanian bank chief is adding his negative opinions to the mix, saying that Libra is “dangerous” and likely to do irreparable damage to the global financial infrastructure.Libra Is Getting Hit from All SidesDaniel Daianu, president of Romania’s Fiscal Council, says that if Libra ever does reach full potential, banks are likely to disintegrate overnight. He states:Cryptocurrencies...