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Chinese President Xi Jinping announced support for blockchain last Thursday. The news was welcomed by the crypto community as Chinese altcoins such as NEO, TRON and Qtum skyrocketed over the weekend. Analysts believe that there’s more to the hype and speculation that powered the move of Chinese coins in their USD and BTC pairs. Chinese President Xi Jinping announced on Thursday that his country should “take the leading position in the emerging field of blockchain,” according to a...

Bitcoin isn’t just the first major decentralized cryptocurrency but also the most popular with the largest market cap and price. Bitcoin also has the largest market dominance and is currently at 68%. Most importantly, however, the king coin a few days ago spiked in a very short time jumped from its low and disappointing levels somewhere around $7,500 and kept surging until its current levels above $9,400. With the new surge, the extremely bullish Bitcoin community regained its somewhat lost...

LVMH, the French multinational luxury goods company and owner of the Louis Vuitton and Givenchy brands, has made an official offer to acquire Tiffany & Co., the popular American luxury jewelry retailer. LVMH hopes to expand its business, by taking a direct dive into the United States markets for luxury fashion items and has chosen to do this through Tifanny.According to a Bloomberg report, LVMH is offering $14.5 billion for the acquisition which was noted by certain people who are privy...

Everybody is familiar with the name of Bill Gates — an American business magnate, the founder of the world’s largest software business Microsoft, and the second richest man in the world. What is the key to his raving success and how can you receive high money if all you have is $10,000? The answer is in our article.Since the establishment of Microsoft in 1975, Gates has held several positions including those of the chairman, CEO and chief software architect. As early as 1987, he was ranked...

Featured articleIt’s been a rough year for altcoins. Most of them have shown a significant decline this year, while Bitcoin continues to dominate the market. At the time of writing, Bitcoin accounts for over two-thirds of the entire market value. Hence, many are wondering if we are witnessing an “altcoin apocalypse” of sorts. A few industry experts offer their take on the future of altcoins while YouHodler offers up a few solutions for altcoin traders and Hodlers.Altcoin hype is over, but the...

Recently, on Friday, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) made it clear that they had chosen Microsoft over Amazon in their $10 billion cloud computing contract, also known as JEDI. With this contract, the Department of Defense will move its database to the cloud. However, this has left Amazon Web Services wondering as they were considered as leaders in the field, and the most likely winner of this contract.“We’re surprised about this conclusion. AWS is the clear leader in cloud computing,...

It’s safe to say that the last few days have been nothing short of turbulent for Bitcoin. After trading in a close range for a few weeks with rather low volatility, the cryptocurrency last week recorded its largest daily price increase since 2011. In a span of about 24 hours, it surged by more than 40%, rising as high as $10,350.Predictably, a correction soon followed. Bitcoin shed about $1,000, as its price fell to around $9,400. Bitcoin’s dominance rate also increased notably. Prior to the...

TRON founder and BitTorrent CEO Justin Sun has announced a teaser to whet appetites in the TRON community about an announcement from him and the TRON foundation before October completely runs out. Taking to Twitter to post the teaser, Sun announced that TRON will enter into a partnership by next week, with a “hundred billion USD megacorporation.”#TRON will partner with a hundred billion USD megacorporation next week. It will not only benefit $TRX but all TRC10&20 tokens including $BTT...

Stellar lumen price is gaining bullish momentum and is trading nicely above $0.0650 against the US Dollar.XLM price is likely to rise further above the $0.0700 resistance in the near term.There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0655 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair remains well supported on the downside unless there is a close below the $0.0620 support.Stellar lumen price is trading in an uptrend against the US Dollar and bitcoin. XLM price...

Ripple price climbed higher recently and settled above the $0.2900 resistance against the US dollar.The price is showing positive signs and it could rally further above $0.3100.There is a connecting resistance trend line forming with hurdle near $0.3110 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The price remains well bid above the $0.2880 and $0.2900 support levels in the near term.Ripple price is trading in an uptrend above $0.2880 against the US Dollar. XRP price...