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Photo: The Coinbase BlogPremier cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has announced that it will offer interest on deposits in stablecoin USD Coin (USDC) for 1.25% APY. This indicates its willingness to encourage more of its large database of users to deposit their holdings in the cryptocurrency token. Transferring the value of the US Dollar which in itself is a significant advantage, the move is aimed at bringing respite to crypto users who always face the volatility which occurs on most of the...

EOS price is currently correcting higher after it formed a support base near $2.650 against the US Dollar.The price is facing a lot of hurdles on the upside near the $3.050, $3.100 and $3.350 levels.There are two bearish trend lines forming with resistance near $3.050 and $3.400 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could correct higher towards $3.100 or $3.350, but upsides are likely to be contained.EOS price is currently trading near key resistances...

September was a tough month for Bitcoin. The famous cryptocurrency reached a high of nearly $11K before the end of the month’ plunge down to $7,700. Over the past days, the first days of October, we saw Bitcoin price trying to recover in a continues consolidation between the marked descending trend-line on the following 4-hour chart and $8,200 from below.This seems like another mini bearish triangle. These kinds of formations tend to breakdown; however, there’s always the possibility to...

Litecoin price declined recently and traded below the $55.00 support against the US Dollar.LTC price is currently consolidating losses near the $55.00 level, with many hurdles on the upside.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $60.00 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could recover in the short term, but $60.00 and $62.00 are likely to protect gains.Litecoin price is currently in a negative zone against the US Dollar and...

Photo: ShutterstockAn abbreviation STO stands for Security Token Offering. STOs are similar to ICOs but have some fundamental differences. For instance, security tokens are regulated offering like traditional securities and are subject to the same legal compliance requirements. Their key difference is that a security token records the ownership of the investment product on a blockchain.The interest in STO lists has grown recently as startups and established companies are looking for new...

The Forbes list of America’s richest people is out again! Jeff Bezos is still at the top with an estimated fortune of $114 billion. Despite last years’ expensive divorce which saw him give away about 4% of the total company’s value or ($38.3 billion) to his wife McKenzie in July when the marriage was officially dissolved, Jeff remains at the top of Forbes richest 400 with ownership of 12% of the technology giant.Apart from the stake in Amazon, the Bezos own several other properties and assets...

Amid the escalating chaos of the anti-government protests in Hong Kong, bitcoin’s trading volume has hit an all-time high on peer to peer exchange, LocalBitcoins. Residents of Hong Kong are still staggering from what was an exceptionally violent week of protests. The outrage over the now- withdrawn extradition bill has boiled over into issues such as income disparity, and democratic prerogative. Yesterday, the protests reached a fever pitch, as police switched rubber bottles in exchange for...

California based bank and stock brokerage firm Charles Schwab said that it is finally ending its battle in the brokerage sector. They decided they are ending commissions for online trading in U.S. stocks, exchange-traded funds, and options.Just for a reminder, in the February of this year, together with Fidelity Investments, Charles Schwab completely cut its commissions it had been charging on hundreds of their exchange-traded funds. The ongoing war was all about exciting the investors since...

There is more than a lot to take in when considering the current economic and political landscape in the United States. Quite recently, an official impeachment inquiry was announced by Nancy Pelosi, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, against President Donald Trump. Long before this, many people including economic analysts and businessmen alike, have been strongly of the opinion that the U.S. is on the verge of a recession and more people seem to be corroborating this. Now apart from...

Tech giant Tesla announced buying of DeepScale, a computer vision start-up that the company hopes to help in further evolving of fully driverless vehicles.This acquisition, Tesla hopes, will help the company in their focusing on delivering cars with evolved driver-assistance systems that would be optimal for owners to put them in the traffic acting as “robotaxis” on an Uber-like platform without drivers.Still, as most of the car producers, Tesla is pretty much bounded with arithmetic...