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Binance, the global  cryptocurrency exchange and blockchain ecosystem, today announced the launch date of BUSD, a fully compliant USD-denominated stablecoin, as the week of September 16, 2019; and will add BUSD trading pairs on the same day. The launch date and new listing was jointly announced by Binance CFO Wei Zhou and Richmond Teo, Co-Founder and CEO Asia of Paxos Trust Company at Invest: Asia in Singapore, providing more stablecoin trading options for Binance users.Wei Zhou, Chief...

Recently, Tesla CEO Elon Musk suggested that the new Tesla pickup truck will be available most likely by November. Now, Musk has made another promise about the Model S, Model X and Roadster Tesla Productions in the future. Musk tweeted that “the only thing beyond Ludicrous is Plaid”, suggesting that the new models will have a much stronger and impressive performance range than the current Ludicrous.In a separate tweet, Musk gave further details, however vaguely, about the “Plaid powertrain”...

Photo: BinanceCryptocurrency exchange Binance has already finished the total setup for operations in the United States. In a post on their official medium handle, Binance US using the domain name: binance.us gave the required steps that will ensure users based in the United States get to operate the platform.Binance pulled out of the United States due to uncertainty in the regulatory environment and the US government’s recent anti-crypto stance.The United States Operates by a Different Set...

Litecoin price is correcting lower after trading towards the $75.00 level against the US Dollar.LTC price is likely to remain supported near the $68.00 and $66.00 levels.There is a crucial bullish trend line forming with support near $66.50 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could start a fresh increase if it breaks the $70.00 and $72.00 resistance levels.Litecoin price is showing positive signs against the US Dollar, while bitcoin is correcting lower....

Seed CX is a cryptocurrency derivatives platform. Now with the help of its subsidiary Zero Hash, the company plans to offer bilateral crypto derivatives transactions. That way, Seed CX aims to attract financial institutions to settle derivatives on their platform.The company announced that initially, it will support back-office settlement functions for Bitcoin forwards. Later, the firm plans to add support for options as well, but the approximate time frame wasn’t specified.As the company...

The U.K. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has reached a settlement with a digital asset fund manager whose stolen bitcoin worth over a million dollars was transferred to the exchange.According to Law360, Coinbase U.K. struck a deal with the CEO of Alphabit Liam Robertson to discontinue the legal dispute that had been raging for about two months.Liam Robertson, CEO of AlphabitThe legal dispute started after Robertson lost bitcoin worth over $1 million in an email phishing attack. This...

McDonald’s (MCD) is one of the oldest and most popular fast food restaurant chains in the world and as with any other establishments that have been around as long, the company is constantly seeking ways to improve its service and the experience it gives customers. The 79-year-old restaurant has now announced the acquisition of Apprente, in a bid to improve its service using automated voice commands.Founded in 2017, Apprente is a Silicon Valley startup which focuses on the use of artificial...

Over the years, many investors have used several different methods and strategies, to ensure they have a strong enough position in the stock market. One sure way that pretty much guaranteed a significant passive income, was to buy FAANG (Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google/Alphabet) stocks and just watch them grow, as they are wont to do.This method has driven not just profits, but a generally positive sentiment among investors for a few years. However now, it seems those glory days...

U.S. Stock Exchange Nasdaq has announced the listing of a new index that offers “real-time” tracking of blockchain projects within the decentralized finance (DeFi) segment. Dubbed as Defix, the index will track blockchain projects like MakerDao, Augur, Gnosis, Numerai, 0x and Amoveo.As per the official press release, the London-based Exante brokerage helped to launch Defix. Nasdaq has listed this Index under the ticker DEFX, which can also be tracked on Google and TradingView along with a...

Leading Cryptocurrency exchange Binance recently launched its Tether (USDT) backed futures trading platform. The platform which is still in the early testing phase is available by invitation only. A Reddit post indicates that the platform has already reached an all-time high of $150 million within the past twenty-four hours. The futures platform covers only the USDT/BTC platform at this time.This comes after Binances’ announcement of the creation of the testnet for the futures platform...