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A day after the Indian Supreme Court removed the ban on cryptocurrency usage, the interest in the country has been spiking. While the nation prepares for the following steps, the leading Indian cryptocurrency projects, such as Matic Network and WazirX, are already feeling the positive effects.Removes The Negative Sentiment Amongst The Average IndianThe Reserve Bank of India (RBI) placed a prohibition on cryptocurrency usage back in 2018. After almost two years of suppression, however, the...

Starting tomorrow, March 5th, the popular U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Kraken will be adding Tron’s native currency – TRX. The platform will initially provide four trading pairs, and trading will begin shortly after enabling deposits and withdrawals.Kraken Adds TRXThe U.S.-based cryptocurrency exchange announced the news earlier today. At approximately 14:30 UTC on March 5th, Kraken will facilitate deposits and withdrawals for TRX.Users will have the option to trade it shortly after on four...

After overheating for months to pie-in-the-sky valuations, the stock markets are finally cooling down. Coronavirus may have been the catalyst, but market analysts worth their salt knew the correction was looming.The Buffett Indicator (the total market cap of the US stock market divided by US GDP) has surpassed the pre-Great Recession and pre-Dot Com bubble pop levels for weeks. Corporate multiples like forwarding stock price to earnings ratio haven’t been promising either.And then there were...

Huobi exchange has admitted its involvement in taking part in the recent reversal of Steemit’s blockchain soft fork and has withdrawn the vote.At the same time, Changpeng Zhao, the CEO of Binance exchange, also said that his company has undone the vote and wants to remain neutral.Huobi Admits Controversial InvolvementAs Cryptopotato reported yesterday, TRON and Steemit attempted to reverse a soft fork on the blockchain, which intended to reduce their ability to sway governance decisions. To...

The pressure from the regulator on Facebook’s potential cryptocurrency project Libra has pushed the social media giant to alternate its plans. A recent report indicated that Facebook and its Libra partners are considering redesigning the acceptance of multiple currencies once the project is launched.New Plans For LibraWhen announced in June 2019, Libra attracted a massive world’s attention. As Facebook is one of the most recognizable brands over the past decade, planning to create its...

Brian Armstrong, the CEO of leading US-based cryptocurrency exchange, Coinbase, believes that the current drop in the global markets and the latest cut in the interest rates might be a turning point for the industry as it could lead to a crypto surge this year.Using Crypto As A Reserve CurrencyAccording to Armstrong, governments around the world are continuously looking for ways to stimulate the failing economy, including using “quantitative easing” and printing more money, just like China...

Today, the cryptocurrency community in India received a positive outcome on behalf of the country’s Supreme Court. After years of suppression from the Reserve Bank of India, The Supreme Court officially lifted the ban on trading or operating with digital assets.The RBI’s crypto ban is UnconstitutionalA local report from earlier today informed the positive outcome coming from the giant Asian country. A three-judge bench led by Rohinton Nariman quashed the 2018 directive from the Reserve Bank...

The German Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin) has recently issued guidelines on cryptocurrencies. Following the 5AMDL from earlier this year, BaFin now classifies all digital assets as financial instruments.Additionally, cryptocurrency custodians will be required to obtain a proper license to offer their services in the country.Defining CryptocurrenciesGermany has been somewhat open-minded in accepting cryptocurrencies in the past. A report from last year said that some banks in...

TRON and Steemeit have decided to reverse a recent soft fork of the blockchain, which aimed to reduce their ability to sway governance decisions. According to certain reports, this effort was blindly assisted by major cryptocurrencies such as Binance, Huobi, and Poloniex because the tokens held by those exchanges were used by Steemit and TRON to overturn the soft fork while maintaining control over the network.What Happened With Steemit And TRON?As Cryptopotato reported in February, Steemit –...

Today, as of March 2nd, 2020, ThreatFabric, an Amsterdam-based cybersecurity company, has released a report about a new threat to the crypto community, known as the “Cereberus” Trojan virus.According to their report, Cereberus is capable of stealing two-factor authentication codes generated by the Google Authenticator app, which are used to secure online banking and email accounts, as well as cryptocurrency accounts on certain exchanges.Cereberus was first identified in June of last year but...