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Facebook’s Libra is getting some criticism from an unlikely source: Ripple’s Marcus Treacher.Treacher: Libra’s Got to Open Up a BitTreacher is the company’s senior vice president of customer success. According to an interview he did with CNBC his primary complain is that Libra will be a “closed system” or a “walled garden” as he calls it.This basically means that Libra will be largely controlled by a team of executives. The power will not be in the hands of the people who use it, but in those...

Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has had something of a rough week, and is experiencing up-and-down behavior like nobody’s business.Litecoin Is Attached to Bitcoin’s HipTo be fair, Litecoin isn’t alone in its present dilemma. Bitcoin, for example, is currently trading in the $8,100 range – roughly $2,000 less than where it was when last week ended. Ethereum is also down for the count, trading at around $168 at press time from last week’s “high” of $190.Litecoin,...

The market for alternative cryptocurrencies is on life support this weekend after crashing to six-month lows on Thursday, the casualty of a sudden correction in the price of bitcoin (BTC). Altcoins have since recovered from their lows but remain at the precipice of another violent drop – a move that could usher in a new ‘crypto winter’ with devastating consequences. Crypto Markets Recover Slightly The combined altcoin capitalization fell to $66.1 billion on Thursday, the lowest since March,...

Ever since Facebook’s Libra was first announced earlier this year, it seems like cryptocurrency and social media just go hand in hand. A blockchain startup and the subsidiary of IOV Labs, RSK, has announced that it has purchased a social media platform called Taringa, based in Argentina. This gives the company access to the platform’s 30 million+ account holders. Taringa Users Can Get Crypto for ContentThe partnership will create a rewards program in which users of Taringa can garner digital...

If you think bitcoin is having a hard time this week, talk to Mark Zuckerberg about Libra and you’ll probably think bitcoin isn’t doing so bad. Libra Encounters More DelaysAt press time, bitcoin is trading for just under $7,900, meaning it’s crashed even harder over the past 24 hours. Marcus Swanepoel, the chief trader of bitcoin and its crypto cousins at Luno, says that this behavior is pretty much affecting every major cryptocurrency on the market, and that the trends are not specifically...

Marcus Treacher, a senior executive at blockchain cross-border remittance giant Ripple is seemingly kicking-off a modern “cola war” with their emerging rival Libra, Facebook’s controversial cryptocurrency. Treacher, the head of Ripple’s strategic accounts globally, criticized the so-called Facebook cryptocurrency for being “a walled garden.” The executive stressed that only a handful of big players, including Facebook, Visa, MasterCard, Uber, and PayPal, practice excessive control over...

Bitcoin cash price declined heavily and broke the key $285 and $270 support levels against the US Dollar.The price tested the $200 support area and it is currently consolidating losses.There was a break below a crucial bullish trend line with support near $310 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Kraken).The pair could correct higher, but the $230 and $240 levels are likely to prevent gains.Bitcoin cash price is trading in a larger downtrend below $250 against the US...

Former U.S. Congressman and three-time presidential candidate Ron Paul will be headlining the Litecoin Summit. Paul will be sharing the stage in the luxurious Cosmopolitan hotel on the Las Vegas strip this October with Litecoin creator Charlie Lee and Morgan Creek Digital partner Anthony Pompliano.The LTC Foundation announced the surprise keynote speaker on Twitter Thursday:Cryptocurrency and PoliticsIn a CNBC Squawk Box interview this July, Ron Paul gave his enthusiastic endorsement to...

Well, well… The truth has come out. Despite Venezuela pushing for Petro adoption and allegedly threatening cryptocurrency miners, the country seems to have its own private stash of both bitcoin and Ethereum – and it has no idea what to do with it. Venezuela and Crypto: A Strange MixVenezuela has had a strange relationship with cryptocurrency. The country initially began pushing for widespread use of the Petro beginning in February 2018. The currency is allegedly backed by the country’s many...

Litecoin price declined heavily and broke the $62.00 support area against the US Dollar.LTC price is traded towards the $50.00 support area and it is currently consolidating losses.There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support near $71.40 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could correct higher, but it is likely to face resistance near $60.00 or $62.80.Litecoin price is trading in a bearish zone against the US Dollar and bitcoin. LTC...