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XRP, that is widely used by Ripple Labs in its advanced solutions, is on the verge of breaking out from the downtrend resistance that got it hooked at low prices for more than two full years of the bear market.The crypto world has been dominated by headlines of the imminent rise of the XRP within the last couple of hours. People are anticipating a breakout from the asset that could produce a huge shock to the crypto market with fast and massive gains that could raise the XRP price to as high...

IOV Labs, the company powering Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has sealed a major partnership with blockchain venture builder Coinsilium. The entities have formed a joint venture company in Singapore with the goal of promoting RSK and the RIF OS modular blockchain. The Asia Pacific is a hotbed for blockchain innovation and the new IOV Labs company is seeking to capitalize on the region’s demand for distributed ledger and cryptographic systems. IOV Labs has invested $325,000 in...

Binance sees the growing demand on staking platforms and solutions and wants to be ahead of the curve in this ‘post-PoW world’.Binance announced that starting 1 February 2020 it will allow the U.S. customers of its dedicated platform ‘Binance US’ to stake Cosmos (ATOM) and Algorand (ALGO) tokens with Proof of Stake algorithm as the basis.Now, Binance offers trading in 28 cryptocurrencies, including the ones you never heard of. The exchange wants to enter the U.S. staking market controlled by...

Saudi Aramco Energy Ventures invested $5 million into Vakt shares, and its trading subsidiary Aramco Trading Company will start using the Vakt platform, according to a press release.That way, Saudi Aramco joins the current Vakt shareholder base of 12 investors. Among them are some of the world’s largest energy and commodity trading players. This investment will help Vakt in platform development and possibly expand to new markets in Asia.This is particularly big for Vakt. Mostly because such a...

Off lately, the San Francisco-based blockchain startup Ripple has been frequent in news. Ripple CEO Brad Gralinghouse has been much vocal about his company’s plans for 2020 and ahead.During the last week’s World Economic Forum 2020, the U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed confidence in the development of new cross-border payment systems. Post Mnuchin’s statement, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse also said that this could turn positive in favor of the company.Ripple has been actively...

Ripple’s Xpring initiative XRPL Labs is getting ready to launch its Xumm banking application. The app will allow users to store fiat and digital currencies in the wallet account, without any intervention from banks. In other words, Xumm offers banking services without banks getting involved.Xumm banking application is powered XRP, the token that is widely used in Ripple’s solutions. Notably, it will be available for all kinds of users. Easy to use, the app requires no special knowledge with...

Previously named Voltron Blockchain, now known as Contour, the firm gains the undisclosed sum from one of the biggest bidders of the world. R3‘s Asia Chief Carl Wegner became the startup’s CEO and will lead the company to the successful launch of its innovative letter-of-credit (LoC) service.The company reduced the time needed for the LoCs from 2 weeks to 24 hours max, in several test projects. Lisa Robins is serving as Head of Transaction Banking at SC. She says that thanks to the Corda...

Syscoin, which launched in 2014 as one of the earliest pioneers of ICO fundraisers, has announced the launch of the Syscoin Bridge protocol, allowing ERC20 tokens to move from the Ethereum network into the Syscoin ecosystem. For network users who wish to take advantage of the newfound interoperability, block 348,000 on the Syscoin blockchain will provide the first opportunity.The pitch from Syscoin is for a decentralized, secure, low fee blockchain with high transaction throughput –...

As per reports from Forbes on January 27, 2020, Bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency experienced a 5% rise, briefly climbing as high as $9,142.80 per Bitcoin on the Luxembourg-based BitStamp exchange before slightly falling back afterward. At the moment of writing, Bitcoin price is $9,017. However, this price still demonstrates a more than 4% growth over the last 24 hours.Since Bitcoin enjoyed a tremendous boost in 2017, it has struggled to reach a similar height. The crypto is...

Ever since cryptos came into existence a decade ago, a lot has changed in the financial world. Many crypto proponents suggested a while back that digital currencies will soon take over the world. They said that cryptos will eventually render fiat currencies obsolete. However, new studies show that cash is unlikely to disappear ‘anytime soon.’Although there is declining use of cash as a payment method and the cryptos are surging, Deutsche Bank is convinced that money is here to stay. The...