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It looks like the digital storage and rental marketplace Omni has been struggling to make ends meet. In the latest development, Omni has announced its intentions to shut down its operations by the end of 2019.This announcement comes just within a few months after the rental startup sold its physical storage operations to its competitor Clutter in May 2019. A report from the TechCrunch states that $35 million worth Omni is yet another victim of a “venture capital-subsidized business”. Meaning...

Anthony Pompliano, a Bitcoin bull enthusiast, says that the hysteria surrounding the price of the BTC will probably increase more and more until there is “real blood on the streets”.In a new note to investors, Pompliano points out that Bitcoin has always forced weak hands to surrender, through extremely volatile cycles of new and arbitrary highs and lows.When Bitcoin reaches extended periods in an accumulation phase, it has always been caused by violent epidemics that have left investors...

2017 will go down in history as probably the most pivotal year in the chronicles of cryptocurrencies. It was the year that they transitioned from being an obsession of “geeks” into something that captured the interest of governments, Wall Street analysts, media, financial institutions, and the average joe on the street.Exactly two years since the so-called “crypto bubble,” this piece tracks the evolution of the crypto market from 2017 at the price peak, until today, with a focus on new...

In what seems to be a weird turn of events, top cryptocurrency data and assessment firm CryptoCompare has released its data for cryptocurrency exchange rankings and there are a few surprises in its benchmark report. Firstly, Binance has been dropped from its top ten rankings which comes as a shock as it is currently in the top three cryptocurrency exchanges in terms of the trading volume. Secondly, most of the popular cryptocurrency exchanges didn’t receive the expected rankings as only...

Boston-based mutual fund behemoth Fidelity, that has incorporated more than $2.8 trillion in assets, has finally won its license from the New York State Department of Financial Services, the company confirmed on Tuesday.Actually it’s the subsidiary of this giant, called Fidelity Digital that has been opting for the license since July this year. The license will enable it to work with New York companies by offering them custody services and cryptocurrency trading.The company said in the blog...

Universal Protocol Alliance, a blockchain collective including Cred, Bittrex Global, Uphold, Blockchain at Berkeley, CertiK and OmiseGO, has announced the launch of the industry’s first “mega-utility” token, a digital asset that can be used throughout the cryptosphere.The token will launch on Bitcoin.com Exchange before being deployed by stakeholders across multiple verticals, from trading to lending. The news has been hailed as evidence of a concerted effort to unseat the crypto monopolies...

Current fundamentals show that the majority of crypto-currencies move widely in a range, extending their lateral trade, without showing any significant gain in the short term.The total market capitalization of cryptocurrency currently stands at about $ 238 billion, while Bitcoin accounts for about 65.8% of the total value and, in terms of market capitalization,  XRP is the third-largest coin and is not excluded from the recent downward trend, the crypto saves price of $ 0.270 per piece,...

In what has been seen by many in the crypto space as a massive disappointment, Ripple Labs’ XRP token has fallen 16% to new lows since the swell event which held earlier this month in the Island Nation of Singapore. The token which has been seen by many to be one of the most innovative in the cryptocurrency basket has filed to meet the expectations for many factors some of which can be directly traced to actions by the parent company.Firstly, the burning of 55 billion Stellar Lumens (XLM) by...

It is no secret that cryptocurrency is been used more and more around the world as both an investment tool but also for everyday use and this is being facilitated by many merchants around the globe who are starting to accept cryptocurrency as a form of payment for their goods and services and also the many platforms that are facilitating the easy spending of cryptocurrency. One of these is the Visa debit card by Coinbase that allows customers to spend the cryptocurrency out of their Coinbase...

Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong has been honored by Time magazine in the inaugural TIME 100 Next list. Four crypto and blockchain startups appeared in the 2019 CNBC Upstart 100. Startups featured on the CNBC list must have raised $50 million or less in VC funding. This has been a good week for individuals and startups in the crypto and blockchain space. Within a span of hours, players in the sector have been recognized by two mainstream media organizations – CNBC and Time magazine – over their...