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Ripple, the company widely associated with XRP cryptocurrency, spent $170,000 in the first nine months of 2019 on the American government to shape crypto regulation in the world’s economic powerhouse. This is known from the information published by the Center for Responsive Politics.Data sourced by the Washington D.C.-based non-profit organization from the Senate Office of Public Records reveal that the cryptocurrency firm used the money to lobby the Executive Office of President Donald...

Advancement in technology has resulted in advanced strategies that criminals and terrorists use to pounce on innocent victims. Due to companies’ privacy policies, some manufacturers of the gadgets used by the crime perpetrators end up withholding crucial information to help perpetrators. One such company is Apple Inc.After the December 6, 2019, terrorist attack on a Florida Navy base, it emerged that the criminal used iPhones for part of his plans and communications. Since then, Apple is...

At the time of writing, bitcoin (BTC) – the number one cryptocurrency by market cap – is trading above $8,100, suggesting that its latest bull run still has some steam behind it.Bitcoin Is Still Hitting the TopYesterday, there was concern that perhaps things had either come to an end or were slowing down given that the currency was meandering between $7,900 and $8,000. This occurred for roughly two days, which made several analysts think that bitcoin had reached its peak considerably earlier...

Just when we got worried that something happened to him, the head of the Tron Foundation Justin Sun popped out with, what seems to be, his new project.Calling it a “secret project” that will bring “multibillion benefits” to the TRX ecosystem, Sun tackled the public opinion once again.However, let’s just bear in mind that the young Sun has pretty much famous for his sensationalist announcements with numbers that would shame even the one and only – Donald Trump.The same goes to forecasting...

Recently, the new fintech terms came to town. We are already used to certain terms such as FAANG, FANG and even FAAMNG. When it comes to stocks, and especially technology-related ones, the times are certainly “a-changing”.2020 began already as a pretty turbulent one. With great geopolitical tensions, an unsure trade deal between the U.S. and China, Donald Trump’s impeachment (moreover, Meghan and Harry are leaving the Crown) – it seems that there is going to be a pretty tough year for big...

Equity futures in the U.S. along with shares in European and Asian markets have begun to rise again. This is the desired response as some calm develops with the ongoing tensions between Iran and the U.S.President Donald Trump, in a speech delivered yesterday, suggested that the U.S. will be tuning down the conflict. Regardless of the somewhat repeated attacks at the U.S. embassy in Baghdad, the Trump administration seems to prefer calm to chaos.Conflict began days ago when the U.S. admitted...

Bitcoin is continuing its present bullish behavior and has since added another $400 to its price.Bitcoin Is Still Heading for the TopPolitical unrest appears to contribute heavily to bitcoin’s status. The currency ultimately started out the year on rather unclear ground, with the currency standing beyond $7,000. From there, however, a drop into the $6,000 range occurred, but another surge was right around the corner following the U.S. drone strike against Iran that took out one of the nuclear...

Bitcoin hit its record yesterday coming to $8,400. However, the reasons for that are not as nice as it might seem. There is something to do with the current U.S.-Iran political tensions.Yesterday political situation came to its climax when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that it conducted rocket attacks on the Al Asad base in western Iraq that hosts American troops.Right immediately after this news was outlived, all “safe haven assets” jumped sky-high. But let’s go from the...

News keeps coming from the Middle East, as the US recently announced that the general of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard’s Quds Force, Qasem Soleimani, has been killed in an airstrike. In retaliation, Iran launched missiles at two US military bases in Iraq. Amid all this, the prices of oil, gold, and Bitcoin, surged. Is there any correlation?Iran Versus the U.S.Last week, the President of the United States ordered an airstrike at Baghdad’s airport, which killed the head of the Iranian...

Many market participants were talking about the grand crash possible in the Q1 2020. And now it looks like the disaster is slowly entering the room.The stock market is crashing on Monday, opening with a 136 points drop. Apple and Microsoft were saving the situation at the end of the year, but the overall picture now is not so good. The trading issues between the U.S. and China, as well as the recent actions of President Donald Trump against Iran, seem to add uncertainty to both local and...