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Ripple’s XRP is leading the way as many of the industry’s top 20 cryptocurrencies are beginning to experience solid gains over the early morning and afternoon hours.XRP, Bitcoin and Ethereum Are Fighting for Their LivesAt press time, XRP has built itself up to 28 cents per unit – a near five-cent boost since it was first struck by the crypto bloodbath of last September. Bitcoin is also holding its own and is currently trading at just shy of $8,450. This is a spike of more than $100 in just...

Back in June, Live Bitcoin News reported that an online banking firm, Current, wasn’t very happy with Facebook or Libra, claiming that the project had potentially stolen its logo. Now, that anger has turned into a full-fledged lawsuit.Current Takes Facebook to CourtCurrent has filed suit against Facebook in a New York district court for allegedly stealing the logo of its company. When looking at the two examples, one can see that the bank’s properties may have been stolen. The logos of both...

Samsung’s announcement that TRON CEO Justin Sun would speak at the company’s forthcoming Developer Conference took many by surprise. The San Jose event, to be held over two days from October 29, will play host to developers, creators and technologists, with blockchain certain to be a major talking point.What to make of the Samsung-Sun linkup? Or is it premature to refer to it in such terms? After all, Sun is ostensibly in town to be a guest speaker tasked with discussing how the future of...

With bearish activity spreading throughout the crypto space as of late, many people are looking for some sort of miracle to sort things out. Many have long believed that the upcoming bitcoin halving – set to take place in May 2020 – is likely to do the trick. Unfortunately, according to Bitmain CEO Jihan Wu, this may not be the case.Bitmain CEO Predicts a Lack of BullsBitmain is one of the largest – if not the largest – cryptocurrency mining corporations in the world. Stationed in China, the...

Erik Finman and his business partner Marshall Hayner – the founders of Metal Pay – have invested roughly $1 million into a new venture fund called Metal VC. The purpose of the fund is to invest in new blockchain businesses and crypto-based products.Erik Finman Makes Metal MainstreamErik Finman is arguably one of the crypto space’s most intriguing figures. First getting into bitcoin while he was in high school, he turned to crypto trading as a hobby, though he was confident it could...

After an extremely disappointing debut, Bakkt – the trading platform designed for institutional investors – is exploding in use, with the number of bitcoin futures contracts being traded having exploded by roughly 800 percent.Bakkt: A Late Start Leads to Massive JumpsBakkt was first introduced last year. Many claimed it would bring a whole new level of mainstream use and legitimacy to the cryptocurrency space, as it was designed for institutional traders and retailers who were curious about...

Photo: ShutterstockTechnology is constantly changing the way companies do business. Some technologies, ‘game-changing’ ones, actually go further than that and change the way companies are constructed and built. The competitiveness of a company these days is a direct function of its technological adoption and prowess.However, it’s very challenging to manage new implementations of technology in a cost-effective way. IT solutions implemented incorrectly might be needlessly complex, and might be...

American multinational Aerospace manufacturer, Boeing, has just teamed up with Porsche the German automobile manufacturer, and signed a Memorandum of Understanding, to jointly develop what they call “premium urban air mobility vehicles.”Basically, the companies are working on a fully electric vehicle that will support vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL). It is expected that the new creation, essentially a flying car, will be quite high-end, to keep up with the level of comfort and luxury...

Two days ago, the biggest cryptocurrency exchange in the world in terms of trading volume, Binance announced it’s launching its new P2P trading facility for trading cryptocurrencies against the Chinese Yuan. Currently, this facility is only available for Android users. However, it has promised to roll-out this facility on iOS and web interface as well.That seems like a huge deal because in June this year, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC), the central regulatory authority that regulates...

Recently we reported about how PayPal, one of the founding members of the Libra Association abandoned the whole project. However, it seems it wasn’t the only one. Just for a reminder, there were previously 28 members of the association, but it seems that they couldn’t handle the issues Libra is currently facing, most especially the problems surrounding regulatory support from relevant authorities. Now Mastercard, Visa, eBay, and payments firm Stripe have decided not to participate in...