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Microsoft co-founder and billionaire, Bill Gates has a new wish this year and for the next decade starting 2020. In his new year’s wish, Bill Gates asks the government to increase the taxes on the rich.Off lately, Bill Gates has been quite vocal about tweaking the country’s taxation system wherein the ultra-rich pay more taxes to balance the growing income inequality. Therefore, he endorses a tax system that favors “taxing large fortunes that have been held for a long time”. In his latest...
Read More »Ripple and XRP: Expansion and Adoption May Usher Price Rise
As expressed in the Reuters release, Ripple is getting ready to reveal the most recent Brazilian cooperation in mid-2020. Louise Antonio, overseeing chief of Ripple, said that uncomplicated Brazilian financial guidelines assume a principal role in the organization’s expansion in the nation. Ripple talks about XRP‘s utilization of transfers with banks and controllers.Besides Brazil, Ripple intends to extend to all the South American nations, for example, Chile, Peru, and Argentina.Ripple as of...
Read More »Oil Price Jumps After Powerful Iran General Dies in U.S. Airstrike
The price of oil has now jumped and is on its way to $70, in the wake of a recent U.S. airstrike on a top general from Iran. Authorized by President Donald Trump, the airstrike targeted and killed General Qassem Soleimani. The general was the leader of the Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force.In response to the development, brent futures jumped over 4% even as tensions began to heighten.According to a report from the Pentagon, Soleimani was killed because he was “actively developing plans to...
Read More »Burger King Partners Cryptobuyer and Enables Crypto Payments in Venezuela
Merchants in Venezuela are turning to adopt cryptocurrencies amidst the ongoing economic crisis in the country. The latest reports suggest that burger giant Burger King is now accepting cryptocurrency payments in Venezuela.For this, Burger King has partnered with Panama-based Cryptobuyer to accept payments in digital currencies. Thus, Cryptobuyer will now act as the payment gateway for Burger King’s clientele. Reports suggest that the first trial of this partnership took place last week on...
Read More »Tesla Will Begin Delivering Made in China Model 3 on January 7
Tesla will begin deliveries for the company’s first-ever Tesla Model 3 vehicles produced in China. According to a Reuters report, a Tesla representative confirmed that the company will begin on Tuesday the 7th of January. Deliveries will happen during an event that will take place at the Tesla factory in Shanghai.For a while now, the company has been making specific efforts to bite a bigger share of the global auto market. Apart from this, Tesla’s move is a direct way to fend off the effects...
Read More »11 Years to the Completion of Bitcoin Network’s Genesis Block, BTC Price Surges 2%
Today January 3, 2020, marks the completion of 11 years since Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto created the Genesis Block on the Bitcoin network. Also called ‘Block 0’, the Genesis Block was the first-ever block available on the Bitcoin blockchain.Six days later on January 9, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the first Bitcoin software client. Thus, the crypto community often celebrates January 9 as the birthday of Bitcoin when Block 1 was mined.Although the usual block time on the Bitcoin...
Read More »Telegram Founders Refuse to Report to SEC on How They Spent $1.7B Raised in ICO
On Thursday, TON founders received an order to open their TON ICO documents to the investigators. The order came via a court filing by the U.S. regulator. Per the document:“Plaintiff respectfully moves to compel Defendants to answer questions and provide documents regarding the amounts, sources, and use of funds raised from investors in connection with the unregistered sale of securities at issue in this case.The requested bank records are highly relevant to the issues in dispute in this...
Read More »Bitcoin Cash Analysis: BCH Sighting Crucial Break Above $215
Bitcoin cash price is trading above the key $192 support area against the US Dollar.The price is showing positive signs above the $200 pivot level.There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $196 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to surge if it clears the $210 and $215 resistance levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is facing a strong resistance near $215 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD could continue to climb unless...
Read More »MetaMask is Back on the Google Play Store as the Tech Giant Lifts Ban
Popular Ethereum browser extension and wallet service MetaMask is back on the Google Play Store after going through a weeklong ban. On January 1, 2020, MetaMask shared this good news on Twitter by thanking the entire community.MetaMask is a very popular Google Chrome browser extension that hosts a built-in crypto wallet running Ethereum-based decentralized applications (DApps). Moreover, its unique feature is that it allows Ethereum DApps to run without requiring a full Ethereum node.MetaMask...
Read More »Ripple Is Looking to Boost Its Presence in Brazil
Ripple, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has announced that it will spend most of 2020 trying to build new partnerships with banks in Brazil and South America.Ripple Wants to Build Itself Up in South AmericaThe main goal is to make remittance payment capabilities stronger within the nation’s borders. Ripple began building up its presence in Brazil in mid-2019 and has already established relationships with several leading financial institutions including Bradesco, Santander and...
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