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Just in time, before the new year has started, Binance said that its crypto exchange for United States-based users, Binance.US, is now available for beta testing on Android devices.In a tweet published on Christmas, the U.S. subsidiary encouraged its users to engage in the beta test of the crypto trading application on Android devices. Through this test phase, users will be able to ease some issues for Binance.US.For example, users will be able to help in identifying eventual bugs and...

Two days back, several crypto enthusiasts reported that YouTube has removed several crypto-related channels. The attack on these channels came without any prior warning as the video platform removed crypto videos suddenly.The crypto channel owners said that YouTube removed the videos flagging them as “harmful and dangerous”. Moreover, one of the channel owners said YouTube flagged his video as “sale of regulated goods”. It has turned out that YouTube has also not spared several informational...

Beijing-Shanghai High-Speed Railway Co. is said to kick off its initial public offering on January 6, 2020. This will be the first IPO, where investors will be able to buy shares in what we can call the world’s largest network of this kind.The operator of China’s high-speed rail line between Beijing and Shanghai is a unit of state-owned China Railway Corp. It said to sell as many as 6.3 billion new shares, or 12.8% of enlarged capital, through the listing in Shanghai. Still, the company...

A few days ago we reported about the YouTube crypto ban. It has turned out that the biggest video sharing platform moved, deleted or banned some videos related to crypto. Hell, it deleted the whole groups connected to it, as well as the users’ profiles.However, the force is strong in the crypto community and it has been proven once again. Just a day after it was reported YouTube removed what it said was “harmful or dangerous content”, the crypto community went wild. And, as we already...

CEO Elon Musk said in a recent tweet that Telsa’s hiring process doesn’t require a degree. He said this in answer to a question on his twitter handle. This is in line with the Technology Entrepreneur’s belief that people are more important than their academic qualifications. It has also affirmed the belief that there are people who possess abilities that college degrees can’t measure.Yes— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 22, 2019This echoes the same requirements he gave for employment at the...

The general consensus this year, even by people who aren’t exactly deep into financial metrics, is that 2019 has been mostly good. On average, global stock markets have performed impressively and still push on. For specifics, Deutsche Bank’s Chief Economist Torsten Slok has highlighted the global stock markets’ 2019 pump to be over $17 trillion.For several reasons including more attention by government and financial authorities, the progress has been quite noticeable. According to Slok,...

Litecoin price is struggling to stay above the $40.00 support area against the US Dollar.LTC price is likely to accelerate its decline if its breaks the $39.00 support area.There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $41.50 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair might recover once it climbs above $41.50 and $42.00 in the near term.Litecoin price is showing a few bearish signs against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. LTC price remains...

Lael Brainard – the Federal Reserve governor – is back in the news. This time, she’s attacking the cryptocurrency project Libra, and to be fair, she’s not the only one.Brainard: Can We Trust Libra?Libra has been very controversial since it first emerged last June. Many have had mixed to negative reactions towards the cryptocurrency, claiming that it cannot be trusted given that it’s a subsidiary of Facebook, a social media conglomerate that has been attached to several scandals over the...

This year of 2019 turned out to action-packed with respect to the cryptocurrency market and the global economy in general. Undergoing a massive crypto winter in 2018, the crypto market saw some recovery especially in Q2 2019. If we look at the year-to-date performance, the overall cryptocurrency market cap surged by 60%. Thanks to Bitcoin‘s performance giving 100% returns during the same period.Also, if we look at the traditional markets, they have performed beyond investors’ expectations....

Brian Armstrong – the CEO of Coinbase – has garnered a patent for a new product that will allow users to email bitcoin to each other.Coinbase Paves the Way for Emailing BTCThe patent was filed in March of 2015 but didn’t garner approval until now. Crazy how long it can take to get the green light on new developments, isn’t it? The product is built to make crypto payments through email addresses linked to various wallets. The sender initiates an order to send money to a specific email address...