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Tech giant Google seems to be putting a special focus on boosting its Stadia games and entertainment platform. On Thursday, December 19, Google announced acquiring the Montreal-based game development platform Typhoon Studios.Typhoon is a very young platform that started just three years back. The Studio has scheduled its first and upcoming release dubbed “Journey to the Savage Planet” in January 2020. Besides, the title shall be available on multiple platforms. Also, it is very much likely...

As we are coming to the end of this year, we can conclude that it has been interesting, in the way. For some, it was successful, for some, not so good. Be it as it may, if you’ve made bets Ripple – you were probably in the first group.Ripple, the company that actively uses XRP in its solutions, has definitely positioned itself strongly during the last few months as one of the most important companies for the crypto sector as well as the whole blockchain technologies scene.In its official...

Ripple is ending this year in high class. The company announced on Friday it managed to raise $200 million in Series C funding. This investment presents the last stone in a road marking this the record “Ripple year” regarding its business. It also proves the blockchain technology’s worth in improving global payments and the higher advantage when it comes to the digital asset XRP and the XRP Ledger.As per the official announcement, the Series C was led by the investment company Tetragon and...

Footwear maker Nike’s quarterly earnings have risen by 35%. Fans of the limited edition Jordans brands have been going to the stores and have even ordered clothing online. According to the earnings release, the footwear maker indicated that the Jordan brand just hit its first billion dollars in one quarter buoyed by innovation in designs and increased attention given by the shoppers to the basketball-related activities in niche markets that include international sales and women’s basketball...

The British Virgin Islands are trying to take over the monetary space by establishing their own cryptocurrency. The asset would serve as the region’s national form of fiat, but how valid is the plan?British Virgin Islands Constitute High Levels of Crypto ActivityIt appears we’ve entered an age where virtually every country or corporation is looking to establish some sort of presence in the crypto arena. Examples include China and, of course, Facebook.China is a huge country with more than a...

The Warren Buffett‘s wealth tip directed at young people is now public information. Buffett is currently the fourth wealthiest person in the world, with an estimated net worth of about $85 billion. The investor and philanthropist who is also the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway is one of the most sought after personalities in the world, as people are always looking to get some knowledge and insight from him. One person, Michael Hood, was able to do just that.Hood is the co-founder of...

According to Arianna Simpson, founder and managing partner at ASP, Binance just increased the heat on the staking market. It offers 0% staking fees for the XTZ fans, a week after Coinbase‘s announcement of XTZ support. This is the beginning of a staking war, where centralized players take operational costs on themselves and achieve brand recognition, new clients and centralization of the future market.1/ Coinbase adds automatic staking for XTZ, and less than a month later, Binance introduces...

It seems that Libra developers are pretty serious when it comes to launching next year. The Libra Association announced it has published its second, 2.0. roadmap for Libra Core, the initial software that supports the planned Libra network. Even though there are many regulatory uncertainties, and there are no concrete dates for an actual launch, Facebook‘s Libra is continuing to build up its community.As per the recent blog post, the project seems to be still operational and already tests its...

On the 24th of September, the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives announced an official impeachment inquiry opened against sitting President Donald Trump. The issues against him ranged from obstructing Congress to some foul play in his recent dealings with the president of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky. Even though Trump is yet to be removed from office, the president has now been impeached by the House and reactions have begun to pour in. Interestingly the stock market has...

Alexander Holmes, CEO of MoneyGram, the main money transfer organization, as of late talked about his joint effort with Ripple, much the same as Brad Garlinghouse, CEO of Ripple, anticipates that the world’s biggest banks should adopt digital forms of money in 2020.It is accepted that 2020 will be the year when digital forms of money proceed to wider growth, and not every person can endure.In the recent interview, Holmes said that their joint effort with Ripple could change the payment...