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United States Governor from Georgia Brian Kemp on Wednesday officially appointed Bakkt CEO Kelly Loeffler to the U.S. Senate, where she will succeed current Senator Johnny Isakson.Some media already reported on Friday that Kemp was considering Loeffler and today it is confirmed that she will take office on January 1, 2020. Even though Isakson’s term ends in January 2023, Loeffler will have to run for election next year if she plans to serve past January 2021.Loeffler, a Republican, was...

After experiencing a nasty 51 percent attack roughly one year ago, Vertcoin has been subjected to another such attack on its blockchain.Vertcoin: The Victim Once Again51 percent attacks occur when hackers secretly infiltrate a specific blockchain and then begin mining their own chain through the ledger. Granted the attacker has enough mining power under his or her belt, their chain can potentially overtake the ledger originally governed by the cryptocurrency or company in question.After a...

A bank in South Africa is introducing new regulations regarding how people can – and should – hold cryptocurrency.South Africa: The New Crypto Hotspot?The South Africa Reserve Bank (SARB) says that the new rules will become applicable during the early months of 2020 following a consultation period that has lasted nearly five years. The country has been virtually lost regarding how cryptocurrencies should be monitored and governed and has been seeking advice and outside counsel from digital...

A Danish bank known as Nordea Bank has taken some flak for saying that its employees are not allowed to hold bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. After a long legal battle, the court has ruled in favor of the institution.Nordea Bank Wins Its CaseAt first glance, the entire issue appears unconstitutional. People should be allowed to invest as they deem fit and hold whatever assets they want without experiencing interference from their employers or outside parties.However, the court ruling over...

Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, shares his insights into the future scenarios for Bitcoin price movement as well as possible price swings of major altcoins.BTC and ETH are forming reversal patterns both on the RSI and the price charts. Of course, buying on the falling market is not always a good idea. To be sure, a buyer must see a breakout of the closest resistance lines. The other altcoins follow the leading assets but show no reversal patterns...

Technology has been able to penetrate pretty much every industry in the global economy. The optimization and streamlining feature that the concept has can’t possibly be overstated, and while incumbent traditional organizations still control a large portion of the market share, there is a continued threat of newer firms coming over and posing a lasting challenge.One of the most important sectors of the global economy is the financial sector. As many have stated, the financial sector controls...

The team of Ethereum developers has announced a proposal for a new hard fork which is expected to solve problems currently associated with the Ice Age. In a recently published Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) – EIP 2387 – authored by developer James Hancock, the new hard fork if deployed, would significantly “postpone” the coming of the Ice Age. Muir Glacier is named after a glacier in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve, located in Alaska.Hancock explains that the Ethereum network is...

In what is seen as a paradox that has put many pundits on the edge, recent data indicates that XRP that is widely used by Ripple in its solutions is already less than one month away from being the worst-performing cryptocurrency token that is among the top ten in terms of market capitalization. Research indicates that coming up as a close second in this regard is Bitcoin Cash (BCH) which has lost 49% of its value since its all-time-high as against XRP’s 51%. XRP at the time of the 2017...

Last month in November 2019, crypto exchange Binance joined hands with smartphone manufacturer HTC for a special edition “cryptophone”. Dubbed as the HTC EXODUS 1 – Binance Edition, the handset integrates Binance’s proprietary blockchain network, the Binance Chain with HTC’s own native Zion Vault wallet app.As a result, the handset promises to support Binance’s decentralized exchange (DEX), the BNB token, preloaded DApps, etc. In the latest announcement, Binance has said that the...

Taking a contrarian view, Morgan Creek Digital co-founder and prominent personality in the crypto space Jason Williams has described the upcoming Bitcoin halving event as a non-event. He made this known in a tweet early this week. Unpopular Opinion –Bitcoin halving in May 2020 won’t do anything to the price. It will be a non-event.— Jason A. Williams ? (@JWilliamsFstmed) December 1, 2019While halving refers to the reduction by half of the Bitcoin rewards that are given to miners every four...