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Bitcoin developer Udi Wertheimer says that TRON is about overtake Ethereum as the number two cryptocurrency by market cap.Tron: Outdoing Ethereum?In a Twitter message, Wertheimer says that while the currency won’t necessarily outdo Ethereum in price, it will soon become a far more popular blockchain for companies or individuals looking to produce decentralized applications (dApps). He’s also confident this will all happen within a year.In a tweet, he explains:Watching Justin Sun TRON...

Alejandro Regojo is the man behind bitcoin gold, which is widely considered one of the more successful bitcoin forks.Bitcoin Gold: BTC’s “Good” Son?Such forks have happened in the past and can lead to somewhat mixed results. In the case of bitcoin cash (BCH), the currency is still doing quite well and is considered the fourth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap.Bitcoin SV (BSV), however, is an entirely different story. While it’s garnered a place in the industry’s top 20, the currency is...

At the time of writing, Ethereum was trading close to 1% at its current price of $ 185, a slight increase from its $ 182 low yesterday.The recent volatility of the cryptography markets has led ETH price action of large exchange rate chains like Ethereum to form a close correlation with that of Bitcoin, which means that the aggregated market has plunged into a phase of lateral trading overtime in last days.The situation remains tense and with a clear downward movement of Ethereum prices,...

Bitcoin rewards app Lolli has made a real name for itself.Lolli Is Moving Up the Financial LadderRecently, CNBC placed the company on its list of 2019 startups “to watch.” The list is comprised of approximately 100 new ventures and Lolli is the only one that has to do with bitcoin that seems to have made the cut. Could this be a sign that the currency and the industry surrounding it are about to become far more mainstream?The point of the list is to find companies that could be necessary for...

In recent news, OPay has raised $120 million on a series B round backed by Chinese investors. Their primary initiative for the fundraise is to scale in Nigeria and expand its payments service to Kenya, Ghana and South Africa. The series B round investors, as mentioned above, were mainly from China. The companies include Meituan-Dianping, GaoRong, Source Code Capital, Softbank Asia, BAI, Redpoint, IDG Capital, Sequoia China, and GSR Ventures. In June 2019, OPay also raised $50 million.Opera,...

For the first time in the upcoming United States Presidential elections, a hopeful is paying attention to technology in general and cryptocurrencies in particular. Andrew Yang, who is planning to contest on the platform of the democratic party, has revealed plans to create a Federal Regulatory Agency for cryptocurrencies.He made this disclosure in a blog post which was published last week. He indicated the propensity for fraud within the crypto space due to a dearth of regulatory cover within...

Japanese multinational conglomerate holding company SoftBank has announced its decision to unite its search engine Yahoo Japan with a popular chatting app Line owned by Naver Corp. Within the agreement, Yahoo Japan and Line will merge and create a joint business to develop new opportunities for protecting themselves against competitors.According to the announcement, SoftBank and Naver will each hold 50% of a new holding company that will operate both Line and Z Holdings (Yahoo Japan’s...

Bakkt, the physically-backed Bitcoin Futures contracts company recently confirmed that they are testing their consumer app for retail crypto traders. Allegedly dubbed Bakkt Pay, the app, they said they plan to increase the width of their area of services to a higher level. That includes focusing on putting the retail traders besides institution investors who are already the users of the Bakkt services in its futures trading.BREAKING!Bakkt testing consumer app in preparation for imminent lauch...

It seems China finally decided to cut some ties to the world’s largest reserve currency – United States dollar, at least if it’s to believe the analysts’ prognoses.The biggest and most obvious reason is the ongoing trade war between the two countries said ANZ Research in their recent report. US delisting Chinese companies’ stocks from its market – surely hasn’t helped as well. That is why, ANZ predicts, Beijing decided to diversify its foreign exchange reserves into other currencies as...

After a poor drag down last week, the overall cryptocurrency market is showing signs of mild recovery today. While the crypto markets are eyeing a northward journey, Bitcoin still looks hesitant to take the lead.Last week, Bitcoin took a hit as the BTC price first slipped below $9000 and later even below its crucial support at $8700. Now, at press time, Bitcoin is trading at $8641.61 with a market cap of $156 billion. While Bitcoin has been showing a mild response to the market recovery, some...