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In an expansion of its market offerings, indications have emerged that premier cryptocurrency exchange Binance is set to add support for crypto-fiat exchange for the Kazakh and Ukrainian currencies. This comes after the recent addition of support for Nigeria’s currency the Naira which was done in partnership with Flutterwave which is a Nigerian payment gateway based both in Nigeria and the United States.Moreover, it’s worth mentioning that Binance also added the Russian Ruble to the row of...

The G7 meeting participants state that things like stablecoins including Facebook‘s Libra should be strictly regulated and the risks connected with them are not yet studied well. Per EU lawmaker and a German conservative Markus Ferber:“At the very least, we need a robust regulatory framework to deal with virtual currencies. The (executive EU) Commission has been way too complacent on the issue so far. With the threat of Libra on the horizon, it is time for action now.”The draft text of the...

Bitcoin price corrected lower after tagging the $10,550 resistance area against the US Dollar.The price is currently consolidating above the key $8,900 and $9,000 support levels.There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support near $9,120 on the 4-hours chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to rise again as long as there is no close below the $9,100 and $9,000 supports.Bitcoin price is trading with a positive bias above $9,000 against the US...

Earlier this year, a man from the state of Illinois made a killing, winning $500,000 in a state lottery. Recently, he revealed that half of this fortune has been spent on buying Bitcoin (BTC). He confirmed that back in May, he had purchased about $178,000 worth of BTC and wrote on Reddit:“Did this. Then put half into BTC in May.”Further, he asked to remind him in eight months if his investment is smart money, which Reddit can not agree with.On one hand, the investment seems to be a good one....

Ripple is trapped in a heavy lawsuit, but the plaintiff – a customer named Bradley Sostack – has ultimately run out of time when it comes to responding to the company’s notion to dismiss, and it’s unclear where things will go from here.Where is the Ripple Suit Headed?The lawsuit stems not just from Sostack, but from several customers who seem to think that Ripple is a security and failed to appropriately register. They claim that the company has employed false advertising and that the...

The IT company that backs Coca-Cola’s bottle manufacturing supply chain processes is apparently getting into blockchain technology.Dubbed Coke One North America (CONA), the company claims its pilot project that they are evolving together with software provider SAP is going to be widened from two to 70 of the manufacturers who are delivering the 160,000 bottles to Coca-Cola shops daily.The company said on Tuesday that this blockchain project is focusing on improving distribution for all of the...

So, who is Satoshi Nakamoto? This is a question that has been on the minds of several cryptocurrency enthusiasts for many years, and it has proven to be the constant enigma.Has Satoshi Nakamoto Finally Emerged?Among the people claiming to be the mysterious creator of bitcoin is Australian tech developer Craig Wright, though his claims have often been frowned upon or dismissed by analysts and the public. Recently, Wright was sued by the brother of one of his deceased BTC developers who claimed...

In a recent development, Huawei, the Chinese-owned telecommunications giant, has worked out an agreement with the People’s Bank of China’s Digital Currency Research Unit. This was made known on Nov. 4 via an announcement on the company’s WeChat channel. The announcement didn’t offer any additional information concerning the agreement, neither did it suggest any joint research on digital currencies or blockchain technology.Huawei Fully Invested in BlockchainFor the past few years, Huawei has...

Remember when bitcoin struck the $20,000 mark in December of 2017? Would you believe that it was probably a single entity or individual that made that happen?Bitcoin: Manipulated By a Single Person?This is the news being spewed out by a recent report, which states that the bitcoin price may have been manipulated over the course of 12 months – between March 2017 and March 2018 – by a single person. During this time, the market cap of bitcoin reached a whopping $326 billion, and about half of...

Deserve offers a set of modern services, including setting up the credit card via mobile app in minutes, sending money with unique fees, participating in cashback programs, and much more. Currently, the platform is used by more than 100,000 customers. With the help of Machine Learning, it aims to make the service better and attract people from all over the United States.During the venture funding round, Deserve received $50 million in investments to enhance its services. The money will come...