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Bank of America, one of the most prominent banks in the United States, has taken a bold step by adopting Blockchain technology after testing out Ripple’s Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) in its banking system and appears to be ready to go a bit further with the implementation of the technology.Bank of America’s commitment to Ripple might just stir the storm for other banks too. This development of the course has been in process for a long while and is by no means sudden. Last year in...

It seems like some members of Congress still have no love for Libra. In fact, a few are even advising Facebook to adopt bitcoin and avoid the Libra project altogether. Among the people suggesting this is U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson of Ohio.Davidson to Facebook: Forget About LibraDavidson says he was first introduced to bitcoin back in 2013. He acknowledges that while bitcoin isn’t necessarily perfect, it is a decentralized system that gives its users freedom in how they conduct...

Photo: Matic NetworkWith a young and digital-savvy population, it’s no surprise that India established itself as a technology powerhouse more than a decade ago. Many multinational corporations took advantage of salary arbitrage to outsource or offshore their IT operations, leading to an explosion in India’s digital economy. As of 2018, the Indian tech industry was worth $181 billion.However, in the blockchain space, things look somewhat different. The US is home to Coinbase, Switzerland can...

Information determines decision-making, but details determine success or failure. That’s the main principle that should be applied to trading and in this article, we will explain to you how it works.JEX was recently acquired by Binance. After Binance’s announcement, JEX’s token rose and fell sharply in just a few days. JEX should be one of the most professional trading platforms for blockchain derivatives and the world’s first digital currency exchange for option trading which was noticed by...

At press time, bitcoin – the number one cryptocurrency by market cap – is back above the $8,000 mark following a nasty scare yesterday that saw it fall into the $7,000 range once again.Bitcoin Is Moving Up AgainMany analysts immediately took to social media and other platforms to explain the reasoning behind bitcoin’s sudden, if short-lived, demise. Jeff Dorman, chief investment officer of the asset management firm Arca, explained:The move lower is less about the magnitude and more about the...

Recently Volvo Cars introduced its first electric car dubbed the XC240 recharge. This indicates that the company is looking forward to moving from mechanical only cars to electric cars which are becoming in vogue in recent times. In a series of firsts, the XC240 recharge is unique in its own right as a car. It is not only the first electric car made by the carmaker, it is also the first car in Volvo’s brand to have its onboard entertainment system to be based on Google’s Android.As also the...

In a recent interview with Pierre Rochard and Michael Goldstein, hosts of Noded Bitcoin Podcast, U.S. Congressman Warren Davidson suggested that Megatech company, Facebook, would be better off adopting an already ubiquitous cryptocurrency like Bitcoin than creating theirs.The Libra IronyWarren Davidson, who is a member of the United States House of Representative from Ohio’s 8th congressional district, very recently termed Facebook’s new proposed cryptocurrency in Libra a blatant...

Photo: ShutterstockBy Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.ETH/USD tech analysisEthereum 2.0 is being developed actively but the date of the launch is yet unknownECC will issue a token for the ETH blockchainOn W1, the Ethereum demonstrates a new impulse of decline in the long-term trend. The aim of that impulse in the short term might be this year minimum of $80.86, reached, however, only after a pullback. Further decline of the quotations is confirmed by the descending of the MACD...

Bitcoin is currently facing the strongest selling pressure since February. Commentators and analysts think that there is a possibility that it might drop below the recent lows near $7,750. On October 16, BTC price fell below $8,000 in fresh choppy trading after several days of consolidation and slow grind.The top cryptocurrency by market value dropped from $8,326 to $8,086 in an hour to 17:00 UTC on October 15. That confirmed a downside move in the recent trading range of $8,450–$8,250 as...

The online-streaming media powerhouse Netflix has given strong Q3 earnings numbers resulting in its stock price (309,25 USD, +8.02%) shooting northwards on Wednesday, October 16. Beating street expectations, Netflix reported a 31% jump in its year-over-year revenue which is currently at 45.24 billion.Another impressive thing is its GAAP earning stands at $1.47 per share instead of analysts’ expectations of $1.05 per share. When it comes to growth in the subscriber-base, the U.S. figures are...