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Revolut, a British financial technology company that offers banking services, has signed a new deal with payments giant Visa. As a result, Revolut will expand its services to 24 new markets, or a total of 56 around the world, and hire 3500 employees.Under the terms of the agreement, Revolut will primarily issue Visa-branded cards in the global expansion. As Reuters reports, Visa will initially enable Revolut to launch in Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Singapore and the...

Ethereum testnet Ropsten split following the release of the Istanbul upgrade. This occurred because the upgrade was expected on approximately October 2nd, 2019 and at a block height of 6, 485, 846. The upgrade was released about 48 hours earlier on September 30th at around 3:40 a.m UTC.This, of course, has expectedly caused quite a bit of difference in terms of block confirmation times. Ethereum foundation community manager indicated in a tweet that there is no cause for alarm in this...

Back in 2016, e-commerce giant Amazon announced its plans to establish a large chain of convenience stores in the United States. Called Amazon Go, the stores are mostly automated and run on computer vision, deep learning algorithms and sensor fusion without cashiers, allowing customers to grab items they need to from the store, and simply walk out.Since inception, Amazon has opened 16 Amazon Go stores with several of them in Washington, Illinois, California and New York and the company still...

BitTorrent File System (BTFS) achieves an important milestone with its official mainnet launch. This is a major step ahead in proceeding ahead with the complete integration with the BitTorrent ecosystem.BitTorrent is a popular and the world’s largest peer-to-peer file-sharing platform. Last year, the TRON Foundation acquired the BitTorrent platform. The BTFS is a protocol and the network’s mechanism that enables peer-to-peer storage and sharing of digital content in a decentralized file...

Photo: Band Protocol / MediumBand Protocol, Sequoia-backed data management company, has launched the mainnet of its decentralized trading app. The news follows Band Protocol’s announcement about going live on Ethereum mainnet.2/ Another key highlight today is the launch of BitSwing Mainnet, which represents a perfect example of dApps made possible with $BAND oracle.?Available now on: https://t.co/I5Phc78KEb— Band Protocol (@BandProtocol) September 30, 2019Features of BitSwingCalled BitSwing,...

Tron price started an upside correction from the $0.0117 low against the US Dollar.TRX price is currently trading near the key $0.0150 and $0.0152 resistance levels.There was a break above an ascending channel with resistance near $0.0144 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Bitfinex).The price could climb sharply if there is a proper close above $0.0150 and $0.0152.TRON price is currently correcting higher against the US Dollar and bitcoin. TRX price needs to surpass the $0.0152 resistance...

Photo: Block.oneThe EOS blockchain developer Block.one has been charged by the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) over its 2017-2018 ICO which raised about $4.1 Billion during the process. The Commission charged the company with the relatively low sum of $24 Million which boils down to about 0.58% of the sum raised during the offering which is relatively light when comparing the amount raised to the amount charged.Following the DAO report which highlighted several types...

Ethereum price started an upside correction after trading as low as $152 against the US Dollar.ETH price is currently trading above $175, but it is facing a strong resistance near $185 and $188.There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with resistance near $188 on the 4-hours chart (data feed from Coinbase).The price is likely to struggle to surpass the key $185 and $188 resistance levels in the near term.Ethereum price is climbing towards a major resistance near $185-$188 against the US...

We’re all aware that cryptocurrency fraud has taken a massive toll on the industry, but if you’re pretending to be Queen Elizabeth II to get your fingers on digital assets, you’re probably taking things a little too far.Crypto Fraud Is Taking a “Royal” TurnA letter circulating through LinkedIn and other social media platforms shows that alleged fraudsters are reportedly asking for bitcoin and cryptocurrency funds from specific investors who might have great interest in solving “Britain’s...

As bitcoin hits its worst price week in a long time, some analysts are backing away from their previous predictions regarding how well bitcoin could do by the end of the year. Tom Lee, for example, has recently commented that it’s a very bad time to be trading bitcoin, but others, like John McAfee, are refusing to get off the high horse.John McAfee: $1 Million for BTC Is Still PossibleHaving recently announced his run for presidential office in 2020, McAfee is no stranger to controversy. His...