In the latest development, Switzerland-based SIX Digital Exchange (SDX) has invited financial institutions from across the globe to back its Initial Digital Offering (IDO). SDX is a blockchain-based utility that is completely owned by the Swiss stock exchange SIX Group.The SIX Digital Exchange plans to launch its IDO in mid-2020. This will be just similar to a traditional IPO except for the fact that the shares will be in the form of security tokens available on the SDX platform.The...
Read More »Ripple Makes Inroads into Europe by Making Yet Another Acquisition
Ripple Labs Inc, the owners, and developers of XRP, has just acquired Algrim, a crypto trading firm which has quite a bit of talent despite its small number of human resources.The six-person cryptocurrency firm which has been around for about a decade gives Ripple Labs a foothold in the crypto-friendly country of Iceland which though smaller than 500,000 people (around 340,000) has been at the center of the crypto space for many reasons one of them being access to cheap electricity.With its...
Read More »Stellar Lumen (XLM) Price Facing Strong Resistance Near $0.062
Stellar lumen price traded to a new monthly low at $0.0525 against the US Dollar.XLM price is currently correcting higher, but it is facing a strong resistance near $0.0620.There was a break above a connecting bearish trend line at $0.0592 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken).The pair is currently consolidating and it might struggle to climb above $0.0620 and $0.0650.Stellar lumen price is trading in a bearish zone below $0.0650 against the US Dollar. XLM price remains at a risk of...
Read More »Ripple Price Analysis: XRP Consolidating Below Key Resistance
Ripple price is currently consolidating below the key $0.2500 resistance area against the US dollar.The price must settle above $0.2500 and $0.2600 to start a fresh upward move.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $0.2420 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex).The price could resume its decline if it continues to struggle near $0.2500 and $0.2600.Ripple price is facing a strong resistance near $0.2500 against the US Dollar. XRP price...
Read More »Ripple’s Marcus Treacher: Libra Is a “Closed System”
Facebook’s Libra is getting some criticism from an unlikely source: Ripple’s Marcus Treacher.Treacher: Libra’s Got to Open Up a BitTreacher is the company’s senior vice president of customer success. According to an interview he did with CNBC his primary complain is that Libra will be a “closed system” or a “walled garden” as he calls it.This basically means that Libra will be largely controlled by a team of executives. The power will not be in the hands of the people who use it, but in those...
Read More »Hut 8 Finds New Ways of Offering Crypto to Customers
Hut 8 is a company that claims to be a new kind of mining firm. As bitcoin’s price crashes this week, some have taken notice of the increased hash rate in the bitcoin mining arena, and some are very curious how new companies are looking to extract new coins.Hut 8: New Ways to Access CoinsAccording to Andrew Kiguel, the CEO of Hut 8, the company’s name is taken from a project led by Alan Turing, a British mathematician who broke the Nazis’ enigma code during WWII. In a recent interview, he...
Read More »The Bitcoin Price: A Week in Review
At press time, the number one cryptocurrency by market cap – bitcoin – has fallen below the $8,000 mark yet again and is currently trading at approximately $7,950.Bitcoin: It’s Ugliest Week in a Long TimeThe currency has had a rather ugly week, falling by more than 22 percent in just a matter of days. The trouble started last Wednesday when the currency dropped from the mid-$9,000 range to about $8,100 in just a matter of minutes. From there, the currency struggled to pick itself back up,...
Read More »Don’t You Worry Google, Huawei Is Just Fine
Even though it’s world known fact that Apple products are “made in USA” but assembled in China – it didn’t stop US President Donald Trump to impose sanctions to Chinese companies (every and each one of them) including the 34% year-on-year growth and 14% of market share company – Huawei.The year 2019 has not been a good one for Huawei. Everything started with the US accusations of Huawei spying on US corporations. Trump administration then decided to launch a “one-two punch” combo in its fight...
Read More »The Hard Week That’s Been Hitting Litecoin
Litecoin, the sixth-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has had something of a rough week, and is experiencing up-and-down behavior like nobody’s business.Litecoin Is Attached to Bitcoin’s HipTo be fair, Litecoin isn’t alone in its present dilemma. Bitcoin, for example, is currently trading in the $8,100 range – roughly $2,000 less than where it was when last week ended. Ethereum is also down for the count, trading at around $168 at press time from last week’s “high” of $190.Litecoin,...
Read More »Ethereum Fight Surrounding Prog Pow, NVIDIA Expands
Is Ethereum all it claims to be, or is there something ugly brewing underneath the surface?Ethereum: the Fight Wages OnMany Ethereum miners are being accused of harassment following a dispute involving NVIDIA, which several critics claim is trying to “undermine” the Ethereum network. Some believe that the accusations floating about are valid and should be looked at, while others say Ethereum is the victim of a potential scheme that’s trying to knock it aside.Prog Pow is an upgrade that exists...
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