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Binance, arguably the largest and most popular cryptocurrency exchange in the world, is giving U.S. customers the chance to deposit up to five new cryptocurrencies into their accounts. These assets include Stellar, Cardano, Ethereum Classic and BAT.Binance Expands Its U.S. HorizonsAt press time, the exchange offers primarily mainstream cryptocurrencies with large market caps. These include bitcoin, BNB – the exchange’s own cryptocurrency – Ethereum, Ripple’s XRP, Litecoin, bitcoin cash and...

Photo: yuga.ruBillboards are usually used as an ad, announcement for different happenings, commercial for stores, etc. Rarely, they can be used as messaging boards to someone you know. We were witnessing some political parties with their messages inviting the local community to vote for them, we even witnessed proposals. However, the crew from Russian Kuban region had something else in mind – and boy, was it original.They decided to invite a famous entrepreneur and Tesla CEO Elon Musk to...

With bitcoin’s recent fall into the $8,000 range it appears the currency has an unlikely friend… Wall Street. What Wall Street Is Doing for BTCThat’s right. The arena of big banks and stock players is working hard to develop ways for bitcoin to avoid volatility. As of late, many reports have emerged stating that the currency is experiencing its lowest volatility in months. That all changed yesterday when it seemingly lost more than $1,000 in value in just a matter of minutes, but prior, the...

Well, after yesterday’s crypto bloodbath, probably the biggest thing enthusiasts and traders are asking themselves is, “What the heck could have made bitcoin and its altcoin cousins fall so badly like that?”Bitcoin and Crypto Falls HeavilyBitcoin, with virtually no signs whatsoever, lost more than $1,000 in just a matter of minutes, falling from about $9,480 at this time yesterday to roughly $8,110. By the mid-afternoon, the currency had jumped back up to $8,600, but at press time, it has...

Tron founder Justin Sun (@justinsuntron) provided a community update on September 24 that detailed a number of important developments to the smart contract network. Livestreaming on both Periscope and YouTube, the creator declared that he had a number of major announcements that would have ramifications for the future of Tron. Among other things, he mentioned that the delivery of Tron’s sidechain scaling solution, dubbed Sun Network 1.0, would occur on September 25. The first word of Sun...

Fidel, a fintech startup based in the United Kingdom – which provides developers with a functional application programming interface (API) for building new offers on networks belonging to major card companies – has just successfully pulled in $18 million in its recently concluded Series A funding round.The funding round was led by two venture capital firms based in the U.S., QED Investors and Nyca Partners. Other participants include 500 Startups, Horizons Ventures, Commerce VC, Citi...

Boston Dynamics announced that it is introducing its first major market to the world for sale. The company has been talking since June about a public release of its Spot robot dog that was previously known as SpotMini. On September 24, the company published some highlights of what is to be expected from their latest project.The robot is not going on sale immediately but companies with good ideas and deep pockets can get one. Thus, the odds of spotting a Spot in the wild...

An American banking giant JPMorgan Chase & Co has decided to help poor American communities. With this purpose, the largest US bank will invest $25 million in FinTech start-ups that help Americans with a low level of income be more financially healthy.According to Karen Keogh, JPMorgan’s head of global philanthropy, this money will be spent on the development of products that could help people in communities like Harlem:“We’ve long believed that fintech coupled with in-person coaching and...

On the evening of Tuesday the 24th of September, Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, made a formal announcement of an official impeachment enquiry, opened against U.S. President Donald Trump. If the proceedings are successful and Trump gets impeached, he’ll be the third president impeached after Bill Clinton who was impeached in 1998 and Andrew Johnson, impeached in 1868. However, away from the politics and inner workings of the government, what could this...

Its a big win for cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex on the long going Tether stablecoin case as the Appellate Division of the New York Supreme Court puts a stay on the filing by attorney general Letitia James in April 2019. Bitfinex currently shares leadership with stablecoin coin issuer Tether.James earlier accused Bitfinex of taking undue advantage of the partnership and borrowing $900 million USDT tokens without actually paying for it. In her complain, James wrote:“Our investigation has...