Stellar lumen price started a steady increase above $0.3000 against the US Dollar. XLM price is now trading above $0.3200 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key declining channel forming with resistance near $0.3600 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could start a fresh rally if there is a clear break above the $0.3600 resistance zone. Stellar lumen price is trading well above $0.3000 against the US Dollar, similar to bitcoin. XLM...
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Ripple price started a steady increase above the $1.00 resistance against the US dollar. The price is now trading above $1.10 and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There is a key bullish trend line forming with support near $1.120 on the 4-hours chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Bittrex). The pair could continue higher as long as it is above the $1.10 support zone. Ripple price is showing positive signs above $1.10 against the US Dollar, similar to...
Read More »Women Are Using Bitcoin To Escape Regions Like Syria
People are seeking to use cryptocurrencies like bitcoin and Monero to escape jihad-controlled regions of the Middle East. Bitcoin Is Playing a Big Role for Those Looking to Escape the Middle East One such example is a girl simply known as “Sara.” This woman is a European affiliated with Isis. She is presently living in a camp in northeast Syria and is desperate to escape. Through an encrypted application, she put out the following message to anyone who would be able to...
Read More »Trump Expresses Concern About the Digital Yuan
Donald Trump – the 45th President of the United States – doesn’t want other currencies coming in and threatening the U.S. dollar. This includes bitcoin. Donald Trump Doesn’t Want the U.S. Dollar Threatened Trump has not always been friendly to bitcoin. He made several disparaging comments about the digital asset in 2019 that saw many people react negatively and lash out on Twitter. His comments were: I am not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not...
Read More »Coin Switch Kuber in India Garners a Lot of New Funding
Coin Switch Kuber – a crypto asset platform centered on providing digital currency services within India – has garnered more than $250 million in Series C funding. Kuber in India Gets Dough from Coinbase and Many Other Investors The funding round was led by investors from Andreessen Horowitz (a16z). Other companies to get involved and provide money to the firm included Coinbase Ventures, Paradigm, Ribbit Capital, and Tiger Global. The firm is now officially valued at...
Read More »You Can Once Again Buy a Tesla with Crypto, but This Has Nothing to Do with Elon Musk
Tesla fans can once again purchase their next vehicles with crypto, though it really has nothing to do with Elon Musk. You Can Buy a Tesla with Crypto, But Musk Isn’t Involved The payment protocols come by way of a new company called Car for Coin, a digital currency marketplace designed to help crypto collectors purchase exotic and rare vehicles with their assets. Among the vehicles for sale on the site are Lamborghinis and, of course, electric Teslas. While there is...
Read More »Jay Clayton: The SEC “Cares” About Securities. That’s Why It’s Involved in Crypto.
As the former Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) chairman, Jay Clayton oversaw the financial agency for approximately four years. He came down hard on the industry many times, and initiated penalties to companies that claimed their securities were mere “tokens” or “coins” that the SEC held no jurisdiction over. Jay Clayton On the Future of Crypto However, despite this hardcore attitude, Clayton is quite positive about the future of crypto. He thinks that blockchain...
Read More »Pacsun Clothing Company Agrees to Crypto Payments
Clothing provider Pacsun has agreed to accept digital currency payments for goods and services. The company is just the latest in a string of firms to say “yes” to cryptocurrency payments and thus is pushing bitcoin and its digital counterparts closer towards their initial goals. Pacsun Says “Ok” to Crypto Payments While bitcoin and its crypto cousins have long served as speculative assets that traders can potentially get rich from, these currencies were initially...
Read More »A Single Gold Coin Purchased in 2011 Leads to a Bitcoin Fortune
A gold coin with a denomination of approximately 1,000 bitcoins was purchased in 2011. This is when bitcoin wasn’t trading for anywhere near the price it is at today. At the time, the coin was worth about $4,900. It stayed in a desk drawer for many years, ultimately forgotten about and lost to time. A Gold Coin and Bitcoin Fused Into a Special Asset However, now its owner – who wishes to remain anonymous – has pulled it out of that desk drawer and has had the currency...
Read More »U.S. Bank Unveils New Crypto Custody Service
It looks like the need to cater to institutions’ growing desire for crypto is getting bigger and bigger amongst standard financial institutions. U.S. Bank has just announced that it is unveiling a new crypto custody service that fund managers can use to store both private keys and digital assets. U.S. Bank Potentially Sees Crypto as Important The idea of banks and crypto mixing is an unusual one, primarily because they are both so different. For one thing, banks seek to...
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