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It has been a good start to this year so far for the cryptocurrency markets. The overall cryptocurrency market cap has added over $45 billion since January 1. The cryptocurrency market cap surged from $191 billion to now at $238 billion registering over 20% gains.Bitcoin, the crypto king, has undoubtedly been a star performer as well! In just the first 20 days of 2020, the Bitcoin price surged nearly 30% bringing the excitement back among its investors. Earlier this week, the BTC price...

Oxfam International in a recent report has highlighted how deeply inequality affects the global economy. The charity says that the disparity in wealth distribution, especially as it relates to gender, is a huge problem. Oxfam also adds that this situation is worsening and needs to be curbed.Wealth DisparityThe report, called “Time To Care” exposes a few facts about the global economy. For example, 2019’s richest 2,153 people in the world were richer than the poorest 4.6 billion people...

Less than 4 months ago, the readers of Forbes magazine were able to see Bernard Arnault having 102 billion. Back then, the man told that he’s small compared to Microsoft. However, today Bernard has 7 billion dollars more than Bill Gates himself. Bill is the third biggest money owner on the planet. And the second one is Jeff Bezos. Yes, he has again lost his status of the richest person of the planet, this time not to Gates but to Arnault.And one only can wonder what those rich people do with...

Anyone can issue his own money – this should be the main notion in FinTech of the 21st century.According to the statistics, the daily volume of international payments equals almost 10 trillion dollars, with 5 trillion handled by the SWIFT international payment system. It was designed back in 1972, yet many banks still use the outdated, 40-years old software. Cross-border bank accounts are holding $27 trillion in cash.Let’s consider the volume of international payments stated above. If the...

As the legal tussle between the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and Telegram rages on, new information has come to light. In a recent filing by the SEC at the District Court for the Southern District of New York, the Commission has again come down hard on Telegram with a few revelations.SEC Says Telegram Described GRAM as a Security New FilingIn a new document filed on Wednesday the 15th of January, the SEC claims that Telegram’s plan was for the Gram token to be...

The potential ruling on the ongoing Ripple class action lawsuit about XRP is important but will do next to nothing for the asset’s proper classification. Regardless of this, the XRP community – and maybe the crypto world at large – is still waiting patiently for an official end to the legal proceedings.Ripple Class-Action LawsuitIn 2018, a few XRP investors filed a lawsuit against Ripple. The litigants claimed that Ripple issued and sold XRP to them, even though it knew the asset is an...

Google‘s parent company Alphabet has hit a new milestone with its market hitting one trillion dollars. Google’s is the fourth global company to attain this feat just after Sundar Pichai became the CEO of Alphabet in December 2019.On Thursday, January 16 closing, the Alphabet stock was trading at $1450 with its market cap striking $1 trillion. In the last year, Alphabet’s stock has surged nearly 50% giving handsome returns to the investors. Thus, Alphabet stock was a shining start in 2019’s...

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has once again spoken about XRP and why it should not be classified as a security. XRP is the third-largest digital asset by market cap currently trading at $0.227. The asset has, however, had a rough time with regulatory authorities on the topic of its proper classification. While there has been no official ruling yet, the CEO is unwavering about XRP’s status.The XRP LawsuitFor a while now, Ripple has been stuck in a class-action lawsuit to determine XRP’s...

Through a bonded courier, Craig Wright has delivered what should be the key ingredient for access to the controversial Bitcoin vault. As the case between Wright and the Kleiman estate has raged on for a while, the crypto community expected that this means the case is one step closer to resolution. However, this is not the case as the Kleiman estate has called Wright out on another case of foul play.The Bonded Courier from Craig WrightLast year, the case between Wright and the Kleiman estate...

Multinational payment remittance platform MoneyGram has announced a partnership with the EbixCash network, to expand Moneygram’s presence in India. The partnership was announced in an official MoneyGram news release published on Monday, Jan. 13.The press release states that EbixCash is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Ebix, Inc. The latter is an international supplier of application software products, based in Atlanta, Georgia. Starting immediately, EbixCash will be exclusively responsible for...