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Ripple price climbed higher sharply and broke the key $0.4500 resistance area against the US dollar. The price traded to a new monthly high at $0.4631 and recently started a downside correction. Yesterday’s highlighted major bullish trend line is intact with support near $0.4360 on the hourly chart of the XRP/USD pair (data source from Kraken). The pair remains well bid on the down

The Financial Action Task Force has kicked off its meeting to discuss global cryptocurrency regulations which the G20 countries have committed to follow. Meanwhile, the crypto industry has raised concerns regarding some recommendations, and a meeting has been set up to coincide with the G20 summit to influence policymakers. Also read: G20 Starts Crypto Discussions – A Look at Globa

ETH price is struggling to gain momentum above $275 and $280 against the US Dollar. The price is currently correcting lower towards the $268 and $265 support levels. Yesterday’s highlighted key bullish trend line is intact with support near $267 on the hourly chart of ETH/USD (data feed via Kraken). The pair is likely to find a strong buying interest near the $268, $267 and $265 su

By CCN Markets: There’s nothing more entertaining than a socialist trying to debate a capitalist. Actually, the one thing more entertaining is watching Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, aka AOC, aka Jar Jar Binks debating Amazon.com AOC Tries to Play with the Big Kids On ABC’s “This Week”, AOC said: “I spend more time thinking about Amazon warehouse workers…if you’re average Amazon worker

In a bid to bolster performance and improve efficiency, 100 Japanese manufacturers, including industry lead Mitsubishi Electric, have agreed to use distributed ledger technology (DLT) in sharing production data, according to a Nikkei report on June 17, 2019.   Strategic Blockchain Collaboration   Per sources close to the matter, Japanese multinational Mitsubishi Electric, Yaskawa E

By CCN Markets: Florida judge Bruce Reinhart sealed the list of bitcoin holdings that self-proclaimed “Satoshi Nakamoto” Craig Wright was compelled to submit on June 17 pursuant to an order he issued last week. Unfortunately for curious followers of this bizarre legal drama, this means that the crypto-sphere will have to wait a little longer before they can see proof of Wright’s cl

By CCN Markets: Imagine you sent $100,000 worth of Bitcoin Cash (BCH) somewhere. Then you opened up Bitcoin SV (BSV) and accidentally sent another $100,000 SV to that same address. Then you find it is locked up. That’s alright. You know the holder – an exchange. Surely an exchange won’t just hijack that amount of funds? All of the above is very close to what happened, according to

Bitcoin has a distinct set of properties unlike any other asset, argues the world's largest cryptocurrency asset manager.

When it comes to the top ten cryptocurrencies by market cap, few of the frontrunners of the emerging asset class have performed as poorly as XRP – the crypto token often referred to as Ripple. Since bear market lows were set in most digital assets, they’ve since gone on to surge as much as 300% in Bitcoin and Ethereum, and 600% in Litecoin. Ripple, however, has offered investors a

A new insurance platform built on blockchain and AI tech has received new funding to apply the technologies to fraud detection and streamlining claims

By CCN Markets: Canada’s largest chain of pharmacies announced a big partnership at the World Cannabis Congress on Monday. Shoppers Drug Mart will be working with TruTrace Technologies (until recently known as BlockStrain) to bring blockchain-based verification to the medicinal marijuana market. If successful, it could help power cannabis stocks higher as more doctors become comfor

Bitcoin (BTC) is currently taking a breath and trading sideways after incurring massive buying pressure over the past couple of days that sent it surging into the $9,000 region, where it set fresh year-to-date highs. This upwards momentum confirms that Bitcoin is currently in a firm uptrend, and analysts are now noting that the cryptocurrency could surge significantly higher in the

By CCN Markets: Give Facebook Co-Founder Chris Hughes a lot of credit. He not only has made comments that could make him less wealthy, but he’s also doubled down on them. Specifically, Chris Hughes believes that his “friend” Mark Zuckerberg has too much control over speech. Zuckerberg Is a Scary Master of the Universe In a May op-ed in the New York Times, Chris Hughes wrote: “The m

A Polish bank has bucked the trend of companies and institutions experimenting with blockchain technology using private, permissioned ledgers. Warsaw-based Alior will reportedly use the Ethereum public blockchain to build a system to let customers check the authenticity of documents they receive from the bank. By using a completely permissionless, public blockchain, the Alior authe