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Bitcoin is set to clear over two times the transaction volume of gold this year. The flagship cryptocurrency hit parity with an ounce of gold last year, when it started surpassing its transaction volume. Bitcoin, the flagship cryptocurrency, has been clearing a larger amount of transactions than global gold markets for well over a year, …

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Australian-based Demand Film has released a new virtual currency to reward users who promote and watch movie trailers. Demand Film is officially releasing the cryptocurrency, known as ‘Screencreds,’ before the company launches in Germany next Tuesday. The new digital coin is the latest example of how digital currencies and blockchain technology are making waves in the film …

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In a bid to become the Facebook of the crypto sector, Coinbase, the world’s largest exchange for buying and selling digital currencies, announced the acquisition of Distributed Systems, a three-year-old startup building identity standards for dApps known as the clear protocol on August 16, 2018. The Distributed Systems team, lead by Nikhil Srinivasan, will help Coinbase to form a …

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Cryptocurrency exchanges could see their revenue hit $4 billion this year, thanks to crypto trading fees. Coinbase reportedly enjoyed nearly half of last year’s $1.8 billion fee revenue pool. Revenue generated from cryptocurrency trading fees is expected to double this year, despite the cryptocurrency market’s bearish trend, according to analysts from New York-based global asset management …

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Ripple leads the way with a 15% gain The chart doesn’t paint the prettiest near-term picture but a massive gain is a massive gain and that’s exactly what Ripple and some other cryptos had today. Ripple led the way with a 15% gain, up to 0.34 cents. It’s up 38% from the mid-week low. Ripple announced …

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Ripple (XRP) is one of the few cryptocurrencies to have completed a correction of more than 90% since its all time high. The price has settled just above the $0.25 mark which seems to be a bottom as indicated by the Vix diagram on the above weekly chart for XRP/USD. Wave trend analysis for the chart above shows that …

Ripple (XRP) Finds Bottom At $0.25, Price Surges On News Of ‘Partnerships Read More »

There’s an issue, in Japan, with certain high income families being unable to save money. Here’s the story of a Japanese household of four, living in the Tokyo Bay area, in a high-end tower apartment, repaying multiple loans and having unnecessary spending. Every month the household was using up their entire revenue and they couldn’t …

How a Tokyo FOMO Family Invested in Bitcoin and Lost Read More »

Of late, Ripple has been very active in its quest to break into the global market and promote the value growth of its crypto known as XRP as well as it payment service called xRapid. On Thursday, the company made an announcement that’s bound to make quite some impact in this respect. The ledger startup announced a …

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