Bakkt hired a former Google consultant to help broaden its brand and assist with the roll-out of a new app. Bakkt Pay could be released in the next couple of months and will presumably enable instantly converting from cryptocurrencies to fiat.
In a massive price rally, Bitcoin bulls pushed the cryptocurrency above $10,700 level making new highs for this year. Crypto experts think Facebook’s Libra launch has helped to drive this rally.
The Baltic country of Lithuania is gearing up to implement a new cryptocurrency regulation in order to take much better control over its grey area crypto market.
After inviting the community to participate through the unique voting mechanism, Nebulas is now opening the last session for the election of the Nebulas Council, a governance body to guide the future of the project.
France decided to create a G7 taskforce in order to examine the ways how central banks can regulate Facebook’s Libra.
Bitcoin price sets a new 2019 all-time high reaching $9,800. Also, the majority of the top 100 altcoins are in the green zone as the total market cap exceeds $300 billion.
The leading American Exchange Coinbase decided to incorporate an alerting mechanism in order to update users on cryptocurrency price fluctuations.
Ripple’s Garlinghouse told Fortune’s Brainstorm Finance conference that the entry of Facebook’s Libra into the crypto scene does not worry him since it is a boon for the general crypto market, and XRP in particular.
Western Union CEO is sure: digital currencies and the blockchain have great potential of acting as a processing system for payments, however, he claims that sending money with Ripple is 5-times more expensive than Western Union.
PricewaterhouseCoopers has announced the launch of a new tool for auditing cryptocurrency transaction data. The tool is a part of its Halo data auditing suite.
XRP price is on the rise of 1.74% and is above the key $0.4250 support area. The price is currently facing a strong resistance near $0.4400 and $0.4420 levels, but a popular trader is sure: XRP will rise 50x in its next bull run.
Bitcoin price set another new high for 2019 reaching $9,693 and is showing bullish trend line forming with support near $9,700 on the hourly chart of the BTC/USD pair that likely accelerates gains once it clears the key $10,000 resistance area.
There is a tendency for XRP price to increase towards $0.49 supply level provided the Bulls gain enough momentum to break up the $0.46 supply level. In case the Bears continue to defend the $0.46 level consolidation may continue.
Facebook’s Libra Coin launch is giving jitters to Australian Banks who see the emergence of the Libra as a potential threat to the banking model.
The case for or against centralized exchanges is one of the longest-standing debates in the cryptocurrency world. Purists believe that a fully decentralized exchange (DEx) is the only solution. One challenge is that all trading platforms require liquidity, which has proven to be the most significant barrier for newly-formed DEx’s.