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Litecoin Foundation has established a strategic partnership with Travala.com, a blockchain-powered hotel booking platform, to boost the use of cryptocurrency payments.
Ripple has released the xCurrent 4.0 protocol. With it, Ripple’s more than 200 customers will be able to easily integrate the xRapid payment system that leverages the XRP digital asset, said David Schwartz, the chief technology officer of Ripple.
The transition of JPMorgan’s Quorum network brings easy user-interface and faster deployment of solutions on the Quorum network for businesses.
Should the Bears defend the $0.30 level, further declination of the XRP price is expected and this may lead to the breakdown of the $0.28 level. In case the Bulls defend the demand level of $0.28, the price may reverse and rise towards the previous high.
Facebook has announced that they are relaxing their advertising ban on companies promoting products and services relating to crypto. The move comes as the company is talking about its efforts to create a stablecoin to use within some of its apps.
Bitcoin price surges past its crucial resistance of $6000 as the bulls take the charge to push the world’s largest cryptocurrency northward.
In case the Bulls do not lose their momentum and the $178 level does not hold, Ethereum price may reach the previous high of $186 level. Should the Bears defend $178 level, the price may be pushed down to $167 level.
Platinum Q DAO Engineering: “The great story of stablecoins USDQ, KRWQ, CNYQ, JPYQ will never be even close to the Tether’s USDT scandal”.
WeChat, the Chinese largest social media and messaging platform operated by Tencent, has updated its service terms. Starting from May 31 it is forbidden to perform cryptocurrency trading there.
Bitfinex operator iFinex has issued a white paper for a USD 1 billion initial exchange offering (IEO). Per a release, the company says it will issue 1 billion LEO tokens through Unus Sed Leo, a company based in the British Virgin Islands.
After the recent and most unexpected hack of the Binance exchange, in which 7,000 BTC were stolen, Justin Sun has publicly offered to donate 40 mln USDT to support the exchange and buy TRX, BNB, BTT and other coins with that money.
In case the Bulls defend the demand level of $0.30, XRP price may rise towards the previous high or touch the upper drawn trend line. Increase in the pressure of the Bears may break down the $0.30 level and expose $0.28 level.
In a massive security breach, online hackers managed to steal 7000 BTC tokens from Binance’s hot wallets. The exchange announces the recovery of this loss from its SAFU fund.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao established a new Binance Charity Foundation program to help out those who struggle to pay legal fees after being sued by Craig Wright. In such a way, he wants to prevent the self-proclaimed Satoshi from bullying people.
This edition of Max’s Corner deals with developments in a couple of fields touched on before, namely advancements in cryptography and the hunt for Satoshi Nakamoto.