Apple has announced the purchase of a self-driving car startup Drive.ai. The self-driving car industry is rising, and is this the plan for Apple to outperform Uber?
Treasury secretary Steven Mnuchin states that the U.S. and China were close to making a deal in the ongoing trade war. While he is optimistic about the upcoming G-20 summit, the question is: could it save Huawei and how will it affect Bitcoin.
Analysts are pretty sure in their claims that Bitcoin prices could match their all-time high of $20,000 within the next two weeks, and, could actually hit $50,000 or $100,000 by the end of the year.
Square’s Cash App has enabled Bitcoin deposits for its users. The app previously offered purchasing, selling and transacting Bitcoin to other addresses. However, judging by user reviews, not all Cash App users have this feature.
Facebook’s Libra project is drawing scrutiny from global regulators soon after the announcement last week. After the US, European regulators have asked the company to furnish more details about its cryptocurrency plans.
The award-winning Opera Touch browser for iOS now features crypto wallet integration and Web 3 support. This completes Opera’s efforts to offer Web 3-ready browsers with built-in Crypto Wallet on Android, Windows, Mac, Linux and now iOS.
Just recently, a digital asset IRA (Individual Retirement Account) company called Bitcoin IRA, released the first ever self-directed cryptocurrency IRA. This achievement was created through a partnership with BitGo Trust.
Kraken completed its crowdfunding round with $13,5 million raised. That way, Kraken pushed the company valuation towards $4 billion.
Facebook’s Libra cryptocurrency gets backing from a high-ranking entity, Fitch, with the credit rating agency stating that Libra is more secure compared to the other existing virtual currencies.
Under this new collaboration, VeChain will provide its entire blockchain infrastructure for real-time tracking of the products in Walmart’s supply chain.
Wall Street Journal readers found an interesting add between their finance news. It appears as if not only Libra’s logo is subject of discussion: one of the defining characteristics of Facebook’s project is seemingly inspired in a key element of Hedera Hashgraph.
From SWIFT they said that banks now know they cannot stand still. They need to adapt their own systems to support them. Only a seamless and open global value transfer system can enable that.
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.
France decided to create a G7 taskforce in order to examine the ways how central banks can regulate Facebook’s Libra.
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.