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A recent report from TradeBlock found that the total on-chain transfer volume across the largest stablecoins has surpassed Venmo’s total payment volume in Q2 2019. But while many celebrated this as a win for cryptocurrencies, some saw the numbers as overblown and said the two cannot be compared. TradeBlock says stablecoin on-chain transaction volumes have […]

MoneyGram revealed it is now commercially leveraging XRP through Ripple’s xRapid for cross-border transactions, according to the latest earnings call. The integration represents the largest real world use case for XRP. During MoneyGram’s Q2 2019 earnings call, MoneyGram shared that the company has been using Ripple’s liquidity solution, xRapid, since late July. However, the company […]

Apple and Goldman Sachs’ new credit card will not let users buy cryptocurrencies. This, according to a customer agreement published on Goldman Sachs’ website on August 2. The agreement notes that the card may not be used for obtaining cash advances or cash equivalents that include digital currencies, lottery tickets, race track wagers, and casino gaming […]

Walmart, the world’s largest company by revenue and employees, filed a patent on its own cryptocurrency. The move appears to be an attempt to gain an edge against Amazon in an effort to retain control over retail, and comes shortly after Facebook’s entrance into the sector with Libra. Walmart breaking into cryptocurrency On July 31 Walmart […]

Galaxy Digital chief whip Michael Novogratz issued another of his trademark price predictions for Bitcoin, telling CNBC Squawk Box Wednesday he thinks the price of the largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization will never again drop below $5,000. Seeing BTC currently stuck in the $10,000-14,000 range, the billionaire ex-hedge fund manager will get “nervous” if the […]

U.S. cryptocurrency index fund provider Bitwise Investments said that Facebook’s Libra has accelerated crypto’s progress by three years. Despite the increased industry scrutiny, the increased attention toward Bitcoin is working to its advantage. It’s been an amazing year for crypto, Bitwise says A San Francisco-based index fund company believes that the best is yet to […]

Bitcoin started the month of August on the positive, regaining control of the $10,000 price level. After the step back BTC took in July, the bull run appears to have been resumed since a wide number of indicators are giving signs of a higher move under different timeframes. This technical analysis will explore the probability […]

Input-Output Hong Kong (IOHK), a research and development company behind the Cardano project, has just released the first edition of their Plutus ebook. The book, which will be available on Amazon and LeanPub, is a comprehensive guide to the company’s Plutus programming language and aims to simplify the development experience on Cardano. A new, comprehensive […]

A whale alert that found that one billion XRP was moved from Ripple’s wallet on Aug. 1 sent hundreds of Twitter users into a frenzy, as many thought it was a nefarious token dump. However, the transaction is a monthly escrow release set by Ripple to regulate the upper limit on new XRP in circulation. […]

In the past 24 hours, the Bitcoin price increased from $9,550 to $10,400 in a short term trend reversal following several days of intense pullback. The decline in BTC trading volume with the rest of the cryptocurrency market may demonstrate a lack of decisive movement, but may also indicate that heightened sell pressure has started to […]