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Sat, 20 Jul 2019, 10:20 AM
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FATF approves Japan’s plan to establish global network for crypto payments: Report

MOBI launches first vehicle identity standard on blockchain

Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) announced that its member-led Vehicle Identification Working Group has created and released the industrys first vehicle identity (VID) standard on blockchain. As per a press...

Crypto Technicals: ETH/EUR downside pauses shy of 200-DMA, bullish divergence on intrday charts keeps scope for upside

ETH/EUR chart - Trading View Exchange - Coinbase Support: 162.39 (200-DMA); Resistance: 208.88 (110-EMA) Technical Analysis: Bias Bearish ETH/EUR pauses downside shy of 200-DMA, further weakness only on break...

Crypto Technicals: BTC/USD struggles to hold break above $10,000, finds stiff resistance at 50-DMA

BTC/USD chart - Trading View Exchange - Coinbase Support: 9509 (cloud top); Resistance: 10,000 Technical Analysis: Bias Bearish BTC/USD is struggling to hold gains above $10,000 mark, bias is bearish. The...

Libra Congressional Hearing: US lawmakers ask if Libra is ETF, willingness to launch pilot program and more

Following the Senate Banking Committee hearing, Facebooks blockchain head David Marcus testified before U.S. lawmakers at the Congressional hearing on July 17. The hearing mostly centered on trust issues, particularly...

Blockchain-based game studio Horizon secures $3.75M investment led by Reddit co-founder

Blockchain-based game studio Horizon Blockchain Games has secured $3.75 million in seed funding led by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanians Initialized Capital. As per a press release, other investors include Coinbase...

Huobi transitions to new ERC-20 token in collaboration with Stable Universal, Paxos

Singapore-based cryptocurrency exchange Huobi is poised to shift its HUSD token to an ERC-20 token via a collaboration with crypto startups Stable Universal Limited and Paxos Trust Company. As per its press release,...

Coinbase rolls out new data trading signal tools to help users make informed decisions

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has launched a suite of new signaling tools that will help crypto beginners understand trade. The company has released aggregated and anonymized data in the form of three trading signals...

North Carolina's Lt. Gov. Forest launches blockchain initiative, creates dedicated task force

North Carolina Lieutenant Governor Dan Forest launched an initiative to look into the unique attributes and uses-cases of blockchain technology. As announced on his website, the North Carolina Blockchain Initiative will...

Hacked Bitpoint Japan to reimburse 50,000 affected users in cryptocurrency

Cryptocurrency exchange Bitpoint Japan said it will compensate the estimated 50,000 users who lost their assets following a recent hacking attack with cryptocurrency, according to media outlet Asahi Shimbun. As per the...

Tether's USDT stablecoin to go live on the Algorand blockchain

U.S. dollar-backed Tether USDT stablecoin is poised to launch on the Algorand blockchain. This will be the fifth blockchain on which the stablecoin will be launched after Omni, Ethereum, Tron, and EOS. Extending...

Business

Blockchain firm Algorand joins International Swaps and Derivatives Association Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 09:58 am UTC

In an exciting new development, blockchain platform Algorand has revealed that it is now part of the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA). This is following the recent announcement that the stablecoin...

Apple's Steve Wozniak invests in blockchain-based energy efficiency firm 'Efforce' in Malta

Cryptocurrency exchange ErisX joins U.S. Chamber of Digital Commerce

LibertyX exceeds 1,000 bitcoin ATMs in the U.S. via new partnership

Technology

Digital Currency and Blockchain Weekly Round-Up – July 19th, 2019 Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 11:59 am UTC

U.S. lawmakers seek to prevent big tech companies from offering cryptocurrencies A draft law has reportedly been circulated by U.S. lawmakers to keep big tech companies from functioning as financial institutions, Reuters reported. According to an online copy of the draft bill, entitled Keep Big Tech Out Of Finance Act, the...

Neo, Ontology partner to develop blockchain interoperability protocol

Bank of Thailand's DLT-focused Project Inthanon advances to Phase III

Many blockchain solutions of IBM, TCS, Wipro go live as clients see potential

Investing

Crypto Technicals: XRP/USD grinds lower along 200H SMA, break below 5-DMA to see further weakness Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 11:13 am UTC

XRP/USD chart - Trading View Exchange - Bitstamp Support: 0.3107 (5-DMA); Resistance: 0.3203 (200H SMA) Technical Analysis: Bias Bearish XRP/USD has paused recovery, trades 1.97% lower at 0.3144 at 10:45...

Binance Jersey announces listing of GBP-backed stablecoin ‘BGBP’

Crypto Technicals: LTC/USD struggles at 110-EMA, bias bearish

Cuba buys bitcoin in droves, McAfee stands by $1M prediction

Insights

Consumer advocates call on Libra partners to withdraw collectively from Facebook's crypto project Fri, 19 Jul 2019, 07:34 am UTC

An antitrust advocacy group has called on all the 28 member companies of Facebooks cryptocurrency initiative to drop the Libra project. We call upon you as respected members of the business, financial technology, and...