Day: March 4, 2019

Opportunity for Litecoin (LTC), Kroger Bans Visa Citing High Fees

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Litecoin (LTC) trading above $35, bullish Can Kroger accept cheap LTC after banning Visa credit cards due to high fees Participation levels low days after prices rocketed from $20. If by any chance Kroger accepts Litecoin after banning credit card fees due to high fees, Litecoin (LTC) will surge. The coin is up to fifth and 4.6 percent from last week’s close as bulls cement their position shaking off sellers. Litecoin Price Analysis Fundamentals From inception, Litecoin founders were very specific. With all the pomp of a censorship resistance and…

Ridesharing App Lyft Partners With Blockchain Startup to Tokenize Healthcare Transport

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Ridesharing app Lyft has partnered with blockchain startup Solve.Care to tokenize healthcare-related transport arrangements. The development was announced in a press release from Solve.Care on March 4. Estonia-based Solve.Care is a decentralized, blockchain-powered platform that focuses on enhancing healthcare administration and access to healthcare services for users and insurers. The partnership with Lyft will allow Solve.Care users to schedule Lyft rides to doctors’ clinics, hospitals, and pharmacies, with automated payments using native utility token SOLVE via their Solve.Care digital wallets. Payment for rides can be shared with family, employers, insurers…

EOS Crashes 12%, Becomes Biggest Loser in Monday’s Crypto Bloodbath

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Monday’s crypto bloodbath has weighed disproportionately heavily on EOS, as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency recorded a 12.4% drop against the US dollar – its worst one-day performance since February 24. EOS Price Headlines Crypto Market Decline As of the time of writing, the EOS-to-dollar exchange rate (EOS/USD) was trading at $3.290 on the Yahoo Finance index, up 3.94% from the intraday low. Meanwhile, the daily fluctuation pushed EOS’ market capitalization down to $2.95 billion. On Sunday, the coin’s market cap had peaked near $3.25 billion. On a 24-hour adjusted timeframe, volume…

EOS Crashes 12%, Becomes Biggest Loser in Monday’s Crypto Bloodbath

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Monday’s crypto bloodbath has weighed disproportionately heavily on EOS, as the fourth-largest cryptocurrency recorded a 12.4% drop against the US dollar – its worst one-day performance since February 24. EOS Price Headlines Crypto Market Decline As of the time of writing, the EOS-to-dollar exchange rate (EOS/USD) was trading at $3.290 on the Yahoo Finance index, up 3.94% from the intraday low. Meanwhile, the daily fluctuation pushed EOS’ market capitalization down to $2.95 billion. On Sunday, the coin’s market cap had peaked near $3.25 billion. On a 24-hour adjusted timeframe, volume…

Time for Ripple (XRP) Bulls, Support Found at 30 Cents—Again!

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Ripple (XRP) consolidates but bulls in control CoinBase support very bullish—price and regulatory wise Transaction levels dip as prices drop Until after Ripple (XRP) prices rally above 34 cents, we shall maintain a neutral but bullish outlook. Confidence is because of recent CoinBase addition, increasing adoption levels and a possible recovery of Bitcoin. Ripple Price Analysis Fundamentals Crypto is all about relevancy and of the many, XRP is a standout. The coin is the third most liquid, high supply digital asset of the XRP Ledger. While there is contention whether…

Crypto Payments Firm Circle Closes Acquisition of Crowdfunding Platform SeedInvest

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Goldman Sachs-backed cryptocurrency finance firm Circle announced that it closed the acquisition of SeedInvest, a crowdfunding platform and registered operator of a broker-dealer. The news was reported via a post on Coinbase’s official blog published March 4. Cointelegraph first reported about the ongoing acquisition in October last year, noting that the deal will enable Circle to expand SeedInvest’s offerings to support cryptocurrencies, including fiat stablecoins and issuing and offering tokenized securities. At the time, the acquisition was put on hold until the United States Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) approved…

Fake Exchange Creator Aims to Prevent a Real Crypto Disaster

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Fantasy fans may remember Arwen, the character from the “Lord of the Rings” who guides the main characters through a series of dangerous situations. The Arwen protocol intends to do the same, only for cryptocurrency trading. Essentially, Arwen uses native capabilities of existing blockchains to create escrow funds so that users and crypto exchanges are protected from attacks. Today, they’re announcing a demonstration called Mt. Fox. Mt. Fox: The Fake Crypto Exchange That Wants to Steal Your Money Mt. Fox is a fictional crypto exchange that will attempt to steal…

Is Bitcoin (BTC) Sliding in Response to QuadrigaCX Disappointment?

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Bitcoin prices down 2.2 percent Five of the six QuadrigaCX cold wallets are empty Transactional volumes drop, demand could see participation pick up to above 37k Even with Bitcoin (BTC) liquidation, bulls have the upper hand as long as prices are trending above Feb 18 low. In that case, risk-off traders may search for entries in lower time frames and take advantage of positive fundamentals. Bitcoin Price Analysis Fundamentals There is another burden that controls tags along—that of securing private keys. In centralized exchanges, wallets can be compromised—many have lost…

Tron and Tether Partner to Issue USDT on the Tron Network by Q2 2019

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Blockchain protocol Tron (TRX) and Tether, issuer of stablecoin USDT, have announced a partnership to introduce USDT to the Tron network by the second quarter of 2019. The news was shared with Cointelegraph in an email on March 4. The forthcoming TRC20-based USDT — a term that indicates adherence to a technical token standard supported by the Tron blockchain — will be interoperable with all Tron-based protocols and decentralized applications (DApps), and allow for the transaction and exchange of fiat-pegged coins across the blockchain. The USDT, which launched in 2014,…

Crypto Markets See Major Losses, While Stocks Rise as US-China Talks Expected to End

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Monday, March 4 — crypto markets have slid today, with Bitcoin (BTC) having failed to hold the $3,800 price point. All of the top 20 coins by market cap are seeing major losses, according to CoinMarketCap. Market visualization from Coin360 Bitcoin is trading at $3,760 at press time, down around 2.4 percent over the past 24 hours. After Bitcoin saw relative stability around $3,850 starting from Feb. 25, the major cryptocurrency had dipped to as low as $3,733 earlier today. Bitcoin is down 2.7 percent over the past 7 days.…