July 2019

Blockchain Gaming Platform Refereum Brings Crypto Payouts to PUBG

July 24, 2019 boss

United States blockchain-based rewards and marketing company Refereum has announced a partnership with a South Korean online games developer and publisher to expand its in-game rewards scheme. 8 million players to gain access to tokens In a press release shared with Cointelegraph and subsequent blog post July 23, Refereum, which pays users in its in-house RFR token, said the feature would now roll out to players of Playerunkown’s Battlegrounds, developed by PUBG. The game is one of the most popular for Xbox, with over 8 million sales. The rewards scheme…

Real Demand for Bitcoin Brightens As It Draws More Acceptance

July 24, 2019 boss

TD Ameritrade CEO confirms REAL demand for Bitcoin, while the company braves up to integrate in-vehicle software platforms such as Amazon’s Echo Auto, Android Auto, and Apple CarPlay to customers trade stocks on their cars. Everyone could see this morning’s Fake News kerfuffle, sparked by Mati Greenspan, a prominent crypto analyst, where he unintentionally hinted at TD Ameritrade’s entrance into Bitcoin retail market. Bitcoin trading is now available @TDAmeritrade!!! Been waiting a while for this. Ameritrade is one of the US’s oldest and largest online brokers. As of September, client equity…

Metamask Launches Mobile App Beta to Broaden Appeal of Ethereum DApps

July 24, 2019 boss

Ethereum wallet and decentralized app (DApp) browser Metamask has launched the public beta version of its new mobile app. Unveiled on July 23, the app brings various features to Metamask users and syncs to the company’s existing browser plug-in. It is available for both Android and iOS. “Over the next couple months, we’ll use this Beta to gather feedback from the community before our V1 launch this fall,” an accompanying blog post reads. The mobile app features a cryptocurrency wallet and DApp browser among other tools, including support for so-called…

Bitcoin Price Key-Level Collapse Won’t Hurt $42,000 December Run

July 24, 2019 boss

The bitcoin price collapsed as low as $9,574 on Wednesday, sliding back below the psychological $10,000 barrier again. Traders have repeatedly failed to hold the $10k level suggesting that bears have taken hold of the market for now. Technical analysts expect bitcoin to fall further before buying pressure returns. The longer-term horizon, however, is a brighter picture. Pantera Capital sees $42,000 as a realistic price target for the end of the year. Bitcoin price is struggling. | Source: TradingView Bitcoin price faces short-term pain The failure to hold $10,000 is…

Bitcoin Price Key-Level Collapse Won’t Hurt $42,000 December Run

July 24, 2019 boss

Facebook’s Crypto Libra Ploy to Become ‘Its Own Country’, Blasts UK MP

July 24, 2019 boss

The spotlight turned on Facebook over the past week by the U.S. Congress over its plans for the Libra cryptocurrency has only whetted the appetite for other countries to do the same. According to the Financial News, a British parliamentary committee has indicated that it will grill Facebook regarding its crypto project as worries grow that the social media giant’s move into payments and remittances will grant it overwhelming power. The chairperson of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee in the House of Commons, Damian Collins, is especially suspicious…

Bitcoin Faces Further Price Losses After Breaching Long-Term Support

July 24, 2019 boss

Bitcoin is on the defensive for the fourth straight day, having breached long-term support on Tuesday. The leading cryptocurrency by market value is currently trading at $9,720, representing a 1.1 percent drop from today’s opening price of $9,841, according to Bitstamp data. Prices fell 1.39, 2.56 and 4.66 percent, respectively in the previous three trading days. Daily chart With a three-day drop, BTC has left another bearish lower high at $11,120. Further, the cryptocurrency violated the four-month bullish rising trendline by printing a UTC close well below $10,000 on Tuesday.…

Bitcoin Could Reach $356K in a Few Years, $42K in 2019

July 24, 2019 boss

Pantera Capital’s CEO Dan Morehead pointed to a potential Bitcoin price move to $356k within three years based on past trends of BTC price movements on a logarithmic scale. Morehead’s math also indicated that Bitcoin price targets $42k in 2019. Even though we are witnessing pretty bearish outlook on Bitcoin, there are some experts who believe that this is just a short-term situation. Just for reminder, a few days ago Bakkt launched test for their Bitcoin Futures platform and, contrary to the popular beliefs – Bitcoin price went down. However,…

Civic, BitGo to Release New Wallet for Crypto and Identity Data

July 24, 2019 boss

Decentralized identity startup Civic and blockchain security firm BitGo plan to launch a new wallet using BitGo’s multisig technology in Q4 2019. In a press release shared with Cointelegraph on July 23, the two firms revealed that the forthcoming “Civic Wallet” will host hold both cryptocurrency and identity data on mobile devices. Control and security over funds and personal data In the press release, Vinny Lingham, co-founder and CEO of Civic said “We’re building a new financial and identity ecosystem.” Lingham further expressed enthusiasm for lowering the barrier to entry…

TRON’s Justin Sun Postpones Lunch With Warren Buffett; Recovers from Illness in San Francisco

July 24, 2019 boss

Warren Buffett, the chairman and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway, was supposed to have lunch with Justin Sun, a cryptocurrency entrepreneur, on July 25. Sun had reportedly bid a record-breaking $4,567,888 to win the charity auction that has been hosted by Buffett for the past 20 years. The winner was allowed to bring seven friends for lunch at a steakhouse in New York City with Buffett. However, the charity lunch has been postponed by Justin Sun. According to a tweet from Sun’s TRON Foundation, the lunch was postponed due to his…