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Japan’s Rakuten Wallet to resume XRP margin trading next week

While Ripple Labs and XRP continue to face scrutiny in the U.S, other countries and agencies might soon look at the latter more favorably. Rakuten Wallet, operated by one of Japan’s leading e-commerce portals, has just announced the resumption of XRP trading on its platform. Rakuten’s crypto-arm had discontinued services related to XRP in December last year following concerns arising from the SEC’s lawsuit in the U.S. At the time, the company had claimed that they were unsure if XRP’s liquidity could be secured. The entity had also raised concerns

The Altcoin Evolution – Part IV: The Challenges – The Sales Pitch

With the ever-changing landscape of tech development and crypto innovation, regulation tends to lag behind in order to have time to react to what’s happening. Many altcoin projects are currently growing exponentially as they are exploring largely untouched use cases. As the tech continues to proliferate and expand, more and more “problems” are arising that require solutions.  This obviously provides more space for viable contenders to occupy in a crowded market. This provides a robust growth argument for many altcoins, but there is a catch. The giant growth gains are

XRP price chart ‘double bottom’ puts next bullish target at $1

Ripple's XRP token could hit $1 in the coming days, according to a classic technical chart setup.Dubbed a "double bottom," the trend reversal indicator appears after the price bottoms out at a level, rebounds toward a higher resistance level, and then pulls back to or near the first bottom level — only to rebound again to the previous resistance line (also called the "neckline").Should the price close above the neckline, an extended move upward is anticipated, the length of which equals the total height between the neckline and the bottom level. It

Ripple Price Analysis: XRP rejects further upside above $0.62, prepares to move lower?

TL;DR Breakdown XRP continued to move higher yesterday.Consolidation around $0.61 was established overnight.XRP/USD prepares for further downside. Ripple price analysis indicates bearish momentum to follow next week as further upside was heavily rejected overnight. Therefore, we expect XRP/USD to start declining over the next 24 hours to reach the $0.52 previous low next week. Cryptocurrency heat map. Source: Coin360 The cryptocurrency market traded with a slight bullish momentum over the last 24 hours. Bitcoin increased by 1.77 percent, while Ethereum around 0.35 percent.  Ripple price movement in the last 24

Flare Network Review: Smart Contract Network For XRP

As the third largest cryptocurrency most people familiar with the space have heard about Ripple and they understand that it is a global payment and foreign exchange network that was designed to replace the outdated SWIFT banking network. And while it works great for that specific use case, otherwise it has shown limited usefulness in other functions.That might all be fixed however as the Flare Network has been created with the goal of improving the utility of XRP tokens by creating a network with smart contract capability for the XRP

SEC Crypto Mom Greets Pro-Crypto Acting Chairman

SEC Commissioner Hester Price tweeted on Dec. 24 her congratulations to fellow commissioner Elad Roisman on his promotion. Congratulations, Chairman Roisman! I look forward to your leadership of the SEC.— Hester Peirce (@HesterPeirce) December 24, 2020 Securities and Exchange Commissioner (SEC) Roisman’s appointment is not official. The SEC and White House have not confirmed the fact. However, Commissioner Price, known to the crypto community as Crypto Mom, did tweet her greetings. Feat of Clayton at SEC The move comes a day after SEC Chairman Jay Clayton announced his immediate departure.

A Bitcoin Christmas Present: New All-Time High!

Bitcoin hit $24,680 in a brief leap around 12.00 UTC. At the time of this writing, BTC remains just a touch above $24,000. The BTC all-time high (ATH) made for a nice holiday greeting. Gemini Exchange co-founder and crypto bull Cameron Winklevoss tweeted his regards after the peak hit: Rollercoaster Week Just days after hitting new ATH’s, bitcoin reached a new peak on Dec. 25. While not the $25,000 present some were asking for under their tree on Christmas Day, the $24,600 handle at least probably puts that figure psychologically

US Treasury Proposal Applies Travel Rule to Crypto

On Dec. 18, an office within the US Treasury Department released a set of proposals regarding cross-border transfers of digital assets. The US Treasury Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) released a proposal that aims to close loopholes regarding the movement of digital assets. In the announcement on the release, FinCEN also requested input from the public. The measure, called the Travel Rule, affects cross-border transfers. Know thyself The major thrust of the proposal is a change regarding privately owned digital wallets. Virtual Asset Service Providers will now have to require

Uncomfortable Truths of Trading And What to Watch Out For

There are some uncomfortable truths about trading crypto, which many people refuse to acknowledge. For instance, everybody — no matter how they play the market — is part of an emotional scheme. That means you, too. Thierry Gilgen, CEO of MachinaTrader, takes a deeper look into how social media channels dominate information about cryptocurrencies. The market is not purely mathematics. Raw human emotions play a big role, and that includes you potentially getting played. It is easy to be carried away while trading and make an emotional-based decision that results