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Tron’s Justin Sun Applauds Binance After BNB Breaks Its ATH: Next Stop, $100?

Binance Coin (BNB) To Overtake EOS, LTC, and BCH Simply Because

The Binance Coin (BNB) is creating a major buzz within the crypto community as what many see as a major feat it just achieved. For one, BNB has risen exponentially over a short period since its debut into the crypto market. The coin is now among the top 10 largest and most popular cryptos by market cap.

Not long ago, BNB was nowhere near the top 10 and traded at below $10. Today, it’s a different story, a baffling development that has attracted the attention of crypto bigwigs like Justin Sun.

Justin Sun is the founder and CEO of Tron foundation, the creator of TRX. In a tweet, Justin made a point to congratulate the Binance exchange and its CEO, Changpeng Zhao, for BNB’s current success. While congratulating the Binance team, Justin mentioned that BNB has surpassed its previous All-Time-High (ATH) value.

BNB At $100?

Justin’s tweet didn’t go unnoticed, especially given that he has quite a sizable social media following. Various online characters came in to share their take on BNB’s current market standing. To some, this is just the beginning. Someone even opined that by Christmas Eve, BNB will have clocked $100 in market value per coin. Interestingly, Binance CEO Zhao responded by saying he would bookmark that prediction.

Is TRX Next?

In light of the news of BNB’s success and Justin Sun’s recognition of it, some members of the Tron community are now speculating on the possibility of TRX breaking its ATH too. Tron has been making huge efforts in expanding its network.

It migrated to the MainNet and acquired BitTorrent. Whether these efforts will finally pay off to push up the market price of TRX is yet to be seen. However, the majority of the Tron community seem to be optimistic.

Time To Accumulate?

When a cryptocurrency looks like it’s about to break out in a big way, people tend to go all in to accumulate as much as they can. In that sense, a peculiar tweet by a character with a twitter handle, Cryptron, is now urging crypto fans and investors to start accumulating BNB before the price shoots up further. According to Cryptron, BNB shot up from $10.9 to $26+ within 2 months, an impressive 200% gain, and this trend is likely going to continue.

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Who Wins? Ripple and XRP or the “Bank Approved” Stablecoins?

JP Morgan Coin: Is It Here To Compete With XRP?

Some in the cryptocurrency space have wondered if the appearance of the new big bank issued stablecoins will make cryptocurrencies disappear. Ripple has the ambition to create a new worldwide payment system.

But detractors wonder if the prevalence of stablecoins will solve the same problem XRP is meant to solve. A popular Twitter cryptocurrency trader and enthusiast known as The Crypto Dog asked what does Ripple’s XRP have over a coin like JPM, the crypto project of JP Morgan.

He went on to ask if Ripple’s future could be in danger.

Imperator Emhyr, a Twitter user who says Ripple is his main focus responded.

Ripple’s use as a bridge asset from cryptocurrency to the traditional financial sector is what could make XRP a useful tool and valuable asset to hold. One of the most important features of Ripple’s XRP is the speed in which transactions are confirmed and settled. The speed makes volatility a non-issue according to Ripple.

Asheesh Birla, a top innovator at Ripple recently participated in a live-streamed chat with Ripple’s Senior Director of Product, Ginger Baker. During the session, Birla broke down Ripple’s recent expansion and spoke about why Ripple can overcome some of the biggest problems in the immature cryptocurrency market. Birla, the Senior Vice President of Product explained Ripple’s powers perfectly.

“XRP has an advantage in that it was built specifically for payments and so it settles in a matter of seconds. So volatility…not an issue when using XRP for cross-border payments [as] the cost of sending with XRP is just a fraction of a few pennies.”

Ripple has its share of critics, but if they can complete their mission, XRP will be a valuable financial tool. They’ve laid down the groundwork, and now they need to actually implement the plans.

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Review of Top Three Cryptocurrency Predictions In 2019 And How They Stand So Far in the 1st Quarter

Binance CEO CZ Predicts Significant Influx into Crypto Market

It is evident that the cryptocurrency market has recorded considerable growth so far just as some experts predicted. This article will review the status of some of these predictions and how they stand in the 1st quarter of the year.

Co-Founder of Union Square Venture’s Prediction

Out of the many predictions that were announced at the dawn of 2019, the one forecasted by the CEO of Union Square Ventures, Fred Wilson appears to be among the few predictions that are coming to life. Wilson predicted that there would be bullish run in 2019, but selling pressure would possibly drive the price a bit low. “I think this bottoming out process will end sometime in 2019 and we will slowly enter a new bullish phase in crypto,” he said.

According to him, the reason for this market growth would be due to the fulfillment of promises made in 2017. Wilson explained that the emergence of different smart contract platforms would challenge Ethereum which would do a lot of good to the cryptocurrency market. As it stands, the prediction is coming to pass as the cryptocurrency market has recorded significant growth since the beginning of the year.

Ben Ritchie of Digital Capital Management’s Prediction

According to Ritchie of Digital Capital Management, the cryptocurrency market would decouple and end the year with a significant increase in market capitalization. In his prediction, Bitcoin would finish the year at $9500. He also pointed out that two crucial things are supposed to be monitored; the decoupling of the cryptocurrency market in 2019 and the impact of the traditional market on Bitcoin or cryptocurrency.

This raises a serious question on the possible direction of the Bitcoin price with the rise or fall of the price of S&P. As at today since the day Ritchie made the prediction, Bitcoin has shown to be decoupling and rising steadily to the top.

Sonny Singh’s Prediction

Sonny Singh is the current Chief Commercial Officer of Bitpay, Inc. According to him, the cryptocurrency market will experience a dramatic comeback with Bitcoin leading the way. Singh predicted that Bitcoin would round up the year with a market price ranging from $15,000 to $20,000.

Being aware of the unfavorable government regulations imposed on the operation of cryptocurrencies, he explained that there would be a different factor that will act as a catalyst for the cryptocurrency comeback. He stated that there would be the involvement of financial companies in the cryptocurrency market which would cause the price to rise.

Though Bitcoin and cryptocurrency market has experienced a historical bearish run, it is essential to understand that it would not last forever. Those who exercise patience and invest for the long term would prevail in the end.

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BNB Not Replacing ETH As EY Concludes Plans to Release its Zero-Knowledge Proof Transaction Protocol On The Public Ethereum network

Ethereum Price Watch: ETH Set Make A More Decisive Move In The Next Couple Of Days

One of the most important features of any project being worked on for the cryptocurrency industry is security. All related firms including manufacturing companies, exchange firms and even the makers of the cryptos themselves are always looking for new ways to not only make transactions as cheap as possible but also to ensure privacy and make these transactions a lot more secure. This is exactly the case for the parent company of the “big four” accounting firms, Ernst & Young (EY).

EY, the multinational professional services firm with its headquarters in London, England, has just revealed its plans to publicly release its private transaction protocol framework with zero-knowledge proof (ZKP). This announcement was made on the firm’s official website stating that the protocol will be made public so as to help with security and privacy of transactions for public blockchains.

Background of the Prototype

In October 2018, EY announced the launch of its EY Ops Chain Public Edition (PE) which is the first use of the ZKP framework on the Ethereum blockchain. According to the post on the EY site, “this technology is a first that will allow companies to privately and securely create and sell product and service tokens on a public blockchain with private access to their transaction records.”

Ever since last year when the initial protocol was launched, EY has continued to seek out better ways to increase the efficiency of the technology with regards to both security and scalability. Consequently, there has been a tremendous success with the endeavor as EY has successfully reduced transaction charges by as much as 90%.

On Releasing the Technology to the Public

The Global Innovation Leader for Blockchain at EY – Paul Brody – explained that making the technology public is the best way to ensure not only its spread but also its constant development by EY. He said:

“Making public blockchains secure and scalable is a priority for EY. The fastest way to spread this privacy-enhancing technology was to make it public. The gold standard in security is only achieved with the kind of intense review and testing that comes with public domain releases.”

The technology will ensure that transactions on the Ethereum blockchain would be more private and secure. It will also support both ERC-20 and ERC-721 token standards on this blockchain.

Furthermore, even though institutions would still be able to give auditors all the necessary information for a proper audit, the technology will make sure that all transactions are private and the data given to the auditors will not contain more information than necessary.

Currently, the teams at EY are doing final checks and reviews on the technology but it is expected to be fully released publicly sometime within the next six weeks.

BNB or ETH?

It has been speculated by a few people that BNB could replace ETH in the future because of the tremendous growth of the former, especially now that Binance has announced its own Binance Chain. However, Changpeng Zhao – founder of Binance – has responded saying that the Binance chain and its decentralized exchange platform “does not challenge Ethereum, it doesn’t even have smart contracts.”

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Tone Vays Says There’s No Such Thing as Crypto, just Bitcoin, Classifies LTC, ETH, and XRP as Useless and Scam Projects

Breaking: Blockchain Wallet and Shapeshift Exchange Terminate Support for Bitcoin SV. Who is Next?

Analyst Tone Vays in what seems to be a critical comment has called cryptocurrency projects other than Bitcoin useless. In his opinion, the word cryptocurrency is not necessary as it suggests there are other cryptocurrencies apart from Bitcoin.

Vays seems to have a sentiment that places Bitcoin far above any other project in the cryptocurrency industry. In several previous tweets, he has repeatedly referred to other projects as scams. The following are a few of them:

He even blames the Bitcoin bear market on the support that other cryptocurrencies are getting from investors.

Bitcoin was the first major cryptocurrency created by Satoshi Nakamoto and has since then been ahead by market cap and price. However, is Vays right that all other projects are useless or scams? Projects like Ripple’s XRP have very committed fans who will defend it any day and for good reasons – the company Ripple makes near instant remittance services possible.

Apart from that, Ethereum the second largest cryptocurrency project brought smart contracts and dapps into the world and now Tron and others have followed suit. These projects have reached millions of users around the world who are convinced that they chose the right projects. Therefore it is necessary to ask again, is Tone Vays right to say that only Bitcoin is an authentic project?

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Bitcoin Never to Surpass $20k Again?, Weiss Ratings Says the Next Bull Run Cannot Exceed Previous One

Bitcoin (BTC) Rallies Above $4,000, Is Above $4,200 Next Or Right Back Below $4,000 We Go Again?

Weiss Ratings has spoken up concerning the next bull run which some analysts say will be bigger than that of 2017. In a tweet, the firm said no bull run can be bigger than the previous one, but cryptocurrencies have a lot of potential because of investors likely to turn to the industry.

Many analysts have spoken about the bear market and the next bull run which Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have been warming up for already. One of the analysts, a researcher, and Co-founder at Delphi Digital, Tom Shaughnessy, said the next bull run will surpass that of 2017.

Convincingly, Tom said the 2017 bull run was triggered by an initial hype for the cryptocurrency technology which is why it did not last, but the coming bull market will be triggered by a true appreciation for cryptocurrencies as the traditional financial systems begin to fail investors.

Tom is not the only one who has seen great potential in the market, many others such as Tom Lee have repeatedly said Bitcoin is currently undervalued and trading at only 40% of its ideal price. Other Bitcoin bulls such as John McAfee see Bitcoin at $1 million by 2020.

Weiss Ratings’ position seems to completely counteract all these major bullish predictions and expectations. Does that mean Bitcoin cannot reach $20,000 again? This is a question many will be asking.

Weiss Ratings has a long history of giving professional financial advice and most have proven to be right. Although there is no clearly stated reason for their definite conclusion on this current matter, it is a statement that will draw the attention of investors and crypto enthusiasts alike and many will be interested to see how it plays out.

The next question is how high will Bitcoin rise in the next bull run if it cannot exceed $20,000? Should we expect $10,000 or less? Only time will tell if this will be the case.

Meanwhile, Bitcoin is apparently set to move higher in a slow but steady rise that has been sustained from one height to the other. It is currently trading at $5,335 according to Coin Market Cap, which is a significant increase from last week which is a good sign for the market.

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Bitcoin Beats Oil to Become the Global Best-Performing Asset

Bitcoin at $4000; an Upswing Or a Downturn, Which is More Likely to Occur?

The price surge experienced by Bitcoin earlier this month seems to be just the beginning of significant advancements for the asset. For the first time in quite a few months, Bitcoin successfully reached and surpassed the $5,000 price level and continues to perform impressively, consistently trading in green.

Now, Analyst and investor, Charlie Bilello has revealed that Bitcoin has outdone oil to become the best-performing asset in the entire global market in 2019. According to Charlie, Bitcoin climbed 39% only slightly beating oil which climbed 38%.

According to this list of all the 15 items, 14 of them gained at different rates which somewhat feeds the assumption that the global market is not in a bad place. The only drop is Gold which fell by 1%.

Even though the difference in percentage between Bitcoin and Oil is only 1%, it shows that Bitcoin is on an interesting trajectory and might perform considerably better in the near future.

Effects on the Crypto Market

Every time there’s a bump that pushes Bitcoin a little higher, the effect on the entire crypto market is almost palpable. At the moment, Bitcoin is priced at over $5,300 and has risen at least 30% in about a month.

This progress that has been recorded since the price surge has also been felt by pretty much all the other altcoins. The Binance token (BNB) is another worthy mention which has experienced a 322% increase against the U.S Dollar this year alone and now, BNB has successfully beat its own previous all-time high. The significant increase in the value of some of these assets has added an estimated $70 billion dollars to the market.

Ever since the surge, there have been quite a few predictions that see Bitcoin surpassing its previous all-time high of almost $20,000 and even doing more. One particular prediction put a $50,000 price on the crypto before the year runs out.

Whether or not that is ridiculous is yet to be seen as there’s still a long time before the year is over. However, it wouldn’t be crazy to say that Bitcoin will not only continue to rise but might stay on the global best-performing assets list for some time.

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Bitcoin Will Take a Big Price Jump this Year – Tom Lee

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Famous Funstrat’s Head of Research and prominent Bitcoin Bull Tom Lee has raised the hope of investors and Bitcoin proponents again, this time saying that Bitcoin will likely make a huge recovery in the year 2019.

In an interview with Cointelegraph, Lee pointed out that Fundstrat’s most recent Bitcoin Misery Index (BMI) at 89 is at its highest in the last few years and a sign of good fortune for Bitcoin within the year. The BMI is a method invented by Fundstrat to assess market status by taking several factors into account.

Last week, Lee mentioned that the BMI was at 67 and was indicating a sell-off that will later lead to a crash in Bitcoin price. At the time, Lee said a crash was imminent with such a BMI and Bitcoin would lose at least 25% of its price. In his words, he said:

“When the bitcoin misery index is at ‘misery’ (below 27), bitcoin sees the best 12-month performance. A signal is generated about every year. [And] when the BMI is at a ‘misery’ level, future returns are very good.”

Last week was the first time Tom Lee predicted a price crash for Bitcoin in 2019, however, the BMI has changed in the last week to indicate a brighter future for Bitcoin, which is a dream come true for investors. Fundstrat’s BMI has never reached 67 in a bear market since 2011, so a BMI of 89 in a bear market now is a clear indicator of a bull run according to Lee.

Lee had also predicted earlier this year that Bitcoin will make some recovery but nothing spectacular. However, with the recent developments, he confesses that the recovery will be much faster than he anticipated and how far this will take Bitcoin is unknown.

Bitcoin has indeed been very strong against the bears. It seems to have established support above $5,300 as the price has been hovering within the range in the last 24 hours and seems to be pressing higher. In line with Lee’s BMI prediction, we may be heading for a huge move before the end of the year, and who knows what will happen after then?

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SignRequest introduces blockchain-backed electronic signatures with LTO Network

SignRequest introduces blockchain-backed electronic signatures with LTO Network

SignRequest, one of Europe’s leading electronic signing providers, added a new blockchain solution to its electronic signature application. By integrating the Dutch-based blockchain platform LTO Network, they enable blockchain technology as an option for more than 1 million users worldwide, resulting in over 300,000 monthly transactions on LTO Network public chain.

Over the last few years, the adoption of the digital signature has seen an immense rise in the corporate landscape. Whereas just years ago, scanners and couriers had a significant part in the concluding of a ‘wet signature’ agreement, the digital signature has become embedded widely in finance and legal departments. Industries that are traditionally slow on widely adopting new technologies, with digital signatures appearing to be the exception to this rule. This multi-billion dollar industry with a 31% per year compound annual growth rate shows the stretch that this technology still has to offer. With the future in mind, in which novel solutions allow digital signatures to become digital workflows that save money, increase efficiency and move businesses forward, these projected growth numbers even seem rather conservative.

Michaël Krens, CTO of SignRequest:

Using the blockchain for Proof-of-Existence for electronic signatures just makes sense and is already happening. When we researched blockchain platforms, LTO Network stood out in terms of speed, set-up, and capabilities. We are able to include the blockchain transaction identifier directly into our signing logs which are circulated upon signing without the need to wait minutes for confirmations. Next, to that, the potential of creating decentralized workflows did the trick to add the LTO Network solution as an option to our users.”

Rick Schmitz, CEO of LTO Network:

The LTO public blockchain is optimized for anchoring transactions, making it light and effective. Using the so-called Bitcoin-NG protocol, the network pre-approves transactions instantly before the hashes are stored on LTO Network.  This makes the LTO Network ideal for Proof-of-Existence on documents, emails, and other off-chain data.”

To really differentiate yourself from other players in the electronic signature landscape, you have to think outside the box. You can trust SignRequest systems, or any other signature provider, that the time of signing stated in the audit trail is the correct one, but with enabling blockchain technology our users now have the possibility to have hundreds of other systems verifying this as well and thus eliminating the need to trust a single party.

Rick Schmitz, CEO of LTO Network:

“SignRequest is a perfect example of a forward thinking company who sees the blockchain landscape and narrative maturing. Millions of transactions per year will immensely stimulate LTO Network’s usage and the trust in it.”

Do you want to experience blockchain in electronic signing? Try it out, it’s LIVE! https://help.signrequest.com/hc/en-us/articles/360020499014-SignRequest-and-the-LTO-Network-Blockchain

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Mueller Report: The Russian Interference In The 2016 US Presidential Election Was Funded With Bitcoin

Since the US presidential election was wrapped up back in 2016, there have been numerous claims that Russia interfered with the national exercise. A serious inquiry was commissioned to look into those claims and dig up any evidence. The task was tackled by one Robert Mueller. Now that the Mueller report is ready, the atmosphere is restless again as the deep details are expected to be revealed.

However, much concern is one of the claims made in the report. Apparently, Russian agents used cryptocurrencies to fund their interference operations. In this case, Bitcoin features very heavily. This claim raises concerns as to how cryptocurrencies can be misused by bad characters due to the technically anonymous nature of their transactions.

They Mined Bitcoin

According to the Mueller Report, a Russian military unit involved in the election meddling was behind the hacking and exposure of damaging email content targeting Hilary Clinton. To fund their operations, the Russians mounted a Bitcoin mining station where they mined the cryptocurrencies which they then used to purchase their hacking equipment and other related infrastructure.

The purchased hacking tools were then used to hack into the computer hardware at the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) and the Democratic National Committee (DNC). This led to the leaking of the confidential Clinton emails and hugely affected her campaign for the presidency.

Bypassed KYC/AML Procedures

Even more baffling, according to the report, is the fact that the Russian spy team was able to circumvent the KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) policies put in place at a crypto exchange in the UK. They used the exchange known as CEX.io. They used Bitcoins stored in this exchange to purchase a domain name, dcleaks.com.

Commenting on the failure of the exchange to enforce the security policies, the US Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin expressed concerns, saying that the use of crypto exchanges differs greatly with traditional banks. He added that in the light of the release of the Mueller Report, this issue needs to be looked into ever more closely.

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Crypto Market Update – Binance Coin (BNB) Up 14% Today As Bitcoin Struggles To Push Past $5,350

Tron Price Analysis: The Bulls Will Soon Be Taking Over the TRX Market

Binance has continued the week as it started, steaming well above $20 and up 35% this week. BNB’s price breached at $19 against the US Dollar to kick the week off and on the weekly timeframe, Binance is looking extremely bullish and expecting to test clear resistance & ATH.

Dare I say BNB weekly candle looking to close above the all-time high at $26?

BNB Token to Hit New All-Time High as Binance Chain Launches

The volume on BNB would indicate this could well and truly breach resistance and the current sentiment around Twitter has everyone talking about BNB and Changpeng Zhao.

All of the positive news coming from Binance has a few people thinking if this could potentially be the next Ethereum?

Binance’s Twitter page announced that the BNB Chain mainnet has been launched and they will be executing their mainnet swap on April 23rd.

Perhaps the reason why many investors are filling their bags prior to the swap.

Bitcoin struggling to push past $5,350

Bitcoin started the week around the $5,000 level and has been building confluence between $4,900 and $5,350.

BTC seems to have found resistance at this region with numerous attempts by the bulls to drive price higher. If BTC can break key resistance the next price level to watch out for will be $5,545.

The weekly performance of Alt-Coins

Today a majority of Alt-coins have been in the red showing that they could be waiting on a move from Bitcoin before the rest follow. Ethereum began this week trading around $166 against the USD, seeing a 7% rise in price, but currently down 1.07% at $172.89.

Via Coin360

XRP began this week trading around $0.32 before finding resistance at $0.34 before pulling back. The 18D MA is currently acting as support and I believe we could see further confluence in this area before retesting $0.36.

Litecoin has held well on $78 with multiple retests of this level acting as a firm support. LTC is currently down 1.21% trading at $81.89.

Cardano seems to have taken the biggest hit in the top 10 on Coinmarketcap, down 4.33% at $0.078. Since rejecting $0.09 ADA has failed to keep up the momentum and rejecting the counter trend-line. The next level of support can be found at $0.073, which currently the 200D EMA is positioned.

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BNB Token to Hit New All-Time High as Binance Chain Launches

BNB Token to Hit New All-Time High as Binance Chain Launches

Ever since its Initial Coin Offering (ICO) in July of 2017 which saw the sale of 100 million tokens being sold, the Binance Token (BNB) has been on a very interesting upward trajectory and is currently the 7th largest cryptocurrency in the market, according to market cap rankings.

Currently priced at $23.95 with a market cap of $3.40 billion, BNB has been an ERC-20 token on the Ethereum blockchain. However, this is already almost completely changed as Binance has now announced its own custom Binance chain and a complete swap from ERC20 Ethereum-based tokens, by the 23rd of April.

Launch and Mainnet Swap

In December of 2018, the official Binance Twitter account made public the firm’s plans to create its own blockchain with the aim of helping adoption and also letting other platforms use it to issue tokens. According to the tweet:

“#Binance is pushing for blockchain adoption and doing many things to help advancement of the industry. E.g. we will have the Binance chain ready in the coming months, on which millions of projects can easily issue tokens”.

Now, according to the announcement made on the official Binance Community website, the Binance Chain mainnet has been launched and the Swap will occur in a few days. The post explained that blocks will be produced “with consensus from the genesis block” and that “Binance Coin (BNB), will be created in the genesis block.”

Furthermore, the initial amount of BNB that would be available is expected to be 200,000,000 and the token would be converted from ERC20 BNB to BEP2 BNB which is the native for the Binance Chain. However, users who want their BNB tokens to stay ERC20-based are advised to withdraw them into an Ethereum Wallet immediately.

“If users still want to keep the ERC20 based BNB tokens for any reason during the conversion period, then they may withdraw their BNB from Binance.com accounts into an Ethereum Wallet BEFORE 2 AM (UTC), April 23rd. Please note that withdrawn ERC20 BNB tokens will only have temporary usage, as all BNB tokens will be migrated to Binance Chain. After April 23rd, Binance.com will NOT support the withdrawal of ERC20 BNB tokens.”

Possible All-Time High

BNB Token to Hit New All-Time High as Binance Chain Launches

After this announcement, the BNB token increased more than 11% and is quite close to reaching a new all-time high if the current trajectory doesn’t break. It’s important to note that the token, since January this year, has risen over 200%.

Reactions

Reactions towards Binance and its movements are quite exciting as this can be seen in its market price, position and increase. The entire progress and swap, when eventually completed, is still expected to push the coin a lot higher as it would seem that many people have a lot of faith in the coin.

Joseph Young, a cryptoanalyst, investor and writer tweeted that:

Hopefully, the Binance chain would hold the coin more effectively than the Ethereum blockchain.

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Guide to Writing a Research Paper on Bitcoin: Top 6 Issues to Discuss and What to Talk About

Today, many people debate about the theme of bitcoins. It’s a cryptocurrency that exists in the form of electronic cash. The most remarkable point about this interesting currency is that fully decentralized and no middle-men control it. Accordingly, it is not controlled by banks and there are almost no restrictions. People may exchange bitcoins for the products and services they need. This case is indisputably captivating and many professors assign their students to write research papers on this topic.

Of course, you cannot simply write about the Bitcoin issue. It’s a too broad topic and you should stick to one of the main rules of topic selection – narrow it. You should identify some crucial trends that are currently relevant. You should read and analyze recent news in this direction.

For example, we advise paying attention to the matter of price. It’s always relevant for bitcoins. The price defines how much a bitcoin owner can afford. On April 12, the price of bitcoins has increased to half a percent. This is the highest point since 2016. The predictions of specialists are pretty promising for most bitcoin owners. It will slightly rise and thus, will benefit many companies.

Ethereum is the biggest bitcoin holder and it enjoyed growth. Simultaneously, Ripple, the second bitcoin holder, has lost more than one percent of its funds. These figures aren’t meaningful today. However, the tendency is clear. It may sufficiently enhance somebody’s budget and bring to ruin the business of others. You can base your research paper on the issues of pricing. According to predictions of experts, the price may range between $20,000 and $64,000 per bitcoin.

While you research this matter, you should mention the potential influencers of the price. Thus, mining is currently the biggest factor that makes the price increase. The new generation of hardware rig is the reason for that. Of course, you can select other topics and we’ll tell you how many variants you have.

However, it’s a tricky question too. Many experts doubt that it’s possible to predict the price of bitcoins. The main argument is the absence of the controlling power that can establish pricing on firm conditions. When we talk about common cash, it is centralized by banks. Cryptocurrency has no such a controller and the price may either go up or down.

Simultaneously, there are certain triggers that can affect price policy. These are stable-coins, the involvement of different institutions, and simply a better understanding of bitcoin fundamentals. Moreover, if one goes gossiping that electronic currency will increase in price many people may believe that and induce this smart and tricky prediction.

A Bitcoin Research Paper – Interesting Topics to Cover

We have a list of current trends that are relevant in the year 2019. Consider the next research topics offered by CustomWritings, a professional paper writing service:

  1. Security. It’s necessary to determine the safest ways to protect cryptocurrency. These may be traditional security tokens, as well as something new and unique as bitcoin itself.
  2. Centralization. Many people don’t like the idea of decentralized existence of bitcoins. The others claim that it’s simply unfair and business should be conducted in a standard and well-known way. Therefore, many people vote for implementing a clear bitcoin regulator. As variants, experts suggest choosing funds or private keys given to all bitcoin owners. It’s important to determine a fixed measure of valuation. Many investors don’t trust bitcoins due to the lack of control. Centralization may be a good way out.
  3. Stablecoins. This is an interesting matter because it can bring stability to the world of crypto trading. Every owner of bitcoins has to pay a strict fiat currency. Many businessmen and huge corporations lost much money due to unfortunate and disappointing changes in the market in the previous year. There are consistent price swings and everybody wants to stabilize them. Thus, the invention of stable-coins can resolve this issue. There is also a suggestion that the US dollar should be the only measure of bitcoin value. Today, it’s measured by every possible world currencies.
  4. Enhancement of bitcoin dominance. Nowadays, bitcoin is pretty vulnerable. Its value may be steadily increasing from day to day. However, due to some unexpected factors, it may drastically drop in price. There are many altcoins that cause such swings. Altcoins are all possible alternatives to bitcoin. They take so to speak the upper hand. Thus, many people claim that bitcoin should step up and receive more rights. This will help it to enhance in value over all its alternatives.
  5. Mainstream adoption. Many experts state that it’s necessary to launch special measures that will help to stabilize bitcoin. These should be some mainstreams that will effectively function for many a year. For example, user-friendly applications may increase efficiency. Some companies create special apps that help to quickly work with bitcoins. It’s a reasonable step because all modern people use smartphones and tablets every day.
  6. Predictions. You can cover possible changes that will take place in the future. They may be related to pricing, social acceptance, new improvements, possible crash, etc.

There is much food to chew on. You’re free to cover any of these trends. We are sure that you’ll surely enjoy success because there is much data for each topic. Simply make a proper analysis and compose a meaningful and impressive research paper.

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New XRP Payments App Successfully Launched By Ripple-Supported Startup

Making cryptocurrency as widespread as possible seems to be at the forefront of most of the projects been undertaken by Ripple. Services like RippleNet which make it easier for cross-border transacted to be easily conducted not only sees Ripple helping to solve problems but also pushes forward the adoption and use of Ripple’s XRP in the hopes that it could be the most used cryptocurrency in the near future.

‘XRPayments’

This adoption is now bound to spread a bit more as a Ripple-supported start-up called XRPL Labs, has started a new mobile app, created specifically to help traders and vendors accept XRP as payment for their goods and services. XRPayments as the app is called, lets the merchant easily convert fiat into XRP for real-time rates so payment is as accurate as possible. This is made possible with an integrated converter fitted with the app.

Wietse Wind, who is the founder of XRPL Labs, announced with a tweet that the app was accepted by both Google and Apple, meaning that both the Apple iOS and Google Play Stores now have the app available for download. The tweet said:

The app currently has a 4.6 rating on the Google Play Store.

XRP Based Projects

The XRPayments is just one of many projects being undertaken by XRPL Labs. The other projects, which haven’t been released yet are all XRP based apps that have the potential to attract more users to XRP. The apps include,

A fully decentralized exchange platform for XRP that gives customers the opportunity to transact XRP without the inconveniences that may stem from going through a third party exchange platform. Also, a mobile service that all customers can install on their respective devices which would let them access their funds and also send and receive the asset on the go, whenever they choose to.

Plus a full operating system for cold storage that allows holders of XRP, to create an efficient and safe app for the creation and management of their cold wallets.

Other XRP News

Xpring, an initiative by Ripple created to fund and nurture XRP projects, recently provided substantial funding to XRPL Labs. The exact amount invested is undisclosed but is said to be more than enough to run XRPL Labs for more a few more years.

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