Stock Exchange Commission (SEC): Are Ripple activities related to XRP token price?

Stock Exchange Commission (SEC): Are Ripple activities related to XRP token price?

Ripple's exploratory feuds with the US Securities and Exchange Commission are heating up with another letter to Judge Sarah Netborn, defending the decision to contact foreign lawmakers.

The agency claims that it seeks information from overseas entities to refute some of the company's key defenses.

In particular, it is trying to find out whether Ripple activities are related to the price of the XRP token. Obtaining daily trading data from foreign exchange offices is the only way to determine this. Because defendants claim that they are the only sources of pricing information:

"In addition, there is a growing demand for evidence for Ripple's defense. One of these cases is Ripple's defense, which claims that the price of XRP is not determined by Ripple activity. D.E. "51 ¶ 13, a defense to which the daily trading price of XRP on foreign platforms (used by Ripple, which Ripple says is the only source of this pricing information) is unquestionably relevant."

The SEC application is not legally binding

The Securities and Exchange Commission claims to be seeking information from 20 foreign entities and their affiliates.

The statement said foreign entities could reject MOU requests if they thought they were "heavy" or "inappropriate".

Ripple's lawyers claimed in their letter that more than 20 SEC targets are based in the United Kingdom, Singapore and Japan, countries where local lawmakers have recognized that XRP is not a security.

Coinbase and PayPal are collaborating

Coinbase and PayPal are collaborating

Coinbase  Exchange officially announced its partnership with PayPal in the United States. As a result, users of the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange in the United States can now purchase their favorite cryptocurrencies through the PayPal payment gateway. This is really good news for all PayPal and Coinbase users.

However, the Coinbase and PayPal merger service is currently only available in the United States. The cryptocurrency exchange is still considering expanding its partnership with PayPal to other parts of the world.

Coinbase stated:

"We now offer millions of users in the United States a quick and easy way to buy cryptocurrencies on Coinbase via credit cards and bank accounts connected to PayPal. "

"It is very easy to buy and pay for cryptocurrencies using the PayPal payment gateway," Coinbase said. "If you have a PayPal account, you can start trading on Coinbase immediately, and you no longer need to add bank accounts or card numbers directly to CoinBase."

South Korean money changers reopen cryptocurrency face-to-face shopping centers

South Korean money changers reopen cryptocurrency face-to-face shopping centers

Coinone and Bithumb have both reopened their customer centers in the capital in response to growing domestic interest in cryptocurrencies.

Coinone Exchange, one of the top four cryptocurrency exchanges in South Korea, has reopened its offline customer center in Seoul. According to a report in The Korea Herald on April 29, the center initially opened in September 2017, but has since closed due to the company's decision to focus on other business activities.

Currently, with an increase of 20 times more than usual registration of new users of the cryptocurrency exchange in the first quarter of this year, this exchange will resume its offline services for customers. At the end of this month, the Herald reported that Coinone had reached 2 million users.

In addition to reopening an offline hub, Coinone has reportedly doubled its staff to meet information needs and help a wide range of new customers.

The trend seems to be expanding to resume face-to-face customer service in South Korea, with Bithumb, the country's second-largest exchange, opening an offline hub in the capital earlier this week. The Korbit exchange is reportedly considering a similar move.

These developments show the rising atmosphere in the South Korean digital currency market, where the price of Bitcoin is recently trading with a new "Kimchi premium" that rises to the highest price of the year. The craze for cryptocurrencies has apparently spread to domestic stock prices as well. Meanwhile, companies holding shares in some of the country's top cryptocurrency operators have seen significant gains in recent weeks.

Analysts predict that the Kakao Forum in South Korea, which owns cash shares in Upbit and Dunamu and is active in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industries, is likely to reap the benefits of Korea's rising cryptocurrency market next year.

Equipping 10,000 taxis in the UK with Ethereum-based payment gateways in the future

Equipping 10,000 taxis in the UK with Ethereum-based payment gateways in the future

According to an announcement released Monday, HIPS mobile payment companies and the Nordic taxi payment platform will work together to enable taxis in the UK and Scandinavia to accept cryptocurrencies on the Ethereumblockchain.

Under the partnership, 10,000 taxis in the United Kingdom and 20,000 taxis in Scandinavia will be able to use the toll booth after passing the beta test in November.

The platform will initially accept the USDC Stable Coin and the native HIPS token called the Merchant (MTO), which is issued on Ethereum and under the ERC-20 standard. According to the announcement, the acceptance of other cryptocurrencies will be on the platform's agenda as soon as possible.

The system, which essentially includes the HIPS Merchant Protocol and its HMP payment gateway platform and native tokens, has been described as a "solution that borrows concepts such as" consumer protection "from the traditional card payment industry. "Atrium blockchain enters."

The HIPS system works with a wide range of payment platforms to enable cryptocurrencies to pay for everything from Time Magazine subscriptions to organic vegetables.

Launched earlier this month, the HIPS system is designed to work with any blockchain capable of supporting smart contracts; This means that in the future he will use not only Ethereum but also Cardano and Solana.

In fact, the protocol, which has the ability to "speed up real-time trading", was developed not only for Atrium, but also for a blockchain like Solana, which the statement described as "a fast blockchain that It can support more than 50,000 transactions per second. The block time in this blockchain is 400 milliseconds and its transaction fee is approximately $ 0.00001. "

This speed is enough even for the shortest city trips by taxi.

SBI CEO: Ripple will be made public after a lawsuit in the SEC!

SBI CEO: Ripple will be made public after a lawsuit in the SEC!

Yoshitaka Kitao, CEO of SBI Finance Group in Japan, said in a call for revenue that Ripple would be made public, adding that Chris Larsen, one of the founders, wants the company to move in that direction. Slow:

Following the current petition, Ripple will be made public. Chris wants to do that.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghaus claimed that his company could lead the IPO in Davos in January 2020.

In the next 12 months, you will see an IPO in the crypto / blockchain space. We will not be the first and we will not be the last, but I expect to be on the leading side. This is a natural evolution for our company. ”

But these plans seem to have been abandoned. While shares of the Coinbase cryptocurrency exchange continue to be traded on the Nasdaq, Ripple is currently embroiled in an unpleasant legal battle with the SEC.

SBI Group, Ripple's largest foreign shareholder, has long been a strong supporter of XRP, which has been touted as an cryptographic asset in Japan. Shareholders can receive dividends for the second year in a row, as reported by U.Today.

In December, Kitao said that Ripple's legal problems in the United States would not have a major impact on its global trade.

Exploratory wars

Ripple, meanwhile, insists the SEC must provide its internal communications in a letter to Judge Sarah Netburn.

The issue will be discussed at another conference call on April 30.

Miners collect bitcoins in large quantities

Miners collect bitcoins in large quantities

The chart presented by Glassnode shows a sharp increase in the net position change index of miners.

This shows that instead of selling it, BTC miners store their extracted bitcoins in cold wallets for a long time.

The indicator of the net position change indicator of miners becomes greener

The Golsnood chart, shared by Moskov Capital Senior Investment Director, shows that miners are still collecting the world's top digital currency and are not currently thinking of selling it.

This index turned green for the first time this year on February 27, and this was the first time that it turned green since December 27.

Bitcoin prices are improving

Bitcoin is taking back its profits. According to CoinMarketCap, it has now climbed to $ 54,767 after falling to $ 47,000 on Monday.

Bitcoin Mask and Portnoy Talk

Today, Tesla & SpaceX CEO Ilan Musk stood up to Barstol Sports CEO Dave Portnoy and condemned him for holding his bitcoin deposit. Tesla, meanwhile, sold 10 percent of its BTC balance sheet to prove Kevin's liquidity.

Meanwhile, on Monday, Portnoy tweeted that it had bought a bitcoin. Apparently, he has decided not to buy more bitcoins for fear of another sharp fluctuation.

Verge cryptocurrency Wednesday, April 28

Verge cryptocurrency Wednesday, April 28

The verge cryptocurrency has been improved based on the original bitcoin and aims to achieve the best business way to conduct direct transactions with respect to the privacy of individuals.

verge is designed for everyday use.

Distinctive features of verge

1) Verge uses several anonymous networks such as TOR and I2P. Blocks users' IP addresses and its transactions are undetectable.

2) Verge is not a private company funded by mining coins or ICOs. All development and marketing is supported by thousands of community members.

3) Trading speed is very fast compared to other coins. Simple SPV payment technology allows trading time to be reduced to 5 seconds.

4) The verge development team is very active and is always in close contact with the community and the people who use Quinn. So you can easily access the original developers for support or new ideas about verge.

5) This system offers a wide range of secure wallets for several operating systems. The Tor Android Wallet application has created a revolution among the wallets offered in the Android system.

6) The verge currency is decentralized and based on an open source platform and there is no central control over the coins. This currency has seen a tremendous price increase.

And in the future it will play a decisive role among digital currencies, and forecasts continue to testify to the further growth of this currency.

Economic calendar Wednesday, April 28

Economic calendar  Wednesday, April 28

Gold Trading Offer - Central Trading Tuesday, April 27

Gold Trading Offer - Central Trading Tuesday, April 27

Offer: Buy a deal above the point of 1773.00 with the first tick of 1789.00 and the second tick of 1796.00
Alternative offer (in case of price change) When the price falls below 1773.00, the price first starts moving towards 1768.00 and 1760.00.

Support and resistance points
1807.00
1796.00
1789.00
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1773.00
1768.00
1760.00

 

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