Craig Wright Deletes Twitter Account, IBM Signs 6 Banks On World Wire, Bitcoin Cash Soars And XRP Bots Swarm Twitter — The Crypto2Cash Chronicle
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Craig Wright Deletes Twitter Account
Dr. Craight Wright, controversial crypto Influencer and self proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, has deleted his Twitter account. Wright has made himself very unpopular among crypto Twitter users with many controversial statements and by aggressively blocking users who criticized him. Due to this, there were many spoof accounts impersonating Wright, who would copy his tweets so that blocked users could discuss them. Wright threatened to pursue legal action against these bots but shortly after his account disappeared.
IBM Signs 6 Banks On World Wire
IBM has announced on Monday that six international banks have signed letters of intent to issue stablecoins or tokens on World Wire. World Wire is a payment network that uses the Stellar-public Blockchain. The network is designed to let institutions move value - remittances or foreign exchange - across borders cheaper than with the traditional banking system. Stellar (XLM) among the top 20 currencies rising by almost 6% in the last 24 hours.
(Source: Coindesk)
Bitcoin Cash Soars
Another Altcoin that performed very well in the last days was Bitcoin Cash. While most currencies noted smaller losses, the coin surged by almost 20% from $130 to $160. Trading volumes also exceeded $500 millions for the first time in a few months.
(Source: Cryptovest)
XRP Bots Swarm Twitter
A study conducted by Independent researcher Geoff Goldberg has shown that social media platform Twitter is “infested” by XRP bots, who all seem to act in a similar pattern. Goldberg said that these bots are used to manipulate market sentiment, by massively supporting post which positively highlight the Ripple project and by harassing accounts who criticize the project. These bots were first noticed by Ryan Selkis, cofounder of Messari, who said that the harassment came to a point where anonymous phone number would call his cell phone.
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