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Are Prospects of Tron—Ethereum Merger and Side-chains Supporting TRX Bulls?

Are prospects of tron—ethereum merger and side-chains supporting trx bulls?

Are Prospects of Tron—Ethereum Merger and Side-chains Supporting TRX Bulls?

  • Tron (TRX) buyers in control, add 19 percent from last week’s close.
  • Sun Network introduces sidechains expanding Tron’s capacity.

They may be feuding and posting sarcastic comments, but Justin Sun says Ethereum collaboration may happen this year. If anything, that is bullish, and once it is official, Tron (TRX) will easily expand above 4 cents.

Tron Price Analysis

Fundamentals

Here’s one fact. Vitalik, the resolute and the unyielding founder of Ethereum will lose faith in humanity if Tron’s valuation exceeds ETH’s, which is at second after bitcoin. At the same time, Justin Sun has promised to build a monument just in case his platform’s valuation spikes, flipping Ethereum to second. That’s the kind of rivalry between the two.

While they are competitors which ardent followers, it is now emerging that the two may collaborate this year according to reports. In an interview with Rachel Wolfson’s TheCryptoChick, Justin Sun acknowledged that competition is healthy and would ultimately help the cryptocurrency space grow.

“First of all, everybody knows that Tron and Ethereum compete in the dApp [sector], for sure. But I think definitely that this competition will result in a better product – the competition between Ethereum and Tron benefits the whole industry.”

Adding that;

“I think that even within this year we will see Tron officially collaborate with Ethereum, and will be something good for the industry.”

Perhaps in readiness, the Sun Network, which Justin says is all about interoperability and side-chains, seeks to expand the Tron Network capacity and overall TPS.

Candlestick Arrangement

Tron trx

After peaking in mid-Jan 2019, days before the historic BitTorrent ICO, TRX has been in consolidation mode, dropping to as low as 2.1 cents before recovering as bitcoin inched higher hauling altcoins from Feb pits.

All the same, we note that Tron (TRX) despite plans of the SUN Network and potential collaboration with Ethereum is yet to clear Jan highs and 3.1 cents. As a result, and in line with our last TRX/USD trade plan, risk-off traders should stay in the sideline even though TRX is registering double-digit gains and up 19 percent in the previous week.

Ideally, what we would like is a high-volume break above 3.1 cents or Jan 27 highs confirming the double bar bull reversal pattern of Jan 13-14. Undoubtedly, that will set in motion the next wave of higher highs thrusting prices towards 4 cents, our immediate target.

Technical Indicators

Because of our trade plan and the realization that buyers are yet to clear 3.1 cents, we shall retain a neutral but bullish outlook. Any rally above 3.1 cents must be with high transaction volumes exceeding Feb 4—42 million confirming buyers of Jan 14.

Chart courtesy of Trading View

Published at Mon, 08 Apr 2019 18:00:56 +0000

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Australia: Firms Should Help Authorities Hack Encrypted Messages

Australia is the latest country to announce plans for mandatory decryption powers against services such as Telegram and WhatsApp.


Senator: ‘All Communication Will Use Encryption’

Stating concerns surrounding terrorism monitoring, Attorney-General George Brandis said that “more than 40%” of intercepted messages were encrypted.

“Within a short number of years, effectively, 100 per cent of communications are going to use encryption,” local publication The Age quotes Brandis.

This problem is going to degrade if not destroy our capacity to gather and act upon intelligence unless it’s addressed.

While he added the government would no longer pursue legislation forcing firms to include “backdoor” features to allow state hacking, requiring participation in assisting inquiries may be stepped up in future.

Attorney-General George Brandis

The law, the Senator said, should be “sufficiently strong to require companies, if need be, to assist in response to a warrant to assist law enforcement or intelligence to decrypt a communication.”

Hacking Versus ‘Protection’

Lawmakers will look at updates in the context of international data-sharing, gathering ideas from Australia’s intelligence partners.

Reacting to the idea, industry officials appeared supportive. Former Australian Signals Directorate deputy director Mike Burgess told The Age:

Former Australian Signals Directorate deputy director Mike Burgess

I personally want to live in a world where reasonable people and companies would say, ‘You know what? Under the rule of law, and with the right oversight and a warrant, communications can be listened to when it’s needed to protect us.

While disturbing to users of encrypted messaging platforms, schemes to crack them are by no means limited to over-zealous policymakers responding to perceived terrorism threats.

Russia Mulls Blanket Bans

Across the globe in Russia, encrypted consumer tools are also currently subject to investigation, with authorities publicly calling for an outright ban on the anonymous use of services such as Telegram.

In a May interview with RNS, Telegram  stated:

Not one government or special agency has managed to get one bite of information out of us, and they never will.

It added that due to data being stored in various locations, “forcing Telegram to surrender any form of data would require an unrealistic level of mutual cooperation involving several states.”

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Telegram also recently partnered with bitcoin-accepting payments provider Stripe to allow in-app purchases from chatbots. The partnership includes support for Russian domestic payment gateways including Yandex.Money and Qiwi, which are popular with Russian bank card holders.

Regulation of cryptocurrencies, and well as a so-called ‘Russian bitcoin,’ are all part of Russia’s central bank activities this quarter.

What do you think about Australia’s plans for encrypted messaging regulation? Let us know in the comments below!


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