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XRP recently strengthened its hand through a major deal with money-order giant MoneyGram.

The report follows earlier news that Mastercard had teamed up with Facebook on Libra, the social media giant's cryptocurrency.

Although some may argue that bitcoin itself is a scam, some of the top criminal bitcoin scams include malware, fake bitcoin exchanges and bitcoin ICO scams.

Speculation is growing that the Trump administration might intervene in global currency markets to push down the value of the dollar as part of his fight with China over allegedly unfair trade practices. But the consequence could be an erosion of the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency, which is at the heart of investors' willingness to buy U.S. Treasury bonds.

China is there. The U.S. is here. How does the Yuan devaluation impact your stocks? Watch the video above to find out.

Asian markets and U.S. stock futures rose overnight, while China pegged its currency rate weaker than 7 to the U.S. dollar.

Wei Jianguo, a former vice-minister of commerce, says the meeting is likely to happen as planned. Video conferences are planned to lay the groundwork for the next round of face-to-face talks.

Here's the one catalyst that investors need to pay close attention to.