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Walmart’s new shopping platform might be the next big thing. America’s largest retailer has been testing a new shopping platform. The platform referred to as Alphabot has begun trial testing at a supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire. The aim of Alphabot is simple. Grocery shopping can be a chore for many. Automation of the process saves time. Customers’ needs may vary. And Alphabot is a system to automate all customer’s needs. Human interaction is necessary only at the end of the selection...

Airbnb, DoorDash, and GitLab are among 18 unicorn companies that are set to run an initial public offering (IPO) sometime in 2020. The expectation for a more definite announcement at some point this year, already means that there is more than enough to anticipate in the financial clime. While there will most likely still be more public announcements, these 18 are already making the rounds.The market for initial public offerings in 2019 was a little disappointing, to say the least. Compared to...

QuadrigaCX creditors’ claims have caught the eye of Argo partners. Argo Partners is a New York investment firm whose niche includes creditor’s claims, bankruptcies, insurance liquidations among others. Sources indicate that the investment firm is already communicating with impatient creditors. Ernst & Young that is the court-appointed bankruptcy trustee is still sorting things out. The death of Gerald Cotten in India has complicated things further.Zeeshan Aziz who is the co-manager for...

The United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has previously allowed several crypto derivatives products to enter the market. In that context, CME Group, which offers Bitcoin futures, plans to launch options on BTC futures on January 13, 2020.While responding to the growing interest in cryptos and customer demand for tools to manage Bitcoin exposure, CME Group decided to launch options on BTC futures. As we highlighted earlier, the firm officially confirmed this launch last...

Starting today, the Binance Futures platform is launching another perpetual contract with Litecoin. This time, Litecoin (LTC) is being paired with USDT making it the sixth perpetual contract on the platform.Binance Futures Litecoin ContractAccording to an official announcement from Binance, the LTC/USDT perpetual contract opened trading today at 8:00 AM (UTC). The recent announcement has a few similarities with previous ones. For example, just like the previous offerings, users are allowed to...

Sources indicate that it has taken six months to test China’s national blockchain service network. It will launch in April 2020. The blockchain service network is an initiative of the State Information Center (SIC). The SIC is responsible for formulating information policies for the Chinese government. The SIC is also in charge of sponsoring the Chinese Economic Information Network. The network is the primary organ for information on the Chinese economy. The BSN is aimed at giving new...

Hey Krypto Fans, willkommen zur Bitcoin-Informant Show Nr. 787. Heute sprechen wir über folgende Themen: Hauptfaktoren für den Monero Aufschwung, Bitcoin Suisse bietet Kunden jetzt Dash Staking auch ohne Masternode & Bitcoin Kalendar 2020 1.) Monero ist in der letzten Woche um 30% gestiegen, was sind die Hauptfaktoren für diesen Aufschwung?https://coincierge.de/2020/monero-ist-in-der-letzten-woche-um-30-gestiegen-was-sind-die-hauptfaktoren-fuer-diesen-aufschwung/...

La prochaine assemblée générale ordinaire du Cercle du Coin, association francophone sur le Bitcoin, les monnaies décentralisées et les blockchains, se tiendra le mercredi 22 janvier 2020 à 16 heures 30 en son Siège Social, 43 rue Saint-Sauveur à Paris. Il s’agit d’un événement réservé aux membres à jour de la cotisation 2019. L’ordre du jour comporte notamment l’approbation des comptes, la...

Bitcoin is continuing its present bullish behavior and has since added another $400 to its price.Bitcoin Is Still Heading for the TopPolitical unrest appears to contribute heavily to bitcoin’s status. The currency ultimately started out the year on rather unclear ground, with the currency standing beyond $7,000. From there, however, a drop into the $6,000 range occurred, but another surge was right around the corner following the U.S. drone strike against Iran that took out one of the nuclear...

Bitcoin hit its record yesterday coming to $8,400. However, the reasons for that are not as nice as it might seem. There is something to do with the current U.S.-Iran political tensions.Yesterday political situation came to its climax when the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps confirmed that it conducted rocket attacks on the Al Asad base in western Iraq that hosts American troops.Right immediately after this news was outlived, all “safe haven assets” jumped sky-high. But let’s go from the...