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Gilead Sciences (GILD) stock price has moved up at the news that its drug remdesivir is used to treat coronavirus patients on ‘compassionate’ grounds.Gilead Sciences Inc (NASDAQ: GILD) stock has made some gains after the confirmation of the use of one of its drugs on U.S. soil. Sources say that Remdesivir is being used to treat several patients who have coronavirus. The drug is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Certain rules allow for the use of such mediations on...

In what has arguably been one of the worst drops for bitcoin in recent history, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap has fallen back down to where it was in late January.Bitcoin Is Down for the CountWhile some are quick to blame the panic surrounding the coronavirus, others are saying that separate factors are responsible. Tim Enneking – the managing director of Digital Capital Management – says that bitcoin spiked to $10,500 too quickly, and that what we’re experiencing now is...

Celo has announced an Alliance for Prosperity with 50 members as it moves forward with its payment plan in competition with Facebook’s Libra.Since Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) announced the Libra project, its future has been very shaky. There has been so much backlash from the public and also from the government that many people concluded that it might never see the light of day. However, as Libra is fighting to stay alive, the Celo project is competing quite favorably and has taken a page out...

The Dow Jones opened with a fall amid the coronavirus outbreak. The Saudi Arabian and Russians continue with their supremacy battle on the crude oil price.The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) opened on Wednesday with a 2.40% fall as hopes of quick stimulus by the government due to the coronavirus faded. This only indicated high volatility in the future of the stock market as uncertainty caused by the increase in coronavirus cases continue spreading all over the U.S.All other major indexes...

As the third Bitcoin halving event approaches, interest among investors seems to dwindle as BTC followed the price action of the traditional markets failing to act as a haven asset.Everyone in the crypto world is aware that the third Bitcoin halving event will take place sometime in May. According to several analysts, it could be the needed spark that will ignite a crypto bull market. Interestingly, others also say that it will drop the token’s inflation rate lower than central banks’ 2%...

A senior analyst at RoboForex shares his insights into the future scenarios for Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin, XRP and Bitcoin Cash price movement.Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, provides his vision of the possible tendencies in price changes for Bitcoin as well as for other major cryptos.Bears continue pushing prices of assets to the downside as they broke the closest support levels again. In the daily chart of Bitcoin, a good level to rebound upwards...

The constant expansion of the coronavirus continues to harm the global economic markets. Monday’s severe stock sell-off pushed the UK to cut the interest rates, a week after the US did the same.As a result, Europe stocks are in the green as of writing these lines. Wall Street’s major indexes opened Wednesday’s trading in the deep red zone – S&P 500 and NASDAQ are down 3% at the moment. At the same time, Bitcoin’s price is steady around $7800.Coronavirus Spreads: Global Markets ReactThe...

Novavax (NVAX) stock jumped again yesterday after it received a $4 million award to be pumped into developing a vaccine for COVID-19. However, today it is falling.Since the coronavirus epidemic worsened, the stock market has been a lot more unreliable than ever. Stocks that had shown a lot of promise since the year began, have crashed considerably and are still bleeding. There are a few stocks that seem to be well-positioned for an increase if the epidemic continues to get worse. However, of...

Blockchain.com offers retail investors a new Borrow option that will let them ‘borrow like the big guys’, pledging their Bitcoin, Bitcoin Cash, Stellar or Ether.Blockchain.com once was responsible for 70% of all the BTC wallets. Today, users can borrow USD (in stablecoin) and keep the precious Bitcoin for themselves. If they will pay the credited funds back after some time, of course.Per the official announcement made on Tuesday, Blockchain.com (former Blockchain.info) offers a new borrow...

The Bank of England cuts interest rates by half. The country’s Health Minister Nadine Dorries tested positive for coronavirus.The Bank of England (BoE) today announced that it has unanimously agreed to cut the interest rates by half to a hit 0.25%, in order to support bank lending. The move to cut rates was due to the huge negative impact caused by the coronavirus which has spread from China to other countries, especially the developed economies.In a statement, the Bank of England wrote,...