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The recent price increases in various altcoins have made their mark on the community. According to two recent surveys, traders have allocated serious portions of their portfolio in cryptocurrencies other than Bitcoin.Majority Believes In AltcoinsA popular cryptocurrency analyst conducted a Twitter poll where he asked the community members how much they are involved in altcoins.How exposed are you to ALTs right now?— Loma (@LomahCrypto) February 4, 2020More than 8,000 people voted in the poll,...

Tesla announced its plans to make its own ride-sharing app before it accomplishes full autonomy. Per its announcement, the drivers should be covered under the automaker’s own driver insurance.Tesla is taunting its ride-hailing app for a few years now and the point is that the app should be powered by Tesla’s self-driving system. “Tesla Network”, as its CEO Elon Musk called it, was in his head since the last year when he talked about achieving full autonomy of his vehicles. However, during the...

UK-based oil and gas company BP has released its full-year underlying replacement cost profit, which is used as a substitute for net profit. The company recorded a net profit of $10 billion in 2019, 21% below the $12.7 billion it made in 2018, reports revealed on February 4, 2020.According to data from Refinitiv, the expectation of analysts was that BP’s net profit would come in at $9.7 billion. Although it failed to match the figures it released in the preceding year, the company still...

The coronavirus is still raging with its usual effects on not just human lives but also oil stocks. Many businesses all over the world, especially those with activity in China, have been affected. Now, the deadly virus is racing past the human factor and taking oil down with it.Coronavirus Shoots Down Oil StocksOil stocks began the year with a more promising outlook. Most of Wall Street had interesting things to say about oil stocks because of the trade problems between the U.S. and Iran. As...

Tesla’s market cap now stands at more than $140 billion as TSLA stock has already reached $780 (and is moving even higher in the premarket). Let that sink in for a bit. This is more than the famous U.S. automakers General Motors ($48.2B) and Ford ($35.7B) – together. And that’s not all folks. The best is yet to come.As per the ARK Investment Management, which has assigned an astronomical price target for the electric vehicle manufacturer of $15,000 by 2024. If that happens, it would make...

Google‘s parent company Alphabet released its Q4 2019 earnings report on Monday. February 3. With 2019’s total revenue standing at $162 billion, Alphabet also registered an 18% YoY growth.Surprisingly, Alphabet also unveiled the earnings of its popular video content distribution platform YouTube for the very first time. Youtube saw its quarterly Q4 earnings standing at $5 billion and its annual earnings standing at $15 billion. Youtube’s earnings saw a 36% jump in 2019 compared to its $11.2...

BitMEX is the largest exchange offering cryptocurrency derivatives, according to some outlets. Users will get one more trading opportunity on 5 February 2020, 04:00 OTC. The XRP swaps will be available, with the coins traded against USD with up to 50x leverage. It is said in the BitMEX announcement from 4 February 2020. Per the announce:“Symbol: XRPUSDExpiry Date: PerpetualBitcoin Multiplier: 0.0002 XBT (20,000 Satoshis)XBT Contract Value: XRPUSD Price * Bitcoin Multiplier (20,000...

Visa’s quarterly earnings came through last week. The first-quarter results were exciting for many investors. But they have been in line with expectations. Revenues hit about $6.05 billion. Earnings per share were about $1.46 as well. This has led to many wondering if centralized payments are still the way to go. It is also a 10% increase from 2018. It has also reinforced the common belief that the payments industry is still going strong. This also is in line with post-earnings forecasts...

Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision (BSV) is one of the most well-known and controversial projects in the cryptocurrency space. The self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto, Craig Wright, is one of its biggest proponents. The network has now completed the planned Genesis hard fork. It’s intended to bring BSV’s blockchain closer to the original Bitcoin protocol, which was released back in 2009.Bitcoin SV Genesis Hard Fork Goes LiveThe Genesis upgrade on BSV’s blockchain took place at block 620,538, making it the...

Sony managed to beat all analyst predictions by 5% for their annual profit outlook. The Japanese company went up to 880 billion yen in profit while 22 analysts from Refinitiv predicted 878 billion yen. Also, when looking at the October to December quarter, Sony profit mainly dropped, but it didn’t drop as much as the analysts predicted. The profit dropped 20% to 300.1 billion yen, while the analysts forecasted 271 billion yen.Sony controls almost half of the world’s smartphone image sensor...