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One of the world’s most used language learning platform Duolingo has successfully pulled in $30 million in a new series F funding. The funding was handled by Alphabet’s investment division CapitalG, which had led the platform’s series D funding round a few years ago in 2015.Duolingo seems to be doing something right especially since CapitalG has decided to come back to pump more money after 4 years. So far, the language learning platform has raised a total of $138 million in funding, climbing...

OneConnect Financial Technology which is the artificial intelligence and blockchain arm of Ping An Insurance that is easily one of the largest insurance firms in China has come forth with the terms for its IPO valued at $468 Million. Sources indicate that based on the F-1 Filing of its prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm intends to conduct the initial public offering which is aimed at raising between $432 million and $504 million via issuing...

Shareholders of Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) stock are definitely happy and smiling to the bank as shares have risen impressively. The company which creates and engineers wireless technology and processing chips for smartphones was one of the most notable jumpers on the S&P 500 yesterday on December 4, as it rose by $2.65% to hit $82.08.In response to the rise, ratings for QCOM were changed to reflect its new status. The rating on Mizuho was promoted to “Buy” from the previous “Neutral”...

The largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, went through a sudden flash crash on the world’s most popular platform, Binance. The price lost a tremendous chunk of its value, going down to as low as $680 in an instant. It happened with the BTC/USDS trading pair, and it allowed those who had placed low orders to have them filled during the recovery, which came just as quickly.Bitcoin At $680 In A Flash CrashVolatility in the cryptocurrency market is not something unexpected. Just on the contrary – it’s...

Nowadays it is becoming more and more popular to play games on your mobile device, rather than your PC. And it’s nothing strange since mobile phones are today more developed than ever. One of these popular games is rolled out by Activision Blizzard. It is Call of Duty: Mobile that has recently, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates, brought in around $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in only two months of its existence.Even though there...

MUFG has been touting a cryptocurrency for over a year now.The digital currency will be used in a mobile payment service.The service could be rolled out by the end of 2020’s first half.A much-publicized plan by Japan’s biggest bank Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) to launch a cryptocurrency has been scaled back. The financial giant will instead use the digital currency in a mobile payments business, according to Nikkei Asia Review. The mobile payment service employing the MUFG Coin as...

As cryptocurrency adoption continues to spread all over the world, several entities including corporate organizations and governments are gradually catching the crypto bug. Based on a report from a French financial media platform Les Echos, France has now joined a list of countries that have shown interest in the crypto sector and have taken it a step further with a decision to float their own digital currency. France will now test its crypto sometime in the first quarter of next year.During...

In a major turn of event at crypto startup Circle, Sean Neville will be stepping down from his role as the Co-CEO of the company. In an email secured by CoinDesk, Neville notified his decision during a quarterly meeting among the Board of Directors.Neville found this Boston-based peer-to-peer payments technology company in partnership with Jeremy Allaire, in 2014. While Neville decided to step down from the role of Co-CEO, he will continue as the company’s independent director.Neville has not...

EOS price is struggling to continue above the $2.750 and $2.820 resistances against the US Dollar.There is a decent support forming near the $2.500 and $2.535 support levels.There are two major bearish trend lines in place with resistance near $2.750 and $2.820 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could only start a strong upward move once it settles above the $2.850 level.EOS price is facing a lot of hurdles for a bullish wave against the US Dollar and...

The popular cryptocurrency exchange, Poloniex, has recently decided to delist DigiByte. The news broke just hours after the founder of DigiByte publicly criticized the exchange and the cryptocurrency company that allegedly operates it – Tron.Poloniex Delists DigiByteAccording to an official announcement from cryptocurrency exchange Poloniex, DigiByte will be removed from its platform soon. Interestingly enough, the delisting comes “after a careful review,” and DigiByte “is not qualified for...