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Traditional markets and indexes are currently hitting new records. In one such first-ever milestone, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied to a record 28,000 plus levels on Friday. The rally comes amidst waning tensions in the U.S.-China trade war with the hope of reaching a trade deal between the two economic powerhouses.On Friday, November 15, Dow Jones’s 30-stock average climbed 222.93 points at 28,004. In just the last four months, the Dow Jones price index has surged by 1000 points....

Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has taken over Amazon founder Jeff Bezos as the world’s wealthiest person. The Bloomberg billionaires index, which tracks the net worth of the world’s wealthiest, has indicated that Gates has overtaken Bezos based on an over 40% increase in his 1% stake in technology giant Microsoft and his investments in his family office Cascade. For the first time in two years, Gates has taken over the top spot after reports emerged that the United States Department of...

The Bitcoin futures market has exploded like no one could have expected over the recent years, and it continues to grow. This summer, BitMEX hit a new record for BTC futures trading at over $16 billion.CME recently petitioned the CFTC to double its BTC futures trading capacity in the face of soaring interest. Binance had recently entered the space, and Bakkt has launched with its physically delivered BTC futures product (albeit somewhat tepidly).In the light of so much action among the margin...

In what seems like a story out of spy movies, the Russian service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has allegedly linked about $450 million of missing crypto assets from the long moribund cryptocurrency exchange Wex with to Russia Federal Security Bureau (FSB).The BBC has for six years been investigating the collapse of BTC-e which many have believed was a front for the alleged laundering of over $4 billion worth of Bitcoins and why Alexander Vinnik is being accused of the same....

Crypto.com, a financial services provider based in Hong Kong, has launched a new cryptocurrency exchange that will allow people to sell, buy and trade up to nine different cryptocurrencies.Crypto.com Brings a Whole New Side to TradingThe Crypto.com platform has greatly expanded over the previous year. Customers can attach their digital wallets to Visa cards so they can quickly purchase crypto or add new coins to their stashes. The company also offers staking rewards, allowing people to earn...

Place/Date: Bangkok - November 15th, 2019 at 8:55 pm UTC · 3 min read , Source: NEXT BLOCK NEXT BLOCK ASIA returns to Bangkok for another landmark Crypto and Affiliate industry event on December 3, 2019.The capital of Thailand will become a bustling hub for Affiliate Marketing, Crypto and Fintech experts for the second time this year.The conference will run upon an umbrella theme ‘Affiliate Marketing in the Age of Crypto’ to emphasize the rebirth of the crypto space, affiliate...

SIM-swapping cases appear to be a recurring incident in the cryptocurrency world, but the latest case involves two individuals displaying aggression that has yet to be seen in situations like this.SIM-Swapping: Is It Becoming More Common?The two people accused of the SIM-swapping are 21-year-old Eric Meiggs and 20-year-old Declan Harrington, who reportedly went after two very high-ranking social media executives. When they were caught, they allegedly spewed out threats to the victims’ family...

Place/Date: Malta - November 15th, 2019 at 7:43 pm UTC · 5 min read , Source: CoinDeal Reaching a MilestoneCoinDeal is always thinking about their users first. The popularity of this exchange is growing very fast. The platform gained more than 350,000 users within 2 years. For now, CoinDeal is opening its platform for users from the United States of America and ensures that no one else will provide such high-quality services to the Americans as they do.The Maltese company is already...

Late last month, the United States Department of Defense announced that the much-discussed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, had been finally awarded to Microsoft. After the announcement, many including Amazon itself seemed sincerely surprised that the contract didn’t go to Amazon. Now, Amazon has decided to officially challenge the contract award.According to a Federal Times report, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims...

Famous cryptocurrency website Cointelegraph announced on Friday it is launching its own consulting allotment in order to enable the biggest companies to adopt blockchain as such. With that in mind, Cointelegraph plans to focus on thoroughly chosen blockchain participants that will be able to fulfill any promises they might eventually give to selected enterprise players.However, the whole selection process will not be that simple. There is already a huge criteria combo that they will have to...