Markets

The past several weeks have been chaotic everywhere in the world as the coronavirus outbreak threatens economies in both the West and the East. McKinsey explained what new challenges businesses have today.We are all aware nowadays that the novel coronavirus affected the world markets. If we are talking about cryptocurrencies, Dow Jones or commodities it affected them all. Also, it affected people and their ability to invest. We already wrote that the management and consulting company McKinsey...

Abbott Laboratories gets FDA approval on its coronavirus test m2000 RealTime System, which takes a 5-minute minimum to get the results. ABT stock rose nearly 2% after hours to trade around $76 though on Monday its price was $62.Abbott Laboratories (NYSE: ABT) announced on Friday that it has received the approval of its rapid COVID-19 test from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. According to the company, the molecular point-of-care test will be run with their portable called ID now. This...

After three days of dull price action inside a $200 range ($6600 – $6800), Bitcoin saw a huge plunge back to the $6000 area, more than 10% were lost in a matter of hours.If you followed us here, we mentioned reasons why Bitcoin was looking more bearish than bullish, and we also stated that once a breakdown takes place, it will hurt.These reasons include the double-top bearish formation, the symmetrical triangle on the 4-hour chart, the declining trading volume, and most importantly, the daily...

Big bitcoin price predictions keep entering our midst, with the latest one coming from Dan Morehead, the CEO of Pantera Capital.Morehead: BTC Will Surge Past $20,000While Morehead doesn’t push bitcoin into the six-figure range like Tim Draper or Ross Ulbricht have done in recent months, he’s confident BTC is set to accomplish big goals. He believes that by early 2021, the price of bitcoin will have surged past the $20,000 mark.Bitcoin almost reached this peak in December 2017. Just shy of the...

In the past seven days, bitcoin managed to add another 10% to its dollar-value as the price spiked from about $6,000 to its current point at $6,600. Yet, most of the time, it traded within a narrow range between $6,400 and $6,700. The overall volume has also declined, and, as such, the volatility decreased. If one thing is sure, though, is that Bitcoin doesn’t like to stay calm for long periods, and major action is likely underway.Most of the altcoins are following in Bitcoin’s lead and...

Dow Jones started the day with losing 1,058 points, or 4.7%. The S&P 500 was down 4% and the Nasdaq was 3.87% lower. Alphabet (GOOGL) stock is in the red as well.Friday’s trading started with Wall Street in red, with tech stocks going south. For instance, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock started the trading session at $1,127.47. At the moment of writing, Alphabet stock makes up $1,120.00 per share. It means that now GOOGL stock is falling nearly 4% if compared with the previous...

Changpeng Zhao – the CEO of Binance, arguably the largest and most popular cryptocurrency trading platform in the world – has joined the ranks of Ross Ulbricht, Charles Hoskinson and Tim Draper to claim that bitcoin will soon break the six-figure mark.Changpeng Zhao Thinks BTC Will Go All the WayMany analysts seem to have predicted that bitcoin, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap, will reach $100,000 or more. Both Ross Ulbricht – the runner and founder of dark web marketplace...

BitcoinBitcoin price increased by a total of around 10% this week as it blew past the $6,000 level to reach the resistance at $6,800. It did manage to spike as high as $7,000 but has failed to break above $6,800 for the past 4-days of trading and recently rolled over to reach $6,640.From above, the first level of resistance to break lies at $6,800. Above this, resistance lies at $7,000, $7,200 (bearish .5 Fib Retracement), $7,500, $7,700, and $8,000 (bearish .618 Fib Retracement &...

Ethereum saw a small 0.5% price increase today as it continues to battle the $140 resistance level.The cryptocurrency has been bouncing in a very tight range between $135 and $140 for the past 4-days.Ethereum dropped beneath the crucial 0.021 BTC support this week to drop as low as 0.0201 BTC.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USD:Support: $135, $120, $110.Resistance: $140, $150, $165.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0201 BTC, 0.02 BTC, 0.0196 BTC.Resistance: 0.021 BTC, 0.0215 BTC, 0.022 BTC.ETH/USD:...

Boris Johnson, the United Kingdom’s Prime Minister, is going to self-isolation on Downing Street. Health Secretary Matt Hancock went under forced self-isolation too.The Brexit supporter and Great Britain’s valuable politic Boris Johnson has tested positive for coronavirus. He will remain at his home, waiting for recovery. The clouds around London are especially heavy. On Thursday, Boris had the first symptoms, so he went to the doctor and then received the unhappy news. Johnson will continue...