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It seems that Tesla CEO Elon Musk is not afraid of the coronavirus and is not going to panic while other giant tech companies are advising their employees to work remotely.Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk through a tweet disregarded the ongoing coronavirus panic where he called it ‘dump’. His comment seems to have been welcomed well by a huge group of his followers, where the tweet had hit 1.1M likes at the time of writing.The coronavirus panic is dumb— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 6,...

Last Thursday, Bitcoin broke out a triangle pattern, the second in the same week, as can be seen on the following 4-hour chart. The breakout initiated an immediate $400 price gain, surpassing the $9000 benchmark level.Over the past two days, after breaking above the $9K mark, we saw Bitcoin trading in a tight range between $9000 and $9200.While Wall Street and the global markets were crashing further 5% over the past two days of trading, Bitcoin successfully disconnected its recent...

Almost half of today’s active traders made their first-ever cryptocurrency trade back in 2017, according to a recent poll by Binance. At the same time, the number of pre-2017 traders is less than 30%.When Crypto Traders Entered The MarketThe world’s leading cryptocurrency exchange by volume, Binance, recently initiated a compelling survey. The question was, “when did you make your first-ever crypto trade?.”The results may not be all that surprising. Over a quarter of the 11,397 voters...

Dans une décision de justice rendue le 26 février 2020, le tribunal de commerce de Nanterre a estimé que, en l’absence de clause particulière dans le contrat de prêt, un prêteur de bitcoins ne pouvait exiger la restitution de jetons issus d’un fork intervenu pendant la durée de ce prêt. L’affaire opposait Bitspread, un « market maker » britannique, à l’exchange Paymium. Les faits : En 2014 et 2016 la société Bitspread a conclu trois...

The partnership between Ripple and Coinone is spreading quite impressively and controlling a large part of the Korean international remittance market.Ripple’s efforts at changing the face of worldwide remittance have brought the company a lot of recognition. Especially as far as cryptocurrency and blockchain technology are concerned, Ripple is easily atop most other companies looking to fuse remittance with crypto. RippleNet now boasts of hundreds of partners and the company keeps spreading...

Facebook (FB) stock has negatively reacted to the current situation in the U.S. caused by the coronavirus outbreak and all the related risks.Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) stock has dipped 3.45% in the premarket to trade below $190 price level as the company is advising its employees from the greater Bay Area to stay at home due to fears of coronavirus spread in the locality. The instructions to cancel any work trip will affect its California headquarters and also it’s Menlo Park.This a huge blow...

Global airlines stand to lose $113 billion in sales if the coronavirus continues to spread, according to the International Air Transport Association. The airline stocks have been also seriously hit.Amid the coronavirus spread, except cruise-liner stocks that were affected the most, the second one on the hit is the airline sector.Shares of American Airlines Group Inc (NASDAQ: AAL) are continuously falling a few days in a row now. At the time of writing, the stock was falling 6.17% to $15.05 in...

This week has been somewhat positive for the cryptocurrency community. Starting with Bitcoin’s price, which began trading at $8,600 but, since then, it has risen to the current stance of above $9,000.Following its increase, Bitcoin is starting to escape the correlation it recently demonstrated with the traditional financial world markets. As the coronavirus outbreak keeps expanding into new territories, the stock market struggles again. Despite recovering slightly at the start of the week,...

Here are some reasons why even experienced traders may find demo accounts on trading platforms useful for them.Demo accounts on trading platforms offer newcomers the chance to get started gently. A report from 2018 suggested that 4.3 million people started trading in 2018, so there is a clear need for software like this.Yet, demo accounts can also be extremely useful for experienced traders, although this is generally for different reasons to newcomers. Here are some reasons why a more...

Amazon, Facebook, Google and Microsoft are all encouraging employees in the Seattle area to work from home due to concerns about the coronavirus as the outbreak in Washington grows.The coronavirus grew more deadly in the United States, with the death toll climbing to 12 on Thursday. Throughout the country, more than 225 cases have been confirmed. Yesterday, U.S. Senate has agreed on an $8 billion emergency funding package that is headed to the President. Lawmakers across the country are...