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Tesla had (and still has) a great day on Tuesday since its stock is growing at a faster pace ever and is closer and closer to $1000. At 3:10 pm ET the stock was growing by 21.21% to $945.The surge has been happening as soon as the market had opened, which means it had grown by almost $300 a share in just two trading sessions. The rise drove the automaker’s general value to more than $160 billion after it just got to $100 billion in value less than two weeks ago.Jesse Cohen, an analyst with...

One of the biggest problems surrounding bitcoin has to do with the fact that it isn’t used much as a method of payment. According to new statistics from top crypto exchanges, this may be changing.More Merchants Are Accepting BitcoinTwo cryptocurrency trading platforms – Coinbase and BitPay – show that more merchants are utilizing bitcoin and cryptocurrencies. BitPay, itself, processed more than $1 billion in transactions in which the world’s leading form of crypto was utilized as a method of...

January 2020 has come and gone, and the month has sparked new highs for bitcoin.January Was a Great MonthWell, not necessarily highs, but this is the best January for bitcoin in roughly seven years. CNBC reports that since 2013, January numbers have never been particularly praiseworthy, though these past 30 days are something to get excited about.The digital currency rose as much as 29 percent during the first month of the new year, spiking in overall market cap by just shy of $40 million. In...

Justin Sun deflected responsibility for the recent TRX hard cap removal onto TRON’s Super Representatives. But an online paper trail shows that Sun and his team were the ones who proposed the change. The change to TRON’s block rewards stand to benefit Sun, and Binance – which currently controls 55% of TRON’s staking network. Justin Sun was urged to conduct a 1 billion TRX token burn by the TRON community after it was revealed the TRX coin supply would exceed the...

[PRESS RELEASE – Please see disclaimer]Trading in any market can be extremely difficult at times, especially if users don’t have the necessary knowledge it takes to navigate certain markets. For example, the cryptocurrency market is a particularly difficult one given its constant fluctuation in price. One day, Bitcoin (BTC) could be up by $1,000 and the next, down by $2,000. The volatility of the crypto market can destroy any portfolio in a matter of seconds.This is perhaps one of the biggest...

Bitcoin (BTC) is having a field day as it seems to be enjoying the outbreak of the deadly coronavirus. As fear and uncertainty because of the virus continue to spread, the adverse effects are being felt by several businesses. The world’s financial markets also suffered a crash and even oil stocks are continuously crashing. However, the Bitcoin network is experiencing the direct opposite.Bitcoin and the CoronavirusThe relationship between Bitcoin and the coronavirus is a very interesting one....

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...