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Most of the crypto assets in the market performed reasonably well last year, on average. Considerable price jumps were seen for the top assets even if a correction eventually followed. However, the market’s 3rd most valuable asset, XRP, did not have a lot of glory days. Regardless, it looks like 2020 just might be a great year for XRP price as the long bear market that has lasted 750 days, might be ending.XRP Set to RiseCurrently, XRP is trading at $0.25. The price, while not exactly...

On a day when the rest of the cryptocurrency market is trading in red, IOTA investors are bagging profits as the 18th largest coin recorded an incredible daily 10% increase in the last 24 hours, which completes almost 40% price gain in the past seven days.And if you were wondering, IOTA had seen more than 100% increase since the new decade. At the time of writing, IOTA has slightly retracted and is trading at $0.338 with a market cap of approximately $941.5 million.IOTA-USDT (Binance) 30-days...

It is most likely that Bitcoin will gain from a rapid drop in Asian stock markets due to the coronavirus menace. Crypto analysts believe that the flagship token will gain soon. Apart from that, the halving event is fast-approaching. Bitcoin is less than 99 days away from its halving event. Most of the market commentators are bullish on its impact.Bitcoin price smashed the $9,600 hurdle for the first time since November 2019. Nonetheless, the weekend session was also dominated by significant...

Elon Musk‘s Tesla Inc. is on a roll as the company’s stock price has surged nearly 100% in the last three months. Last Wednesday, January 29, Tesla released its Q4 2019 earnings taking Wall Street by a big surprise.Beating the analysts’ expectations, Tesla registered total sales of $7.38 billion against the street projections of $7.02 billion. The electric car maker posted an EPS of $2.14 against the expected $1.71. The company said that its Model 3 deliveries were up 45% YoY and it expects...

The coronavirus has had an unignorable effect not just in China but also in the rest of the world. Apart from stock markets that are taking a plunge, just the fear alone is creating major problems. Interestingly, one major effect of the coronavirus outbreak is that many more companies are slowly transitioning, or at least experimenting with remote work. Working from home now seems like the only option for these businesses.Remote Work Effect of the CoronavirusWhen the outbreak initially began...

So far, 2020 has been a remarkably positive year for Bitcoin. Not only has the price of Bitcoin increased by 30%, but the Global Bitcoin Futures market open interest has noted a massive 60% growth as well.In the meantime, BitMEX and OKEx are still the most widely-used Bitcoin margin trading exchanges, with over 50% of the market share.Bitcoin Futures Market 2020 SurgeAccording to the monitoring resource Skew, the global Bitcoin Futures open interest is continuously increasing. In fact, solely...

Porsche makes a great comeback to the Super Bowl with its first ad since 1997. The commercial is showing a 60-second car chase with the main star – all-electric Taycan Turbo S sports car.According to the company, a Super Bowl ad featuring the Taycan was really important in order to build awareness for the car. As Porsche already has mentioned, its main attempt is to continue attracting new customers interested in all-electric vehicles.Klaus Zellmer, president and CEO of Porsche Cars North...

Featured The blockchain technology and the traditional banking system have a tense relationship, at best. However, an observant eye might’ve come across speculations regarding the possibility of seeing a central bank launching a crypto token.With each passing day, it seems that the traditional financial industry is coming to terms and becoming more receptive to the whole idea of introducing blockchain technology as a part of their apparatus.Bankera is one out of many fintech startups that are...

As it was predicted by market analysts last week, the coronavirus epidemic plunged stocks in mainland China as markets reopened. The markets had remained closed because the government extended the Lunar New Year Holiday in efforts to curb the spread of the outbreak. Before now, the world was already feeling the effects of the spread. Several financial markets had plunged and now, China has joined the plunge.Coronavirus Crashes Stocks in ChinaOn Monday, stocks generally crashed by at least 7%....

Most of the cryptos grew on Monday amid terrible trading in Asia. After the extended Chinese New Year shutdown, mainland markets finally opened for trading. However, it was not going as it was expected.Bitcoin price was rising as well. However, at the time of writing, it was falling 0.43% to $9,347.Major stock markets in the Asia-Pacific region tumbled by the most since an equity bubble burst in 2015. They resumed trading Monday, in the first opportunity for many investors in China to react...