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What did we tell you all? Political unrest has a lot to do with bitcoin’s sudden rise to power. Now that relations between the United States and Iran are easing up a bit, it appears bitcoin has quickly descended back into the $7,000 range.Bitcoin Is Falling Back DownAt the time of writing, the world’s number one cryptocurrency by market cap is trading for just over $7,800. While this is not a massive difference from yesterday’s $8,000, it’s still a punch in the gut. Many enthusiasts thought...

Bitcoin’s price has been on a wild ride this week. So far, January definitely doesn’t disappoint in terms of volatility and excitement. Seven days ago, Bitcoin was trading at slightly above $7,300. As the week progressed, however, its price shot up to $8,400 only to pull back down to $7,700 from where it’s currently recovering.At the time of this writing, Bitcoin’s price stands above $8,000 but it’s interesting to see where it will go from here. On another note, this week was particularly...

Ethereum may be due for one last leg down. Despite ether’s bearish price action in 2019, it has made significant progress. The cryptocurrency’s growing fundamentals will likely eventually catalyze a new bull market. Just like bitcoin, Ethereum has been correcting ever since it posted a high in June 2019. From last year’s high of $363.30, the number two cryptocurrency has lost over 62% of its value. Those losses are significantly magnified if you consider that Ethereum...

Bitcoin saw a 7.51% price increase over the past week that allowed it to rise above the previous range it was trading within. The cryptocurrency broke above the upper boundary at $7,800 and continued to surge much higher as it reached expected resistance at the 200-days EMA at around $8,160. The cryptocurrency did climb even higher than this as it approached the resistance at $8,458 but it quickly rolled over and started to fall. After reversing at the 200-days EMA, Bitcoin started to fall...

Boeing released several internal messages with company employees expressing their unease with the 737 Max. They discussed the problems existing in the flight simulators used to train pilots on the new jetliner while attempting to avoid extensive regulatory scrutiny of the plane. One company pilot told their colleague in 2016:“This airplane is designed by clowns, who, in turn, are supervised by monkeys.”The company had already given the documents to lawmakers with the U.S. Federal Aviation...

If there’s one thing that is absolutely sure about the general Bitcoin community, it’s the bullishness. BitPay Chief Commercial Officer Sonny Singh has now added to this bullishness with a $20,000 Bitcoin prediction for 2020. Singh has joined a long list of industry enthusiasts who believe the sky is only the beginning for the world’s king coin.$20,000 Prediction for Bitcoin in 2020In a recent conversation with Bloomberg’s Taylor Riggs which took place on Wednesday, Singh spoke quite...

XRP, directly the third-biggest crypto with an ongoing market capitalization of $8.8 billion, has plunged about 2% of its price, trading at $0.2000 at the hour of writing. The crypto reversed from the price level at $0.2255 arrived earlier this week, after announcing that Binance had added the token to the list of cryptos accessible for futures trading, with leverage up to x75.Also, in an ongoing discharge, Alloy Networks reported a completely independent token electrical transfer board. The...

2020 could quite easily be a great year for FAAMNG stocks if things continue the way they currently are. FAAMNG comprises Facebook (FB), Apple (AAPL), Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Netflix (NFLX), and Google’s parent company Alphabet (GOOG and GOOGL). These are the biggest tech and internet stocks in the world.FAAMNG Stocks in 2020A publication from The Arora Report shows the current money flow into these companies via their stocks. Dividing each stock into several data points, the table...

Recently, there appeared reports stating that American food delivery giant Grubhub is in talks with Walmart, Kroger, Albertsons, and Ahold-Delhaize. Some have rumored that the companies may acquire the leading food ordering and delivery company. The discussions around the news became even hotter after the comments of Brittain Ladd, ex-Amazon executive, and supply-chain consultant.Ladd said:“I have spoken with executives from each company (especially Walmart) and there is interest in acquiring...

Bitcoin cash price currently correcting gains from the $255 resistance area against the US Dollar.The price is approaching a couple of key supports near $227 and $225.There is a major contracting triangle forming with support near $232 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could dip towards the $225-$227 support area before it starts a fresh increase.Bitcoin cash price is slowly declining losing momentum below $240 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD could...