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Trump sent a shockwave through financial markets when he ordered an airstrike that killed Qassem Soleimani. Stocks, gold, and oil all fluctuated wildly as US-Iranian hostilities flared. Here’s how the prices of major assets responded. When US President Donald Trump ordered an airstrike that killed Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, he also unleashed a shockwave through global financial markets. Major stock indices cratered as investors fled into safe-haven assets like gold, and oil prices...

Tesla will begin deliveries for the company’s first-ever Tesla Model 3 vehicles produced in China. According to a Reuters report, a Tesla representative confirmed that the company will begin on Tuesday the 7th of January. Deliveries will happen during an event that will take place at the Tesla factory in Shanghai.For a while now, the company has been making specific efforts to bite a bigger share of the global auto market. Apart from this, Tesla’s move is a direct way to fend off the effects...

Today January 3, 2020, marks the completion of 11 years since Bitcoin founder Satoshi Nakamoto created the Genesis Block on the Bitcoin network. Also called ‘Block 0’, the Genesis Block was the first-ever block available on the Bitcoin blockchain.Six days later on January 9, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto released the first Bitcoin software client. Thus, the crypto community often celebrates January 9 as the birthday of Bitcoin when Block 1 was mined.Although the usual block time on the Bitcoin...

The case between the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and the encrypted messaging platform Telegram takes another turn. The latter has reportedly refused to hand over financial details regarding its ICO from two years ago, which was recently requested by the market regulator.Telegram Does Not Want To ShareAfter raising over a billion dollars in two token sales in 2018 for the development of its Telegram Open Network (TON) blockchain, the company attracted a lot of attention to...

Bitcoin cash price is trading above the key $192 support area against the US Dollar.The price is showing positive signs above the $200 pivot level.There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $196 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to surge if it clears the $210 and $215 resistance levels in the near term.Bitcoin cash price is facing a strong resistance near $215 against the US Dollar. BCH/USD could continue to climb unless...

Bitcoin price tumbles 4% to $6,900 on Thursday, the lowest since mid-December. Bitcoin is slowly bleeding while traditional assets like stocks and commodities continue to rise. Bitcoin trade volumes plummet at the start of 2020 as market participants remain on the sidelines. The price of bitcoin tumbled to fresh multi-week lows on Thursday, as the largest cryptocurrency continued to trade independently of broader market forces. The fresh dump came as central-bank liquidity fueled strong...

Ripple, the third-largest cryptocurrency by market cap, has announced that it will spend most of 2020 trying to build new partnerships with banks in Brazil and South America.Ripple Wants to Build Itself Up in South AmericaThe main goal is to make remittance payment capabilities stronger within the nation’s borders. Ripple began building up its presence in Brazil in mid-2019 and has already established relationships with several leading financial institutions including Bradesco, Santander and...

Alex Copenhagen decided to come back to his YT channel dedicated to crypto and bring a new life to it. He will be posting new videos about business, self-development, lifehacks, interviews with entrepreneurs and more. He said that losing $500,000 in 2019 taught him important life lessons.Alex is sharing his story in a short video, sending out the hope that his data will be valuable for lots of crypto-related folks. Copenhagen got into cryptocurrency space in around 2013 when Bitcoin was worth...

Ethereum, the decentralized computing platform behind the token, has been trying to extend its network for years with a series of upgrades that may eventually transform its Proof-of-work protocol into a staking network. The improvements took longer than expected, and some analysts doubt that this difficult technical achievement can be achieved. Besides, several new entrants to the sector have put pressure on Ethereum as an increasing number of developers are moving towards newer options.The...

Ethereum has seen a small 3% price increase over the past 7 days as it trades at the $130 level.Against BTC, ETH still is struggling to break above the resistance at 0.01820 BTC.Ethereum must break above $135 to turn bullish.Key Support & Resistance LevelsETH/USDSupport:  $128, $120, $118.Resistance: $133.50, $145, $152.ETH/BTC:Support: 0.0171 BTC, 0.0169 BTC, 0.0164 BTC.Resistance: 0.0179 BTC, 0.0184 BTC, 0.019 BTC.ETH/USD –  ETH Still Struggling To Break $133.50 Since our last analysis,...