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Automaker giant Tesla Inc. announced a price decrease for its Model 3 sedans that are built in China by 20% or more next year. Sources familiar with the situation told Bloomberg that Tesla hopes this move will attract new (and old) customers.However, it is not easy to just cut costs. Still, Tesla has an idea. It will try to bring it down by using more locally produced parts, allowing it to import fewer components and avoid tariffs in that way.New, lower prices might start at 355,800 yuan...

Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, a senior analyst at foreign exchange broker RoboForex, shares his insights into the future scenarios for Bitcoin price movement as well as possible price swings of major altcoins.As we see, on D1 of the Bitcoin there is a reversal Wedge pattern forming, promising a reversal and an attempt of growth rather soon. For the bulls, it is important to secure above $7670, which will confirm the development of an uptrend.What is more, similar patterns are forming on the charts of...

Volvo Group after negotiations has decided to sell its Japanese trucking unit UD Trucks for the total sum of 250 billion yen ($1.3 billion) to Isuzu Motors Ltd. Sources indicate that the deal was consummated after a series of talks that saw the current transaction structure emerge. The two rival global automakers will also move ahead as allies rather than as rivals in what seems as a consolidation of their positions for mutual benefit.Based in Saitama, Japan, UD Trucks was sold to Volvo after...

Adyen, an outstanding payment company that allows businesses to accept e-commerce, mobile, and point-of-sale payments, has partnered with the global fast-food chain McDonald’s. Within Adyen’s deal with McDonald’s, the latter will use the Adyen platform to receive and process payments made in McDonald’s mobile app.As Bloomberg has reported, in the future, this option will be available globally. The UK will be the first country with this initiative implemented in the first quarter of...

The head of Tron Foundation Justin Sun publicly announced on Wednesday that he is going to grant $1 million to the young Swedish activist Greta Thunberg’s attempts to raise global awareness of climate change.Sun’s announcement came as a response to last week’s COP25 UN climate conference in Madrid that ended with no deal on carbon markets. The negotiations are postponed until next year when countries will have to come up with more ambitious goals to cut greenhouse gas emissions, in order to...

While it may sound like a marketing gimmick or a play on words, two founders behind blockchain startup Alchemy believe that their two-year-old startup might become the “Microsoft” of blockchain technology. In a series of serendipitous events, the founders Nikil Viswanathan and Joe Lau (who are both Stanford graduates) have been able to raise about $15 million from several investors that include billionaire Charles Schwab, Reid Hoffman who is LinkedIn’s co-founder, Stanford University and...

In what has been seen by many as a travesty of sorts, major cryptocurrency equipment manufacturer Canaan Creative has seen its stock decline sharply in the past 17 out of 21 trading sessions. Sources indicate that Canaan’s stock hasn’t fared well as many would have hoped. Just to remind you, the company at its IPO was valued at $1.3 billion. The company’s stock has lost about 35% of its value this week. Since the late November shares have tumbled indicating that the company wasn’t as valuable...

Recently, Ethereum has been deliberately following Bitcoin‘s price activity, which generally shows a selling sentiment.Both BTC and ETH are currently exchanging at critical support levels, and any more shortcomings in the short term could lead to huge capitulation selling, which could lead to a drop in the cryptocurrency.Analyzing Ethereum, experts note that the basic level of support is $140 and that a break below this level is leading to a fall in ETH by more than 30% and focus may be on...

According to an official blog post published yesterday, Kraken has acquired Circle Trade – Circle’s over-the-counter (OTC) platform. The statement says that Kraken sees Circle Trade as “one of the most recognized OTC desks in crypto” and the team is very excited about the acquisition.The statement also includes further details expected from the acquisition. Firstly, the company expects that the fact that its services would now be expanded and a lot more capable will attract new trading...

In direct competition to ICE‘s Bakkt platform, cryptocurrency exchange ErisX has launched its physically-settled Bitcoin futures contracts. In an official announcement on Monday, December 17, ErisX said that it will make its futures contracts available in the U.S. as of now.The product dubbed “Futures Digital Currency Products” will start trading today onwards from 8:00 a.m. Central Time (14:00 UTC). As per CoinDesk, ErisX’s Bitcoin futures will trade alongside its existing cryptocurrency...