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We all know how it is to forget someone’s birthday, holiday or, god forbid, anniversary. Before we used our little calendars with post-its all around saying: “your first kiss anniversary, he wore a brown jumper, buy beer”, etc. However, since we have Facebook, it was hard to forget, well, almost anything. With its ‘calendar’ and ‘memories’ it reminds us of all the things we’ve done in the past – yes, that includes your drunk uncle puking after New year’s brunch. Its “Year in Review” videos,...

While many continue to focus on Bitcoin’s price, its network has set a new record in its hourly USD transaction volume, recent data reveals. For the first time in history, the network processed a total of $8.9 billion in on-chain transactions in a single hour on Dec 4th, a sign of a significant improvement of the blockchain.In the last two years, Bitcoin’s daily transaction volumes have seen massive growth, increasing from a mere $200 million in 2017 to more than five times the number at the...

As the crypto markets continue to move on a roller coaster, it seems like adoption is growing steadily. A group of eight former Morgan Stanley core developers announced the launch of Phemex. Phemex is a ‘high-speed’ cryptocurrency derivatives platform that is well-designed for the retail and institutional investors. The new firm is based in Singapore.In a December 4 press release, the former Morgan Stanley developers came with big claims that the platform is ten times faster than the...

One of the world’s most used language learning platform Duolingo has successfully pulled in $30 million in a new series F funding. The funding was handled by Alphabet’s investment division CapitalG, which had led the platform’s series D funding round a few years ago in 2015.Duolingo seems to be doing something right especially since CapitalG has decided to come back to pump more money after 4 years. So far, the language learning platform has raised a total of $138 million in funding, climbing...

OneConnect Financial Technology which is the artificial intelligence and blockchain arm of Ping An Insurance that is easily one of the largest insurance firms in China has come forth with the terms for its IPO valued at $468 Million. Sources indicate that based on the F-1 Filing of its prospectus with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the firm intends to conduct the initial public offering which is aimed at raising between $432 million and $504 million via issuing...

Shareholders of Qualcomm Incorporated (QCOM) stock are definitely happy and smiling to the bank as shares have risen impressively. The company which creates and engineers wireless technology and processing chips for smartphones was one of the most notable jumpers on the S&P 500 yesterday on December 4, as it rose by $2.65% to hit $82.08.In response to the rise, ratings for QCOM were changed to reflect its new status. The rating on Mizuho was promoted to “Buy” from the previous “Neutral”...

The largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, went through a sudden flash crash on the world’s most popular platform, Binance. The price lost a tremendous chunk of its value, going down to as low as $680 in an instant. It happened with the BTC/USDS trading pair, and it allowed those who had placed low orders to have them filled during the recovery, which came just as quickly.Bitcoin At $680 In A Flash CrashVolatility in the cryptocurrency market is not something unexpected. Just on the contrary – it’s...

Nowadays it is becoming more and more popular to play games on your mobile device, rather than your PC. And it’s nothing strange since mobile phones are today more developed than ever. One of these popular games is rolled out by Activision Blizzard. It is Call of Duty: Mobile that has recently, according to Sensor Tower Store Intelligence estimates, brought in around $87 million in global player spending and more than 172 million downloads in only two months of its existence.Even though there...

In a major turn of event at crypto startup Circle, Sean Neville will be stepping down from his role as the Co-CEO of the company. In an email secured by CoinDesk, Neville notified his decision during a quarterly meeting among the Board of Directors.Neville found this Boston-based peer-to-peer payments technology company in partnership with Jeremy Allaire, in 2014. While Neville decided to step down from the role of Co-CEO, he will continue as the company’s independent director.Neville has not...

EOS price is struggling to continue above the $2.750 and $2.820 resistances against the US Dollar.There is a decent support forming near the $2.500 and $2.535 support levels.There are two major bearish trend lines in place with resistance near $2.750 and $2.820 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could only start a strong upward move once it settles above the $2.850 level.EOS price is facing a lot of hurdles for a bullish wave against the US Dollar and...