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Microsoft has officially revealed a few details about the new next-generation Xbox model, the Xbox Series X. During the recent Game Awards, the company officially announced the name and the design for the console, with some information but not as much as gamers and analysts would have preferred.From pictures, gamers should expect the Xbox Series X design to look next to nothing like previous Xbox consoles. Regardless, Phil Spencer, the current executive vice-president of Gaming at Microsoft...

XRP dropped back into the $0.215 support after failing to break above $0.2345 this week.The cryptocurrency remains above the 3000 SAT level but the bears are attempting to take control.XRP has been trapped within a range between $0.215 and $0.234 throughout the entire period of December.Key Support & Resistance LevelsXRP/USDSupport:  $0.2150, $0.20, $0.1850 Resistance: $0.2345, $0.2520, $0.27XRP/BTC:Support: 3000 SAT, 2900 SAT, 2855 SATResistance: 3113 SAT, 3200 SAT, 3325 SAT, 3500...

European Central Bank’s head (and former International Monetary Fund’s head) Christine Lagarde said that the stablecoins market is gaining momentum and the officials need to keep up with changes:“My personal conviction is that giving the developments we are seeing, not so much in the bitcoin segment, but in the stablecoins projects. And we only know of one at the moment but there are others, being explored and underway at the moment. We’d better be ahead of the curve if that happens. Because...

In what has been seen by many to be a resurgence of the crypto space, decentralized virtual private network project Orchid (OXT) is set to be launched on the Coinbase professional platform – Coinbase Pro. Sources indicated that the ERC 20 based token will be introduced in phases to the platform. A blog post on the premier cryptocurrency exchange’s website indicates that support for OXT will be made available to all clients of the exchange in the supported jurisdictions except the state of New...

The investors in tech stock were pretty concerned this week since the infamous date of December 15 was approaching.However, now they can relax a bit since on Thursday United States President Donald Trump signed off on a so-called phase one trade deal with China, averting the December 15 introduction of a new wave of U.S. tariffs on approximately $160 billion in consumer goods from Asia.The deal presented to Trump by trade advisers Thursday included a promise by the Chinese to buy more...

Tesla is easily the most popular of the electric carmakers but also probably the most controversial one. There’s almost always some announcement or the other from Tesla CEO Elon Musk about a new offering or improved feature, many of which experts and analysts believe is too far-fetched or entirely ridiculous. Regardless, Tesla has still made an indelible mark in the auto scene and might be reaping the fruits of its labor especially as the Tesla (TSLA) company’s market cap has now crossed $60...

The most lucrative stocks in the market today seem to lock out the less-wealthy investors. For instance, one share of Amazon stock costs over $1,700 and that of Google is over $1,300. However, a solution came up in the form of fractional stock-trading.To continue its quest to democratize the world of stock trading, Robinhood has announced that it is launching fractional share trading this week. If anyone has $1 to spare, they have no excuse for not investing.The new strategy enables users to...

Glencore PLC, one of the world’s largest cobalt producers and a public traded company announced its plan to join the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network (RSBN). Glencore will use the Hyperledger Fabric Platform for Cobalt production to track its cobalt production.RSBN is particularly an industrial collaboration using blockchain technology that supports “responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market”. Moreover, the members of the network include companies from the auto,...

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said on Thursday it is considering the possibility to seek a preliminary injunction against social network Facebook Inc., claiming it is acting anticompetitive by integrating other social apps in its network.Besides its social network, the tech giant owns Instagram, Messenger and WhatsApp and this injunction wants to ban Facebook from further integrating new applications.According to a Wall Street Journal, in a situation where this would become an...

The trade war between the U.S. and China has been ongoing for many months and has somehow wiggled its way into pretty much any conversation that involves the U.S. or China. Some other countries are sometimes dragged into the mix because some of the effects of the tensions have been felt by these countries even though they aren’t directly involved. However, there might be some respite soon and with it, the chance that a few stocks might be worth good money if things go right.CNBC’s Jim Cramer...