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NYU Economist Nouriel Roubini is hyped over the massive bitcoin price drop since October. Altcoin prices are down too. Theories abound as to the causes of what could be the next crypto winter. The crypto industry’s leaders see opportunity in the bitcoin bear market. Nouriel Roubini piled on the FUD Tuesday morning. As bitcoin’s price continues its plunge into what could be another crypto winter, the NYU economist suggested it’s the end of crypto entirely: Source: TwitterThe...

Commodity markets dictate the global trade of primary manufactured products, from cocoa to gold and from sugar to oil. As these tangible good cross the vast oceans, borne along by capacious container ships, trading platforms flicker with the constantly moving prices of these assets, whose real-time market value is dictated by the usual forces: supply, demand, sanctions, geopolitical relations, currency rates and the array of other variables that can dictate the final price paid for containers...

On Monday, the stock market reached new highs: the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 190.85 points (or 0.68%) and achieved 28,066.47 by the end of the day, the Nasdaq Composite increased by 1.32% up to 8,632.49, while S&P 500 gained 0.8%. The biggest gains have been made by technology and health care companies. Such companies as Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Intel, Alibaba, Tesla, Disney, and more have enjoyed growth in stocks. For example, Intel rose 2%, Amazon gained 1.61%, Gilead Sciences...

Storeum (STO) gains over 11000% out of nowhere. What is this enigmatic project? Another day another pump and dump. While the rest of the crypto market slowly bleeds away, one cryptocurrency – dubbed Storeum – has sprung out of nowhere, citing improbable gains. But what is this cryptocurrency, how did it get here, and is it a scam? Recently, Coinmarketcap (CMC) has been a fairly dire, mournful reminder of the recent carnage witnessed within the cryptocurrency markets. Various...

Although the stock market has been hitting new highs, analysts have warned investors to stay cautious during these times. Otavio Costa, an analyst at Crescat Capital said that it is the ideal time for investors to buy and accumulate gold.In an in-depth analysis, Costa explained that the Treasury Yield Curve spreads have moved past the critical 70% threshold. Citing historical patterns, Costa advises investors to liquidate their stocks and instead buy gold for the next two years.History...

Normally, this ongoing drop in prices, which comes only a month after a 42% expansion in a day, pushed the bulls to their limit. An eminent Twitter trader, Bitlord, said he had left the Bitcoin business due to the ongoing tumult in the market, denoting an indication of capitulation.Over the past day, the Bitcoin bulls have finally been granted a reprieve, with the BTC going from a weekly minimum of $6,526 to $7,378.13, which represents a massive increase of more than 10%. With this reprieve...

Last year, the U.K. payment remittance platform TransferGo, announced that it had entered a partnership with Ripple and joined RippleNet, with a focus of helping Indian migrants in the U.K. make cross-border payments back to their families. However, the company has now announced that it will take the relationship a notch higher, and move its business to Ripple’s On-Demand Liquidity (ODL) which uses XRP.Speaking about the move, CEO Daumantas Dvilinskas has suggested that ODL will shoot the...

MiddleGame Ventures (MGV) that is a fintech-focused investment company announced on Monday that it had managed to raise assets for the new fund aimed at providing support to startups in Europe and North America.As per the announcement, MGV’s Venture Fund I reached its first close with the last target size attaining $165 million.The fund is going to enter into partnerships with both B2B and B2B2C startups and, of course, it will invest in them. The main goal is to get the transformation of...

Shares of Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba saw a great launch in Hong Kong on Tuesday, after pricing its shares at 176 Hong Kong dollars (approx. $22.5) apiece. This is the biggest listing this year so far, larger than the approximately $8 billion raised by Uber in May. This also came as an excellent boost for the Hong Kong market which had problems since the pro-democracy protests escalated in recent weeks. Alibaba trades under the stock code 9988 in Hong Kong. Nine and eight are considered...

Fintech startup Ualá which is a finance app that helps people with all things financial has just finished its Series C funding to the tune of $150 million. This round was led by Tencent and Softbank’s Innovation Fund which has as its specific aim the Mercursour region. The app functions very much like Monzo, Nubank and Revolut but this time the focus of this app is on the Argentine market without the trappings and requirements of financial institutions and regulations. With its CEO Pierpaolo...