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The Dow Jones closed approximately 200 points lower in anticipation of Friday’s critical jobs report. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) dipped 194.76 points, or 0.56%, to close at 34,395.01 on Thursday ahead of today’s critical jobs report. This nearly 200-point fall was not the only setback recorded among the major indexes yesterday. The S&P 500 also closed lower by 0.09% to 4,076.57 during Thursday’s session. However, the tech-laden Nasdaq Composite gained 0.13% to close at...

Bitcoin cash price started a fresh decline from the $120 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below the $115 zone and the 55 simple moving average (4-hours). There was a break below a key bullish trend line with support near $111 on the 4-hours chart of the BCH/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could continue to move down if it breaks the $107 and $105 support levels. Bitcoin cash price is declining from the $120 zone against the US Dollar, unlike bitcoin. BCH/USD...

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried may have apologized dozen times for the failure of his firm, but there’s no stopping the contagion. Another casualty came in the name of a crypto trading platform – Aurus Global – which is currently facing a “short-term liquidity issue” due to FTX insolvency. Aurus Misses Principle Payment Amount of $3M The algorithmic trading and market-making firm reportedly missed a principal repayment on a 2,400 Wrapped Ether (wETH) decentralized finance...

The latest critique came from the top leadership at European Central Bank (ECB), who stated that Bitcoin’s value “is likely to be artificially induced” while adding that the crypto-asset is on a “road to irrelevance.” In the blog post, ECB Director General Ulrich Bindseil and Analyst Jürgen Schaff went on to claim that the world’s largest cryptocurrency has “never been used to any significant extent for legal real-world transactions.” The duo even blamed Bitcoin’s “conceptual...

For the last several months, the volatility of bitcoin appears to have calmed down somewhat. The world’s number one digital currency by market cap has, to one degree or another, been hovering around the $20K mark for some time, and while there are little moments here and there when it goes up or down, the range appears to be relatively consistent. Bitcoin Volatility Has Remained Relatively Still With all this in mind, it appears bitcoin trading has become rather “boring” as of late. This is...

The crypto mining sector is falling apart, and miners are being hit from all angles at the time of writing. Crypto Mining Is Beginning to Crash and Burn To be fair, the prices of many mainstream digital assets – such as bitcoin, the world’s number one digital currency by market cap – have remained relatively still over the past few weeks. While things are nowhere near as solid as they were a year ago, volatility has remained relatively low in the autumn and winter months compared to where...

The TON Foundation’s rescue fund will help projects experience liquidity problems amid the recent collapse of the crypto exchange FTX.The TON Blockchain platform, initially developed by social media giant Telegram, is now on a new journey in the crypto space. On Wednesday, November 30, the stewards of the TON network announced a new rescue fund with an initial commitment o $126 million.The TON network said that the fund will help projects experience liquidity problems amid the recent collapse...

Tesla CEO Elon Musk was one of those who shared his sentiments on the likelihood of a recession next year.The shares of American multinational electric car manufacturer Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) are seeing marginal growth in the Pre-Market today after the stock recorded a bumper session on Wednesday. Investors went on a buying spree pushing the share price to $194.70 atop a 7.67% growth on Wednesday as Federal Reserve (Fed) Chairman, Jerome Powell hinted at the Brookings Institute that the...

Volta recently closed under 50 cents for the first time as a public company due to a cash crunch and the possibility of stock delisting.EV charging startup Volta (NYSE: VLTA) saw its shares close below 50 cents for the first time since its public listing last year. This recent relative stock underperformance could be attributable to several factors affecting the electric car charging company. They include a cash crunch as well as the possibility of a stock delisting.Volta stock briefly...

The Huobi Advisory Board will evaluate all Poloniex projects on a monthly basis beginning today.Cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and Poloniex have finally announced an official partnership after denying media rumors. According to the official announcement, the two exchanges have entered into a ‘strategic partnership’ geared towards multiple cooperation. At the top list of priorities for the strategic partnership between the two companies is developing a more robust entity to compete with other...