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Alphabet through Google Cloud has identified a huge gap in the Saudi Arabia cloud infrastructure and intends to fill it despite the impending competition. As 2020 financial books come to a close and welcome a new year, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) has been working on delivering a better financial year despite the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Google, one of its major subsidiaries, has announced that it will partner with Saudi Aramco to provide cloud services in the region.“The collaboration...

On 14 December 2020, Grayscale announced publicly that their Asset Under Management had increased to $13 billion for the first time. Interestingly, this has increased to $16.4 billion in a little over a week. Grayscale Investment Trust LLC (OTCMKTS: GBTC) is continuing its impressive performance in 2020 with its Asset Under Management rising to $16.4 billion. This is a little over $3 billion addition from the $13 Billion Assets Under Management reported last week. The success story of...

On Wednesday, President Trump’s Working Group on Financial Markets published a report regarding stablecoins retail payments perception amongst the public.A certain leading US financial regulators group has recently issued a new statement regarding stablecoins. The group recommended that the same regulation used in other financial systems ought to be applicable to stablecoins. This decision was based on the fact that traders usually rely on stablecoins to purchase cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin...

EOS started a strong decline from well above the $2.800 support zone against the US Dollar.The price is currently correcting higher from $2.000, but it is well below the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There was a break below a major bullish trend line with support at $3.000 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could continue to move lower as long as it is below the $2.650 resistance level.EOS price started a fresh decline below $2.800 and $2.650...

Bitcoin’s recent rollercoaster continued in the past 24 hours with another $1,000 move before settling around $23,000. However, BTC’s dominance has spiked as the entire altcoin market has bled out, led by Ripple’s continuous drops.Bitcoin’s 24H Wild RideThe past several days have been particularly volatile for the primary cryptocurrency. Just a few days ago, BTC skyrocketed to a new all-time high of $24,300 before getting rejected and dumping by more than $2,000.Bitcoin recovered most losses...

Litecoin price started a steady decline from the $125 resistance zone against the US Dollar.LTC price even declined below the $100.00 level and spiked below the 55 simple moving average (4-hours).There is a major declining channel forming with resistance near $108.00 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair is likely to find a strong buying interest near the $92.40 and $90.00 levels.Litecoin price is slowly moving lower from well above $110.00 against the US...

After shocking the crypto-verse with what is possibly the most ambitious lawsuit in the history of the U.S. crypto industry (accusing Ripple of issuing unregistered securities for more than $1.3 Billion), today the country’s regulators issued a major statement regarding how they foresee the future of stablecoins and, spoiler alert, the landscape looks heavily regulated.On December 23, 2020, The President’s Working Group on Financial Markets released a statement on critical regulatory issues...

Bitcoin just keeps surging and surging, and with no end in sight, many analysts have become major fans over the last few weeks and months. Some are even claiming that the asset is going to reach new highs that many people never though possible. One of these individuals is Garrick Hileman, the head of research at Blockchain.com.Garrick Hileman Is Convinced of Bitcoin’s ProwessAt the time of writing, bitcoin’s market cap is at around $440 billion, though Hileman is convinced that a $1 trillion...

Bitcoin bulls need to make sure the daily price closes above $23,850 today, or else a double top will form on the BTC/USD chart (see below).Double tops are bearish reversal setups that tend to result in strong downtrends. They form when an asset fails to breach the same resistance level twice in a short period of time. The second rejection signals to the market that bullish momentum has run out and that a shift in trend is about to occur.There’s also an obvious RSI divergence (yellow line)...

Gold protected tokens like GoldFinX appears to be the best investment source for institutional and retail investors since they can be easily traced back to find its custodial asset backing its worth.The current market perception for cryptocurrencies has been shifting recently, in a seemingly ever more positive direction, even with the global economy suffering massive blows from the prevailing pandemic. Facebook‘s Libra and JPMorgan‘s JPM coin are anticipated to launch in 2021; Bitcoin and...