U.S. Senator Johny Isakson was serving well at his position in United States Senate. However, health issues are chasing the old man: he decided to leave the job and enjoy life. The governor Brian Kemp has the power to elect a new member of the Senate to serve till the special elections. Many people approached him with pitches.President Trump Wanted His Brother in Arms to Acquire the SeatPresident Donald Trump suggested appointing Doug Collins at this position. He is a Republican who has been...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Fall Below $7,000 as Cryptocurrency and Traditional Markets Follow Suit
Investment apathy in global cryptocurrency markets and also traditional markets deepened over the weekend as Bitcoin price which has been sliding in recent times slipped below the normal psychological $7,000 which everyone within the crypto space has been looking forward towards as a support for one last rally towards the end of this year. Apart from Bitcoin, all other cryptocurrencies are also down as well indicating a market malaise which hasn’t occurred in quite a bit.Ethereum lost almost...
Read More »Bitcoin-Hating Trump is Standing in the Way of Bakkt CEO Becoming U.S. Senator
Bakkt CEO wants to represent Georgia in the U.S. Senate. President Donald Trump has already signaled his preferred candidate and it’s not the CEO of the Bitcoin futures exchange. Bakkt has been growing from strength to strength in recent weeks. Kelly Loeffler, the CEO of bitcoin futures trading exchange Bakkt, is gunning to be appointed Georgia’s new U.S. Senator by the state’s governor. The only problem: President Trump has other ideas. According to the Atlanta...
Read More »Trump Secretly Met with 2 Crypto Heavyweights
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel met secretly with President Trump in October.The purpose of the meeting – and why it wasn’t disclosed by the White House – remains unknown.After Facebook revealed the meeting had taken place, Democrats dragged Zuckerberg on Twitter.President Donald Trump invited Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg and board member Peter Thiel to a White House dinner in October, but didn’t disclose the meeting to the public.Facebook told NBC News about the...
Read More »Survey: Crypto Investors Favored Hillary in 2016, But Crypto Whales Voted Trump
Crypto investors supported Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a wide margin in the 2016 election. But those who supported Trump have invested significantly more of their savings in cryptocurrency. Libertarian Gary Johnson was almost as unpopular with crypto investors as the general population. A recent survey of the political affiliations among cryptocurrency investors found that crypto owners voted for Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump by a wide margin in the 2016 election. 46%...
Read More »Dow Jones Industrial Average Climbs above $28000 in New Milestone but Bitcoin Disappoints
Traditional markets and indexes are currently hitting new records. In one such first-ever milestone, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied to a record 28,000 plus levels on Friday. The rally comes amidst waning tensions in the U.S.-China trade war with the hope of reaching a trade deal between the two economic powerhouses.On Friday, November 15, Dow Jones’s 30-stock average climbed 222.93 points at 28,004. In just the last four months, the Dow Jones price index has surged by 1000 points....
Read More »Amazon Files to Challenge DoD’s Choice of Microsoft for JEDI Contract Suggesting ‘Political Influence’
Late last month, the United States Department of Defense announced that the much-discussed Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud contract, had been finally awarded to Microsoft. After the announcement, many including Amazon itself seemed sincerely surprised that the contract didn’t go to Amazon. Now, Amazon has decided to officially challenge the contract award.According to a Federal Times report, Amazon Web Services (AWS) officially filed with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims...
Read More »Mission Money: Wird die Börse manipuliert?
Wie verzerren Geschichten die Realität? Und werden Börse und Wirtschaft nur manipuliert? Diese Fragen beantwortet das neue Buch von Nobelpreisträger Robert Shiller. Mario, Matthias und Peter betreiben den spannendne VLOG „Mission Money“. In der aktuellen Folge geht um Geschichten: Wie verzerren Geschichten die Realität? Und werden Börse und Wirtschaft nur manipuliert? Diese...
Read More »EU Wants to Compete with Facebook’s Libra Instead of Just Banning It
The G7 meeting participants state that things like stablecoins including Facebook‘s Libra should be strictly regulated and the risks connected with them are not yet studied well. Per EU lawmaker and a German conservative Markus Ferber:“At the very least, we need a robust regulatory framework to deal with virtual currencies. The (executive EU) Commission has been way too complacent on the issue so far. With the threat of Libra on the horizon, it is time for action now.”The draft text of the...
Read More »Twitter Will Ban Political Adds in November while Facebook Has Another Position
Photo: PixabayPolitical wars forced Twitter to distance itself from misinformation that usually pops up during elections. Head of Twitter Jack Dorsey seems to continue his quest to make the Internet a better place. After a prominent Bitcoin advocate had recently invested in a cryptocurrency-related venture called CoinList, he is now on the way to cut all political ads off on Twitter.The vast majority of so-called conspiracy theories made public via those ads probably came from wise...
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