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It’s already widely known that the multinational tech company Apple Inc. (AAPL) has again joined the trillion-dollar society hitting the trillion-dollar market cap mark for the fourth time.At the time of writing, Apple stock was trading premarket 1.73% higher to $240.51, the highest in history. Apple’s market cap started the week at $1.09 trillion.There are some analysts who think shares might jump even more – to be precise 20 percent more during this year because of the strong iPhone 11...

Crypto enthusiasts see bitcoin as a unique asset. Many rely on the cryptocurrency as a store of value while others use it as a payment solution, especially for transactions that involve huge sums of money. Chief executive of BullBitcoin enumerates the use-cases of bitcoin. | Source: TwitterOutside of the crypto community, however, many see the king of cryptocurrencies as an unreliable asset. Recently, the Group of Seven (G7) nations released a study that emphasizes how bitcoin has failed to...

German multinational software corporation, SAP has announced recently that it has entered into an official partnership with Microsoft. A Reuters report states that the partnership, which will last for 3 years, is to facilitate the company’s decision to help customers’ move their core business activity and processes, to the cloud.According to SAP’s Co-Chief Executive Officer, Jennifer Morgan, the partnership is dubbed “Embrace” and will assist the company’s many customers to continue their...

HuffPost is apparently on its way out of the Verizon media group. Sources indicate that Verizon has already started pitching the idea of a potential sale to buyers who may be interested in acquiring the internet media organization. Although officials from Verizon declined to comment on the issue, this move amidst others indicates a shift of focus for the US-based communications company which comes as Verizon’s media arm seems to be sliding down in value.About a month ago, Verizon wrote down...

Xiaomi, one of the world’s biggest smartphone producers, has just revealed through its CEO that it plans to take full advantage of 5G technology, and release more than 10 supported phones before the end of 2020. The Chinese phone giant has already released a few 5G phones this year and plans to do more.Per a Reuters report, the CEO Lei Jun, has also noted that 5G technology for the phone giant will not be restricted to its high end phones. The new group of products that will be launched with...

Bitfinex, the cryptocurrency exchange which has been enmeshed in a legal tussle for a while now, has filed an application with the US Court in the Central District of Southern California, through its parent company, iFinex Inc. Filed on the 18th of October 2019, Bitfinex wants the Court, through a subpoena, to help recover more than $850 million that has been unreachable by the exchange because of supposed problems being faced by the company’s payment processor Global Trade Solutions AG,...

Many have been bearish on bitcoin after the dominant cryptocurrency breached support of $9,000 in September. The month-long consolidation around $8,000 is not helping either. It is only giving bitcoin haters more reason to scream their bearish outlook. Peter Schiff forecasting bitcoin to plummet to $2,000. | Source: TwitterBitcoin’s technicals may not be pretty but global macro factors favor the king of cryptocurrencies. That’s according to trader and game liquidity theorist Majin. The...

Photo: Tesla / TwitterWe all know how the Chinese are very protective of their domestic economy and how they don’t let anybody come and just set up a business within their borders for domestic consumption without strict controls. Tesla seems to have been able to jump through all the hoops and regulatory processes required to be able to manufacture electric vehicles in China sources indicate.In what seems to be a first for China, this is the first time that the government will be allowing the...

Photo: ShutterstockThe role of a digital asset trading platform has advanced well beyond a forum to arrange trades between buyers and sellers.This expanded role carries with it an evolving set of expectations from speculative traders and investors. It becomes imperative for them to understand the multi-faceted role of a trading platform, and different aspects of cooperation between digital asset projects, the platform, and supporting agencies referred to as Liquidity Specialists or...

Charles Schwab, a San Francisco-based bank and stock brokerage company, has announced they will allow their clients to buy and sell fractions of stocks. The initiative aims at attracting the interest of young investors to Charles Schwab and makes it the first online brokerage that offers its customers such an opportunity.The announcement follows the company’s decision to eliminate trading commissions for U.S. stocks, ETFs and options trades earlier this month, which led to other brokerage...