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Global stock markets are tumbling today as fears of a second coronavirus (COVID-19) wave grow stronger. Reports have it that there’s a rising trend of new cases in the US and across the world, and this has evidently taken its toll on the economy as well.Equities Tumble Amid Fears of Coronavirus ReignitionThe World Health Organization announced that the coronavirus pandemic is worsening across the globe. The number of new cases continues to spiral on and even reached a new all-time high.It...

To say that this week has been a wild ride is definitely an understatement. Bitcoin’s price went nuts and kept everyone on edge. In the span of 24 hours, BTC went to surge from $9,400 to almost $10,500 and then back to $9,400 and even lower down to $8,600 on BitMEX. This whole ordeal saw an insane amount of both short and long positions getting liquidated.Interestingly enough, all of this comes as the legacy markets are flying. The S&P 500 is up almost 6% this week alone, while Nasdaq 100...

Legacy markets have almost entirely recovered from their sharp downturn in the middle of March. It appears that the adverse effects of the novel coronavirus COVID-19 are well behind. Despite the doom-and-gloom predictions of many economists, major indices are going up steadily.The S&P 500 Down Just 10% From Its February LevelsThe S&P 500 is currently trading at above 3,000 basis points, charting an increase of about 2% on the day. More interestingly, it’s down only about 11% from its...

The tech-heavy stock exchange, Nasdaq, has become the latest traditional stock market to adopt blockchain technology in managing digital assets.Nasdaq Partners R3According to a Wednesday report, Nasdaq, through a partnership with R3, will use the Corda ecosystem to create marketplaces for the issuance, trading, settlement, and management of digital assets.R3 is an enterprise blockchain technology company. The firm delivers Corda, a next-generation platform powered by industry-leading...

There’s something curious unfolding in global markets this month. While COVID-19 rages across the planet and the economy has ground to a halt, equities have actually been rallying. Global stock prices have been on their way up for two weeks now. It appears like Wall Street’s doing great. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has increased by 21.8% since Mar 23.So have investors lost their minds? On the face of it– this seems absolutely crazy. How could stocks be rallying when 10 million people in...

Dow Jones started the day with losing 1,058 points, or 4.7%. The S&P 500 was down 4% and the Nasdaq was 3.87% lower. Alphabet (GOOGL) stock is in the red as well.Friday’s trading started with Wall Street in red, with tech stocks going south. For instance, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock started the trading session at $1,127.47. At the moment of writing, Alphabet stock makes up $1,120.00 per share. It means that now GOOGL stock is falling nearly 4% if compared with the previous...

Twitter founder and CEO Jack Dorsey went on to found Square Inc. (NYSE: SQ) in 2010. It’s a payment processing company that made a credit card reader merchants could use with their smartphone to accept payments. But in 2015, Square took it a step further with the creation of Square Cash (now called Cash App).It allowed businesses and organizations to send money from smartphones using a “cashtag” like “$thisisacashtag.” The idea was to make sending cash as easy as sending an email. The Cashtag...

Bitcoin price is down 12.5%, S&P 500, Nasdaq indexes as well as companies like Berkhire Hathway has also lost significantly since the beginning of the year. Oil war adds fire to the financial crash party.Since the year beginning, the halving hype was striking the news. Many of the industry experts issued predictions of a sharp price increase. However, even despite the halving that will make Bitcoin more scarce, coronavirus is drowning the markets. Bitcoin has gained a lot, yet lost -12.5%...

Previously, the target range of the interest rate varied from 1% to 1.25%. Now the benchmark for both short-term lending for financial institutions and a peg to consumer rates will be targeted at 0% to 0.25%. Dow Futures lost 1,000 points.Yesterday evening, U.S. stock futures plummeted by 5%. Dow futures plunged 1,041 points or about 4.5%. S&P 500 futures closed down about 4.8%, while Nasdaq futures were down 4.5%. The drop followed the initiative of the U.S. Federal Reserve.On Sunday,...

Donald Trump’s coronavirus test came back negative, his personal physician revealed on Saturday. According to the doctor, the test was performed Friday night and the president “remains symptom-free”.The United States President Donald Trump has tested negative for the coronavirus, according to a statement Saturday from the White House.Sean Conley, the physician to the president said:“Last night after an in-depth discussion with the President regarding COVID-19 testing, he elected to proceed....