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China’s CBDC – digital Renminbi – will be fully centralized, going by a report published by Huatai Securities, a financial services company.Though a date is yet to be announced as to when the digital currency will be officially launched, the recent revelations made about it points towards a release that could be sooner rather than later.How the China’s CBDC is Expected To WorkThe major stakeholder in the currency is China’s Central Bank and under its supervision, the digital Renminbi will be...

Google is starting a painful process of eliminating direct contact with key people in Wuhan, and across China. FAANG members officially closed four offices thanks to the virus. It is spreading fast, and the companies around the world understand that they have to act quickly.Numerous Companies Flee Away Because of Virus, Economic Freeze is OngoingGoogle is banned in China, but the locals are working as marketers, sales engineers and so on. They do not develop the local version of Google, they...

Bitcoin is continuing to surge and has surpassed the $9,300 mark in another big jump.Bitcoin Is Surging to November NumbersMany are wondering if $10,000 is around the corner. According to some analysts, the answer is “yes.” Bitcoin and gold are continuing their incessant jumps and don’t appear to be stopping anytime soon, and some argue that the currency could hit the five-figure range in the immediate future.One such person is Adam Vettese, a market analyst at popular crypto exchange e-Toro....

Swedish multinational clothing-retail company H&M has appointed a new CEO. As a part of a complete board reshuffle, former chief executive Karl-Johan Persson stepped down. The new CEO is Helena Helmersson, who was previously the head of operations. Notably, Helmersson is the first female chief executive officer of the fast-fashion pioneer.Now Karl-Johan Persson will succeed his father, Stefan Persson, as chairman of the supervisory board. The change came after his father Stefan said he...

CoinFLEX, the first physically-delivered Bitcoin futures exchange, has officially launched its competition platform, called BracketWars. The competition features a trading order type called “brackets” catering towards scalp traders.The news comes on the heels of CoinFLEX’s revamp of its maker/taker program, FLEXMaker, which blends staking of the FLEX token into the exchange’s low-fee DMM model.It’s quickly becoming evident that institutional interest and large trader aspirations are to settle...

XRP, that is widely used by Ripple Labs in its advanced solutions, is on the verge of breaking out from the downtrend resistance that got it hooked at low prices for more than two full years of the bear market.The crypto world has been dominated by headlines of the imminent rise of the XRP within the last couple of hours. People are anticipating a breakout from the asset that could produce a huge shock to the crypto market with fast and massive gains that could raise the XRP price to as high...

IOV Labs, the company powering Bitcoin smart contract platform RSK, has sealed a major partnership with blockchain venture builder Coinsilium. The entities have formed a joint venture company in Singapore with the goal of promoting RSK and the RIF OS modular blockchain. The Asia Pacific is a hotbed for blockchain innovation and the new IOV Labs company is seeking to capitalize on the region’s demand for distributed ledger and cryptographic systems. IOV Labs has invested $325,000 in...

By Dmitriy Gurkovskiy, Chief Analyst at RoboForex.ETH/USD tech analysisButerin: the Ethereum platform is strongThe ETH joined the Japanese crypto indexThe ETH could grow in price on the coronavirus news but alasOn W1, the Ethereum price does not demonstrate any serious changes in market moods yet. The growth that we can see does not show any signs of a reversal and thus is interpreted as a pullback before another decline. The nearest important goal of the decline is the psychologically...

The ongoing epidemic is still doing a strong and deep dive throughout the world’s financial markets. Generally, the coronavirus has caused stocks in Asia to plunge as panic continues to spread around the continent and even to the rest of the world.Coronavirus Crashes Asia StocksSeveral markets across the continent are having a bad time of the event. The Hang Seng index, which covers the largest companies in Hong Kong, closed at 26,499.13 after losing 2.62%.Most of the hardest-hit stocks all...

Apple TV+ and Apple Watches have been in the news for a bit now and while it might seem like they are the reason behind the boost in Apple’s Q1 earnings this year, there is another quiet star that isn’t even on the market yet is actually behind all the hype.On Wednesday morning, shares in the trading market rose following an announcement from the largest U.S-based mobile phone manufacturer regarding their earnings in December’s first quarter which to the surprise of everyone was substantially...