The New York Securities Exchange (NYSE) market shows the Wednesdays boost has resulted in a cool-down, with a visible 3% profit. IBM has its fourth-quarter sales stable from year to year, totaling $21.8 billion. However, IBM bought Red Hat on July 9, 2019. Then, promised a 60% premium bonus for the workers of Red Hat if they hurry up with developing the hybrid-cloud server software.IBM is showing a big interest in the open-source software company which is probably one of the few software...
Read More »PayPal Partners with UnionPay to Expand Its Network in China
On Wednesday, it got about that American online payments company PayPal had partnered with UnionPay International (UPI), a subsidiary of the Chinese leading payment processor UnionPay. For both companies, the deal is a good way to expand their networks and penetrate into new markets.Jim Magats, senior vice president of global payments at PayPal, commented:“At PayPal, we are proud of this landmark agreement with UnionPay International and the global impact that this creates for our joint...
Read More »Amazon Files Motion to Suspend Microsoft from $10 Billion JEDI Project
In an interesting turn of events, Amazon is seeking a court injunction against Microsoft. Amazon wants the courts to prevent Microsoft from continuing with the popular Pentagon cloud project until all related cases are resolved.Amazon Looks to Stop MicrosoftIn October last year, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) announced that it will be awarding Microsoft with the Pentagon contract. Called the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI), the project is worth $10 billion. At the time,...
Read More »Davos 2020: Refinitiv Establishes Alliance to Monitor Sustainable Finance
As it has become known at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos, the top organizations of the planet will join Refinitiv’s alliance to be able to research and edit the investment markets. Governments and corporations usually invest using the consensus of decisions of top officials. So basically, investment is a form of art. Now it is time to take a step into the future by turning data gathering into the science.David Craig, Refinitiv CEO, noted:“The need to channel capital towards the UN...
Read More »Ripple Is Key Player in Blockchain Gaming Industry, Says SBI Investment Korea
Ripple is making innovations with cross-border payments but is also slowly becoming a force to be reckoned with in gaming. As SBI Investment Korea Director Lee Joo-Hyuk put it, the company is at the center of blockchain use in the gaming industry.Ripple in Blockchain GamingThe investment exec made the comment, referring to Ripple’s involvement with blockchain gaming last year. In spring 2019, San Francisco-based Forte game company announced a partnership with Xpring, Ripple’s investment...
Read More »784,000 Bitcoin Addresses Now Hold 1+ BTC: Will It Affect the Price?
There’s good news for Bitcoin investors and enthusiasts! The study of some on-chain metrics and Bitcoin wallets shows that the world’s largest cryptocurrency has been in the accumulation zone over the last 12 months.As on January 14, nearly 784,000 addresses were holding one or Bitcoin tokens. This is also an 11% surge from the 707,000 addresses holding BTC a year ago. Furthermore, the blockchain intelligence company Glassnode noted that total addresses holding BTC have doubled since...
Read More »Bitcoin Price Returns Beneath $8,500 Level, Solid Barrier Accelerates Sell-off
Bitcoin price is presently trending at the level of $8,419 (+ 2.38% daily). The crypto is on track in the framework of a strong bearish trend amid growing volatility. The intraday low is recorded on the level at $8,371.The cryptocurrency market returned to minus, losing the insignificant profits achieved on Wednesday. The total crypto assets struggle with losses from 1% to 6%. Bitcoin returns to a mark beneath the $8,500 level (support of last week). Before the continuing bearish activity,...
Read More »Ripple Gets Two New Partners as U.S. Treasury Declares Support
All of the products being offered by Ripple regularly are drawing new partners for the blockchain company. Ripple already has an interesting list of companies that currently use different RippleNet products for their core functions. Now, two new partners, including Bottomline Technologies and Tranglo, are joining the Ripple team. In addition to this, the U.S. Treasury might be throwing its back behind the company as well.Bottomline Technologies Partners with RippleAccording to the company’s...
Read More »Binance Invests in Open Data Framework Numbers Protocol
In their latest blog post, Binance calls itself a “global blockchain ecosystem”. It has recently invested in a blockchain protocol that focuses on data traceability and monetization. However, the amount of the investment currently stays undisclosed.Gin Chao, Binance’s Strategy Officer explained that the Numbers team “has strong technical backgrounds and expertise in building blockchain applications with practical use cases”.“Numbers app is integrated with Binance Chain through Zion, a...
Read More »Tesla Stock Takes Valuation over $100 Billion as Q4 Earnings Report Gets Closer
Tesla stock is doing amazing numbers in the market and breaking grounds for the auto company. Yesterday, Tesla stock surged impressively and has now crossed $100 billion in market valuation. Tesla (TSLA) climbed more than 6% to cement a new record high at $569.56.Tesla Stock Pushes ValuationAt the moment, Tesla is now the world’s second most valuable auto company. With a market cap of about $102.6 billion, it has pushed Volkswagen (VWAGY) down and is just behind Toyota Motors (TM). Toyota is...
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