Crypto EcoBlog
It’s happened again, folks. Another massive cryptocurrency hack is in the books. This time, the subject of the attack is VeChain, an enterprise blockchain platform that’s reporting losses of nearly $7 million.VeChain Is In the PitsApproximately 1.1 billion VET tokens – the official cryptocurrency of VeChain – have been stolen, amounting to roughly $6.53 million USD. In a blog post, the company states that the hack came about due to “human error” and the “mismanagement of the private key by...
Read More »Nicolas Maduro to Host Petro Airdrop, but Does Anyone Really Care?
Oh, Nicolas Maduro… When are you going to take a hint and realize that the people of your country aren’t interested in your silly little Petro coin?The Petro Isn’t That PopularIn his never-ending quest to push a centralized, socialist form of cryptocurrency, Nicolas Maduro – president of Venezuela – has announced that he will invoke an airdrop in which one unit of Petro will be offered to every public worker living within his country’s borders.The airdrop is set to take place at around...
Read More »Accenture to Welcome Corporate Clients on Marco Polo Shipping Blockchain
In what seems like a perfect match, Accenture has entered into a working relationship with a blockchain startup TradeIX to begin onboarding service for clients onto the Marco Polo Network. Sources have indicated that the relationship between the two entities began after Accenture made a yet-to-be-known investment in TradeIX. Accenture will provide specific use-case scenarios that go beyond their traditional banking services to provide unique solutions that involve trade finance for clients...
Read More »Dow Jones Predicted to Keep Rising as U.S-China Trade Deal Moving Forward
2019 has been a very interesting year for the stock market. While it has had its ups and downs as should be normally expected, it’s performed quite impressively regardless of certain issues. One of the most popular issues that have affected the stock market and the economy at large is the trade war between the U.S. and China that has been going on for a while now. Both countries have repeatedly slammed each other with tariffs that have had significant effects on both economies. However, both...
Read More »Indian Uber’s Rival Ola Signs Up 10,000 Drivers amid Its Launch in London
Ola Cabs, an Indian transportation network company that provides peer-to-peer ridesharing, ride service hailing, taxi, and food delivery and serves more than 125 million drivers across 250 cities, is continuing its global expansion. The company has already expanded to Australia and New Zealand. In 2018, it started operating in the UK, across South Wales and the South West of England. In 2020, Ola is set to launch in London.Amid this launch, Ola has already signed up 10,000 drivers in London....
Read More »Is Bitcoin Already Oversold after Recording the Recent Plunge?
Today Bitcoin endured another fall, tumbling to the price level at $6,700 and drawing closer to the price level at $6,600.The cryptocurrency of the first choice has arrived at just $6,670.37 today, the most reduced level since late November. Now, the digital money has declined by over half from its 2019 high, as in June on the level at $13,879.21.Bitcoin continued a consistent descending pattern for a considerable length of time, during which time it exchanged to a descending channel.After...
Read More »State Street Announces Partnership with Gemini to Launch Crypto Asset Pilot
American financial services and holding company State Street Corporation has announced a new partnership with the Gemini crypto exchange and custodian firm, to test a new product that will perform reporting scenarios on digital assets held in custody with Gemini.According to the official State Street press release, the trial is the first of its kind and will first report on custody held on only two digital assets, citing issues with liquidity. The plan, however, is that the pilot will later...
Read More »Open Interest in Bakkt’s Bitcoin Futures Hits Record Highs of $7.02 Million
In what has been seen by many in the crypto space as a win, the open interest of the Bitcoin futures platform Bakkt has reached new all-time highs. Sources indicate that this occurred yesterday and that this shows fresh inflows from new entrants into the Bitcoin marketplace. Twitter’s BakktBot has further put the open interest at $7.02 million which shows strong trading activity on the Intercontinental Exchange-managed platform and also greater liquidity within the Bitcoin futures market in...
Read More »Pound Slips 1% as Reports Suggest Boris Johnson Won’t Extend Post-Brexit Transition Period
During the early trade on Tuesday, December 17, pound sterling fell more than 1% as several media reports suggested that U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson pledged to not delay the Brexit transition period by the end of 2020.As per the Bloomberg report, Johnson’s planned legislation will have a legal text that prevents the British government from further delaying the day when Britain disconnects itself from the EU laws, even if no new trade terms are secured in the stipulated time period.As...
Read More »Uber to Offload Uber Eats India to Zomato as It Aggressively Cuts Losses
Uber is reportedly very close to selling off its Uber Eats food delivery business in India. According to a TechCrunch report citing three people familiar with the matter, Uber is at the final stages of negotiations with Indian rival company, Zomato. If negotiations are successful, Zomato will take it over.Valued at more than $2 billion, Zomato is easily one of the largest food delivery businesses in India and hasn’t made it very easy for Uber Eats since the latter launched in May 2017. The...
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