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Revolut, the popular fintech startup and challenger bank based in London, has announced that it will be officially expanding its services to Singapore, allowing citizens to enjoy numerous options already being used by the company’s customers in Europe. This news follows a long period of beta testing in Singapore where Revolut already has about 30,000 customers.Now, all residents in Singapore can easily open an account online and take advantage of Revolut’s travel debit card which now supports...

The stock of Boeing (BA) rallied 3.5% on Wednesday closing at $340.50 after the company announced its Q3 2019 earnings. However, the share price movement is not in accordance with the dismal performance shown by the company as it falls short of the Wall Street expectations by a huge margin.The Chicago-based airline manufacturer saw a 51% drop in net income. Boeing reported a net income of $1.17 billion in Q3 2019 with the per-share profit shrinking to $1.45 against $2.09 expected by the...

American retail giant Amazon has made a new acquisition: the company purchased Health Navigator, a company focused on developing APIs for online health services and providing evidence-based digital health information content. The sum of the deal is not yet clear.According to Amazon, Health Navigator will join the membership of the Amazon Care group, a pilot healthcare service program for Amazon employees launched in September that delivers prescriptions with remotely communicated treatment...

Photo: Tim Reckmann / FlickrBitcoin had experienced low volatility consolidation in recent weeks. However, the consolidation phase was ended abruptly with a violent drop of almost 10% on October 23 to fall near a 5-month low. At 12:50 UTC, the flagship cryptocurrency plunged by around $500 in 15 minutes to hit a low of $7,500.Bitcoin price reached the lowest level since June 10 as recorded by Bitstamp. After showing mild signs of an upward trend above $8,000, the leading digital token...

According to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, there’s a good enough chance that the company could grant limited access for some of its customers to a “feature complete” product which will have full self-driving (FSD) capabilities, before the end of 2019. Musk, during a Tesla earnings call yesterday, suggested that it would be a type of beta test, carefully carried out to further the company’s move on autonomous capabilities. He, however, added that the release is “not for sure” and even though it...

EOS price is down more than 8% today and it broke the key $2.700 support area against the US Dollar.The price traded close to the $2.500 support area and it is currently correcting higher.There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $2.850 on the 4-hours chart of the EOS/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair could resume its decline as long as it is trading below the $2.800 pivot area.EOS price is back in a bearish zone against the US Dollar and bitcoin. The price...

TBCASoft, IBM and SoftBank Corp. have announced their collaboration in an effort to transform the industry of telecommunications. The companies will work on developing cross-carrier blockchain solutions, offering new services to telecom carriers and their clients, and promoting advanced business models.TBCASoft is a US-based startup company that focuses on developing technologies especially for the sector of telecommunications. Founded in 2016, the company received funding from SoftBank, and...

China’s internet and communications giant Tencent has recently raised concerns that if Facebook succeeds in its Libra launch by 2020, local Chinese payment service providers like WeChat pay and Alipay would face major threats in global markets.Tencent recently published a blockchain whitepaper in Chinese, wherein it calls Facebook’s Libra initiative as “bold and radical” as well as “prudent and rational”. The Chinese tech giant explains how Libra can quickly make inroads in markets where the...

Litecoin price is down more than 5% today and it broke the key $51.20 support against the US Dollar.LTC price is correcting currently higher and it could face resistance near $50.00 and $51.20.There is a crucial bearish trend line forming with resistance near $53.75 on the 4-hours chart of the LTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase).The pair remains at a risk of more downsides if it fails to recover above $50.00 and $51.20.Litecoin price is back in a downtrend below $52.00 against the US...

The testimony of Mark Zuckerberg revealed some interesting takeaways. First, Zuckerberg seems to think that crypto is the future, and that the longer the U.S. waits to develop its own coin, the further it will fall behind. Second, many members of Congress still don’t trust crypto enough to push for mainstream status.Zuckerberg: The U.S. Stands to LoseIn his speech to Congress, Zuckerberg commented that countries like China are well underway in creating national digital currencies. He says...