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Bitcoin made a serious move in the past few hours as its price soared up to above $7,720 in just a few minutes. Legacy markets followed as the S&P500, the Dow, as well as gold and oil are all trading in the green.Bitcoin Price Surges to $7,700In a few quick hours, Bitcoin’s price marked a massive increase, surging up above $7,700 from about $7,060. The price has since retraced a bit as it’s currently trading around $7500, which is still about 5% on the day.BTC/USD. Source: BinanceAs it...

Having suffered losses due to the COVID-19 led market onslaught, both Bitcoin and the United States stock market have had a good month. However, one analyst has pointed out how Bitcoin’s recovery has been entirely driven by market forces, while stocks have been rallying on the back of government intervention. Bitcoin Recovered Without External Intervention “Take a step back [to] think about how $BTC has almost completely recovered from the 50% drop in March. No limit down or trading halted,...

The S&P 500 lost over 30% in March in a few days of trading. The drop was primarily attributed to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the effect it had on economies. The index has since recovered and gained more than 500 basis points but is still a long way to go. Now, however, the Bank of America says that the S&P 500 can mark new lows if the current volatility continues for much longer. Volatility Spells Trouble For The S&P 500 According to a recent report, a...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is actively gaining today as well as many stocks on the market. Meanwhile, U.S. coronavirus cases have topped 400,000The Dow Jones climbed nearly 800 points on Wednesday following Sanders’ decision to give up and quit his presidential campaign. Stock markets are also doing well today. Meanwhile, White House Health Advisor Anthony Fauci estimated the United States could see a slight outbreak decay next week and New York Mayor Bill De Blasio revealed some...

Spain, Italy, France, and Germany all recorded over 100,000 COVID-19 cases. As hopes for the sooner recovery from the virus started fading, global stocks and market indices suffered on Wednesday. The number of coronavirus cases in the U.S. has hit a new record. On Wednesday, it surpassed 400,000, doubling in just one week. The number of deaths in the country reached 12,864. The U.S. is reporting most COVID-19 cases worldwide, followed by Spain, Italy, France, and Germany. The coronavirus...

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...

Markets across the board are marking tremendous increases since the beginning of the week. The largest indexes are charting notable gains despite the continuously spreading coronavirus as well as other concerns such as the escalating number of job loss claims in the US.The cryptocurrency market follows as absolutely every coin in the top 20 is trading in the green today. Some are even up double-digits.Wall Street RejoiceThis week has been very impressive for Wall Street, to say the least. At...

As there finally appeared some positive news about the coronavirus cases, the global markets started to react. Today in the pre-market, Dow futures have gained 837 points already.Global stock prices have risen in response to new COVID-19 statistics. The same we can say about stock futures and Dow futures are not an exception. Sources say that financial markets have gone into a rebound in anticipation of fewer infected and dead due to that coronavirus. Reports coming in from some of the most...

Amazon is at a critical time currently due to the coronavirus as it has hit some of the firm’s warehouse with staff testing positive. Amazon (AMZN) stock price is very unstable these days.As novel coronavirus continues to bit deep into the global economy, Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock was dwindling plunging on Wednesday to begin rising again on Thursday, 2nd April. Now it is 0.89% up and is trading at $1,920.20.Apart from Amazon (AMZN) stock, the firm itself is at a critical time...

The Dow Jones dropped over 100 points on Thursday shortly after the start of today’s session as the Labor Department reported that initial jobless claims in the United States doubled to 6.6 million last week.Shares on Wall Street started the session on Thursday mixed after the Department of Labor released defeating data on a record 6.6 million people in the United States filing for unemployment benefits last week amid the coronavirus pandemic.The report showed that the figures for the week...