The KSA boosted prices just after refusing to bend to U.S. pressure to pump more crude oil. With OPEC unanimously agreeing to stick to its plans, attention now turns to whether U.S. President Joe Biden will respond.The total active U.S. rig count, which includes those drilling for natural gas, climbed …
Read More »Bitcoin demand slowed in Q3 but surged in October
Square Inc. reported, Thursday, lower-than-expected revenue for Q3 as less volatile pricing for bitcoin has a significant impact on demand, though the company’s chief financial officer noted “strength” in volume during October.The company posted a break-even Q3, after earning $37 million, or 7 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 02-11-2021
Financial markets stayed calm, on Monday, ahead the storm of three central bank meetings this week; the Reserve Bank of Australia meets Tuesday, the U. S. Fed on Wednesday and the Bank of England Thursday.Global stock markets rose helped by developments on fiscal stimulus and undeterred by concerns of future …
Read More »Bitcoin Higher after October’s Cryptocurrency Market Rally
Bitcoin price is around $62,130 per coin, while rivals Ethereum and Dogecoin are trading around $4,335 (+1.71%) 27.4 cents (3.95%) per coin, respectively.The October rally by bitcoin has stabilized the popular cryptocurrency ahead of central bank meetings in the U.S., U.K. and Australia to assess the status of inflation and …
Read More »U. S. banks tried to kill crypto but failed
Seven years ago, as regulators in New York were exploring ways to control Bitcoin, executives at Wall Street’s biggest banks were afraid that regulation would also legitimize cryprocurrencies. At the World Economic Forum in Davos in 2014, Jamie Dimon, the chief executive of JPMorgan Chase, the nation’s largest bank, called …
Read More »Market Drivers – U. S. Session – 28-10-2021
Corporate earnings released Thursday impacted the financial markets which closed the U. S. session’s transactions with significant shift of the assets. Traders are eying the fluctuations caused by U. S. inflation reports and economic data, statements by the European Central Bank Christine Lagarde as well as developments in the negotiations …
Read More »Bitcoin’s slide from record highs evidencing volatility
The price of one Bitcoin fell more than 5% Wednesday and was trading around $59,000, 12% below its record high only one week ago.Similar steep drop for any other financial, like a stock or bond within such a short time would mean a market correction. For bitcoin, it is just …
Read More »Long term Bitcoin holders continue maneuvering
Bitcoin traded within a significantly tight range on Tuesday as extreme bullish sentiment appears to retreat. The cryptocurrency was trading at around $62,000 is roughly flat over the past 24 hours.The Bitcoin Fear & Greed Index is starting to decline from its highest level in more than seven months, and …
Read More »Bitcoin Update: Crypto fund inflows hit record
Coinciding with Bitcoin’s surge to an all time high of $66,974, investors pumped a record $1.47 billion of new money into digital asset investment products, pushed by bloom of cryptocurrencies and the launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund, according to report issued Monday by CoinShares.Bitcoin-focused funds dominated last …
Read More »Germans astonished by seized Bitcoin auctioned at a discount
Prosecutors in Germany are required, pursuant to the law, to put seized items such as bitcoin up for auction. An online auction of seized bitcoin that was initially priced at a discount aroused astonishment in Germany. The minimum bid was set at 42,400 Euros, below bitcoin’s recent price above $63,000. …
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