Predicting the markets has never been easy, but you could say 2020 has taken things to a whole new level. As COVID-19 entered our lives in Q1 of this year, the world was forced into a global lockdown, and the markets were affected accordingly. However, many of our Popular Investors were able to beat the […]
UK Budget 2021: What Sunak’s statement could mean for the investors
When Rishi Sunak delivers this year’s Budget on March 3, attention will be on what measures the Chancellor enacts in response to an economy stifled by lockdown and still in the grips of the pandemic. The Budget is Sunak and the government’s chance to outline a path for the UK’s economic recovery out of the […]
Crypto Roundup, March 1, 2021 – Cardano bucks the trend as crypto market pulls back
Bitcoin falls alongside stocks after tagging $58K The Bitcoin rally hit a speed bump last week, pushing prices down to $43K as the stock market dropped and US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen claimed the leading cryptoasset is “extremely inefficient for transactions.” Yet as the market moved lower, institutional investors kept buying. MicroStrategy and Square completed […]
Weekly Stock Market Update: Nasdaq posts worst weekly loss since October
Last Week’s Top Five Market Winners Nasdaq Stock Market (NASDAQ) The past week showed significant gains for TripAdvisor Inc. (TRIP), PDC Energy Inc. (PDCE), Goodyear Co. (GT), Caesars Entertainment Inc. (CZR), and Bluebird Bio Inc. (BLUE). TripAdvisor Inc. (TRIP) shares jumped this week after analysts raised price targets on the travel guidance platform, due to […]
Kraken Daily Market Report for February 28 2021
Overview Total spot trading volume at $1.82 billion, down from the 30-day average of $2.06 billion. Total futures notional at $594.6 million. The top five traded coins were, respectively, Bitcoin, Ethereum, Cardano, Tether, and Polkadot. Most coins had losses, but Storj ended +1.9% over USD. February 28, 2021 $1.82B traded across all markets today Crypto, EUR, USD, JPY, CAD, GBP, CHF, AUD XBT $44187. ↓4.0% $675.3M ETH $1337.0 ↓8.0% $357.2M ADA $1.2216 ↓7.1% $266.9M USDT $1.0003 ↓0.06% $159.7M DOT $30.816 ↓7.7% $76.2M USDC $1.0000 ↑0.0% $26.0M LTC $158.32 ↓7.7% $24.1M […]
Dapper Labs ‘NBA Top Shot’ NFTs hit $230 million in sales
NFTs of NBA Top Shots have taken both the crypto and the real world by storm. And the sales figures prove that. NFT Slamdunk! A basketball-focused collectible card trading game by blockchain games developer Dapper Labs has hit over $230 million in sales, a report by business outlet CNBC said Sunday. For the uninitiated, the […]
Citibank presents its “bull case” for Bitcoin, but also cautions of risks
US bank Citibank said that macro conditions have created a “tipping point” for the world’s largest crypto asset. Opportunity and risks Citibank analysts said Bitcoin is poised to become the world’s “currency of choice” for global trade and that the asset has reached its “tipping point,” as per a research report to clients on Monday. […]
Miami Mayor responds to Yellen saying Bitcoin is worth studying
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez addressed Treasury Secretary Yellen’s recent Bitcoin snub, saying he isn’t surprised she is hostile towards the leading cryptocurrency. Expanding further, he said Bitcoin’s separation from the state is why investors flock to it in the first place. And when asked about his apparent tolerance for high-risk, Suarez replied by saying all […]
Cardano crosses 500k accounts and Daedalus launches native-asset support
The Cardano blockchain now hosts over half a million unique wallet addresses, with the number growing each hour. The significant growth in new addresses on the network was partly fueled by the upgrade to Daedalus which will introduce native-asset support to the wallet. The Cardano network sees significant expansion ahead of native asset upgrade With […]
Grant Blaisdell on why he is creating an NFT marketplace for digital space assets, his biggest crypto horror story, and more
CryptoSlate recently had the opportunity to chat with Grant Blaisdell, the founder and CEO of Copernic Space, a marketplace for “digital space assets and companies.” Grant has been creating ventures at the intersection of new technologies and media in the US and Central Europe since his late teens. An early innovator in applying blockchain technology […]