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Bitcoin and Altcoins Face Heat Amid Renewed COVID-19 Fear
22.12.2020
Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from well above USD 23,500. BTC seems to be facing an increase in selling pressure after renewed COVID-19 tension in the UK sent stocks lower also. The price tested the USD 21,800 support zone and it is currently (05:00 UTC) attempting to recover towards...
Covid Relief Bill Still Includes Felony Streaming Act, But Twitch Streamers Are Probably Safe
22.12.2020
Earlier this month, Republican senator Thom Tillis managed to graft an act that would turn streaming copyrighted material into a felony onto the much-debated omnibus spending bill, which also includes a paltry second covid relief check, among many other things. After even more debate (and many...
Bitcoin rebounds despite 'COVID-20' fears — But is the correction now over?
21.12.2020
Fear returns to the markets after a new mutated strain of coronavirus has been reported in the U.K
Japan Leverages 80 Tons of Gold to Help Fund Part of Its Stimulus Package
21.12.2020
Japan’s finance ministry has reportedly leveraged 80 tons of gold to help fund part of its huge stimulus package aimed at combating the coronavirus crisis. The Asian country, which is saddled with public debt twice the size of its economy, is under pressure to find non-tax revenues to cover...
QE Infinity: US Fed to Keep Rates at Zero, Billion-Dollar Bond Purchases Until Economy Recovers
18.12.2020
This week the U.S. Federal Reserve met for two days at the Federal Open Market Committee meeting and detailed that it would keep short-term borrowing rates at near zero. Meanwhile, the Fed also stated that it would continue buying bonds until the U.S. economy returns to full employment....
IMF Cautions Central Banks May Have to Rethink What Constitutes Reserves
18.12.2020
The IMF warns that central banks may have to rethink what constitutes their reserve currency holdings. In a recent study, the global lender points to the changing geopolitical landscape, technological advances and the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic as events likely to influence the composition...
COVID-19 Further Exposes Inequalities in the Global Financial System
16.12.2020
Ramya Vijaya, Professor of Economics, Stockton University.
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To stem the economic fallout from COVID-19, developed countries have injected an unprecedented USD 9 trillion into their economies.
The International Monetary Fund has recommended sustained fiscal support, emphasizing greater...
Podívejte se, jak u nás Covid-19 zabíjí. Statistický úřad vydal nezpochybnitelný graf
15.12.2020
Český statistický úřad vydal data o počtu zemřelých v období do 45. týdne tohoto roku, tedy do 8. listopadu. A je na nich velmi výrazně vidět vliv příchodu druhé vlny koronaviru. V průběhu října počet mrtvých dramaticky rostl téměř až na dvojnásobek běžného průměru v uplynulých letech.
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The Great Reset Agenda: ‘Bitcoin Is a Decentralized and Rational Strategy to Opt-Out’
15.12.2020
Every single day the conversation about the Great Reset continues to amplify. More recently, mainstream media publications have been publishing rebuttals in response to the many skeptics of this agenda who believe the reboot propaganda is meant to install a new world order. The American broadcaster...
GameStop's Last-Minute Console Rush Puts Workers At Risk
14.12.2020
A new allocation of PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X / S bundles brought crowds of hopeful customers to physical GameStop locations over the weekend, according to a report by Bloomberg and corroboration by a Kotaku source. Staffing shortages and the threat of the ongoing covid-19 pandemic in...
Surgeon General Compares Developing Covid Vaccine To Playing Xbox
14.12.2020
The first Covid-19 vaccines began being distributed in the US today, and amidst the rollout Surgeon General Dr. Jerome Adams took to Fox News to talk about the race to develop a cure for the pandemic. And to do that he started talking about Xbox.Read more
Výbor externích poradců FDA doporučil vakcínu od Pfizeru proti COVID-19 k nouzovému použití v USA
11.12.2020
Americké regulační orgány potvrdily, že účinnost vakcíny proti COVID-19 od Pfizer/BioNTech Covid činí 95 %. Výbor externích poradců Food and Drug Administration (FDA) již doporučil její schválení k nouzovému použití v USA, neboť výhody podle něj převažují nad možnými riziky.
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Record $15 Billion Worth of Cryptos Under Management After Institutional Investors Pump $429 Million in One Week
8.12.2020
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7.12.2020
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2020’s Crypto Performances: The Biggest Token Losers and This Year’s Top-Performing Cryptocurrencies
7.12.2020
Digital currency markets have climbed significantly in value all year long, despite the gloomy global economy and the aftermath of Covid-19 responses. Bitcoin prices have been hovering at values not seen since 2017, and the top crypto asset in terms of market cap has gained a whopping 159% since...
[aktualita] NetMonitor: COVID-19 zvýšil návštěvnost e-shopů, Black Friday nevybočoval z průměru
7.12.2020
Protipandemická opatření listopadu se podle NetMonitoru promítla do nákupních trendů. Uvedly to Sdružení pro internetový rozvoj (SPIR) a agentura Gemius. Kvůli uzavírce kamenných prodejen se v listopadu oproti říjnu zvýšila návštěvnost webů v kategorii E-commerce – prodej, a to hlavně...
Darknet Market Crypto Revenues Hit All-Time Highs in 2020
5.12.2020
A study revealed that darknet markets have astonishing figures so far in 2020, despite the coronavirus pandemic, but the dynamics changed compared to the last year’s numbers. Darknet Vendors Surpassed $800 Million in Revenues Despite Covid Pandemic According to the Chainalysis report, darknet...
Velká Británie schválila vakcínu proti COVID-19 od Pfizeru, ostatní země kritizují unáhlené rozhodnutí
4.12.2020
Po desetidenním přezkumu schválily britské regulační úřady vakcínu proti COVID-19 vyvinutou americkou farmaceutickou firmou Pfizer ve spolupráci s německým BioNTechem. Velká Británie se tak stala první zemí, která dala tomuto přípravku zelenou.
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