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When it comes to assessing a company's culture, you always want to listen to the rank-and-file employees. In the case of Tesla, one such employee has gone on the record and eviscerated how Elon Musk and his lieutenants are managing the $42 billion company.
2019-8-4 19:30 | |
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Coinspeaker Binance Coin Price Down by 8%, Loses $1. 5B in Market CapUnusual as it may seem, Binance Coin (BNB) lost $1. 5 billion market cap in just 24h. No, there is no witchcraft involved – rather, it all comes down to Binance's decision on chopping the number of tokens in circulation.
2019-7-17 23:14 | |
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The Federal Trade Commission has whacked Facebook with a record $5 billion fine stemming from the 2018 scandal in which a political consulting firm improperly accessed Facebook user data. The fine comes as a result of settlement talks between the two entities.
2019-7-13 03:30 | |
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It has been less than two months since the New York Attorney General’s Office slapped Bitfinex in the face with an accusation of “fraud,” over their $850 million undisclosed loss cover-up.
2019-6-19 16:00 | |
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The United States of America is beating only Africa when it comes to blockchain technology according to Gartner, the global research firm with $3.3 billion in yearly revenue. They say:...
2019-6-15 19:04 | |
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Since the beginning of April 2019, Tether (USDT) market capitalization seems to be growing in tandem with the recent bitcoin price surge. The current USDT market cap which stands at $3. 34 billion surged 65 percent since the bull rally on April 1, 2019.
2019-6-13 13:02 | |
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Binance coin [BNB] added another feather to its cap after it surged and achieved a market cap of over $5 billion. The achievement comes the same year as when Binance launched its own decentralized exchange, DEX.
2019-6-13 12:00 | |
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As technological innovation evolves, society evolves with it. The problem is, with each new innovation also comes risk. Whether it opens us up to new security issues or debates over our personal privacy, we’re moving fast towards a future with a lot of unknowns.
2019-6-12 11:40 | |
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By CCN: There are few people who represent elitist culture more than Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. That’s not to take anything away from Jeff Bezos’ transformational accomplishments with Amazon. What matters when it comes to cultural elitism, though, is what one does when one becomes successful.
2019-6-5 13:32 | |
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By CCN: The first earnings report for Uber stock is about to be released, and UBER is expected to have lost over a billion dollars in Q1. This loss comes despite an expected 20 percent revenue increase to $3.
2019-5-29 12:25 | |
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By CCN: Bitcoin price will hit $30,000 by the end of 2019, according to Kenetic Capital co-founder Jihan Chu. In an interview with Bloomberg, he points to three bullish factors including the upcoming bitcoin halving, the disappointment of tech IPOs, and the likes of Facebook and Fidelity embracing crypto.
2019-5-28 12:02 | |
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By CCN: Facebook’s cryptocurrency ambitions could translate into reality as soon as next year. The BBC reports that the social media behemoth is on track to start testing its bitcoin rival – known internally as GlobalCoin – by the end of the year before its digital payments system comes online across 12 countries in the first quarter of 2020.
2019-5-24 12:29 | |
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By CCN: Mike Novogratz, the billionaire CEO of Galaxy Capital and a former hedge fund manager at Fortress Investment Group, believes alternative cryptocurrencies, or altcoins, will be outperformed by bitcoin in the bull market.
2019-5-21 19:22 | |
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Litecoin is among major cryptocurrencies that are attracting attention at the moment. This comes at a time the asset’s prospects appear bright after encountering a turbulent 2018. By the time of writing this article, Litecoin was trading at $89.
2019-5-20 16:51 | |
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By CCN: Many in the crypto community remained calm and banded together despite the steep drop in the bitcoin price on the heels of an otherwise incredibly bullish month. Bitcoin’s value was slashed by approximately $21 billion in the last 24 hours, with the BTC price currently holding above the $7,000 threshold.
2019-5-18 04:00 | |
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In a handful of oil fields in the Great White North, natural gas, an otherwise wasted drilling by-product, is being put to work. But it’s not being used to well more oil; it’s being used to mine bitcoin.
2019-5-8 20:07 | |
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There is currently a growing call from many in the cryptocurrency industry for major Bitcoin exchanges to delist Tether (USDT). This development comes amid an investigation into suspected fraudulent activity by Tether and Bitfinex running into almost a billion USD.
2019-5-6 10:00 | |
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Bitcoin is currently trading at $5,653 (CoinMarketCap) after having posted a 2019 high price point of $5,876 USD yesterday and surpassing $100 billion market cap for the first time since November 13, 2018.
2019-5-4 19:07 | |
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By CCN: The frustrating thing about con artists is that they just keep fleecing suckers until the liquidity dries up. In the case of Elon Musk and Tesla, it appears that there is still an ocean of suckers out there.
2019-5-4 17:15 | |
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Coinspeaker Musk: Tesla Will Grow to $500 Billion Due to Its Self-Driving TechElon Musk laid out the automaker’s plan when it comes to self-driving, but now the CEO attaches a valuation prediction to it as the company attempts to raise over $2 billion.
2019-5-4 13:45 | |
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Coinspeaker Elon Musk: Tesla Will Grow to $500 Billion Due to Its Self-Driving TechElon Musk laid out the automaker’s plan when it comes to self-driving, but now the CEO attaches a valuation prediction to it as the company attempts to raise over $2 billion.
2019-5-5 13:45 | |
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Bitcoin‘s price has pushed past $5,600 to set a new 2019-high for the third time in less than a month. The rally comes despite recent confirmation that the world’s most popular stablecoin, Tether, is not completely backed “one-to-one” with cash.
2019-5-3 11:31 | |
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Iceland-based debit and credit card company Valitor has been ordered to pay $9. 85 million (1. 2 billion Icelandic Krona) for illegally blocking payments to WikiLeaks in 2010, reports local media outlet The Reykjavik Grapevine, April 25, 2019.
2019-4-30 16:00 | |
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Embattled cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex is reportedly planning to raise $1 billion worth of Tether (USDT) in what they’re calling an ‘initial exchange offering – although it has some bizarre traits that differentiate it from other IEOs we’ve seen on Huobi and Binance in the past.
2019-4-30 05:30 | |
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Moody’s, one of the biggest credit rating agency with yearly revenue of $4.2 billion, has highlighted the growing attraction of blockchain tech in a new report that comes at a...
2019-4-27 15:25 | |
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By CCN: Amazon’s stock is flat in after-hours trading after the company destroyed earnings estimates, beating them by a sizable amount – more than 50%. Amazon continues to conquer the world with nearly $60 billion in revenue in the first quarter alone, skyrocketing 17% from the comparable quarter last year.
2019-4-26 03:34 | |
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Andrei Poliakov is the CEO and co-founder of Coinberry, one of Canada’s premier digital currency platforms. His company is the first in Canada to partner with a government municipality.
2019-4-23 17:42 | |
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By CCN. com: Ethereum development studio ConsenSys is struggling financially and is now trying to raise $200 million from outside investors to stay afloat. The fundraising drive comes just four months after the Brooklyn-based blockchain startup laid off 13% of its workforce.
2019-4-16 15:35 | |
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When it comes to protecting your privacy online, VPNs are the most commonly-used weapon. According to an August 27, 2018 report by GO-Globe. com nearly 25% of Internet users had used a VPN at least once in the preceding 30 days.
2019-4-9 16:19 | |
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By CCN. com: Facebook’s clumsy handling of its users’ data has reached the WTF level. The latest reveal came from cybersecurity firm UpGuard. In a cleverly titled report called “Losing Face: Two More Cases of Third-Party Facebook App Data Exposure” the firm pointed out how Facebook continues to screw up when it comes to user records.
2019-4-4 12:34 | |
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Uber has acquired Careem, a major player in the ride-hailing space across the Middle East, for $3. 1 billion in cash and convertible notes. The latter will continue to operate as an independent company.
2019-3-26 10:34 | |
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The die is very much cast when it comes to the growth of machine learning. With the expansion of tech companies like Google, Amazon and Uber, artificial intelligence-based research and products is a growth industry that’s only just getting started.
2019-3-23 15:19 | |
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Facebook has been going through some tough times when it comes to public sentiment. The platform has lost 80% of its market cap in the last 12 months and as for the company’s owner, Mark Zuckerberg, he’s also lost $19 billion in the process.
2019-3-18 20:28 | |
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MercadoLibre, a Latin American e-commerce giant with a presence in nearly 20 countries, recently started warning users that cryptocurrency-related listings will be banned from its platform. The company made the announcement just days after receiving a $750 million investment from PayPal.
2019-3-16 20:30 | |
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ASIC chip manufacturer Canaan Creative is closing the gap between itself and industry leader Bitmain after a massive infusion of capital. In its latest funding round, the Chinese mining company has raised several hundred millions of dollars, Chinese publication Securities Times reports.
2019-3-14 00:05 | |
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Next Generation ‘Hardware 2. 0 Wallet’ is Eradicating Storage to Improve Security From initial coin offerings to cryptojackers, security is a big issue when it comes to cryptocurrency.
2019-3-14 21:50 | |
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As cities all over the world look at ways to combat rising pollution levels, giant German automaker Volkswagen goes all in on electric as a transitional period of necessary change comes to the car industry.
2019-3-6 11:29 | |
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When Tesla CEO Elon Musk pressed “tweet,” he had to know his ill-timed joke about production numbers would catch the attention of SEC regulators. However, that single Twitter post might now force Tesla to pay nearly $1 billion in cash to settle up with bondholders.
2019-2-28 20:00 | |
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By Marta Dawydzik and Andrea Hak When you hear underground techno clubs with permissive raves and more museums than rainy days per year, there is only one city that comes to mind: Berlin. Aside from the eccentric party driven artist’s haven its known to be, Berlin is also the birthplace of one of Europe’s first tech hubs.
2019-2-25 12:15 | |
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Tesla, the $51 billion carmaker, could be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the U. S. -China trade deal if a comprehensive agreement is reached in the near-term. In recent weeks, the U. S. and China have reportedly sped up the process of addressing core issues presented by both countries.
2019-2-23 18:49 | |
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The SEC isn’t messing around when it comes to investor protection. We’re getting used to subpoenas being dealt out in the cryptocurrency space. But when it comes to traditional industries, they pack a decent punch.
2019-2-23 12:59 | |
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The world’s largest maker of cryptocurrency mining equipment Bitmain made a $0. 5 billion loss in 2018’s Q3, CoinDesk reports. Citing a source who viewed an update that was filed with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange the publication also reported that Bitmain generated revenues of more than $3 billion during the first three quarters of 2018 with only $200 million being generated in Q3.
2019-2-19 16:53 | |
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Bitcoin has registered a 4. 1 percent growth in the past 24 hours to trade at $3. 775 at press time. The surge comes after a rather slow and uneventful week. In the past week, bitcoin’s price was unable to break away from the $3,660 level achieved on February 8.
2019-2-18 17:32 | |
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Bitcoin has registered a 4. 1 percent growth in the past 24 hours to trade at $3. 775 at press time. The surge comes after a rather slow and uneventful week. In the past week, bitcoin’s price was unable to break away from the $3,660 level achieved on February 8.
2019-2-18 17:32 | |
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Litecoin (LTC) has increased by more than 10 percent in value in the past 3 hours from $33 to $38, becoming the 4th largest currency in the global crypto market. EOS, which secured its position as the 4th most valuable cryptocurrency behind Bitcoin, Ripple, and Ethereum since 2018, was surpassed by Litecoin.
2019-2-8 16:22 | |
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The Slack IPO, one of 2019’s most hotly-anticipated public offerings, is officially in motion. The widely used business productivity company announced today that it has filed for a direct listing.
2019-2-5 21:45 | |
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Using its excess energy generating capacity to mine cryptocurrencies, Russia can increase its budget receipts by more than $1 billion dollars in annual tax revenue. The estimate comes from a report that also calls for the establishment of a Russian crypto valley.
2019-1-29 11:08 | |
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The GDPR has lofty goals when it comes to protecting consumer privacy. But even if you’re opting out and blocking cookies, you’re still being tracked. According to a group of privacy advocates in Europe lead by Brave privacy browser, advertisers can even track victims of sexual abuse.
2019-1-29 23:00 | |
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Hackers stole over $1. 8 billion in 2018 from crypto exchanges. So, if you’re still trusting one with your private keys, you really ought to know better. But if you’re too busy or too lazy to set up a hardware wallet for your funds, at least you should know where exchanges rank when it comes to cybersecurity.
2019-1-22 02:00 | |
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Huobi has announced that its cryptocurrency derivative platform, Huobi DM, has surpassed $20 billion in cumulative trading volume. The announcement comes just one month after the platform exited beta mode.
2019-1-19 21:03 | |
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