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The United States which is the most impacted country is leading with 335 clinical studies. France comes second with 274 clinical studies followed by Italy at 87 studies. On the other hand, Spain is fourth with 86 studies while China closes the top five categories with 78 clinical studies. The top five countries that are spearheading the coronavirus clinical studies are among the most impacted and have recently made efforts in flattening the infection curve....

Speaking during CNBC’s Squawk Box show, Lummis also noted that Bitcoin is a commodity and the standard for the general crypto sector, unlike other digital currencies that came after. She alluded that Dogecoin, XRP, Litecoin, and Ethereum are the likely assets that will stick around with Bitcoin. Lummis mentioned that Bitcoin is fully decentralized while stating that most cryptocurrencies that followed will not stay longer especially those issued by a person or entity....

Speaking to Fox Business, Kelly suggested that Bitcoin losing about 20% in a single day is enough reason not to declare it a legal tender. He made the remarks after El Salvador officially adopted Bitcoin as a legal tender on Wednesday with the asset reacting by losing value with an almost $300 billion wipeout from its market cap. Kelly compared Bitcoin’s volatility to the Mexican peso crisis that suffered a fall devaluation of about 13% in 1994....

In the attack, cybercriminals deployed an internal tool to acquire information about 102 Mailchimp clients, one of which is the cryptocurrency cold storage provider Trezor, Mailchimp confirmed to the press on Monday, April 4, as reported by The Verge. After that, they mass-emailed Trezor users over the weekend, claiming their accounts were compromised in a data breach and that they had to update their Trezor Suite, as well as set up a new PIN: Notably, Trezor itself confirmed the breach on Twitter on Sunday, April 3, stating that the emails were part of the phishing campaign targeting crypto companies....

The launch of the iPhone 12 was delayed last year due to production issues caused by the coronavirus pandemic, but CNET reports that Apple’s supply chain is now back to normal, which means that Apple will likely unveil the new iPhone during its next September event and then release it a few weeks later. Apple’s upcoming flagship phone It’s not yet clear though if the next flagship will be called the iPhone 13, but it will reportedly come in four sizes: iPhone 13 Mini: 5....

However, Solana appears to be turning a new leaf recording increased investor interest, culminating in the asset regaining key positions. As of January 6, SOL accounted for a market cap of $4.85 billion, representing an inflow of about $1.59 billion from $3.26 billion recorded on December 30. Indeed, on the weekly chart, the market cap peaked at $5.16 billion on January 4, according to data by CoinMarketCap. Notably, the price of Solana has benefitted from the increased buying pressure helping the token regain key support levels....

Comparing the price of a single SHIB token on December 18, 2020, to the price of the meme token on December 17, 2021, the former is over $0.000032 while the latter was $0.000000000001. Therefore, if you had have invested $1 in SHIB a year ago, you could walk away with $32 million today despite the recent volatility. In the last month, the digital asset has fallen from $0.00004933 to $0....

Over the previous week, Litecoin received an influx of $500 million to its market capitalization, which grew 10.99%, up from $4.55 billion seven days ago to $5.05 billion. at press time, as per CoinMarketCap data retrieved by Finbold on December 26. At the same time, the price of LTC soared 10.74%, changing hands at $70.29 at the time of publication, which is an increase of 6.93% across the previous 24 hours but still a 10....

According to Burry, there is no tangible strategy to navigate the economic slowdown while cautioning of an ‘extended multi-year recession’, he wrote in a now-deleted November 30 tweet. Interestingly, Burry, credited for successfully projecting the 2008 financial crisis, has previously warned that the ongoing economic turmoil might worsen. Extended bearish sentiment In general, over the recent months, Burry has remained bearish on the market, hinting that the stock market crash might be underway....

In an interview with MarketWatch published on May 26, Lamoureux projected that Bitcoin is about to embark on another rally that will culminate in the asset hitting a value of $100,000 by the end of 2023. He believes that the rally will run until 2025. He noted that the next turning point in Bitcoin’s price will be the halving event scheduled for 2024. According to Lamoureux, with decreased Bitcoin supply, the asset would mirror historical price movement where it will appreciate....

Essentially, the risk and reward in these stocks stem from the same place, as stocks priced in pennies, which see an increase of a few cents, can bring significant returns to investors. On the other hand, if the stocks fall by just a couple of cents, the losses can be enormous. Therefore, investors can look to analysts’ expert opinions to better gauge which penny stocks could bring in profit while limiting the downside....

Specifically, the team shed some light on August 17 regarding the expectations that the Merge itself would reduce gas fees, dramatically improve transaction speed, enable staking withdrawals, and allow unlimited validator exits, on its website. Gas fees and transaction speed to remain unnoticeable Concerning the belief that the Merge would result in decreased gas fees, the team said that the Merge was “a change of consensus mechanism, not an expansion of network capacity, and will not result in lower gas fees....

The precious yellow metal, which hit $2,000 an ounce during the third quarter last year, failed to sustain gains in 2021 despite zero interest rate policy. The underperformance is blamed on strong economic growth projections that continue to shift investors’ focus towards more risky assets, including stock markets and cryptocurrencies. Additionally, data compiled by Finbold analysts show that in 2021, Bitcoin trading volume accounts for almost 40% of the average daily gold trading volume....

Most girls and women in Afghanistan are not permitted to have bank accounts as they either were not allowed to or lacked the necessary paperwork. As a result, ten years ago, Roya Mahboob and her sister founded the non-profit Digital Citizen Fund and started paying her Afghan employees and freelancers in Bitcoin. However, Mahboob had no idea at the time that for many of these women, salaries to remittances in Bitcoin would be their only way out of the country....

Indeed, Algorand is at press time recording an increase in its total value locked (TVL) from $206 million to nearly $290 million since September 1, 2022, according to a tweet thread by Riyad Carey, an analyst at blockchain analytics platform Kaiko, published on October 24. As Carey explained, the pure proof-of-stake (PoS) network ranks well among other blockchains in terms of staked value, although there is still room for improvement: The largest application on the network is Algofi, a decentralized exchange (DEX) and lending protocol that allows users to borrow, trade, and earn interest from different Algorand assets....

As a direct consequence of this, holders of the flagship digital currency Bitcoin (BTC) have been exposed to the harsh effects of the market crash, as evidenced by the fact that the number of BTC millionaires decreased significantly by almost 70% in the first half of 2022. Data acquired by Finbold indicates that as of June 29, 2022, the number of Bitcoin millionaires stood as or more, combining 30,626. In particular, addresses with a BTC balance of more than $1 million were 26,284, according to BitInfoCharts....

It has also been pushing third party merchants to improve their delivery timing. In an email to third party merchants, the online retailer suggested them to offer deliveries on Saturdays and meet one- and two-day delivery pledges. The consensus estimate for earnings per share stands at $7.18. Meanwhile, the company has been investing aggressively in growth opportunities to capitalize on improving demand.

Meanwhile, China’s airlines are anticipated to acquire 8,700 planes from Boeing over the next two decades, for a total of $1.47 trillion, according to a statement released by the company on Thursday. The current forecast from the American planemaker for the period up to 2040 is 1.2% higher than its prior forecast of 8,600 planes made last year. Moreover, according to Boeing, China’s aircraft fleet will require commercial services totaling roughly $1....

Apple’s strategy reveals how companies that have good credit ratings are enhancing shareholder returns by exploiting cheap debt availed by the Fed’s backstopping of the credit markets. The company’s shares are majorly flat year-to-date versus the 12% drop in the S&P 500 Index. The tech behemoth raised US$8.5 billion through the sale of four different bonds that have maturities set between three and 30 years. It sold a US$2 billion 3-year bond and a 5-year US$2....

One of the key sentiments that helped BTC soar today was the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Gary Gensler, statement that his agency does not have the power or the desire to ban cryptocurrency. During a hearing before the House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday, Gensler stressed that banning crypto does not come under the SEC’s authority, declaring, “That would be up to Congress.” Hence, BTC is currently trading at $51,115, up 1....