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Elon Musk Cries Foul After US Govt Chooses Rival Rockets Over SpaceX

By CCN: Elon Musk must be feeling the pressure of his SpaceX and Tesla empires crumbling. SpaceX filed a lawsuit against the federal government, alleging the Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center shouldn’t have awarded billions in contracts to other firms – including Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin. Air Force Spots SpaceX’s Weaknesses The Air […]

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Wall Street Wonder Warns of Growth-Pocalypse, Looming Recession

By CCN: Stocks in some sectors are teetering on the brink of a bear market, and one Wall Street veteran believes it’s going to get worse. Mark Yusko, who is at the helm of Morgan Creek Capital Management, says that the bears are already out and stocks are going to finish the year lower by […]

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Jeremy Allaire’s Circle Lays Off 10% of Staff amid Prickly US Regulation

By CCN: Bitcoin has been booming lately, but Circle, the parent company of crypto exchange Poloniex, announced yesterday afternoon that about 30 employees are leaving as part of “organizational changes.” Circle CEO Jeremy Allaire cited an increasingly burdensome regulatory environment in the United States as part of the impetus for the move. Today we made […]

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Year of the Bear: Making Sense of the Bitcoin, Stock Market Downturns

The sell-off in US stocks which began in October is establishing 2018 as the worst year the market has encountered in a decade. As of December 28, the S&P 500 index was down about 7 percent on the annual and 15 percent from its high. Other indexes, including the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq, also […]

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Bitcoin Hits $4,000 But Retraces, is Another Drop to Mid-$3,000 Next?

On December 29, the Bitcoin price briefly surpassed $4,000, initiating a promising rally from around $3,600. In the past 24 hours, the value of Bitcoin has retraced from $4,000 to $3,800, falling to $3,688 at the day’s lowest point. The decline in the Bitcoin price led other major crypto assets such as Ripple (XRP) and […]