2020-5-12 18:13 |
The stock market can't rally to new highs without a strong consumer. The two charts below show that the average person isn't spending any money. The post Two Consumer Spending Charts That Spell a Stock Market Disaster appeared first on CCN.com origin »
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The Dow Jones fell on Tuesday amid tensions in Iraq, uncertainty over Trump's phase two trade deal, and another drop in consumer confidence. The post Dow Slips as Geopolitical Threats Mount & Consumer Sentiment Slides appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-1 23:06 | |
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Coco Veda and GoChain to explore use of blockchain for Coconut farmers - CryptoNinjas GoChain, an enterprise blockchain application platform, today announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Philippines Coconut-based Consumer Products Social Enterprise, Coco Veda.
2019-9-30 17:02 | |
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Almost two years after a major data breach hit Equifax, the company has finally agreed to a global settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC). As per the proposed terms of the deal, the consumer credit reporting agency will shell out as much as $700 million to settle with federal agencies and 50 US states and territories.
2019-7-23 09:37 | |
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Bitcoin investors are paying more per coin than at any time in history – despite the Bitcoin price dropping to half its all-time highs. Bitcoin Realized Cap Hits $93 Billion That was the conclusion in new analysis of an underreported metric this week, which casts light on genuine consumer interest in Bitcoin.
2019-7-17 13:00 | |
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Batteries. Odds are good you’ve got one in your handbag or rucksack. When your phone is low on juice, they’re extremely handy to have. But what if you’re travelling far, and you need to keep your larger electronics charged, like your laptop? For that, you need a portable power station, like the Renogy Phoenix 100.
2019-7-12 21:39 | |
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Japan’s Consumer Affairs Agency (CAA) has released its 2019 report and noted a significant spike in inquiries concerning cryptocurrency related issues last year. The report details a 70% increase in 2018 in regard to consumer queries largely stemming from exchange issues.
2019-6-20 01:40 | |
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Sonos released its Play:1 speaker in 2013. In the fast-moving world of consumer technology, that’s an age. And yet, it’s still a really decent piece of kit. And now, you can get two of them for $298 on World Wide Stereo – that’s down $100 from the usual price of $398.
2019-6-6 15:13 | |
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Nine years ago today, the first ever Bitcoin transaction for a consumer product took place after a Florida man spent 10,000 BTC on two pizzas. Since then, cryptocurrency enthusiasts across the globe have celebrated ‘Bitcoin Pizza Day,’ not because the man in question paid 10,000 BTC, but because at the time said transaction represented a milestone for Bitcoin adoption.
2019-5-22 16:00 | |
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When it comes to consumer gear for filming sports and action, two products immediately come to mind: GoPro’s action cameras and DJI’s drones. GoPro tried to cross over into drones without much success, and now it’s DJI’s turn to try its hand at a small action camera with the new Osmo Action.
2019-5-16 23:46 | |
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By CCN: An Australian woman who faked cancer and duped people into buying her products, Belle Gibson, may have used the proceeds of her fraudulent scheme to trade crypto among other assets. This emerged after she appeared in court over her failure to pay a $285,000 (AUD$410,000) fine, per The Guardian.
2019-5-15 17:02 | |
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Japan’s regulator raided two exchanges to verify their internal oversight process and consumer protection.
2019-4-24 13:09 | |
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Japan’s financial regulator has reportedly investigated two domestic cryptocurrency exchanges to check consumer protection and legal compliance
2019-4-23 13:29 | |
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According to CCN, a crypto tax preparation firm sent it a “consumer warning” outlining two crypto tax elements that other exchanges such as Coinbase and Intuit have been doing wrong. The warning stated concerning Coinbase, “The online tax guidance provided by Coinbase implies that airdrops are taxable as ordinary income—which is reported on Line 21 […]
2019-4-10 19:08 | |
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CCN received a “consumer warning” this morning from a crypto tax preparation firm. The warning outlines two aspects of crypto tax that the firm believes have been done wrong by other outfits – namely Bitcoin exchange Coinbase and Intuit, the creator of TurboTax.
2019-4-10 01:01 | |
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US lawmakers are exploring new blockchain regulations. US Congress just introduced two new cryptocurrency bills aimed to address price manipulation and boost the country’s competitive edge in the new industry.
2019-4-2 21:00 | |
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The largest Swiss online retailer, Digitec Galaxus, has started accepting crypto payments at its two stores. Customers can choose from 10 cryptocurrencies to pay with including BTC, BCH, BNB, ETH, TRX, OMG, and XRP.
2019-3-19 18:20 | |
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The Dow Jones has recorded a gain of over 500 points since March 11 despite Boeing costing the index about 300 points since the market opened on Monday. Throughout the past two months, many strategists have said that the fundamental factors of the U.
2019-3-14 21:45 | |
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Privacy matters are proved by the young Americans as over 17 million of them abandoned Facebook over the last two years after the social media giant was caught in a series of data privacy scandals. According to the survey conducted by Edison Research -which is the longest running one of digital consumer behavior in America- […]
2019-3-11 19:20 | |
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With new tech innovations constantly on the horizon, businesses must always be looking out for the “next big thing. ” Gaining insight on what’s to come can help your company plan for strategic adoption of the latest technologies.
2019-3-8 12:00 | |
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The U. K. ’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published two reports on consumer attitudes and awareness to crypto assets in the country. The research includes qualitative interviews and a national survey of 2,132 British consumers.
2019-3-7 20:30 | |
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It’s been 10 years since Bitcoin and its underlying blockchain first emerged, but it seems consumers are still largely uninformed about the inner workings of the technology. Today, the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) released two pieces of research – qualitative interviews and a national survey – looking at consumer’s attitudes towards crypto-assets, and found that most people still don’t fully understand what they’re buying.
2019-3-7 17:33 | |
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Following the recent unveiling of the $35,000 Tesla Model 3 variant, followed by an announcement revealing March 14 as the launch date for the Model Y, there are fears that Tesla is launching both vehicles back-to-back in response to slowing customer demand.
2019-3-5 09:48 | |
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Samsung announced on February 21, 2019, that their newest phone, the Galaxy S10, will include secure storage for its users’ cryptocurrency private keys. The company made a press release detailing the phone’s many features, notably including Samsung’s proprietary defense platform, Samsung Knox, which will feature secure private key storage that is claims is specifically “for blockchain-enabled mobile services.
2019-2-22 00:57 | |
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After months of seemingly endless rumors and speculation, the Galaxy S10 is here, and we had the chance to play with it – or rather, several versions of it. The 10th in Samsung’s Galaxy line, the S10 is the company’s chance to get back in the limelight after lackluster sales of the Galaxy S9.
2019-2-22 20:06 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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KlickZie ArKnet The Next Generation of Social Media and Digital Networks using Augmented Reality and trustable imagery Tautachrome is launching the KLK cryptocurrency to support a global trade in goods, services and digital information made possible by its newly patented KlickZie technologies, and required to support the immediacy, transparency, security and global reach of this commerce sector.
2019-2-7 23:51 | |
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It’s been over a year since the Cboe and CME listed the world’s first bitcoin futures contracts, the first ever bitcoin investment product to hit the legacy market.
2019-1-1 01:46 | |
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For robots, 2018 was a year of goodbyes, hellos, and intriguing pointers to future developments. Here are the four major trends that I spotted in the robot scene this year: General-purpose consumer robots aren’t a business… yet The year began with a large consumer robot contingent at CES, and a great deal of press for leading contenders such as Kuri and Jibo.
2018-12-18 02:00 | |
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Two United States congressmen have introduced two pieces of legislation to help prevent alleged cryptocurrency price manipulation while aiming to position the U. S. at the forefront of innovation within the digital asset industry.
2018-12-8 10:12 | |
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The US Congress is looking more seriously into the regulation of the cryptocurrency market. Members of the House will table two new bills that could help in consumer protection and make the US market more competitive.
2018-12-7 17:59 | |
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On December 6, Congressman Darren Soto (Florida) along with Ted Budd (North Carolina) introduced two pieces of legislation to help prevent virtual currency price manipulation and position the United States to be a leader in the cryptocurrency industry.
2018-12-7 16:24 | |
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With contributing reporting from Jimmy Aki. Christine Lagarde, head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), suggested a new course of action for central banks around the world: turn their fiat currencies digital.
2018-11-15 22:38 | |
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With Ethereum’s launch in 2015 came a flurry of excitement over the future potential of smart contracts. Utilizing a more flexible scripting language than Bitcoin, the platform’s decentralized applications (DApps) were touted by proponents as unlocking a plethora of formerly untapped use cases for the blockchain.
2018-10-30 21:45 | |
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De Beers, the world’s leading diamond producer by gem value, has just announced a deal with Alrosa, perhaps the most critical partner in its quest to port the entire diamond industry to the blockchain.
2018-10-29 19:46 | |
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If blockchain-based identity platform Civic is to go mainstream, then making it simple for as many businesses and consumers as possible to start using its app will be key.
2018-10-23 20:50 | |
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The former chairman of the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), Gary Gensler, recently expressed his views on the regulation of cryptocurrency markets. Gensler emphasized his belief in the need for robust consumer protections, and also argued that the majority of initial coin offerings essentially comprise initial public offerings (IPOs).
2018-10-18 09:30 | |
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Cobo, a cryptocurrency startup headquartered in Beijing, has raised US$13 million in a Series A funding round from DHVC and Wu Capital to further develop its consumer blockchain products and support the expansion of its product lines into additional markets globally.
2018-10-17 21:26 | |
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Life in Venezuela is anything but. Last year, the South American nation of 32 million led the world with 652% inflation and this year the economic turmoil is even worse. As of September 2018, the annual inflation was estimated at 200,000% and International Monetary Fund (IMF) said it could spike to a mindboggling 1,000,000% by December.
2018-10-10 22:30 | |
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Brendan Eich, the CEO of Brave, has written a letter to the U. S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation urging them to implement GDPR-like legislation in the United States.
2018-10-4 20:51 | |
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Coinbase has announced a slew of new products aimed at educating retail investors by providing them an easy way to enter the market. Crypto-Focused Consumer Education, Provided by Coinbase Learn The San Francisco-based cryptocurrency exchange and services provider has launched two new helpful resources with the purpose of guiding retail investor decision making through informative.
2018-9-29 23:00 | |
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Think you know the ins-and-outs of bitcoin? Test yourself with 30 questions that grill you on Bitcoin’s history, technology and politics. The 30 questions are split up into three segments ranging from novice to intermediate to expert, and cover a wide range of topics across the Bitcoin landscape.
2018-9-26 02:13 | |
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Civic, a digital identity firm, has collaborated with Brave, the privacy-based browser with a blockchain-based digital advertising platform, to provide identity verification services to Brave’s content creators.
2018-9-25 00:58 | |
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Over 30 years after creating eCash, a predecessor of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies which spawned the Cypherpunk movement of the 1980s, Dr. David Chaum is back in the public eye with a claim of having invented “the world’s fastest cryptocurrency.
2018-9-22 23:59 | |
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eCash creator and pioneering cryptographer David Chaum unveiled his Elixxir cryptocurrency September 19 following two years of behind-the-scenes development. Targeting Consumer Scale Speaking at the Consensus Singapore conference, Chaum said his latest project addressed the shortcomings in speed which currently prevent bonafide blockchain-based assets such as Bitcoin scaling quickly.
2018-9-20 20:00 | |
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The Aclyd Project presents a peer-to-peer solution for payment, transaction, and trade for alcoholic beverages. Aclyd begins at the source of capital flowing into the sales channel, the consumer wallet, with an eye on capturing one of the fastest growing segments of the industry, online sales made and delivered directly to buyers' doorsteps.
2018-9-7 03:33 | |
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Influ token is a token that is paid to influencers for activities done on the InfluWay platform. The platform “InfluWay” is a decentralized blogging platform where creative, originative contents are shared.
2018-8-28 18:03 | |
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The cryptocurrency Dash is becoming more widely used and accepted in Venezuela. The nation’s economy has long suffered under socialist guidance, and hyperinflation is forcing citizens to look for alternatives.
2018-8-23 21:45 | |
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The regulators have awoken. SEC Director William Hinman introduced novel concepts to the securities law analysis such that sellers of digital assets may have an escape valve.
2018-8-10 22:24 | |
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Fundstrat’s Tom Lee provides his two cents on ICE’s Bakkt and its key advantages compared to existing cryptocurrency exchanges. Is Bakkt Different? The Intercontinental Exchange (ICE), parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), announced August 3 that it will launch Bakkt – a global platform as well as an ecosystem for digital assets.
2018-8-10 18:00 | |
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SUI Group announced a key partnership with the decentralized exchange Bluefin to drive institutional adoption of crypto products on the Sui blockchain.
Wall Street was upbeat Tuesday, with Dow Jones Industrial Average rising more than 150 points and S&P 500 and Nasdaq jumping to record highs as Nvidia and a Microsoft-OpenAI deal boosted US stocks.
The US stock market has just achieved a historic milestone, closing at its highest weekly levels ever recorded. The S&P 500 finished the week at 6,791. 68 while the US 100 Index reached 25,358. 15, both setting new all-time highs.
T. Rowe Price, the US asset manager with $1.8 trillion in assets, has filed to launch its first crypto exchange-traded fund, according to regulatory filings and market reports. The filing seeks registration with the US Securities and Exchange Commission for an actively managed product that would give investors exposure to a basket of digital tokens […]
After a powerful multi-month rally, gold crashed on Oct. 21. It was the biggest gold price drop in more than a decade, falling from $4,330 to $4,030 in just a few hours. Gold’s market cap dropped by $2.1 trillion in…
Wall Street’s biggest balance sheets are quietly rebuilding the crypto stack under the banner of tokenization and custody. What began as a defensive stance toward digital assets is turning into an infrastructure shift: bringing fund administration, cash management, and settlement onto blockchain rails that look more like BNY Mellon’s LiquidityDirect platform than a typical crypto […] The post $8.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 190 points as U.S. stocks looked set to inch higher amid robust earnings reports from Coca-Cola and GM. U.S. stocks were largely unchanged, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average showed a positive outlook with…