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While Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) saw mixed fortunes in 2017 and data shows that almost half met less than favorable outcomes and failed despite jointly raising north of $6 billion, many large and established enterprises are now entering the blockchain and distributed ledger technology landscape.

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Americans should prepare for higher gasoline prices this summer, and higher oil prices are largely to blame.



There are two major decisions in the next few months that will likely set the tone for oil markets for the rest of 2018 and into 2019. The first is President Trump’s May 12 decision about recertifying the Iran nuclear deal. The President may, at that point, decide to re-impose sanctions on Iran. There are some indications that he

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Major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Ripple and EOS have been on fire lately. Over the last seven days, Bitcoin is up 21.80%, Ethereum is up 39.36%, Ripple is up 40.89% and EOS 51.84%.



Some cryptocurrency experts aren’t surprised by the renewed interest in cryptocurrencies. Matthew Spoke, CEO of AION and Founding Board Member of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance is one of them. “The fundamentals have not changed,” says Spoke. “A

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This was a brutal week for the stock market. The Dow was down over 1,400 points to close at 23,553, declining 5.7% which puts it in negative territory for the year, down 4.8%. The S&P was down 6% for the week and is now down 3.2% for the year. The NASDAQ had the worst week, down 6.5%, but is still up 1.3% for the year.



Facebook and Amazon both lost $75 billion in market cap last week. While Amazon and Netflix also declined last week

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Could a bear market in stocks bolster Bitcoin and gold?



Bitcoin will likely benefit if stocks suffer a "major pullback," stated Tim Enneking, managing director of Crypto Asset Management. Many market observers are closely watching the relationship between the stock market and Bitcoin, noted Mati Greenspan, senior market analyst for social trading platform eToro. "So far we haven't seen any flows from the stocks into Bitcoin,"

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