After a significant dip in the second quarter of 2018, cryptocurrencies are becoming popular again among retail investors, appearing in the mainstream media headlines every day. There are a few cryptocurrencies that have grabbed investors' attention. What are the best cryptocurrencies to invest in in August this year?
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Cara Therapeutics announced positive statistically significant results in a phase 2/3 trial for its drug I.V. CR845 which goal is to reduce pain caused by abdominal surgeries. Cara Therapeutics is a small-cap stock, so getting the drug approved will likely have a significant impact on the stock price.
The company is considered highly speculative at this point,...
Cardano has struggled recently despite the buzz that it is ready to take up Ethereum. The platform itself is very promising: it aims to become a scalable and secure smart contracts solution. Some of its prominent features include a working paper wallet and a proof-of-stake algorithm (Ouroboros is the first verified and secure proof-of-stake algorithm).
Cardano...
IOTA's price has been up and down recently. There is short- and medium-term resistance which the token is facing, which needs a lot of bullish momentum to break.
IOTA is a digital currency and network which is designed for use with the Internet of Things (IoT). It is the ninth largest cryptocurrency, thus remaining at the center of discussions and speculations. ...
Crypto prices seem to be like a living roller-coaster these days. The crypto community is looking out for the latest news regarding developments in infrastructure and collaborations for any altcoin, including Stellar.
There are some positive developments related to Stellar: its partner SatoshiPay, a London-based company which processes micropayment transactions,...
Groupon reported better-than-expected first-quarter results, as last year’s restructuring is bearing fruit. While streamlining the operation is helping Groupon expand margins, the firm is continuing to increase marketing as a percentage of revenue. It has done so since 2015. Analysts speculate this is because of its lack of network effect and low switching costs,...
Snap's competition, which includes Facebook with nearly 2 billion users, is overwhelming. In particular, Instagram, owned by Facebook, may emerge as a substitute for Snapchat. The larger ecosystems of Snap’s competitors may have also created somewhat of an exit barrier for their users, which could further limit the growth acceleration of Snapchat users.
While...
What Tesla will look like 10 years from now is still highly uncertain. Over time some of the Model 3 demand may move to other variants such as the Model Y crossover derived from the Model 3 platform, or to vehicles not yet announced, such as a pickup truck and a compact car. Tesla's mass-market ambitions over the next decade may be much smaller than analysts had...
Arkadia is an agricultural food ingredient company that partnered with Shriram Bioseed, a research and hybrid seed development company, to develop Extended Shelf Life (ESL) tomatoes. The two companies recently announced a key milestone in developing ESL tomatoes.
Bioseed has field tested Arcadia’s ESL technology in multiple tomato hybrid backgrounds, locations...
The Pandora stock has been worn down by years of competition with Spotify (NYSE:SPOT) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), but in the past 3 months, it finally showed signs of life. The 50% surge in the last 3 months brought the stock price back up to the levels from over a year ago. The bulls are stoked about Pandora’s subscription services and also the AdsWizz acquisition,...
Litecoin is becoming an alternative for Bitcoin, as it increasingly serves as a transaction medium for many businesses. The Litecoin Foundation has succeeded in convincing various high-level merchants to accept LTC as a payment method.
The development of Flexa can further accelerate this. Flexa is a one-tap payment method for execution of microtransactions, so...
The media is somewhat negative about XRP and its activities. One issue for investors is the impact of ‘whales’--and their selloff. As a reminder, 'whales' are investors who control a large number of XRP--and the fact they have been selling Ripple causes a concern to retail investors.
A few days ago, Ripple released somewhat disappointing figures for Q2'18....
Apple’s competitive advantage stems from its ability to package hardware, software, services, and third-party applications into sleek, intuitive, and appealing devices. This expertise enables the firm to capture a premium on its hardware, unlike most of its peers. Despite its admirable reputation, loyal customer base, and a myriad of unique products, the consumer...
Caterpillar has carefully assembled its brand and product portfolio over the past 100 years to create the largest construction and mining equipment manufacturer in the world. In a push to realize research and development and production efficiencies, Caterpillar has become the largest or second-largest manufacturer of virtually every product it makes while...
Baidu has been evolving from a mobile-first to an artificial-intelligence-first company. The company has been facing competition from other Internet companies, particularly Alibaba and Tencent. In the near term, margins will remain under pressure due to aggressive content spending and talent acquisition costs for AI personnel.
Sitting on a cash pile of over CNY...
Ethereum Classic (ETC.X) is trading at $17.14, up 4% from yesterday. There is a bullish trend line forming on the ETC/USD hourly chart.
Ethereum Classic is Ethereum's fork. The announcement regarding the addition of Ethereum Classic to the Coinbase platform drew investors' attention. ETC has a surplus of $700,000 per Ethereum Classic Cooperative ’s mid-year...
Exxon is planning to ramp up capital spending with the goal of doubling earnings and cash flow from 2017 levels by 2025 and delivering a return on capital employed of 15%, compared with 7% in 2017. While investors have been clamoring for greater capital discipline from integrated oils, Exxon’s view is that it holds a host of high-return projects that can leverage...
Investors are excited about the new CEO's (Brian Niccol) ability to reinvigorate the brand. Niccol and the overhauled executive team are saying all the right things to drive guest traffic in the near term (most notably, digital order pickup shelves, in-app delivery and catering functionality, and an afternoon taco/drink value platform), while shoring up the...
