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ICO market stops growing and focuses on problem solving - 05/07/2018

The volume of investments in ICOs in the first quarter of 2018 exceeded the same indicator of the fourth quarter of 2017, but showed an insignificant increase of only 5%. Investors put money in usual for them projects, such as blockchain infrastructure, financial services, games industry and virtual reality. At the same time, according to experts, this year's trends will solve problems related to...

The dollar’s positions are unshakable. Here’s why - 05/03/2018

A small but growing number of countries are trying to get rid of the US dollar in calculations and operations and to shake its position in the world financial system. Yet another such country was Iran, which last week announced its intention to report on the amount of foreign exchange reserves in euro, not dollar and other measures to get rid of the dollar dependence. China has been trying to...

The World Bank: American shale oil producers triggered the 2014-2016 oil prices collapse - 05/03/2018

The 70 percent collapse in oil prices in 2014-2016 was the third major decline since World War II. It was triggered by a sharp increase in production and production efficiency of shale oil in the United States, states the World Bank's (WB) working report on the causes and consequences of the latest oil crisis. This event put an end to the long period of high oil prices, which lasted from 2003 on...

New wheat futures at CME unexpectedly became popular - 05/02/2018

The transformation of the region of Black Sea into a large grain exporter boosted popularity of futures contract for wheat from the Black Sea region, which the Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) offered in November 2017. New derivatives are rare for such a long-standing and large market (the world benchmark is contract for Chicago wheat, circulating more than 140 years). The first attempt to start...

Libya can inflate oil prices to $ 100 per barrel - 05/01/2018

Illness of General Haftar will certainly result in aggravation of the political situation in Libya and disruptions in oil production. This, in turn will provoke a new sharp jump in the oil prices. Even the most ardent opponents of Khalifa Haftar – there is enough of them in Libya - have to admit that without him the country will once again plunge into chaos and that civil war will break out with...

Shale mining hits the highest level in three years - 04/30/2018

Shale companies in the US continue to increase investment in drilling against the backdrop of oil prices soaring to 3-year records. Last week, the number of drilling rigs used in US fields increased by another 5 units, and their total number - 825 - was a record since March 2015. This is reported by Baker Hughes, which has been monitoring activity in oil wells around the world for more than 70...

The country of cordcutters: Americans are refusing cable TV - 04/30/2018

Three leading providers of television services in the US reported a significant reduction in the number of subscribers. The shift from cable television to streaming is believed to be a fundamental change in consumer behavior. Last week, financial statements of the three leading providers of television services confirmed the unpleasant and, as experts say, a "fundamental" change in the behavior of...

Competition tears German renewable energy market apart - 04/26/2018

Fixed tariffs, which guaranteed investors 20 years with a fixed price of € 0.51 per 1 kWh of generated energy, were one of the main market measures in Germany. They were aimed at stimulating the development of renewable energy sources (RES). The households were able to produce and sell renewable energy (mainly sun and wind), including by merging into energy cooperatives. In the last ten years,...

Does smart farming have a future in the retail market? - 04/24/2018

The concept of smart farming (development of intelligent systems that control all natural processes of cultivation and allows to forecast the harvest) from the farms outside the city has moved to consumers' apartments. Will the manufacturers of home gadgets open a new market? With the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and big data, many technologies that seemed only a distant future, have...

Infrastructure crisis endangers US shale oil production - 04/23/2018

Factors restraining the growth of oil production within the Permian basin are beginning to trouble the oil market. Some analysts even began to say that shale mining in the US may not justify the high hopes placed on it. The excitement in West Texas predictably led to numerous problems at all points of the value chain. Oil drillers are facing rising costs for labor, drilling rigs, maintenance...
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