Day: January 5, 2022

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now says that the omicron variant is estimated to make up 95% of all COVID-19 cases in the U.S. for the week ending Jan. 1. This is an increase from the week ending Dec. 25, when omicron was estimated to make up 77% of all cases. This is […]

Around 76% of the total circulating Bitcoin supply is now illiquid according to on-chain analytics from Glassnode. 1409 Total views 27 Total shares Bitcoin markets have been consolidating since the beginning of the year, but on-chain metrics are painting a more positive picture as more of the asset is becoming illiquid. On-chain analytics provider Glassnode […]

U.S. oil prices climbed by more than 1% on Tuesday after major oil producers known as OPEC+ said they would stick to their plan to raise monthly crude production, as expected, by 400,000 barrels per day in February. For now, the omicron variant is not leading to the same hospitalization rates and death associated with […]

Alphabet Inc.’s GOOGL, -0.41% GOOG, -0.45% Google Cloud on Tuesday said it has acquired cybersecurity specialist Siemplify, a provider of security orchestration, automation, and response technologies. Under the deal, estimated at about $500 million, Siemplify will be folded into the Google Cloud Platform. Google and Siemplify declined to comment on the monetary size of the […]