Markets Spike as Coronavirus Vaccine Trial Shows 90% Success Rate

Bitcoin was trading higher ahead of the New York opening bell Monday but risked shedding its intraday gains on Moderna’s latest announcement. The tech-savvy pharmaceutical firm updated earlier Monday that its experimental coronavirus vaccine is 94.5 percent effective in protecting people from catching the infection. That marked the second successful trial seven days after Pfizer […]

This morning, news broke that Cambridge, Massachusetts-based biotech firm Moderna, had reached 94.5% efficiency in preventing the onset of COVID with their in-the-works vaccine. Bitcoin responded with a rally, but the last time around when Pfizer revealed their success rate, the cryptocurrency plummeted by over $1,000. With the likelihood of an effective vaccine growing, and […]

The U.S. Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) issued a warning that alerts financial institutions in the United States about increasing ransomware attacks against coronavirus vaccine research organizations. US Treasury Warns of Ransomware Attacks, Phishing Schemes Targeting Covid-19 Vaccine Research Institutions According to the alert, FinCEN says that fraud, ransomware attacks, and “similar types of criminal activity” target the distribution of Covid-19 vaccines, which could affect their supply chains if proper actions are not taken on....

Bitcoin’s second attempt to close above $16,000 hit a wall on Monday as traders assessed the latest progress on a coronavirus vaccine. The benchmark cryptocurrency fell 0.77 percent, suggesting that its last week’s advance, which took its price to a three-year high, would reverse in the daily sessions ahead. Bitcoin also plunged on technical merits […]

Hedera Hashgraph's blockchain platform will provide the health service with a tamperproof record of vaccine temperatures, the firm said.