DAILY DOSE: December 30, 2020
Posted on 12/30/2020
1. Coinbase is sued over commissions for “illegal” XRP sales. The SEC is pursuing Ripple Labs, which is impacting the value of XRP.
2. U.K. lawmakers approved Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s post-Brexit trade deal with the European Union. The deal is safeguarding nearly a US$ 1 trillion of annual trade.
3. Irish Prime Minister Micheal Martin orders closure of non-essential retail due to COVID.
4. Canada is introducing a COVID-test rule for international travel. People entering Canada will need to have a negative COVID test.
5. COVID U.K. variant strain is founder in Colorado.
6. Third Point LLC grows nearly US$ 1 billion stake in Intel Corp.
7. A 75-year-old man from Beit Shean died Monday morning from cardiac arrest, about 2 hours after receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. The 75-year-old man has undergone a number of heart attacks. The man received the vaccine at 8:30 in the morning and some time, he lost consciousness and was later confirmed dead from heart failure.