Tezos (XTZ) is making solid gains this year amid continuous buying activities on multiple developments. Key Developments For as long as the crypto sphere has existed, Bitcoin has been synonymous with it, and this is only natural, considering the fact that it is the cryptocurrency with the highest market cap. Moreover, Bitcoin’s rise has been
Month: August 2019
Are you a frequent business flyer? A corporate road warrior? A military officer or diplomat shuttling regularly between D.C. and far-flung destinations? If you travel often for work, you probably have many of your trip necessities ready to go at a moment’s notice. Are they all in one convenient place to speed your departure? With
Getty Images Investment giant BlackRock just became the largest stakeholder of Sports Illustrated’s parent company. BlackRock bought roughly a 30% stake in Authentic Brands Group for $875 million, the company’s chief executive officer Jamie Salter CNBC’s Brian Sullivan in a phone interview on Sunday. The deal values the brand management company around $4 billion to
Chicago’s recent defeasance of its remaining senior-lien water bonds resolved a review Moody’s Investors Service launched in May that included eight utility and special district credits nationwide as a result of an appellate court ruling on Puerto Rico special revenue bonds that has shaken the market. Moody’s issued a report this week confirming the Baa2
Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed that it has been targeted by, and foiled, “a sophisticated, highly targeted, thought out attack” aimed to access its systems and presumably to make of with some of the billions of dollars’-worth of cryptocurrency it holds. In an Aug. 8 blog post that sets out in technical detail how the
Traders work the floor of the Dow Jones at the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange. Bryan R. Smith | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday on Friday: Uber Technologies — Shares of the transportation and food ordering service company fell 7.8% after reporting a huge loss during
North Carolina Congressman Ted Budd has introduced a tax bill in the United States House of Representatives seeking to refine cryptocurrencies’ treatment by the Internal Revenue Services. The bill will amend the Code allowing the exclusion of losses or gains on similar crypto transactions. Reviewing the Internal Revenue Code The bill has been called the
This house has triple pane casement Casement windows by Marvin Windows and Doors.. Photo courtesy of Marvin windows It is estimated that 40 percent of the United States energy consumption is used for heating and cooling buildings as well as 75 percent of the electricity. One of our main concerns in building a house should
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Do stock analysts truly have insights for investors about earnings or are they just riding the market? That’s the question Morgan Stanley heard from investors after it detailed a new artificial intelligence strategy in June that studied its own analyst
View Bitcoin has charted a narrowing price range over the last three days, neutralizing the immediate bullish setup. A bull revival needs a UTC close above Wednesday’s high of $12,145, according to a double inside bar pattern seen on the daily chart. The outlook would turn bearish if prices print a UTC close below Wednesday’s
After effortlessly taking down $13.2 billion of bonds this past week, muni buyers will see another above average issuance week with $7.6 billion but it will not be nearly enough to “feed the beast.” There will be $5.70 billion of negotiated deals slated for next week and $1.95 billion of competitive sales, equating to more
May’s Binance hacker has been hard at work washing his stolen bitcoins through a mixing service. Clain.io, a Luxembourg-cryptocurrency capital flows research team, says the 7,074 stolen coins are being laundered through mixing service Chipmixer. Clain says at least 4,836 bitcoins were laundered since June 12th. A bitcoin tumbling service mixes a bitcoin’s unspent transaction
After a whipsawing week, stocks could continue to trade with volatile swings as investors assess new information on trade and the strength of the economy. There are just a few earnings in the week ahead with Walmart, Cisco Systems, Nvidia and Deere reporting as the second quarter earnings season winds down. There are, however, some pretty
On May 8, major crypto exchange Binance was the victim of its second major hacking. On this occasion, the thief/thieves made off with 7,000 Bitcoin, which valued at approximately $40 million USD at the time. (That same amount of BTC is worth almost double that at current rates.) Now, several months on, it has been
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Patrick T. Fallon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates have been falling since May, especially sharply this month, so borrowers, especially millennials, are rushing to refinance. Applications to refinance were up a stunning 116% this week compared with a year ago, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association. That has lenders scrambling to keep
A Verizon store in New York City. Getty Images High-dividend stocks are starting to stand out as winners as bond yields continue to collapse. Since late July, the S&P Dividend ETF, which bundles high-dividend stocks, has started to outperform the S&P 500 ETF Trust, which mimics the performance of the entire S&P. Since last week,
View Bitcoin is looking north, with the daily chart reporting a bearish channel breakout following a six-week-long correction. A retest of highs above $13,000 could be in the offing. The bullish case would strengthen if prices rise above $12,145, invalidating consolidation or exhaustion signaled by Wednesday’s candlestick pattern. A stronger confirmation of a bull revival
The municipal market pick up right where it left off on Wednesday — with unwavering demand from investors. “The muni market saw a ton of paper hit and didn’t blink, it probably could have handled more,” said one New York trader. “I know buyers would have liked to see more but the slate next week
Bitcoin is outperforming gold amid heightened uncertainty in the global markets. The world’s most valuable cryptocurrency is currently trading at $11,700, representing 16 percent gains on a month-to-date basis. Meanwhile, gold, the traditional safe-haven asset, has added 6 percent this month. The precious metal picked up a bid at $1,400 on Aug. 1 as the
A man checks his smartphone while standing among illuminated screens bearing the Uber logo. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Uber plummeted 12% before settling 4% below its closing price in after-hours trading following the transportation and food ordering service company’s disappointing second-quarter
Bitcoin (BTC) surpassed another milestone on Thursday, August 8, as the world’s leading cryptocurrency’s hash rate hit 80 quintillion for the first time. This news comes during a good week for BTC, which saw the coin’s value top $12,000 USD twice in three days amid fears that a global recession is on the horizon. What is
Sandrine Deveaux, managing director of Farfetch’s Store of the Future, a concept the company has been testing in London. Luke MacGregor/Bloomberg Farfetch, with a $5.4 billion market cap, is the largest player in the rapidly growing space of online luxury marketplaces. But its stock has tumbled this year, from a high of $29.69 in March
Homeowners rushed to take advantage of a sizable drop in mortgage interest rates last week, but potential buyers were unimpressed. Total mortgage application volume rose 5.3% from the previous week, according to the Mortgage Bankers Association’s seasonally adjusted index. Volume was 46.5% higher than a year ago, when rates were significantly higher. Refinances drove the
Investor Steve Eisman is predicting bad things ahead for anyone betting on online real estate site Zillow, which has been trying to expand its operations but faces a stiff challenge. The managing director and senior portfolio manager at Neuberger Berman has been shorting Zillow for some time, and explained to CNBC in an interview Thursday that the
July might have been a forgettable month for Bitcoin after six months of steady gains this year, but the cryptocurrency has made a remarkable comeback in August so far. Bitcoin Near $12K The rally started at the beginning of the month and has continued as the cryptocurrency seems poised to touch $12,000 per token. While
The municipal bond market had no problems whatsoever digesting the massive amount of issuance that hit today and in the process saw yields drop down ever lower, getting ever closer to all time lows. “Muni cash is performing well in the face of the rate rally,” said a trader on Wednesday afternoon. “At some point
The potential currency war is adding to earnings problems. The realization that the trade war may expand from tariff wars to encompass currency wars is causing some consternation among analysts and strategists who are increasingly confused and uncertain on how to determine 2019 and 2020 earnings estimates. On Tuesday evening, Citigroup said the overhang of
Lyft President John Zimmer and CEO Logan Green applaud as Lyft lists on the Nasdaq at an IPO event in Los Angeles March 29, 2019. Mike Blake | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Shares of Lyft rose as much as 13% in after-hours trading after the ridesharing platform reported better-than-expected
Bitcoin price broke $12,000 USD for the second time in three days on Wednesday as the notoriously volatile cryptocurrency develops a reputation among investors as a safe-haven currency amid concerns as the global economy heads towards recession. This takes BTC’s week-on-week gains to $2,000 USD. Following on from 2018’s cryptocurrency crash, BTC enjoyed six months
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