The U.S. arm of cryptocurrency exchange Binance is opening for registration and deposits on Wednesday. The platform will go live supporting just six cryptocurrencies initially – bitcoin, (BTC), ether (ETH), XRP, bitcoin cash (BCH), litecoin (LTC) and the tether stablecoin (USDT). The platform expects more to be added in “coming weeks,” providing they pass Binance.US’s Digital
Month: September 2019
Why is everyone so pessimistic? A survey of 225 chief financial officers by Duke University shows pessimism on the U.S. economy has been growing steadily this year, despite record low unemployment and a strong consumer. The quarterly Duke University/CFO Global Business Outlook of 225 CFOs found that a majority of U.S. CFOs (53%) believe that
People walk past an AT&T store in New York on October 23, 2016. Kena Betancur | AFP |Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: AT&T shares climbed more than 2% in extended trading following a Wall Street Journal report that the company is exploring a spinoff of DirectTV unit as its
NetCents Technology Inc. (CSE:NC) (OTCQB:NTTCF) announced Wednesday that it is accelerating its pace for market adoption and integration through the sign on of its 40th partnership agreement. Doubling its number of partnerships in just over six months reflects NetCent’s aggressive trajectory to accelerate its partner growth and keep pace with merchant adoption of cryptocurrency. It also
“For the world’s wealthy, France remains the ultimate home away from home.” (Photo by Emeric Fohlen/NurPhoto) NurPhoto via Getty Images The number of British buyers of luxury property in France has dropped by 40% in less than five years due to Brexit and the weakening of the pound sterling. UK money now accounts for one
Like vast wealth, the view from the 123rd floor of the tallest apartment building in the world can quickly warp your perspective on life. At nearly 1,400 feet, looking down on the Empire State Building, you aren’t just above New York City – you lord over it. Cars become toys and people become dots. Central
Lacy O’Toole | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s executive Tracy Britt Cool is leaving the firm after a decade to start a company that replicates Warren Buffett’s business model. Cool, who joined Berkshire in 2009 as Buffett’s financial assistant, said she’s building an investment vehicle that acquires companies “too small for Berkshire,” The Wall Street Journal reported.
Aquorn Inc., a provider of cloud-based debt management and reporting services to U.S. public agencies, hired Mark Campbell to be managing director and head of western region client engagement. Campbell spent the past nine years heading the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission. He started his new job Sept. 16, Aquorn said. Mark Campbell “Mark
Demand for alternative cryptocurrencies has seen their performance rise over the last 24 hours despite bitcoin’s (BTC) failure to take another leg up. It raises the question as to whether the “alt season”, a period where alternative crypto sees considerable growth regardless of BTC’s performance, is finally here. Ether (ETH) and XRP (XRP) rose between
US Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a press conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting in Washington, DC on July 31, 2019. Andrew Caballero-Reynolds | AFP | Getty Images The Fed is expected to cut interest rates for the second time in a decade Wednesday, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell is unlikely
Binance, the world’s largest crypto exchange, has made an undisclosed investment in Chinese crypto news outlet Mars Finance. Binance participated in a funding round for the blockchain media firm, which brought its valuation to $200 million USD in what was the third such financing since Mars Finance was founded last year. Specifically, Mars Finance provides
Dandelion Energy CEO Kathy Hunnan Dandelion Energy Heating and cooling a home can have a big affect on the environment. The average American house, after all, emits 6,400 pounds of carbon monoxide per year using natural gas, and 4,700 from an electric system. To combat this problem, the New York-based company Dandelion Energy uses geothermal
Talk about building on gains. Shares of home construction giant Toll Brothers rallied 5% to a new 52-week high Monday, adding to a double-digit climb in the past week, after Bank of America raised its price target on the stock. And options traders are taking advantage of the move, said Dan Nathan, co-founder and editor
Simon Dawson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Saudi oil production will be fully back online by the end of September, the kingdom’s Energy Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman told media during a press conference in Jeddah on Tuesday, sending oil prices down by nearly 6% just a day after their biggest jump in history. The
Gerrard Bushell, under whose leadership the Dormitory Authority of the State of New York was the nation’s No. 1 municipal bond issuer, is departing after four and a half years heading the conduit. Bushell, who was appointed DASNY CEO and president by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in April 2015, announced in a statement Monday
Regulatory pressure on cryptocurrency exchanges to stop providing users with access to so-called privacy coins is growing. The South Korean arm of the Malta-based OKEX exchange announced early on Monday that it is to delist five cryptocurrencies that provide extra privacy features for users. From Oct. 10, the exchange will no longer support trading in
Marko Kolanovic Crystal Mercedes | CNBC J.P. Morgan’s chief quant says oil prices won’t hurt stock prices until they hit the $80 to $85 per barrel range. Marko Kolanovic, global head of macro quantitative and derivatives strategy, said when oil prices are stable, oil correlates positively with the S&P 500, but when there are large
Libra, the planned cryptocurrency led by Facebook, is to be questioned by officials from 26 central banks in Switzerland today. Representatives from the heavily scrutinized project will face a grilling by officials from central banks, including the US Federal Reserve and the Bank of England, over the cryptocurrency’s “scope and design.” Since being announced in June,
Autumn Calabrese’s stunning Calabassas home Samantha Jacoby Autumn Calabrese is best known as the face of fitness powerhouse BeachBody and as the creator of the 21 Day Fix. Her practical approach to fitness and food is no different than how she approaches her life at home. Originally from Ohio, Calabrese is truly the mom next door,
A woman fuels her SUV at an Exxon Mobile gas station in Chicago. Getty Images Oil prices are surging and if history is any guide, a handful of stocks are going to outperform the market over the next week. Drone Saudi Arabian oil facilities over the weekend forced the kingdom to cut its oil output
Tradeweb Markets Inc. and Intercontinental Exchange Inc. are introducing Tradeweb ICE U.S. Treasury Closing Prices. Tradeweb ICE U.S. Treasury Closing Prices is designed to represent the daily market mid-price for Treasury securities, the firms announced this week. Tradeweb and ICE Benchmark Administration (IBA) are also planning to launch other pricing data. Tradeweb is operates electronic
Binance’s new dollar-backed stablecoin, BUSD, created in partnership with the Paxos Trust Company, will be made available for trading on the cryptocurrency exchange the week of Sept. 16. Announced on Thursday at CoinDesk’s Invest: Asia conference, Paxos co-founder Rich Teo said: “We minted out first batch of Binance U.S. dollars. It will be made available
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Apple — Goldman Sachs lowered its price target for Apple shares to $165 per share from $187 a share, saying that accounting for a planned Apple TV+ free trial is likely to have a material negative impact on average selling prices. Broadcom – Broadcom reported adjusted
Even a few years ago, not many would have thought that crypto M&A, or mergers and acquisitions, were ever going to be a thing. However, it needs to be kept in mind that the crypto space has grown and evolved at a remarkable pace over the course of the past few years. Nowadays, the industry
The individually enclosed office has long been an important spot for staff gossip and serious work alike in businesses around the world. New evidence, however, suggests fewer companies are providing such space to employees. Some 43% companies surveyed by real estate investment and consulting firm JLL said enclosed offices make up less than 5% of
Traders work at the Bolsa de Mercadorias e Futuros, Brazilian Mercantile and Futures Exchange (BM&F), in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Marcos Issas | Bloomberg | Getty Images Investing in Latin America’s equity markets can be scary, but Luiz Maria Ribiero has cracked a winning formula. Ribiero manages the DWS Latin America Equity fund (SLARX), which has
Noelle Acheson is a veteran of company analysis and CoinDesk’s Director of Research. The opinions expressed in this article are the author’s own. The following article originally appeared in Institutional Crypto by CoinDesk, a weekly newsletter focused on institutional investment in crypto assets. Sign up for free here. For a primer on crypto valuation concepts,
Municipal yields increased for a second day and issuers prepared to continue a deluge of deals, signaling they aren’t worried about the Federal Open Market Committee’s meeting with the expected quarter point cut in interest rates priced in. IHS Markit Ipreo forecasts weekly bond volume will increase to $10.32 billion from a revised total of
South Korean messaging giant Kakao’s “klay” token – the native cryptocurrency of its recently launched Klaytn blockchain – is soon make its first official exchange listing on Upbit’s platform. Ground X, the firm set up by Kakao to develop the Klaytn network, announced the news in a Medium post on Sept. 5, saying klay will list
Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading: Bank of America, Citigroup, J.P. Morgan Chase — Bank shares jumped along with Treasury yields as worries over a U.S. recession dissipated on the back of strong economic data. Bank of America rose 1.69%, J.P. Morgan both rose 1.9% while Citigroup gained 1.5%. The benchmark 10-year
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