One of the products that have become particularly important to the continued growth of the crypto industry is Bitcoin futures. The derivative product has become one of the most heavily traded crypto-based securities. Key Drivers The Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) revealed its actual figures with regard to this particular product yesterday. The futures contracts have
Month: January 2020
The United States First Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a ruling against bondholders of the Puerto Rico Employees Retirement System. The First Circuit released the opinion authored by Associate Judge Sandra Lynch Thursday. Judges Jeffrey Howard and Kermit Lipez concurred with the opinion. Chapman Strategic Partners Managing Director James Spiotto, center, said the First Circuit
We’ve got the “hawt” new single from Tesla CEO Elon Musk and, as bitcoin ends its best January ever, traders eye a price move above the psychological level of $10,000. Disclosure Read More The leader in blockchain news, CoinDesk is a media outlet that strives for the highest journalistic standards and abides by a strict
Yesterday Chainlink released price reference data for 25 of its decentralized oracle networks which, together, power more than $100m in DeFi. On this special interview episode, @nlw talks with Sergey Nazarov and Kain Warwick, the founders of Chainlink and Synthetix respectively about: To see Chainlink’s newly released decentralized price feeds, visit: feeds.chain.link Disclosure Read More
One year after filing for bankruptcy, PG&E has worked out deals to borrow money and guarantee more than $25 billion in payouts to wildfire victims, insurers and local municipalities. It’s even come to terms with bondholders. As a result, its shares have skyrocketed 37 percent so far in January. Mizuho upgraded the stock this week
Home concept,Businessmen holding home keys krisanapong detraphiphat Many people entering the traditional home-buying years already have debt – student loans, of course. And those loans can make landing in a new house trickier. “Although many Americans have student loans, mortgage companies will still evaluate these outstanding debts while making their decision to approve or deny
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk attends an opening ceremony for Tesla China-made Model Y program in Shanghai, China, January 7, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters Investors betting against Elon Musk’s electric-auto maker Tesla collectively lost more than $1 billion-plus on Thursday as the company’s stock rocketed higher after its better-than-expected earnings report. Tesla popped 11.4%
Bakkt, the highly touted cryptocurrency exchange founded by the Intercontinental Exchange, saw zero Bitcoin options traded last week as it continues its hugely underwhelming start to life. The Bitcoin futures exchange, governed by the company behind the New York Stock Exchange, was billed as a gateway for institutional investors to get in on the world
It was a record day in the municipal market in a couple of different ways, as yields descended further to new record lows on both the 10- and 30-year and the market saw the lowest yield ever for a 100-year bond. Primary marketMorgan Stanley priced the University of Southern California’s (Aa1/AA/ / ) $320 million
“You get to talk to lightning nodes with dollars.” That’s how Zap CEO Jack Mallers described his lightning wallet’s new U.S. dollar clearing system in a phone interview with CoinDesk. Announced Thursday, the upgrade aims to address a number of hurdles faced by current cryptocurrency payment options. “You can download it, link your bank account,
When YouNow launched the props token on ethereum last July, the company’s goal was always for other companies to use it. Now YouNow says two other peer-to-peer sites are integrating the crypto token: Camfrog and Listia. Camfrog is launching in a matter of weeks. Listia expects it to go live in March. The token, which
Boeing Co. 737 fuselage sections sit on the assembly floor at Spirit AeroSystems in Wichita, Kansas. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coming off the slowest year of growth in three, the economy in the first quarter of 2020 is expected to slow down even more due to the impact of Boeing and now
Buying a home is the largest investment most people will make in their lifetime, yet many people overlook some of the basics that lead to negotiating the best deal. This can induce a realm of emotions, including fear, worry, anxiety and even remorse. The reasons are many: bidding wars ensue, processes take longer than expected,
Warren Buffett, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. chairman and chief executive officer, tosses a newspaper as he tours the exhibition floor during the Berkshire Hathaway Inc. annual shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway is leaving the newspaper business and selling its operations to publisher Lee Enterprises for
British telecom giant Vodafone is the latest firm to pull out of the Libra Association, the non-profit body overseeing the Facebook-led digital coin, bringing the total number of early backers to withdraw from the project to eight. Vodafone Walks Away Both Vodafone and Libra confirmed the news last week with the departure appearing to be
Illinois’ persistent fiscal ills took a backseat in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s State of the State address Wednesday to calls for ethics reforms and a recap of last year’s bipartisan passage of a budget and an infrastructure program. “Just look at what a difference a year can make,” said Pritzker, the Democrat who ousted Republican Bruce
Trading volumes in bitcoin options listed on the Intercontinental Exchange’s Bakkt platform have completely dried up, even while CME’s options product is seeing strong interest. As per Bakkt’s data, not a single bitcoin options contract was traded last week on Bakkt, withactivity last registered on Jan. 17, when 20 lots had changed hands. This is
Coinbase has hired a former vice president of product at Google to be its chief product officer. Surojit Chatterjee spent 11 years at Google, where he worked on payments, adtech and commerce. He most recently led the continuing development of Google Shopping, a service available in more than 90 countries. Prior to that, he was
Democratic presidential hopefuls Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders (L) and former Vice President Joe Biden chat during a break in the fourth Democratic primary debate of the 2020 presidential campaign season co-hosted by The New York Times and CNN at Otterbein University in Westerville, Ohio on October 15, 2019. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images
Pending home sales, which measure signed contracts, not closings, dropped 4.9% in December compared with November, as the supply of homes hit a record low during the month. Sales were projected to rise 1% month-to-month. December is historically the slowest month of the year in the housing market. Despite the month-to-month drop, though, 2019 ended
A customer holds boxes of 3M Co. 8247 R95 particulate respirators at a pharmacy in the Central district of Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images The CEO of industrial giant 3M said Tuesday that the company is increasing production of its respiratory protection products, such as
ICON (#ICONProject), the South Korean blockchain startup, is one of the few blockchain companies that has risen from the ashes of the crypto bubble of 2018. It has demonstrated a strong commitment to leading the charge towards realizing a blockchain-powered future. ICON has a solid plan, through which it plans to become a central pillar
Back in 2019, Bitcoin had been in the middle of a massive rally at the beginning of the year, and it seems that there might a repeat this year. In a new development that should come as a major boost to BTC investors, the cryptocurrency surged past $9,000 a token. It is believed that the
Under state orders, Flint, Michigan’s leaders will lay out a plan to address findings from a recent audit conducted by the city that revealed it has more than $370 million in unfunded pension legacy costs. The audit, which examined the city’s finances from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, also found 12 material conditions,
Mining pool Bitcoin.com will not now support the controversial bitcoin cash development fund proposal without broader agreement from the community. In a blog post published earlier on Tuesday, Bitcoin.com said it would no longer back the existing plan for a dev fund unveiled last week by the CEO of mining pool BTC.TOP, Jiang Zhuoer. “Bitcoin.com
Trading platform Uphold is now offering commission-free cryptocurrency trading, the company announced Tuesday. Following in the footsteps of companies like Schwab and TD Ameritrade that have made trading free of commissions for customers in the traditional markets. Uphold CEO JP Thieriot said the move was based on Uphold’s ability to net trades at a lower
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on January 21, 2020 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images The easy policies of the Federal Reserve and other central banks are already providing a backstop that could lessen the impact of the coronavirus on financial markets. Some analysts say
Prospective buyers and a real estate agent, center, enter a home for sale in Warren, Michigan. Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images After cooling for much of last year, home price gains are accelerating again. Nationally, prices increased 3.5% annually in November, up from 3.2% in October, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller National
American multinational sport clothing brand Nike store seen in Hong Kong. Budrul Chukrut | SOPA Images | Getty Images The deadly coronavirus, whose spread accelerated around the globe, is battering the stock market, and some U.S. companies are particularly vulnerable to the disease as their growth has been driven by Chinese consumers. Wall Street analysts
Tether has launched a new stablecoin backed by physical gold reserves called Tether Gold (XAU₮), according to a press release published on January 23. One coin will be equal to one troy fine ounce of physical gold, currently worth approximately US$1,550. Tether Gold is available as a TRC20 token on the TRON blockchain as well
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