Left in the dark about the details surrounding the proposed sale of JEA, a new community-based organization has formed in Jacksonville, Florida, to shed light on what happened during the process of getting bids from buyers interested in the municipal utility. Although the invitation to negotiate was canceled on Dec. 24, Michael Hightower, a former
Month: January 2020
BitMEX is releasing an XRP-U.S. dollar quanto swap targeted at crypto’s budding derivatives market. A quanto swap is a cross-currency interest rate swap where one counterparty pays the other a foreign interest rate. When the contract expires, the notional amount gets settled in cash at a pre-defined exchange rate. These kind of swaps can be
In addition to our news roundup, for the next few episodes we’ll also be highlighting select interviews from the CoinDesk crew reporting inside the world economic forum in Davos, Switzerland. Today we’ll hear from former CFTC Chair Christopher Giancarlo on his proposed Digital Dollar push. We’ll end the show by taking a walk with a
A worker prepares to load a silicon wafer machine in a clean room at the Texas Instruments semiconductor fabrication plant in Dallas, Texas. Jason Janik | Bloomberg | Getty Images Take a look at the companies making headlines after the bell. Texas Instruments – Texas Instruments’ stock fell 1% in extended trading on Wednesday after
Tesla Inc CEO Elon Musk dances onstage during a delivery event for Tesla China-made Model 3 cars in Shanghai, China January 7, 2020. Aly Song | Reuters The very short-sellers that Elon Musk skewers frequently for betting against Tesla could ironically help the eccentric chief executive score a big payday. Nearly a fifth of Tesla
Square, the payment services provider founded and run by Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, has won a US patent to launch a new network that enables crypto-to-fiat transactions. Square was founded in 2009 by Jack Dorsey and Jim McKelvey in their hometown of St. Louis, around the same time as Dorsey’s other company, Twitter (NYSE:TWTR), was beginning to
Tough fiscal and policy decisions are ahead for the Area School District in Wisconsin after a state-appointed board denied its dissolution request. The district’s board late year took the rare step of petitioning the state to allow it to dissolve after voters rejected an April referendum to raise its operating rate levy. District officials had
Bitcoin’s lightning torch is back, and it’s zipped through at least 38 countries already. The torch is a digital game first ignited in January 2019 by pseudonymous bitcoin enthusiast Hodlonaut, known for his Twitter avatar of a cat in a spacesuit. Each “torchbearer” sends a tiny amount of bitcoin to the next. A key rule
Grayscale Investments has committed to financially supporting development of the ethereum classic (ETC) cryptocurrency for another two years. Announced Wednesday, the asset manager will continue to donate one-third of the management fees from its Grayscale Ethereum Classic Trust to the ETC Cooperative each quarter through 2021. “It is a big vote of confidence which we
Despite a roller-coaster ride in 2019, IPO investors made money, and they are starting off 2020 in the green as well. The Renaissance Capital IPO ETF, a basket of the most recent 60 or so larger IPOs, is at a historic high. It has dramatically outperformed the S&P 500 year-to-date, up nearly 9% versus a
Ginni Rometty, CEO of IBM on Mad Money to discuss IBM’s acquisition of Redhat. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after hours on Tuesday IBM — The technology company’s stock rose over 3% in extended trading on Tuesday after it reported fourth-quarter results that topped analysts’ estimates. IBM also gave guidance
Signage is seen at the entrance of the WeWork offices on Broad Street in New York. David ‘Dee’ Delgado | Bloomberg | Getty Images WeWork has sold its business management software company Teem and its minority stake in co-working start-up The Wing, the company announced Wednesday. Artie Minson, co-CEO of WeWork, said in a press
Global index and fund provider MSCI said Tuesday that investors need to more readily integrate ESG metrics, or a company’s environmental, social and governance factors, into investing philosophies. “We are sounding the alarm bells that if you are an investment institution and you’re not embracing this and taking it into account, it’s going to be
A Swiss government memo appears to show a softening in the nation’s stance towards Libra, the proposed digital coin led by Facebook (NASDAQ:FB), just weeks after its former president described the project as a failure. The memo, seen by Bloomberg, shows the Swiss government refusing to rule out the possibility that Libra may one day
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to tackle the state’s budget gap by controlling spending instead of with major revenue increases. Cuomo released his $178 billion 2021 fiscal year budget proposal Tuesday amid the Empire State grappling with a $6.1 billion shortfall tied largely to a $4 billion increase in Medicaid costs. The Democratic governor,
Six central banks have formed a working group with the Bank of International Settlements (BIS) to share findings as each investigates potential cases for central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). The group will be comprised of the central banks of Sweden, Canada, Switzerland, the U.K. and Japan, as well as the European Central Bank (ECB) and
Square Crypto, the payment company’s bitcoin-focused wing, is building a “Lightning Development Kit” for wallet and app developers to more easily build on the layer-2 solution. Announced Tuesday, the new kit includes an API, language tools, demo apps and other features to help developers integrate support for Lightning payments into their own wallets. Existing bitcoin
It’s good time to be a homebuilder. The iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF (ITB), which tracks the homebuilding stocks, surged Friday to highs not seen since 2006 following blockbuster data for U.S. housing starts, which jumped 16.9% to 13-year highs in December. The ETF touched a high of $47.55 in the day’s trading session before
FAANG stocks displayed at the Nasdaq. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Morgan Stanley and Nomura analysts on Friday raised their price targets for Apple stock as the tech giant’s shares continue to surge. However, the latter cautioned that inflated iPhone 12 expectations “may make the music stop” and questioned market enthusiasm about a “5G supercycle.” In
Three plaintiffs who have been involved in three separate lawsuits against Tether and its sister company Bitfinex have moved to consolidate their cases into one class-action suit. Court filings by David Leibowitz et al., Eric Young et al., and Bryan Faubus et al., accuse Tether and Bitfinex of creating “the largest bubble in human history”
Although municipal bond volume is anticipated to rise almost two billion, it won’t be nearly enough to satisfy investors’ thirst for the asset class. There is a clear theme to the expected issuance, as it is heavy on taxable corporate CUSIP healthcare bonds. IHS Ipreo is estimating supply will come in at $7.12 billion, up
CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto at the annual gathering of the world’s economic and political elite. Below is the first edition of our pop-up newsletter, CoinDesk Confidential: Davos. Subscribe below. Get your Fourth Industrial Revolution hardhats on – it’s time to ponder the slew of problems
The South Korean government is said to be considering imposing a 20 percent tax on all cryptocurrency transactions. South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported Monday that officials from the Ministry of Economy and Finance’s income tax office had been reviewing a new proposal that could see the country adopt a clearer regime for how it
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on November 04, 2019 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines midday Monday: Tesla — Tesla rose more than 6% after Oppenheimer hiked its price target for the electric car maker to $612 per share
A man runs past the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Bloomberg There already have been six new all-time highs for stocks in the 12 trading days of 2020, putting the S&P 500 up close to 3% since the year started. After a 2019 in which the equity index gained over 30%, is it too much,
Ethereum (ETH) continues to gather pace after an impressive start to the year. The second-largest cryptocurrency by market cap has already risen to a two-month high of $165 after a 13% rally this week. Over the past month, the cryptocurrency has rallied by more than 35% and is showing no signs of slowing down. Ethereum
Chicago’s $1.5 billion sale of general obligation refunding bonds and Sales Tax Securitization Corp. debt generated $310 million of savings for budget relief this year and next, city officials said. The deals that priced Wednesday and Thursday marked the first bond issues by Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s administration. Lightfoot’s $11.65 billion 2020 budget relies on $210
This is part of a series of op-eds previewing the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. CoinDesk will be on the ground in Davos from Jan. 20–24 chronicling all things crypto at the annual gathering of the world’s economic and political elite. Follow along by subscribing to our pop-up newsletter, CoinDesk Confidential: Davos. Jeremy Allaire is co-founder, chairman
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A pedestrian walks by Morgan Stanley headquarters in New York. Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Morgan Stanley — Morgan Stanley shares jumped more than 7% after the bank posted quarterly profit numbers that easily beat expectations. The company earned $1.30 per share on revenue of $10.86 billion. Analysts polled
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