DeFi lending protocols have attracted billions of dollars in liquidity provision by offering huge returns, however the sector badly needs more fixed rate lending options according to one researcher. A number of protocols, including Yield Protocol, UMA Protocol, and Mainframe are already venturing into fixed rate lending and borrowing markets for crypto collateral. According to
Month: October 2020
David Parnes and James Harris two of Los Angeles’ top luxury brokers The Agency Two Top Million Dollar Listing Los Angeles brokers discuss the luxury market. James Harris and David Parnes are long-time cast members of Bravo’s hit reality real estate show. They sell high ticket properties that define Los Angeles’ luxury market. As Principals
The Bitcoin network hashrate has dropped significantly over the last four days sliding from a high of 161 exahash per second (EH/s) to 90 EH/s on October 27. Today, the Bitcoin hashrate has improved a hair as the network’s security is currently hovering around 100 EH/s. However, the mempool log of unconfirmed transactions has spiked
Father and daughter out for a walk getty Health is retirement’s biggest wild card, the difference between activity, independence, and financial security – or worry, constraint, and financial insecurity. Today’s newly minted Boomer retirees can look forward to longer and healthier retirements, perhaps extended by medical breakthroughs. But at the same time, more of them
Fitch Ratings cut the outlook to negative from stable Wednesday on Chicago’s BBB-minus general obligation bond rating. The action increases the risk that the city will be saddled with a second speculative-grade bond rating. Moody’s Investors Service cut the city to junk five years ago. Fitch Ratings assigned a negative outlook to Chicago bonds Wednesday.Bloomberg
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At this rate it wouldn’t be unreasonable to expect an extraterrestrial invasion before the year is out. One of the more irritating aspects of… by Simon Black of Sovereign Man In early 1948, a group of US Air Force officers was working on a secret research project in the California desert codenamed MX981. The purpose
After a period of cooling off its impact on the markets, fear of the coronavirus played havoc on Wall Street again today. Consequentially, the tech heavy Nasdaq had its worst day since early September, dropping by almost 4%. In times like these, a more comprehensive stock analysis can steer investors in the direction of returns.
The stock market is selling off hard on rising virus cases and election uncertainty, and it faces another big test Thursday when Big Tech favorites report earnings. “I think it may be we’re beginning to see a sea change about tech valuations,” said Peter Boockvar, chief investment strategist at Bleakley Advisory Group. He noted that
by Lance Roberts Here we go again. After plunging to new lows, the calls for the end of the “bond bull” market mount each time rates rise. Is this time the end of the “bond bull?” Or, is there another huge bond-buying opportunity to come? We recently reduced our exposure to bonds, the first time in years, due
The implementation of smart contracts in business is expected to speed up transactions and enable digitization of a wide variety of physical assets, such as oil and gold. But the legal and regulatory underpinnings of smart contracts are still shaky and rife with their own set of problems. Resolving disputes between parties is the biggest
CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday that a lack of coronavirus stimulus is making it difficult for investors to buy stocks as the Covid-19 outbreak in the United States worsens. “It’s very hard to buy a lot of stocks when you see these numbers,” Cramer said on “Squawk Box,” as U.S. equities were headed to steep
Germany’s federal and state governments agreed on Wednesday to shut down parts of the economy and toughen restrictions on social contact, in a bid to stem a record rise in coronavirus infection rates. As the rise in infections stoked alarm across the continent, France’s president Emmanuel Macron announced a new one-month national lockdown. Stocks slumped
US and European equities slid on Wednesday as coronavirus cases soared across both regions. The US benchmark S&P 500 fell 3.5 per cent, its biggest one-day loss since June, putting the index on course for its worst weekly performance since the market ructions in March. More than 95 per cent of the stocks that make
We are less than one month away from the next CFP exam window, meaning hundreds of candidates for CFP certification are busy studying and preparing to accomplish a major career milestone. Spanning approximately 72 financial planning topics across eight subject areas, the CFP exam is among the most comprehensive of professional examinations, testing candidates’ ability
In an announcement on Wednesday, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted SoFi a conditional license to operate as a national bank in the United States. The OCC is the office of the U.S. Treasury that regulates federal banks throughout the country. SoFi, which stands for Social Finance, is a fintech startup
It was mid-April when it all began to sink in, instead of just being something real estate brokers, developers, and investors theorized about. Within a week of America locking down as COVID-19 began sweeping the nation, tens of thousands of New Yorkers fled all five city boroughs in the fastest out-migration since September 11th. Many
A contractor works on a house under construction at a KB Home development in Gibsonton, Florida. Luke Sharrett | Bloomberg | Getty Images Property data and analytics firm CoreLogic has received multiple potential takeover bids that value the company at north of $80 a share, sources tell CNBC’s David Faber. The multiple parties interested in
Libertyx has added a cash-out option to its 5,000 bitcoin ATMs. The CEO says this addition triples the number of bitcoin ATMs that allow users to cash out their bitcoin. He shares his business model with news.Bitcoin.com, providing insight into the bitcoin ATM usage trends he is seeing. 5,000 Bitcoin ATMs Now With Cash-Out Option
Biden picking Rhode Island Governor Gina Raimondo as next Secretary of the Treasury makes as much … [+] sense as picking Dracula to oversee the national blood bank. getty Apparently Joe Biden’s transition team is considering Gina Raimondo, the hugely unpopular governor of Rhode Island as the next Secretary of the Treasury should Biden win.
Michigan released Detroit’s public school system from active fiscal oversight, a reward for fiscal gains that followed the state’s 2016 bailout that brightens its future case for joining the ranks of municipal borrowers. The Detroit Financial Review Commission in a vote this week granted a waiver to Detroit Public Schools and Detroit Public Schools Community
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Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why gold is likely to be the biggest winner of them all? by Arkadiusz Sieron of Sunshine Profits Trump and Biden debated for the second and last time in this campaign. So, who will win, and why
General Electric surprised investors with a quarterly profit as power and renewable energy sales rose, sending its shares up almost 9%. GE (GE) earned an adjusted 6 cents per share in the third quarter compared to the same period last year, while analysts had expected the industrial conglomerate to incur a loss of 4 cents
An employee of Tupperware Brands Corporation is at work on the production line at the group’s plant in Joue-les-Tours, centre France, on the day of its 40th anniversary. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER (Photo credit should read JEAN-FRANCOIS MONIER/AFP/Getty Images) Jean-Francois Monier | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday
I hope Americans realize how dangerously brazen it is that Dems are openly calling to pack/expand the court. They are literally saying that winning the Senate & Presidency wouldn’t be enough power, so they want more. If there was ever a reason to vote, this would be it. — Dan Crenshaw (@DanCrenshawTX) October 27, 2020
There are many reasons to commemorate the decade since 2008, but the 10th birthday of Bitcoin is one that’s both surprising and encouraging. Bitcoin’s controversial and volatile nature has a way of obscuring the greater picture in favor of whatever crazy news about it dominate the day’s headlines. This could be why it seems Bitcoin’s
Hari Moorthy, Goldman Sachs global head of transaction banking. Source: Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs wants to help any company in the world become a bank. The firm has just released software that allows clients to embed banking services into their own products as part of a push to break into the $32 billion a year
Deutsche Bank returned to profit for the first time since early 2019 as a surge in bond trading, falling costs and lower provisions for bad loans buoyed Germany’s largest lender. The bank’s fixed-income trading revenues climbed 47 per cent in the third quarter, it said on Wednesday, surpassing the average 26 per cent rise recorded
GE beat expectations for revenues and profitability in a quarter in which the coronavirus pandemic continued to weigh down on its core industries, and the industrial conglomerate delivered improved margins in every business except aviation. The group’s shares rallied almost 7 per cent in pre-market trading after third quarter adjusted earnings of 6 cents per
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