What if sperm were uploaded — or perhaps, erm, unloaded — onto the Bitcoin network, and those seeking to become pregnant could turn the emotional, complex task into something more approachable, where they choose the right swimmers on the blockchain according to attributes like education level, hobbies and physical attributes? Wei Escala is the founder
Bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain rejected a proposed committee to represent retail holders in Puerto Rico’s debt restructuring while she allowed parties representing Debt Recovery Authority bondholders to continue their efforts to protect their collateral from Oversight Board actions. Swain made both rulings at Wednesday’s omnibus hearing for the Puerto Rico bankruptcy. Puerto Rico Bankruptcy
Joe Biden will catapult his climate change agenda on Thursday by signing an executive order calling for half of all new vehicles sold in the US to be electric by 2030 as part of plans to slash transport emissions. The US president will announce the target as he lays out plans to reinstate and toughen
In this article VRA VERA A woman walks past JPMorgan Chase & Co’s international headquarters on Park Avenue in New York. Andrew Burton | Reuters JPMorgan Chase‘s new healthcare unit has made its first investment, CNBC has learned exclusively. The bank has agreed to invest $50 million in Vera Whole Health, a Seattle-based start-up that
In this article ROKU UBER WYNN MGM EA ETSY Josh Silverman, CEO of Etsy. Adam Jeffery | CNBC Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Etsy — Etsy shares fell 14% in extended trading despite reporting second-quarter adjusted income and revenues ahead of what analysts had forecast. The company also provided third-quarter financial
To determine which places have experienced the biggest growth in employment, we used the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Current Employment Statistics (CES) to analyze nonfarm payrolls from 389 of the largest metro areas in the U.S., in terms of their one-year growth (May 2020 to 2021 and June 2020 to 2021) in absolute numbers and
In this article MGP VICI MGM Resorts International President and CEO Bill Hornbuckle is interviewed during the launch of the 100-megawatt MGM Resorts Mega Solar Array, the hospitality industry’s largest directly sourced renewable electricity project in the world on June 28, 2021 in Dry Lake Valley, Nevada. Gabe Ginsberg | Getty Images Real estate investment
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On Wednesday, the non-fungible token (NFT) market platform Makersplace secured $30 million in a Series A financing round. The team behind the NFT marketplace says it plans to leverage the funds to “acquire additional talent and scale the business.” While the Series A was co-led by Pantera Capital and Bessemer Venture Partners, the world-famous hip
Ethereum advocates are bubbling with anticipation over the upcoming London hardfork which is scheduled to take place at block height 12,965,000 on Aug. 5. Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows that the price of Ether rallied from a low at $2,450 in the early hours on August 4 to an intraday high at
The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco has declined to comply with a document request by Sen. Patrick Toomey as part of the Pennsylvania Republican’s investigation into Fed research on topics including climate change and racial justice. A Republican aide on the Senate Banking Committee who is familiar with the matter said that instead of
Illinois’ flawed pension funding system weighs heavily on the ratings of some struggling local government ratings and legislative action to date has made little headway in solving the quagmire, S&P Global Ratings warns. State legislative action consolidating suburban and downstate public safety funds and moving Chicago to an actuarial-based contribution help but they fall short
Employees of Archegos Capital Management face losses of about half a billion dollars after the value of a deferred pay plan set up by the firm crashed along with its other investments. The family office run by Bill Hwang is yet to release money it owes to former employees, who saw the value of their
SpaceX rolls out Super Heavy Booster 4 in preparation for the company’s first orbital Starship launch. Elon Musk SpaceX on Tuesday rolled out the rocket booster that the company plans to use to launch the first Starship orbital flight, and Elon Musk shared photos of the enormous vehicle. A look inside SpaceX’s high bay after
Gary Gensler, chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), speaks during a Senate Banking Committee hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images The head of the SEC says that crypto assets need a lot more regulation before they can move forward. Speaking at the
Ramin Talaie | Corbis News | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Lyft — The ride sharing company’s stock gained more than 1% after it reported quarterly results that beat analysts’ estimates. The company said demand continued growing in July even with heightened Covid-19 cases. Lyft reported a loss of
Elik Jaeger President & CEO at SuiteSpot Technology, frictionless facilities management PropTech for multifamily operators. As an asset manager, it’s your responsibility to ensure that your assets remain competitive and relevant, manage risk, drive revenue growth, and consequently find ways to increase the value of your property. If those assets include multifamily properties, that’s a challenging
In this article CATL-SG Easy credit is becoming less available in China’s real estate market, but CapitaLand Group’s Andrew Lim says fiscally prudent firms could stand to benefit. “In the current climate where other companies may be more fiscally challenged without access to credit, we’re now in the position to sort of level the playing
Bitcoin (BTC) might have failed to sustain the $42,000 support, and for many, this is a slightly bearish sign. Interestingly, the downward move occurred shortly after Saudi Aramco, KSA’s largest oil exporter, denied claiming to start mining Bitcoin. Top traders at exchanges seized the opportunity to add leverage-long positions, a clear bullishness indicator. Furthermore, margin
Municipals struck a firmer tone on the short end Tuesday as the new-issue calendar got underway, with strong competitive loans, while U.S. Treasuries held steady and equities strengthened into the afternoon. Triple-A benchmark yield curves were bumped on the short end as bonds inside of 10 years have been more tightly bid. Municipal-to-UST ratios were
By the end of June 2021, 2.91 million unique Ethereum addresses had interacted with at least one DeFi protocol, representing 65% growth from the previous quarter. “As community driven education, simple user interfaces, appealing yields, and general awareness around DeFi best practices increased throughout the quarter, so too did the number of new addresses,” the
Federal Reserve Governor Christopher Waller said that if the next two monthly U.S. employment reports show continued gains, he could back an announcement soon on scaling back the central bank’s bond purchases. “I think you could be ready to do an announcement by September,” Waller said Monday in an interview on CNBC. “That depends on
Tencent has announced new restrictions limiting how long minors can play its online games after the Chinese internet group came under intense pressure from state media, which labelled the gaming industry a “spiritual opium”. In a social media post, the company said it was introducing the measures after “relevant authorities” requested greater protection of minors
In this article RKT Signage for Rocket Mortgage by Quicken Loans is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn borough of New York, U.S., on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. Gabby Jones | Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Rocket Companies jumped as much as 8% on Monday after the
In this article UIS SPG TTWO Shoppers ascend and descend escalators at the King of Prussia Mall, owned by Simon Property Group, United State’s largest retail shopping space, in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania. Mark Makela | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Take-Two Interactive Software — The video game company saw
Suspended in a place and time when old money was new is a luxury compound along the elite Upper St. Regis Lake in New York that is going up for auction. Known as Camp Limberlost, the storied and iconic property valued at $10 million will be sold by Platinum Luxury Auctions on August 14 without reserve, meaning the
Bill Oxford | iStock | Getty Images Although the national ban on evictions is now over, a number of states have issued their own protections for renters that will last for months more. These local policies can buy tenants time to get approved for federal rental assistance and help them to stay in their homes.
Bank of America has outlined some benefits to be had from adopting bitcoin as legal tender in El Salvador. The opportunities include low-cost remittances, financial digitization, more choices, and greater investments from foreign companies. Bank of America Highlights Opportunities Bitcoin Brings to El Salvador as Legal Tender Bank of America (BOA) outlined some potential benefits
Bitcoin (BTC) dropped back below $39,000 on Aug. 2, suggesting that short-term traders were booking profits after the price failed to close above $42,451.67. However, lower levels could again attract buying as seen in late July. Data from Santiment showed that Bitcoin held on wallet addresses storing between 100 and 10,000 Bitcoin rose to a