Cardano is close to attaining the title of a fully-fledged smart contracts platform following a critical upgrade in mid-July. The project’s founder Charles Hoskinson confirmed that they recently processed the sales of more than $10 million worth of non-fungible tokens atop their public ledger. Moreover, an NFT and DeFi Marketplace called the Spores Network, which raised $2.3
A worker hoists a flight chain at the Calder Brothers’ facility in Taylors, South Carolina, U.S., July 19, 2021. Brandon Granger | Calder Brothers Corporation | Reuters The U.S. economy is now larger than it was before the pandemic, but its growth rate may have peaked this year at a much slower pace than expected.
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, June 25, 2021. Source: NYSE We’re halfway through second-quarter earnings. The results not only continue to beat forecasts by a wide margin, but estimates for the third and fourth quarter — and now even for 2022 — are continuing to rise. And most say estimates
In this article AMZN SWKS GILD TMUS PINS A worker assembles a box for delivery at the Amazon fulfillment center in Baltimore, Maryland, U.S., April 30, 2019. Clodagh Kilcoyne | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines Thursday after the bell: Amazon — Amazon shares fell more than 6% in after-hours trading after the company reported its first
The Biden administration announced Thursday that it will permit a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled the moratorium would only be extended until the end of the month. According to The Associated Press, the White House said President Biden would have preferred to extend
In this article KIM Foot traffic at Kimco Realty‘s shopping centers has returned to pre-pandemic levels, CEO Conor Flynn told CNBC on Thursday. “Traffic is back to 2019 levels, and we have a real playbook now that we can follow thanks to all the lessons learned through the pandemic,” Flynn said on “The Exchange.” “We
As climate change accelerates, electric grids are expected to experience severe weather events that are well beyond the historical conditions for which they were built. In this session, moderator Donald J. Gonzales, senior managing director of the San Antonio office of Estrada Hinojosa & Co., Inc. is joined by panelists Chris Jumper, director of Assured;
Chinese technology stocks listed in the US are set for their worst month since the global financial crisis after global investors dumped shares following a regulatory crackdown by Beijing. The Nasdaq Golden Dragon China index, which tracks Chinese tech stocks listed in New York, has fallen 22 per cent in July, putting it on course
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is pushing for regulation that would ensure bitcoin remains a good store of value. If the cryptocurrency “is to become what El Salvador has done, legal tender, then we need to make sure that we are using it in ways that comply with the Bank Secrecy Act and anti-money laundering laws,”
Bitcoin (BTC) bulls are locked in a battle with bears in order to take control of the $40,000 level and dovish comments from U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell suggest that loose monetary policies will remain in place for the foreseeable future. Generally, the crypto ecosystem is “cautiously optimistic” about further price rises as the fallout
A bankruptcy judge conditionally approved a Disclosure Statement on Puerto Rico’s $35 billion debt restructuring proposal, sending it to debt holder voters later this year. The Puerto Rico Oversight Board told the bankruptcy court during the Thursday hearing that the board was considering two alternative approaches to passing its Plan of Adjustment after Puerto Rico
Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images The U.S. Marshals Service, one of the primary law enforcement agencies of the Department of Justice, has hired custodian Anchorage Digital for cryptocurrency seized or forfeited in various criminal cases. The Marshals Service has spent more than a year seeking a custodian and financial services provider for its stockpile of
The 20th anniversary of the 9/11 tragedy is less than two months away. There will be many commemorations, many reflections on how downtown New York and the country has changed since then. But for the people who lived and worked downtown during that time and are still with us, this is also time to take
Federal Reserve Jerome Powell testifies during a Senate Banking Committee hearing on “The Quarterly CARES Act Report to Congress” on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., December 1, 2020. Susan Walsh | Reuters The Federal Reserve has edged closer to winding down its bond buying program, but some market pros say the central bank could now
Real estate agents perform a critical function in the American housing landscape, bringing buyers and sellers together and making certain each side is responsibly represented. Recently, however, a number of class-action lawsuits and a Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation have been initiated against all the largest national real estate brokerages. These attacks contend that, because
Major credit ratings agencies this week downgraded China’s most indebted property developer Evergrande, as concerns over Asia’s junk bond sector rise. Fitch Ratings on Wednesday downgraded China Evergrande one notch from B to CCC, saying that the negative developments surrounding Evergrande may weaken investor confidence, further pressuring its liquidity. A rating of CCC means there’s
The Federal Reserve has toyed for years with opening something called a standing repo facility to prevent short-term rates markets from blowing up. Following a 2019 disruption and another early in the pandemic, the central bank finally took that step. The Marriner S. Eccles Federal Reserve building Bloomberg News The permanent repurchase-agreement facility, one for
China’s securities regulator has sought to ease concerns among international investors and banks after tough new restrictions on private education companies sent shockwaves through markets. Regulators in Beijing held a call with executives from global investors, Wall Street banks and Chinese financial groups on Wednesday night, according to three people familiar with the matter. One
Bitcoin (BTC) traders might be feeling extra euphoric after the recent 35% rally, but data suggests bears are not too worried because a similar breakout took place in mid-July and the price failed to hold the $40,000 support. To understand how bullish investors are this time around, let’s take apart the derivatives data and look
Municipals were a touch weaker outside of 15 years Wednesday as U.S. Treasury yields rose after the Federal Open Market Committee minutes were released but pared back losses as the afternoon progressed and were back at Tuesday’s levels near the close. The tapering conversation continues, but Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome Powell said the FOMC
Just $20 million of the $1 billion in cryptocurrency that Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin donated to a Covid-19 relief fund in India has so far been cashed out and distributed to aid recipients. Figuring out why the process is not as frictionless as crypto users would hope is the focus of a recent interview
Changpeng Zhao, CEO of Binance, speaks during a TV interview in Tokyo, Japan, on Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images The boss of cryptocurrency exchange Binance says he’s willing to step down from his role as the company seeks to become a regulated financial institution. Speaking at a virtual press
In this article TDOC SBUX GOOGL AAPL The logo of Alphabet Inc’s Google outside the company’s office in Beijing, China, August 8, 2018. Thomas Peter | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines Tuesday after the bell: Alphabet — Google-parent Alphabet saw its shares jump about 3% after a blowout quarterly earnings report. The technology
The views of Mexico’s San Miguel de Allende command premium prices that luxury homebuyers happily pay. The beyond picturesque views of San Miguel de Allende truly matter to luxury buyers, according to Joseph W. Lown, a top producing agent at the leading luxury brokerage firm CDR San Miguel. “Because of topography, views are the number one
A “For Sale” sign is seen in front of a home on May 30, 2019 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Home prices continue to break records, as strong demand slams up against weak supply. Nationally, prices in May were 16.6% higher than in May 2020, according to the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller home
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board reached a deal for an improved treatment of the Puerto Rico Infrastructure and Finance Authority rum tax bonds with two bond insurers, which had been key opponents of the central government debt deal. The board announced the deal with Ambac Assurance and Financial Guaranty Insurance Company Tuesday morning in a
Apple, Microsoft and Alphabet said on Tuesday that their latest revenues and earnings had surged above the stock market’s already optimistic expectations, confirming that demand for their digital services and gadgets continued to soar as some countries began to emerge from the pandemic. Apple Apple’s profits almost doubled in its latest quarter to $21.7bn, as
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned against adopting cryptocurrencies, like bitcoin, as legal tender. Noting numerous risks and costs involved, the IMF does not see crypto assets catching on as a national currency. IMF Warns of Risks in Adopting Cryptocurrencies as National Currency The International Monetary Fund (IMF) published a blog post on Monday
Decentralized finance (DeFi) remains one of the fastest-growing subsectors of the cryptocurrency ecosystem and newly launched platforms looking to grow their userbase and attract liquidity typically offer high-interest staking pools for the first few weeks after launching. One new project that has steadily gained traction in terms of user growth and total value locked (TVL) since
Municipals were slightly firmer in secondary trading while new-issues were repriced to lower yields from initial pricing wires. U.S. Treasuries were stronger and equities sold off ahead of the FOMC meeting Wednesday. The current market technicals combined with a slowdown in issuance is creating a general malaise in the municipal market, according to a New