Coinbase, Spirit Airlines, Robinhood and more

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Spirit Airlines — The budget airline’s shares fell more than 7% amid news that advisory firm Institutional Shareholder Services told S...

Spirit Airlines, BioNTech, Robinhood and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Spirit Airlines (SAVE) – Spirit Airlines lost 4.7% in the premarket after saying it would accept the latest improved takeover bid from Frontie...

Nike, La-Z-Boy, Altria Group, Coinbase, Dow & more

People walk past a store of the sporting goods retailer Nike Inc. at a shopping complex in Beijing, China March 25, 2021. Florence Lo | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in midday tradi...

Bitcoin crash ‘absolutely’ a buying opportunity, Michael Saylor says

“‘Nobody has ever lost money investing in bitcoin for four years.’” That was MicroStrategy MSTR, +3.88% CEO and bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.27% optimist Michael Saylor talking about the recent dip in bitcoin p...

Bitcoin crash: These three metrics show how bad the carnage is, and what to expect next

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Coinbase lays off 18% as execs prepare for recession, ‘crypto winter’

Coinbase Founder and CEO Brian Armstrong attends Consensus 2019 at the Hilton Midtown on May 15, 2019 in New York City. Steven Ferdman | Getty Images Coinbase is laying off almost a fifth of its workf...

Continental Resources, Oracle, National Vision and more

Take a look at some of the biggest movers in the premarket: Continental Resources (CLR) – The oil and natural gas producer’s stock rallied 7.4% in the premarket after receiving a $70 per share &...

Astra Space, Amazon, Revlon, Prologis & more

Amazon is “definitely a stock to own,” according to Sid Choraria, a senior portfolio manager who previously attracted the attention of Warren Buffett. Klaus-Dietmar Gabbert | Picture Allia...

Coinbase CEO tells workers to quit if they don’t believe in top execs, after petition for leadership changes

Coinbase Global Inc. has had a rough stretch lately, as plunging prices for cryptocurrencies have dampened trading interest and prompted the company to curtail rapid hiring plans. The company also see...

Ethereum close to its major upgrade, but why has it fallen more than bitcoin?

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‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed

When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...

Coinbase hiring pause for ‘foreseeable future’ and will rescind offers

Two weeks after announcing plans to slow hiring, crypto exchange Coinbase now says the freeze will extend into the “foreseeable future.” The company will also be pulling some accepted job ...

Turning Point Therapeutics, Lululemon, RH and others

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Turning Point Therapeutics (TPTX) – The biopharmaceutical company’s shares more than doubled in premarket trading after agreeing to be a...

Crypto deals help fuel NBA sponsorship money to $1.6 billion

In this photo illustration a Coinbase logo is displayed on a smartphone with a NBA logo in the background. Thiago Prudencio | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cryptocurrency companies helped f...

Binance raises $500 million fund to invest in Web3 startups

Binance is the world’s biggest cryptocurrency exchange, handling $490 billion of spot trading volumes in March 2022. Akio Kon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Binance, the world’s largest crypto...

Ethereum could ‘take over everything’, and there won’t be a multi-chain future, says EY’s blockchain leader

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Opinion: Strong insider buying suggests a 15% rally in the S&P 500 from here

One of the troubling things about this market downturn is that as brutal as it got, corporate insiders never showed much interest in their discounted stocks. That’s changed in a big way. They’re bulli...

Andreessen Horowitz raises $4.5 billion crypto fund in down market

Chris Dixon, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz, discusses cryptocurrency during the TechCrunch Disrupt forum in San Francisco, October 2, 2019. Kate Munsch | Reuters Andreessen Horowitz plans to ...

EBay enters NFT business, with assist from hockey icon Wayne Gretzky

The headquarters of eBay in San Jose, California. Getty Images EBay is getting into NFTs — with an assist from hockey legend Wayne Gretzky. The company announced Monday that it’s launching 13 li...

You bought. They sold. Meet some of the insiders who unloaded $35 billion in stock amid the tech IPO bonanza before it tanked.

A year ago, Heather Hasson and Catherine “Trina” Spear traveled from Santa Monica, Calif., to New York to ring the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. The co–chief executives of FIGS, an onli...

Robinhood to allow users hold their own crypto and NFTs

Vlad Tenev, CEO and co-founder Robinhood Markets, Inc., is displayed on a screen during his company’s IPO at the Nasdaq Market site in Times Square in New York City, U.S., July 29, 2021. Brendan McDer...

Coinbase (COIN) to slow hiring amid plunge in crypto and tech stocks

Coinbase reported a 27% decline in revenues in the first quarter as usage of the platform dipped. Chesnot | Getty Images Coinbase has become the latest tech company to warn of a slowdown in hiring. Th...

Investor interest in equity and crypto-focused funds picking up despite the sell-off, Tifin CEO says

A Wall Street subway station near the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, on Monday, Jan. 3, 2022. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Search interest for stock funds remains strong despi...

Crypto investor Barry Silbert offers sympathy and advice to those who have lost fortunes this week

Billionaire crypto investor, Barry Silbert, the founder and CEO of Digital Currency Group, on Saturday offered sympathy and advice to those who have lost fortunes recently. It’s been a tough six month...

Roblox, Electronic Arts, Coinbase, RealReal and more

An attendee tries out a Electronic Arts video game during the annual Studio Showcase media event at the company’s headquarters in Redwood City, California. Tony Avelar | Bloomberg | Getty Images...

Grayscale tells SEC that turning biggest bitcoin fund into ETF will unlock $8 billion for investors

Michael Sonnenshein, CEO, Grayscale Investments at the NYSE, April 18, 2022. Source: NYSE Grayscale, the asset manager running the world’s largest bitcoin fund, met privately with the Securities...

Wendy’s, Krispy Kreme, Perrigo and more

Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Wendy’s (WEN) –Wendy’s reported adjusted profit of 17 cents per share, 1 cent below estimates, with revenue and same-store sales a...

Coinbase, Roblox, Electronic Arts and more

The logo for Coinbase Global Inc, the biggest U.S. cryptocurrency exchange, is displayed on the Nasdaq MarketSite jumbotron and others at Times Square in New York, U.S., April 14, 2021. Shannon Staple...

Coinbase shares plunge almost 80% from November high, amid selloffs of crypto stocks and funds

Shares of crypto-related companies and funds ended sharply lower Monday, with Coinbase’s shares finishing at the lowest level in history, as both bitcoin and major U.S. stock indexes finished at multi...

Mark Cuban: ‘Crypto is going through the lull that the internet went through’

Billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban thinks that cryptocurrency is on the same downswing that tech and internet companies hit in the early 2000s. Bitcoin hit a 10-month low as U,S. stocks continued to ...

Stock futures are slightly higher after S&P 500 falls to its lowest level in more than a year

U.S. stock futures are slightly higher on Monday night after the S&P 500 fell to its lowest point in more than a year. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures rose by 81 points, or 0.3%. S&P 500 ...

Singapore fintech Nium plans aggressive expansion in Europe

Europe’s fintech sector is fiercely competitive, with privately-held start-ups worth tens of billions of dollars vying to steal market share from incumbent banks. Oscar Wong | Moment | Getty Ima...