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SEC unethically going after crypto companies outside of its jurisdiction
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), along with its chairman Gary Gensler, were lambasted during the House Committee on Financial Services on Tuesday by Republican Senator Tom Emmer. He accus...
How New Tech Companies Can Leverage NFTs to Create a Legacy
NFTs were an important part of our internet experience last year, and have continued to maintain relevance for the better part of this year as well. It’s hard to remember what brand tried their hands ...
Crypto exchange Gemini undertakes second round of layoffs: TechCrunch
Crypto exchange startup Gemini has laid off more staff, according to a report from TechCrunch. Gemini reportedly moved to trim its staff further due to “extreme cost cutting.” “The c...
Crypto lender Celsius loaned $75 million to Three Arrows Capital
Crypto lender Celsius loaned $75 million to collapsed hedge fund Three Arrows Capital (3AC). Documents obtained by The Block show that Celsius made two loans in the stablecoin USDC to 3AC. One loan ...
Berkshire Nears 20% Stake in Occidental Petroleum After New Buys
Text size Berkshire CEO Warren Buffett has been steadily adding to his company’s position in Occidental for months. Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg Berkshire Hathaway continues to add its stake in Occid...
Christie’s launches venture fund, makes first investment in web3 company
Christie’s, the renowned British art and luxury business, has launched an investment fund that will aim to support emerging technology and fintech companies related to the art market. The new fu...
S&P 500: What Recession? 8 Companies’ Profit Is About To Boom 350% Or More
This earnings season isn’t much to look forward to for most S&P 500 investors. But some outliers are about to put up giant profit growth. X Analysts think eight S&P 500 companies — inclu...
Funding Roundup: Crypto Companies in India, Germany Secure VC Funds
5ire becomes blockchain unicorn after securing valuation reaches $1.5 billion following fundraising Gnosis Safe rebrands as “Safe” and raised $100 million in funding led by early-stage crypto fund 1kx...
Lines web3 messaging platform raises $4 million seed round
Lines, a new crypto messaging platform, has raised $4 million in a seed round led by former Twitter VP Elad Gil, according to its co-founder Sahil Handa. “There is a rapidly increasing number of peopl...
Fastly Cloud Computing Traffic Bumped Higher. That Should Boost the Stock.
Text size These reports, excerpted and edited by Barron’s, were issued recently by investment and research firms. The reports are a sampling of analysts’ thinking; they should not be considered the vi...
Tired Of High Energy Prices? U.S. Companies Push For Cheaper, Climate Friendlier Fuels
WASHINGTON, DC – APRIL 11: Gasoline prices hover around $4.00 a gallon for the least expensive grade … [+] at several gas stations in the nation’s capital on April 11, 2022 in Washin...
Longevity And Aging Should Be Part Of Every Companies’ People Strategy Says Organizational Expert
A longevity economy impacts more than just businesses wanting to understand better the needs of … [+] their customers. It also impacts people on a personally level who must plan ahead for a long...
Western companies face ‘existential crisis’ as fears grow of Chinese invasion of Taiwan
taiwan illo Days after the Ukraine conflict erupted, Apple, BMW, McDonald’s and other Western giants lined up to announce they were quitting Russia in protest. “This moment calls for unity, it c...
Jeremy Siegel on Why Today’s Inflation Is Different From the 1970s
Illustration by Elias Stein Text size This isn’t a rerun of the 1970s, argues Jeremy Siegel, the author of the seminal Stocks for the Long Run and a professor emeritus of finance at the University of ...
Circle discloses $55.7 billion worth of cash, Treasury reserves
Circle issued its first monthly report closely detailing reserves for its US-dollar backed stablecoin, showing $55.7 billion in cash and three-month US Treasury securities at the end of June. The fin...
Congressional Investigation Finds Bitcoin Companies Consume as Much Energy as Houston
Alex Dovbnya Largest U.S. Bitcoin mining companies consume as much energy as all Houston households combined An investigation conducted by congressional Democrats has found that the top seven U.S. Bit...
Solar Stocks: These Companies Plummet After Manchin Nixes Climate Spending
Solar stocks booked heavy losses Friday morning after Sen. Joe Manchin told Senate leadership that he would not support an economic package that included new federal spending on clean energy. X Lawmak...
GM Stock: Two Warren Buffett Companies Unite For EV Fast-Charging Network; EVgo Soars
General Motors (GM) plans to build an EV fast-charging network with Pilot Company and EVgo (EVGO), as the U.S. spends billions for charging infrastructure to support the swelling numbers of electric c...
SEC Chair: ‘basic disclosures’ by crypto companies will benefit investors
US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler says the public can benefit more if crypto platforms were able to offer even the most basic of disclosures. Gensler, who has reiterated s...
SEC Considers Exempting Crypto Companies From Certain Securities Laws
United States Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler, in an interview, said that the agency might consider exempting crypto companies from certain securities laws. The United States Sec...
SEC opens door to greater scrutiny of crypto companies
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) could tailor disclosures to suit crypto companies, Chair Gary Gensler said Thursday, offering new insight into the commission’s future rulemaking. Gensl...
Polygon Among Five Other Companies to Participate in Disney’s 2022 Accelerator Program
Polygon, an Ethereum-based Layer-2 scaling solution, has been selected to participate in Disney’s 2022 Accelerator program. It is the only blockchain project chosen by Disney for the program, along wi...
Toys Are Staples, Making Mattel a Buy in a Recession, Says Analyst
Shares of Mattel rose this past Monday, but fell for the week, after an upgrade from Goldman Sachs analyst Michael Ng, who argued that the toy maker had the ability to navigate economic uncertainties....