TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring...
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Bitcoin rallies back above $20,000 on Sunday, after hitting 18-month low
Bitcoin prices rallied Sunday, topping the $20,000 level again after falling to an 18-month low Saturday amid a weeks-long cryptocurrency rout. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.48% surged about 16% in the past 24 h...
Fed’s Waller backs another jumbo interest-rate hike in July
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Saturday that he would like to see another 75 basis point interest rate hike at the next policy meeting in late July. Waller supported the Fed’s decision t...
What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds
Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...
The Lords of Money Pose Massive Threats to Markets
Think the Fed’s job is hard? At least the U.S. Federal Reserve can concentrate on fighting inflation. In Japan and Europe, the central banks are battling the markets, not merely price rises. That’s le...
Oil prices end lower to break a string of weekly gains as demand worries linger
Oil futures finished with a loss on Friday, with U.S. and global benchmark prices ending a streak of weekly gains, as investors juggled recession fears and concerns over demand. Price action West Texa...
Bitcoin’s nosedive through the $20,000 mark is a Minsky Moment for crypto: ‘Psychologically for a lot of people, this is galling’
Is bitcoin BTCUSD, +4.03% facing a breaking point? That’s what some investors, acolytes and otherwise, might be contemplating, as the cryptocurrency’s descent accelerates over the weekend. The world’s...
I want to retire next year, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt and a major monthly mortgage payment — I also live with my three kids and ex
I’ll be 57 next month and am divorced with three kids living with me. One is 28, she’s working, another is 21 and a senior in college (with a full scholarship) and the youngest is 15 (a sophomore in h...
Trillion-dollar crypto collapse sparks flurry of US lawsuits – who’s to blame?
With investors worldwide looking at a $1.5 trillion in recent cryptocurrency losses, a blizzard of class-action lawsuits are being prepared. One big question is: who, if anyone, is to blame ? See: Bit...
Bitcoin’s Price Falls Below $20,000
The price of bitcoin lurched below $20,000, and below a level widely monitored by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as a brutal selloff in crypto showed no signs of abating. Bitcoin fell as low as $18,739.5...
Bitcoin slumps below $20,000 as cryptocurrency rout rolls on
Bitcoin traded below $20,000 on Saturday, extending the slide that has wiped out trillions in market value from cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -7.07% traded down 8% to $19,029, extending a slide fr...
The Crypto Party Is Over
On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the...
Citigroup Stock Is the Cheapest of the Big Banks. It’s Ready to Take Off.
Text size Even Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has been buying Citi stock, a vote of confidence if there ever was one. Mario Tama/Getty Images Bank stocks have gotten hit as concerns about the U.S...
Bitcoin Consumes Million Times More Energy Than Credit Cards: IMF Report
Alex Dovbnya The IMF has taken aim at Bitcoin’s energy use in its new report According to a new report published by the International Monetary Fund, Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, ...
A Crypto Bankruptcy Could Be Investors’ Nightmare
The cryptocurrency market’s latest swoon is giving investors a painful lesson about the risks of trading digital tokens through intermediaries. In a bankruptcy restructuring, crypto investors would be...
Credit Suisse warns of ‘new world order’ in markets
Credit Suisse markets new world order interest rates recession – AP Photo/Seth Wenig Credit Suisse has warned of a “new world order” in financial markets after central banks began aggressively r...
Dogecoin investor sues Elon Musk, Tesla, SpaceX for $258 billion, claiming ‘pyramid scheme’
A dogecoin investor is suing Elon Musk and two of his companies, Tesla Inc. and SpaceX, for $258 billion, accusing them of operating a “pyramid scheme” to inflate the price of the cryptocurrency. The ...
Dogecoin Deserves More Credit for Onboarding People to Crypto: Ex-Robinhood Exec
In brief Christine Brown, formerly COO of Robinhood Crypto, told Decrypt that Dogecoin helped buyers overcome the “emotional barrier” to cryptocurrency. Brown, now COO and co-founder of NFT startup Fl...
Credit Suisse Sees Microsoft Azure Narrow Revenue Gap To Amazon Web Services And Widen Gap To Google Cloud, Alibaba Cloud
TipRanks Oppenheimer Pounds the Table on Nvidia Stock In an upbeat research note, Oppenheimer analyst Rick Schafer laid out the bull case for buying Nvidia (NVDA) stock — why he rates it “...
Bitcoin crash: These three metrics show how bad the carnage is, and what to expect next
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’ll walk you through what’s going on in the current bear market. As usual, find me on T...
Likvidi Launches Platform to Help Farmers Access Carbon Credit Markets
Sustainable finance company Likvidi on Thursday announced a strategic investment and partnership deal with Israeli startup Albo Climate. Through the partnership, the two firms have launched ‘Verifores...
Scared to check your 401(k) as Dow tumbles? Here’s when you should look — and when you shouldn’t
To look or not to look. That’s the question when people consider checking the balances in their investment and retirement accounts. Maybe ignorance is bliss amid a volatile stock market’s recent seque...
Can you earn 6% on your savings account? Yes — but here’s the catch
Want to earn more on your savings? Here are some things to consider. Getty Images/iStockphoto Interest rates on savings accounts are rising, but they’re still low. Indeed, the national average interes...
Infamous Kenyan Gang nabbed for hacking credit cards to buy Bitcoin
Kenya’s Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) has arrested a group of students for allegedly hacking credit cards and using the stolen money to purchase Bitcoin. In a Twitter post on June 16, ...
Hot Housing Market Keeps Home Foreclosures at Bay
The U.S. moratorium on home foreclosures ended nearly a year ago, but the sizzling housing market is still protecting many delinquent mortgage borrowers from losing their homes. The pandemic that wipe...