US Fed hikes interest rates, Bitcoin plunges below $36K, and Argentina’s central bank says no to financial institutions offering crypto: Hodler’s Digest, May 1-7

Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, pr...

Africa’s financial analysts doubt if CAR’s Bitcoin adoption deal is legitimate

In response to the Central African Republic’s adoption of Bitcoin as legal tender, several financial specialists in Africa have raised a number of questions.  At a time when the regime is under pressu...

Neo Financial Raises $185 Million in Funding

To accelerate its expansion, Neo, an emerging fintech firm, announced that it has secured $185 million in its Series C funding round. The recent investment round has pushed the valuation of Neo Financ...

As Investors Wait for Capitulation, Here’s What Could Trigger a Reversal

Markets that resemble the current one have the feel of approaching an ugly liquidation stage. Powerful but quickly failed rallies give the market a hopeless feel, headed-for-a-lower-level slant. Some ...

Argentina’s Central Bank Is Considering Prohibiting Local Financial Institutions From Offering Cryptocurrency Services

Despite the central bank’s tough attitude, Argentina’s digital asset market has been booming for some time. The COVID-19 pandemic hit the country, which had been dealing with an uncertain economy in r...

Libero Financial Freedom Nears Completion of Its 158K% Fixed APY Auto-staking Yield Farming Product Listed on CEX

The passive income leader Libero Financial Freedom nears completion of getting its 158K% Fixed APY Auto-staking Product listed on CEX, plus rewarding holders in BUSD every 30 minutes Libero Financial ...

Bitcoin’s price tumbles as much as 7% during financial markets tumult

Cryptocurrency prices fell across the board on Thursday, with bitcoin dropping as much as 7% — a move that came in tandem with a broader decline in financial markets. Bitcoin’s price dropped down from...

Crypto being used as scapegoat again – this time as potential financial crisis catalyst

Cryptocurrencies are constantly blamed by mainstream media for this and that issue. Being compared to the subprime mortgage bust of the 2000s is just the latest scaremongering. The entire crypto asset...

Senator Introduces Financial Freedom Act to Allow Crypto in Pension Plans

The Republican lawmaker believes the government should not limit the type of assets that people can select for their retirement plans. In an op-ed for CNBC on May 5, Tuberville wrote that: “The federa...

Argentina Halts Crypto Operations Undertaken by Financial Institutions

Days after Argentina’s largest private bank Banco Galicia opened crypto trading services, the nation’s central bank cracked the whip by banning financial institutions from carrying out crypto transact...

Senator’s Financial Freedom Act would ensure Bitcoin can be in your 401(k)

Republican Senator Tommy Tuberville from Alabama has unveiled a new bill he calls the Financial Freedom Act to allow Americans to add cryptocurrency to their 401(k) retirement savings plan unencumbere...

Central Bank Of Argentina Blocks Financial Institutions From Offering cryptocurrency

Digital assets in Argentina are defined as “a digital representation of value or rights. Transferred and stored electronically using Distributed Ledger Technology(DLT) or other similar technology acco...

Neo Financial Attains Unicorn Status Following CAD$185M Funding Round

Calgary neobank Neo Financial joined a handful of tech companies with unicorn status in Alberta following a round led by Valar Ventures. Canadian fintech company Neo Financial recently became the late...

EU Financial Services Commissioner urges worldwide approach to regulation on crypto

Since the Bank of England’s Jon Cunliffe warned in November of the emerging market’s looming threat to financial stability, worldwide authorities have been working separately to draft comprehensive la...

How Bridging Crypto and Fiat Will Transform the Global Financial System: An Interview With SafeGram CEO Ivan Tomic

1. Hi Ivan! Thank you for taking the time to talk to us. But before we dive on in, we’d like to know more about your expertise in the field of blockchain. Hi! Thank you very much for having me on boar...

Shell Reveals Q1 2022 Financial Report, Thrives on Soaring Commodity Prices

British oil and gas multinational Shell posted its Q1 2022 earnings report on Thursday which benefited from the soaring profits seen across the oil and gas industry. British oil and gas giant Shell pl...

Italy’s Consob Blocks 5 Illegal Financial Websites

Consob, Italy’s financial regulatory authority, has recently announced the blackout of 5 new illegal financial websites. The details provided by the regulator state that the companies behind these web...

Binance Provides Blockchain Education to Francophone Africa, Narrowing the Financial Gap

To offer lifelong financial and career development to French-speaking Africans, leading crypto exchange Binance is offering blockchain education in Cameroon and Francophone Africa. Binance has been ca...

TRON Promises “Financial Freedom” With Stablecoin Launch

Key Takeaways USDD has launched on TRON, BNB Chain, and Ethereum. The team behind the stablecoin has promised “zero-risk” returns of about 30% APY, and users currently need to engage in &#...

Sucden Financial Posts 1,025% Jump in 2021 Profits as Revenue Recovers

FCA-regulated Sucden Financial published its financials for 2021, reporting a sharp 29.4 percent rise in its annual net revenue of the year. The figure came in at £69.8 million, increasing from last y...

French Financial Regulators Approve Binance as a Crypto Service Provider

Global crypto exchange Binance has announced that its domestic arm has been granted a Digital Asset Service Provider (DASP) registration by the French financial markets regulator and banking superviso...

France’s financial authority approves Binance’s registration as digital asset service provider

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers (AMF), France’s authority responsible for regulating the financial market, has granted Binance’s registration to provide crypto-related services in the country. In ...

The Fed just raised rates by a half point. Here’s what financial advisers think you should do with your money

The Fed moved to increase interest rates by half a percentage point on Wednesday. This is the biggest increase in two decades, but it’s in line with the path that many financial experts and econ...

Head Of The EU Financial Services Commission Calls For Global Consensus On Crypto Regulations ⋆ ZyCrypto

Advertisement &nbsp &nbsp Since Bank of England’s Jon Cunliffe’s warning in November of the impending risk to financial stability from the developing market, global regulators...

AMD Crushed It, Lisa Su Crushed It: Here’s How to Trade It

Crushed it! Okay, maybe I’m a little biased. Maybe I’m long Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) . Maybe Lisa Su was already my favorite all-time CEO. Maybe, just maybe, when Advanced Micro Device...

HJHRE Announces HJH Investments’ Q1 2022 Financial Results

May 4, 2022 – Wichita, Kansas HJH REAL Token (HJHRE), a tracking token designed to monitor and derive its value from the profitability of HJH Investments’ real estate portfolio, announced its Q1 2022 ...

AMF Fines a Financial Investment Advisor, Imposes a Ban on Its Manager

The Autorité des Marchés Financiers Enforcement Committee said on Wednesday that it issued a reprimand and imposed a fine of EUR 150,000 on financial investment advisor Auvergne Investissement Hôtels....

Unlocking NFT scalability and financial opportunities with Matrixport

More than expensive digital art, NFTs are now rising to prove their utility as a digital asset.  The financialization of NFTs are enabling people to create financial opportunities by bundling NFTs to ...

HJHRE Announces HJH Investments’ 1Q22 Financial Results

WICHITA, KANSAS, 4th May, 2022, Chainwire HJH REAL Token (HJHRE), a tracking token designed to monitor and derive its value from the profitability of HJH Investments’ real estate portfolio, announced ...

Jack Ma ‘Arrest’ and SEC’s DiDi Investigation Whack China Tech Stocks

Mainland traders will have a nasty shock on their hands when they return to their computer screens on Thursday after a long holiday. The Hong Kong market saw heavy selling here on Wednesday in Chinese...

As Pfizer Faces a Period of Volatility, Here’s My Plan for the Shares

The numbers for Pfizer (PFE) are excellent. The guidance? Meh. Pfizer released the firm’s first quarter financial performance on Tuesday morning. Pfizer posted adjusted EPS of $1.62 (GAAP EPS of...

GANN Markets Membership Withdraws from Financial Commission

The Financial Commission, a leading external dispute resolution (EDR) organization catering to the financial services industry, announced on Tuesday that the membership status of GANN Markets has ceas...