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Verizon shares fall after company cuts full-year forecast
A Verizon store in San Francisco, California, U.S., on Tuesday, July 20, 2021. Bloomberg | Getty Images Shares of Verizon fell Friday after the company reported second-quarter earnings that fell shy o...
Coinbase blasts SEC over insider trading case
Coinbase signage in New York’s Times Square during the company’s initial public offering on the Nasdaq on April 14, 2021. Robert Nickelsberg | Getty Images Coinbase pushed back on claims f...
Crazy Internet Coin (CIC) Is Now Available for Trading on LBank Exchange
INTERNET CITY, DUBAI, Jul. 20, 2022 – LBank Exchange, a global digital asset trading platform, has listed Crazy Internet Coin (CIC) on July 20, 2022. For all users of LBank Exchange, the CIC/USDT trad...
Crypto Reacts: Tesla Panic Sells Its Bitcoin, The Internet Explodes
One thing’s for sure, Tesla’s CEO knows how to generate headlines. The infamous Elon Musk was the talk of the town today, as news of his company selling 75% of their bitcoin hit the wires. The reactio...
Blockchain has the biggest potential since the internet: Saxo Bank founder
While the cryptocurrency prices are calm and investor interests remain low, blockchain’s potential to transform and disrupt industries keeps attracting those eager to build regardless of digital asset...
AT&T shares fall after company says later payments, higher spending are hurting cash flow
A man walks with an umbrella outside of AT&T corporate headquarters on March 13, 2020 in Dallas, Texas. Ronald Martinez | Getty Images AT&T shares fell Thursday after the company said its cash...
Amazon is starting to deliver packages with Rivian electric vans
Amazon said Thursday it will begin to start using electric vans developed in partnership with Rivian to make deliveries. Amazon Amazon is beginning to roll out some of the electric delivery vans that ...
Crypto firm Blockchain.com lays off 25% of staff as 3AC fallout spreads
Blockchain co-founder and CEO Peter Smith speaks during the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon, Portugal on November 6, 2018. Pedro Fiúza | NurPhoto via Getty Images Crypto startup Blockchain.com sa...
Goldman-backed digital bank Starling reports first annual profit
The Starling Bank banking app on a smartphone. Adrian Dennis | AFP via Getty Images British digital bank Starling on Thursday reported its debut annual profit as revenues at the firm almost doubled. T...
Chinese Ride-Sharing Giant Didi Global Fined More Than $1 Billion In Year-Long Cybersecurity Probe
Didi’s ride-sharing app. Costfoto/Future Publishing via Getty Images Chinese authorities have decided to impose an 8 billion yuan ($1.2 billion) fine on embattled ride-sharing giant Didi Global,...
No exposure to collapsed crypto firms Celsius, 3AC, Voyager
Coinbase reported a 27% decline in revenues in the first quarter as usage of the platform dipped. Chesnot | Getty Images Coinbase said it had no counterparty exposure to several collapsed crypto firms...
Hong Kong Internet Stocks Rally On Didi Follow Through & HFCAA Window Potentially Not Shortening
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities had a strong performance overnight though we should curb our enthusiasm slightly as volumes were light. Hong Kong internet stocks had a strong nigh...
Bitcoin (BTC) climbs above $23,000
The world’s largest cryptocurrency is down roughly 50% since the start of 2021. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Bitcoin broke the $23,000 threshold for the first time in more than a mon...
‘Hot inflation is over.’ Here’s where what that means for investors, says this portfolio manager.
A firmer start is ahead for stocks. Investors seem to be perking up after Apple spoiled the mood some on Monday via a report it plans to slow its hiring roll. If true, Apple AAPL, +2.39% has good comp...
What happens to my funds if a crypto exchange goes bankrupt?
Bankruptcy filings from Celsius and Voyager have raised questions about what happens to investors’ crypto when a platform fails. Rafael Henrique | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Trader...
UK fintech Starling withdraws European bank license application
Starling CEO Anne Boden. Harry Murphy | Sportsfile for Web Summit via Getty Images LONDON — British digital bank Starling is ending its bid to obtain a European banking license, dealing a significant ...
Crypto exchange Binance fined by Dutch central bank
The logo of cryptocurrency exchange Binance displayed on a smartphone with stock market percentages in the background. Omar Marques | SOPA Images | LightRocket via Getty Images Binance, the world̵...
The Internet Is Asking, “Is Bitcoin Dead?”
Is bitcoin dead? The Death of Bitcoin Is Once Again Being Proposed If one were to look at the internet history of the past several weeks, they would certainly assume so. The question has been asked mo...
Richard Branson takes stake in Lightyear, Europe’s answer to Robinhood
The Lightyear app. Lightyear Lightyear, a European challenger to trading platform Robinhood, has raised $25 million of funding in an investment round backed by British billionaire Richard Branson. Sil...
Why the 2022 ‘crypto winter’ is unlike previous bear markets
There’s something about the latest crypto crash that makes it different from previous downturns. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images The two words on every crypto investor’s lips right n...
Solar Stocks Shine As New Video Game Approval Lifts Hong Kong Internet Stocks
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were mixed as Taiwan had a strong day, the Philippines underperformed, and Thailand had a market holiday for Asarnha Bucha Day, which according to ...
U.S. June inflation report circulating on internet Tuesday is fake, Bureau of Labor Statistics says
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Tuesday that a release circulating online purporting to show June inflation data, due for release on Wednesday morning, was a forgery. “We’re aware of a fake ...
Opinion: The cloud boom is coming back to earth, and that could be scary for tech stocks
Cloud computing is widely viewed as a recession-resistant business, but the theory has not really been tested since cloud-service providers have not experienced a major economic downturn since becomin...