With U.S. regulators moving to limit stablecoin products, strategists at Morgan Stanley think the broader crypto economy should be paying attention. “Falling stablecoin market capitalizati...
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George Soros Snapped Up Tesla, Peloton, Crypto Stocks. What He Dumped.
Tesla and Peloton were on George Soros’s shopping list in the fourth quarter of last year, as he also took new positions in Carvana General Motors and crypto names, while dumping Zoom and Twitter Sor...
Nikki Haley announces presidential race, first major Trump challenger
Nikki Haley, a former governor of South Carolina and United Nations ambassador, announced Tuesday she was entering the 2024 presidential race, making her the first Republican to challenge her former b...
Armistice Capital reports 9.9% stake in miner Stronghold Digital
Hedge fund Armistice Capital took a 9.9% beneficial ownership stake in bitcoin miner Stronghold Digital Mining, according to a filing. The fund had an existing stake in the company, but it̵...
Ford to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe in shift to electric vehicle production
Ford F-150 Lightning at the 2022 New York Auto Show. Scott Mlyn | CNBC Automaker Ford on Tuesday said it intends to cut 3,800 jobs in Europe over the next three years to adopt a “leaner” s...
Inflation is more complex than markets believe
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January’s consumer price index might surprise markets
Michael H | Digitalvision | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on everything they n...
Susquehanna Advisors Group buys 7.5% stake in Silvergate, following Citadel Securities
Susquehanna Advisors Group reported a 7.5% stake in crypto-friendly bank Silvergate Capital. The Pennsylvania-based finance firm bought over 2.36 million shares in Silvegrate, a filing showed. S...
Citadel Securities takes 5.5% stake in crypto-friendly bank Silvergate Capital; shares rise
Shares in Silvergate Capital jumped after market maker Citadel Securities reported a 5.5% stake in the crypto-friendly bank. Ken Griffen’s firm now owns over 1.7 million shares in the La J...
Serious about your crypto project? Binance’s CEO says you should move.
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao suggested crypto entrepreneurs might need to move to a country more favorable to cryptocurrencies and digital assets amid what appears to be a growing crackdown by U.S. regu...
DEX Trading Activity Picks Up Steam as Markets Spurn Centralization
Decentralized exchange trading activity has begun to pick up steam, with some of the DEX sector’s biggest players booking a notable bump in trading volumes this week. Ethereum-based Uniswap was leadin...
Consumer price index January 2023:
Inflation turned higher to start 2023, as rising gas and fuel prices took their toll on consumers, the Labor Department reported Tuesday. The consumer price index, which measures a broad basket of com...
Berkshire Hathaway’s Buy in Truck-Stop Operator Pays Off
Berkshire Hathaway investors may soon get a read on one of the company’s better deals in the past decade—a 2017 purchase for nearly $3 billion of a 38.6% interest in Pilot Flying J, the country’s lead...
Cointelegraph Markets launches new YouTube channel
Cointelegraph is proud to announce the launch of the Cointelegraph Markets and Research YouTube channel, a place that will hopefully become every trader’s first stop for breaking markets news, insight...
Credit Suisse leads $65 million Series B in digital asset firm Taurus
Taurus SA, a Switzerland-based digital asset infrastructure company focused on servicing financial institutions in Europe, raised $65 million in a Series B funding round. Credit Suisse, Switzerl...
U.S. inflation is ‘far stickier’ and could last a decade
U.S. inflation is likely to be “far stickier” and could last a decade, according to Bill Smead, chief investment officer at Smead Capital Management. Wall Street is gearing up for key infl...
Magic Eden lays off 22, about 15% of staff in latests workforce cuts
Magic Eden laid off 22 people as companies across the industry cut staff amid industry-wide cuts. That amounts to about 15% based upon the 141 employees listed on LinkedIn. Magic Eden is the lat...
Fed is not your friend
As Wall Street gears up for key inflation data, Wells Fargo Securities’ Michael Schumacher believes one thing is clear: “The Fed is not your friend.” He warns Federal Reserve chair J...
Stocks moving big after hours: CAR, PLTR, ANET, SEDG
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Tether dominates Brazil as bitcoin, ether fall out of favor
In a country where economic instability is as common as coconuts, Brazilians appear to favor the stablecoin tether as their cryptocurrency of choice. The federal tax authority, which compiles data fro...
Crypto markets wrought ahead of US inflation data as regulatory issues steal focus
Crypto markets were roiled by the SEC last week, and now there’s even more uncertainty after the New York Department of Financial Services ordered Paxos to stop issuing BUSD. Next up is U.S. inf...
Global Liquidity Drain Is Coming for Markets, Citi’s King Says
(Bloomberg) — Risky assets may be in trouble now that one-off liquidity injections from global central banks that have been fueling a market rally in recent months have come to an end, according...
Jim Cramer’s Investing Club meeting Monday: Caterpillar, Estee Lauder
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. Buy CAT on a pullback EL se...
Silvergate, Coinbase extend losses as regulatory specter hangs over crypto
It’s been a mixed bag today for crypto-related equities as U.S. regulators continued a clampdown that has hit both staking and stablecoins. Silvergate fell 3.7% to $14.46 by 2 p.m. EST, ac...
Institutions Allocate to Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (MATIC) and One ETH Rival As Markets Consolidate: CoinShares
Digital assets manager CoinShares says large institutional investors are being more selective this year, pouring money into Ethereum (ETH), Polygon (MATIC) and one ETH competitor last week. In its lat...
Markets Higher As Investors Ignore Nena’s 99 Red Balloons
China Last Night KraneShares Key News Asian equities were largely lower overnight as China outperformed. Apologies for the 1980s hit song reference! Hong Kong-listed internet stocks rallied after US-l...
Galaxy Digital gets approval for Bahamas subsidiary amid rising US regulatory uncertainty
Galaxy Bahamas, a subsidiary of Mike Novogratz’s crypto investment firm, received approval from the Securities Commission of The Bahamas in December for registration as a digital asset business ...
Buying bonds now is a smart money move even if the Fed keeps hiking rates. Here’s why.
Bond investors can cheer real interest rates hitting a 15-year high. That’s because bonds historically have performed better in the wake of higher rather than lower real rates. The real interest rate ...