Why a good credit score matters and how to improve your number

You are looking to make a purchase, such as a new cellphone or a car, but you need some time to be able to pay the full amount. Or you might be taking out a new credit card, with no single purchase in...

Meta Earnings Are Coming; Here’s What Matters

Following 4Q21’s debacle, Meta (FB) investors will be praying to the market gods there will be no repeat when the social media giant reports 1Q22 earnings after the close next Wednesday, April 27. Rec...

The next Bitcoin halving is 2 years away, here is why it matters

Online debate around the upcoming Bitcoin (BTC) halving event is heating up. Those discussing it are delighted that the cryptocurrency community only has approximately two years before this event, lea...

Ethereum’s Dark Underbelly Shows That Even in Crypto, Trust Matters

As those projects come and go, reaching or missing their confined, self-interested little metrics, Ethereum is still here. To a degree that’s rarely acknowledged, that’s because Buterin, even in the v...

Mark Yusko explains the real problem with Fed policy — and why Bitcoin matters

Inflation is front-page news again after the Labor Department revealed this week that the United States consumer price index soared to 8.5% year-over-year in March — the highest in over four decades. ...

Here’s Why Finland And Sweden Might Join NATO — And Why It Matters

Topline The prime ministers of Sweden and Finland said at a press conference Wednesday they’re strongly considering joining NATO in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—a move that would ensure al...

Here Is The Only FTSE Chart That Matters

getty getty QT (quantitative tightening) or reverse QE (quantitative easing) is coming, so we are told, and interest rates are going to rise. This should not be a nice cocktail for the stock market, e...

Strike Integrates Bitcoin Lightning w/ Shopify: Why It Matters

At the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami, the Bitcoin Lightning Network seems to be getting closer to mass adoption as large companies start to partner with Strike. The digital payments platform built ...

What We Often Get Wrong About E-Commerce—And Why It Matters

ALBANY, CA – MAY 15: Customers carry bags as they leave a Target store in Albany, California. … [+] (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) Getty Images When it comes to the vast and compl...

DecentWorld: Why The Metaverse Matters

It seems as if the virtual world is always reinventing itself these days, and the latest evidence of this phenomenon is “the metaverse”. This is a term that many people became aware of when they notic...

Why the >5M in Bitcoin, Ether, USDT donations for Ukraine matters

As civilians in Ukraine take up arms and build Molotov cocktails, crypto-donations are streaming in from supporters all over the world to help military and relief efforts. With the struggle becoming b...

Activision Blizzard Is Being Sued by Shareholders Over Microsoft Sale. Here’s Why it Matters.

Once one of the game industry’s most beloved publishers, Activision Blizzard  (ATVI) – Get Activision Blizzard, Inc. Report has fallen from grace in a major way over the last year–an...

Crisis With Russia And Why The Fate Of Ukraine Matters

Given the bitter results of America’s long wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, many people are questioning why we should get involved in Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine. The country is not part of NATO...

Block Earnings Are Coming; Here’s What Matters

Is now the best time for a previous high-flying digital payments growth name to deliver a quarterly report? Possibly not, considering the market’s adverse reaction to such stocks this earnings season....

Ethereum Virtual Machine – a Deep Understanding Matters

Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) allows the ETH ecosystem to make use of smart contracts in a seamless manner. Here’s how. Anybody even remotely associated with the crypto sector would have definitely h...

Nvidia Earnings Are Coming; Here’s What Matters

Once the bell rings on Wednesday (Feb 16), Nvidia (NVDA) will take its turn to deliver the January quarter (F4Q22) results. The chip giant’s latest earnings come at an almost unprecedented period for ...

MAS’s Upcoming Best Execution Rules: Why it Matters?

Providing the best execution available is an obligation of the trading services providers to their clients. However, this is not legally binding in most jurisdictions. And Singapore is going to change...

Markus Levin Of XYO Labs Explains The XYO Network, How It Works, & Why It Matters

  The web3 space has a lot of ongoing innovation. One of those is the concept of geo-spatial blockchains. We were intrigued by this an reached out to Marus Levin, Co-Founder of XYO Labs, a geo-spatial...

IMF’s Bitcoin warning barely matters to Bukele and El Salvador

Bitcoin’s story in El Salvador has been controversial with IMF’s latest warning  FInancial markets face major risks with Bitcoin as currency  Consequences of adopting BTC as a national currency could ...

In Background Of Baseball Labor Dispute, Trevor Bauer Still Has Two Matters That Are Unresolved

Pitcher Trevor Bauer still awaits the outcomes of two matters — the Los Angeles County District … [+] Attorney’s review of his criminal case, and Major League Baseball’s separate inv...

Plug Power Earnings Are Coming; Here’s What Matters

With 4Q21 earnings season kicking off, RBC’s Jospeh Spak believes the quarter’s results will take a back seat to 2022 guidance. And the analyst thinks companies are likely to provide “fairly prudent” ...

In the Metaverse, Gameplay Is What Matters

Blockchain-based metaverse experiences are a hot topic right now because they combine two of the technology industry’s biggest transformation drivers that have been around for a long time, attracting ...

China to Launch State-Backed, Crypto-Less NFT Platform—Here’s Why It Matters

In brief China’s state-backed Blockchain Services Network is preparing infrastructure for NFT-like digital collectibles. The network will reportedly be incompatible with external NFTs and will not acc...

Forget Fed Rate Hikes. How It Handles Its $9 Trillion in Assets Is What Really Matters.

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell, shown late last year at a House hearing, faces some big policy decisions this year. Brendan Smialowsky/AFP/Getty Images Text size If there is one takeaway...

Crypto Liquidity and Why It Matters For Long-Term Growth

For any cryptocurrency project to survive, it needs liquidity. This is because liquidity is required in order to convert an asset into fiat or any other crypto asset. Thus, if there’s no liquidity, it...

Why Privacy Matters When It Comes to Personal Freedom

While individuals should be able to go about their lives as they see fit, free from persecution, we live in a world where data is power, and our data is sold to the highest bidder. Without privacy, we...