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Binance resumes bitcoin withdrawals as crypto prices crater
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, resumed withdrawals of bitcoin after it instituted a “temporary pause” Monday morning that latest several hours, the company said. Binance founder...
Crypto crash FOMO? ‘I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time has come. Is it time to go big or go home? I have another 25 years of a boring 9-to-5 job, and I just want out.’
I read a letter from a reader last year who was suffering from crypto FOMO, and I have been following the crypto markets ever since. I felt like I missed the bus on Bitcoin, but now feel like my time ...
Bitcoin tumbles through $24,000 in crypto crash. This chart shows how much worse a selloff could get.
Cryptocurrencies kicked off a new week with deep losses, extending weekend selling following surprisingly high U.S. inflation data and troubles for a major cryptocurrency exchange. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -1...
Bitcoin Slips Below $25,000 as Celsius and Fed Batter Confidence
Text size Bitcoin has been hurt by a loss of confidence sparked by interest-rate hikes and problems at Celsius, one of the biggest crypto lenders. Paul Yeung/Bloomberg Bitcoin, the largest cryptocurre...
U.S. stock futures sink Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January
U.S. stock-index futures sank Sunday after Wall Street’s worst week since January. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures YM00, -0.54% fell more than 170 points, or 0.5%, late Sunday, while S&P 500 ...
‘The goal is never to seek the top’: The wild, hair-raising ride of a 30-something investor who battled against NFT hackers and dodged the crypto crash
Vinny Zane has a taste for life — and an appetite for risk. The 38-year-old teacher and father of a 2-year-old son on Brooklyn’s Coney Island got into crypto in 2017 with $4,000 worth of Bitcoin, and ...
Cryptocurrency selloff extends through the weekend after Friday’s hot inflation reading
Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies tumbled on Sunday as losses for the asset class built over the weekend following U.S. data that showed persistent inflation pressures. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -1.93% dropped...
Suze Orman says to do this right now if you’re worried about inflation
The rate of U.S. inflation reached a 40-year high of 8.6% in May as overall prices for things including rent, gas and food all remain on the rise. Financial commentator and host of the “Women & Mo...
Ethereum close to its major upgrade, but why has it fallen more than bitcoin?
This article has been updated to correct the identification of Citadel Securities. Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m w...
‘I thought it was a sick joke’: They gave up other job offers to work for Coinbase, and are now unemployed
When Hao Jia received an email from Coinbase that his job offer had been rescinded, he was on his way to watch “Top Gun: Maverick,” the blockbuster movie starring Tom Cruise. Jia’s girlfriend had aske...
Home affordability has ‘collapsed’ in 2022. What to expect next, according to BofA
The double whammy of surging mortgage rates and skyrocketing home prices has led to “collapsed” housing affordability in America, according to Chris Flanagan’s team at BofA Global Research. The situat...
Ruble’s Rally Stumbles After Interest-Rate Cut
A rally in the Russian ruble that made it the world’s best performing major currency reversed itself for a second day Friday following an extraordinary rate cut by the country’s central bank. Russia’s...
Here’s how much money you would have lost if you bought a Bored Ape Yacht Club NFT a month ago
When the crypto market was generally sluggish over the first quarter, some investors turned to nonfungible tokens, or NFTs, which outperformed most other digital assets at the time, in search of a hav...
Ethereum could ‘take over everything’, and there won’t be a multi-chain future, says EY’s blockchain leader
Hello! Welcome back to Distributed Ledger, our weekly crypto newsletter that reaches your inbox every Thursday. I’m Frances Yue, crypto reporter at MarketWatch, and I’ll walk you through the latest an...
Ray Dalio says ‘cash is still trash’…but stocks are trashier
It wouldn’t be Davos week without a CNBC exclusive interview with Bridgewater Associates’ Ray Dalio, the founder of the world’s largest hedge fund by assets under management and one of the most closel...
Russian ruble surges on report some capital controls may ease up
The Russian ruble surged on Monday, following a report that the government plans to cut a key foreign exchange limit for exporters. The ruble RUBUSD, +1.83% surged 6.8% against the dollar on Monday, h...
Surging Dollar Raises Possibility of Parity With Euro
A roughly 7% slide in the euro against the dollar this year is breathing new life into a two-decade old question on Wall Street: Will this be the year the currencies finally reach parity? The euro fe...
Will the stock market drop 20% or 48% from the peak? Here’s the key factor, says this strategist.
“Is the economy under control or is it spiraling out of control? That’s the million-dollar question traders continue arguing over,” sums up CrackedMarket blogger Jani Ziedins. Clearly, the latter argu...
You just retired and your target-date fund has plunged. What do you do now?
If you recently retired or are near retirement and you had your money in a target-date fund designed for people retiring about now, bad luck. So far this year, the “target” is you. Morningstar tells m...
Bitcoin ‘not going to take over as an alternative form of money’: Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke, former chairman of the Federal Reserve, said that he doesn’t think bitcoin would take over “as an alternative form of money.” Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.50% and other cryptocurrencies have bee...
Gloomy Goldman offers 20 ‘safety’ stocks with valuations below the previous 2 bear markets
It’s tight quarters in Wall Street’s bear sleuth these days. Goldman Sachs just downgraded their 2022 U.S. growth forecast (to 2.4% from 2.6%) and 2023 (to 1.6% from 2.2%), as senior chairman Lloyd Bl...
Crypto Prices Move in Tandem With Traditional Markets, Punishing Investors
Cryptocurrency prices are moving in lockstep with stocks and bonds like never before, punishing those who bought bitcoin and other digital assets in part to diversify their investment holdings. The th...
Tax investigators identify potential $1 billion crypto Ponzi scheme, reports say
International tax officials have identified more than 50 leads to potential crypto tax crimes that may lead to official investigations in the coming weeks, including one case that could be a $1 billio...
Terra crashed. What does it mean for other stablecoins? Here are the potential winners and losers
It’s the third day since TerraUSD, an algorithmic stablecoin designed to trade 1 to 1 against U.S. dollars, fell off its peg for an extended period of time. TerraUSD USTUSD, +4.36%, or UST, the 11th l...
Bitcoin and Ether Prices Drop in Weekend Slump
Text size Bitcoin has lost 58% since its November 2021 peak near $69,000. Dreamstime Cryptocurrency investors are getting no rest on Saturday, as digital assets resumed their decline after a midweek r...
Bitcoin Is Finally Breaking. Why That’s Good News for the Stock Market.
Text size Bitcoin, Ether, and other cryptos have plunged in the past week. Stocks have suffered, too. Dreamstime A cryptocurrency crash has already wiped out $600 billion in digital asset market value...
Euro to hit parity vs. the dollar this year, Europe’s largest fund manager says
The chief investment officer of Europe’s largest fund manager expects the euro to fall to parity against the dollar. Vincent Mortier, the chief investment officer at Amundi, told the FT that the euro ...
Opinion: ‘Liquidation panic’ has taken over the stock, bond and crypto markets — and this may be the beginning of the end
The U.S. stock market is experiencing a liquidation panic where everything is getting sold. The good news is such panics usually don’t last long. Analysis from Rob Hanna of Quantifiable Edges suggests...