Calpers Unloads Record $6 Billion of Private-Equity Stakes at Discount

(Bloomberg) — The California Public Employees’ Retirement System sold about $6 billion of its stakes in private equity funds to second-hand buyers, severing ties with a slew of past managers and...

All The Big Layoffs, Record Withdrawals And Bankruptcies Sparked By The $2 Trillion Crash

Embattled crypto lender, Voyager Digital, filed for bankruptcy this week and became the latest casualty of a bear market that will continue to leave a path of destruction in the digital currency secto...

Bitcoin Sets Record For Worst Quarter Since 2011, What’s Next?

The second quarter of the year was dramatically bloody for Bitcoin. The coin ended Q2 down by 56% with the price dropping from $45,000 to $19,900, experiencing its worst quarter since Q3 2011. Bitcoin...

Women’s Euro Opening Match Smashes Competition Attendance Record At Old Trafford

MANCHESTER, ENGLAND – JULY 06: Beth Mead of England celebrates after scoring their team’s first goal … [+] during the UEFA Women’s EURO 2022 group A match between England and A...

AMC continues slide despite record breaking box office hits

A lot has been made of AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) in the past year as it got caught up in the meme stock frenzy.  As retail investors piled into the stock, perhaps even hedge funds as well, the sha...

2021 Comic Sales Were ‘Up, Up And Away,’ At A Record $2 Billion

Estimate of North American Comic Sales, 2012-2021, according to the latest data from ICv2 and … [+] Comichron Comichron/ICv2 New data shows that comics publishing in North America grew at an unp...

Institutional Interest in Shorting Bitcoin Rises to Record Levels in US (Report)

Exposure to shorting Bitcoin’s price saw record inflows of $51 million last week as the asset crumbled below $20,000, a new report showed. Shorting Dominates in the US According to the latest CoinShar...

Institutional Investors Remain Bearish As Short Bitcoin Sees Record Inflows

Bearish sentiment toward Bitcoin among institutional investors has been gaining ground in recent months. This was propelled even further by the crash that rocked the digital asset back in mid-June. Si...

Trust In U.S. Institutions Hits Record Low, Poll Finds

Topline Only 27% of Americans have a great deal of confidence in 14 major American institutions on average, a record low since 1979 and a 5% drop from 2021, according to a poll conducted by Gallup, wh...

Beyoncé Joins Michael Jackson, Paul McCartney In Billboard Record With ‘Break My Soul’

Topline Beyoncé joined the elite company of Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson on Monday as the third artist in history to have 20 top 10 hits on the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist and 10 on the ...

Exxon Stock Slumps As Oil Slide Offsets Bets For Record Q2 Profit

Updated at 9:41 am EST Exxon Mobil  (XOM) – Get Exxon Mobil Corporation Report shares slumped lower Tuesday as a slide in global crude prices offset a forecast from the oil and energy giant that...

England complete record chase to draw India series

England’s Jonny Bairstow, following a slightly nervy spell in the 90s, eventually brought up a fine hundred. Geoff Caddick | Afp | Getty Images Joe Root and Jonny Bairstow both scored majestic h...

Ethereum Gas Fees Drop To Record Low As Market Downturn Continues

Ethereum’s gas fees have plummeted, hitting a 20-month low as the market downturn saw a sharp decline in user activity. The market slump has resulted in a significant reduction in network congestion, ...

Lightning Network: new historical record

In recent days, Lightning Network has set a new all-time high, a record 4 million BTC deposited on the network.  New records for Lightning Network, Bitcoin’s layer 2 Bitcoin capacity accumulated acros...

Wind And Solar Provided A Record 10% Of The World’s Power Generation In 2021

Kern County, CA – March 23: LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi … [+] Mountains Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, CA.(Irfan Khan ...

Institutional Traders Are Shorting Bitcoin At Record Pace, Here’s Why

Interest in shorting Bitcoin rose to record levels among institutional investors after the launch of the United States’ first short-bitcoin ETF.  The digital asset fund flows weekly report by CoinShar...

Institutions Turn Cautious on Bitcoin As Short BTC Products See Record Inflows: CoinShares

Leading digital asset manager CoinShares says that many institutional investors appear to be showing more caution towards Bitcoin and positioning themselves as short-sellers on BTC. In the latest Digi...

Ethereum Gas Fees Falls To Record Low, Price Consolidates Around $1,000

After reaching a level last seen in November 2020, the average Ethereum gas fee is now below $1. Ethereum Gas Fees Falls The Ethereum network experienced transaction fees as low as 69 cents on Saturda...

GBTC’s Discount to NAV Hits New Record Low after SEC Declining its Bitcoin Spot ETF Application

The shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) saw a new record low of -31% last Thursday, June 30; that is, GBTC’s discount hit -31%, its lowest point in history. The discount means the marke...

GBTC’s Discount to NAV Hits New Record Low after SEC Bitcoin Spot ETF Decision

The shares of the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) saw a new record low of -31% last Thursday, June 30; that is, GBTC’s discount hit -31%, its lowest point in history. The discount means the marke...

CFTC Slaps Company CEO With Record $1.7 Billion Bitcoin Fraud Charge

The CFTC might have caught the “biggest fish” in the ocean. And there could be more out there. The U.S. commodities watchdog announced Friday that it had lodged a civil suit against a South African CE...

Tesla Deliveries In Focus Following Record Quarterly Stock Slump

Updated at 9:35 am EST Tesla  (TSLA) – Get Tesla Inc. Report shares, fresh off their worst quarterly decline on record, trimmed their slump Friday as investors brace for what could be a grim rea...

Grayscale’s Bitcoin Fund Reaches Record Discount After SEC Snub

Alex Dovbnya Grayscale Bitcoin Fund’s discount has hit a record at 35% Shares of Grayscale Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) started trading at a massive discount of roughly 35%, according to data provided b...

AUM of Crypto Investment Products at Record Lows in June, Trust Products Garner Lowest Total Since December 2020 – Bitcoin News

The latest data from Cryptocompare shows that assets under management (AUM) of crypto investment products reached record lows during the month of June. The data also shows 21 Shares Short Bitcoin ETP ...

Record 574 Million XRP Moved, 270 Million Shifted by Anon Whale in Single Chunk

Yuri Molchan Several massive XRP transactions have been spotted, carrying over half a billion USD in total Contents 574 million XRP transfers spotted Bitstamp moves XRP to BitGo Whale Alert crypto tra...

Viewers Watched 7 Billion Minutes Of ‘Stranger Things’ In Week After Season 4 Debut, Breaking Nielsen Streaming Record

Topline Stranger Things racked up 7.2 billion minutes of streaming viewership in the U.S. from May 30 to June 5, after the fourth season premiered on May 27, Nielsen said Friday, the highest one-week ...

New Bitcoin Record Paints Incredibly Bearish Picture As BTC Struggles At $19,000

Bitcoin has been setting new record trends with the bear market. This follows a bull market that had also deviated largely from its predecessors, so it comes as no surprise that the subsequent near ma...

Are We Already In A Recession? Yes, According To Fed Indicator With ‘Excellent’ Track Record

Topline A highly watched economic indicator with a good track record in predicting recessions cut its forecast for second-quarter gross domestic product growth this week, implying the nation has falle...

NIO, XPeng and Li Auto Deliveries Set a Record. That Can Help Tesla Too.

Text size Production and demand for electric vehicles in China rebounded in June. Qilai Shen/Bloomberg Investors in electric-vehicle stocks should breathe a sigh of relief on Friday. Production and de...

Bitcoin and Ethereum Record Tremendous Losses

The crypto market is going through one of its toughest second quarter. Most cryptocurrencies have significantly lost a large chunk of their value over the last three months. This is attributed to the ...

Chinese plans to save hit a record high in Q2; job concerns rise

Education remained the most popular category for Chinese consumer’s planned spending, according to a People’s Bank of China survey in the second quarter of 2022. China News Service | China...