Biggest USDC burn on record just occurred, net redemptions since Friday reach $4.5 billion

Circle’s stablecoin continues to struggle to win back confidence, and the biggest redemption on record just occurred as $723.5 million was sent to a null address and burnt, according to data via...

USDC Massive Redemptions Continue, Tether’s USDT Benefits

Massive redemptions for Circle’s USDC stablecoin continued on Monday, March 13, after the weekend panic and de-peg in the stablecoin. As per blockchain researcher Nansen, over $1.74 billion of USDC st...

Circle Begins USDC Redemptions as It Burns 314 million USDC: On-Chain Data

Following the unexpected collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday, there were inquiries regarding the vulnerability of Circle, one of the leading companies in the crypto industry and the issuer of th...

314M USDC sent to null address as redemptions begin: Report

According to Web3 analytics platform Watchers, a total of 314.167 million USD Coin (USDC) was sent by its issuer, Circle, to the Ethereum null address with header 0x00 on March 13. The null address is...

Applied Materials Raises Dividend, Increases Buybacks. Stock Climbs.

Applied Materials the largest chip-equipment maker in the world, announced Monday a 23.1% lift in its quarterly cash dividend, from 26 cents to 32 cents per share. The dividend is payable on June 15 t...

Circle’s USDC Redemptions Reaches $2.5B, Exchange Inflow $7B

USDC Redemptions. Source: CryptoQuant Moreover, Ki Young Ju believes the USDC situation is completely different from the TerraUSD (UST) collapse. The Luna Foundation Guard sent billions in BTC to cryp...

Companies Keep Buying Back Their Shares. These Stocks Are Worth a Look.

Politicians hate stock buybacks. Companies love them—and right now they show no signs of stopping. Yes, buying back stock might seem difficult for companies right now. President Biden, in his State of...

Altria May Sell Anheuser-Busch Stake After Juul Deal

A recent deal by Altria Group involving its stake in Juul Labs could pave the way for the sale of the cigarette maker’s $11 billion interest in Anheuser-Busch Inbev Altria (ticker: MO) last week swapp...

FTX Sues Grayscale for $250 Million for Preventing Redemptions

Bankrupt proprietary trading firm Alameda Research has sued Grayscale for reducing the value of FTX Debtors’ shares in its Bitcoin and Ethereum Trusts. Alameda alleges that the firm reduced the value ...

Apple and Meta Stock Buybacks Haven’t Been Equal. Here’s Why.

Investors love stock buybacks, but they don’t always spur the types of returns one might imagine. It takes a discerning eye to identify companies with buybacks that create significant gains for shareh...

Biden official responds to Buffett’s attack on opponents of stock buybacks

After Warren Buffett criticized opponents of stock buybacks over the weekend, a White House official offered a response Wednesday, suggesting the storied investor and President Joe Biden aren’t totall...

Buffett Shareholder Letter Was a Big Disappointment

Every year, investors await Warren Buffett’s annual shareholder letter with excitement, hoping for the insights and flare that make it a must-read. This year’s was a disappointment.  Buffett took just...

Warren Buffett backs stock buybacks, which Joe Biden is trying to tax more

President Joe Biden devoted part of his State of the Union to decrying stock buybacks, a practice he often rails against. Oil and gas companies, he said, didn’t invest in production to keep gas prices...

Berkshire Hathaway Warren Buffett Appears to Swipe at President Joe Biden

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s annual letter, released on Saturday morning, included the usual homespun wisdom that his shareholders have come to expect, with modest and self-effacing reflect...

Norfolk Southern, worth $53B, creates $1M fund for train-derailment victims

Norfolk Southern Corp. is facing criticism about the amount of financial support it has given East Palestine, Ohio, in the wake of the train derailment that spewed toxic chemicals and forced residents...

A-Rod’s SPAC Is the Latest to Be Hit by Investor Redemptions

(Bloomberg) — A blank-check company led by former New York Yankee Alex Rodriguez became the latest firm to be rocked by investors opting to swap their stock for cash as the industry fizzles. Mos...

684 million BUSD burned for redemptions amid US regulatory scrutiny

Just over a day after it categorically denied regulator claims Binance USD (BUSD) is a security, Paxos has burned some 684 million of the stablecoin for U.S. dollar redemptions, on-chain data show. &#...

Binance USD (BUSD) Redemptions Surge to $360M as Investors Panic

Paxos, the issuer of the Binance stablecoin BUSD has announced that it will no longer mint the dollar-pegged asset from Feb. 21. The move came in response to an SEC threat of legal action, accusing th...

BUSD Redemptions Soar Near $290 Million in 8 Hours After NYDFS Consumer Alert – Bitcoin News

Before Paxos published a press release at 6 a.m. Eastern time Monday, the stablecoin BUSD had approximately 16.16 billion tokens in circulation. In the past eight hours, nearly $290 million has been r...

More Than $2 Billion in USDC Redemptions in 30 Days – Altcoins Bitcoin News

It appears that the circulation of the stablecoin usd coin has decreased while tether’s has grown, as the latest statistics paint a contrasting picture. Tether saw a 3% increase in coins in circulatio...

Why Biden’s 4% buyback tax could boost stock prices and dividends

The Biden administration’s new stock buyback tax will have little impact on the overall stock market. It might even actually help it. I’m referring to the new 1% excise tax on share repurchases that w...

Biden targets stock buybacks — do they help you as an investor?

There seem to be two camps when it comes to stock buybacks. On one hand, share buybacks can reduce a company’s share count, which increases profit per share and hopefully supports a rising stock price...

Shell Posts Annual Profit Record of $40 Billion and Launches $4 Billion Buyback

Shell the oil and gas giant, posted a record annual profit of $40 billion and announced a new $4 billion share buyback program Thursday, sending the stock higher. British energy giant Shell (ticker: S...

Opinion: Zuckerberg and Intel are shipping the proceeds from their layoffs straight to Wall Street

For years, Wall Street groused about Silicon Valley’s refusal to pay dividends and buy back stock as tech companies grew into cash-generating machines. That is no longer a problem, even though those t...

Meta stock spikes nearly 20% as cost cuts and $40 billion for investors overshadow earnings miss

Meta Platforms Inc. shares soared in after-hours trading Wednesday despite an earnings miss, as the Facebook parent company guided for potentially more revenue than Wall Street expected in the new yea...

Altria Unveils $1 Billion Stock Buyback as Earnings Top Estimates

Marlboro maker Altria Group beat earnings and revenue estimates in the fourth quarter and announced a new $1 billion share buyback plan. The cigarettes company reported adjusted earnings per share (EP...

Exxon’s Q4 comes hot on the heels of Chevron’s giant profit, here’s what to expect

Exxon Mobil Corp. is slated to report earnings before the bell on Tuesday, hot on the heels of results showing a mixed quarter for Chevron Corp., and amid renewed scrutiny over oil giants’ share buyba...

Chevron’s Higher Dividend Yield Now Tops Exxon’s

Chevron  raised its dividend, and announced a new round of buybacks valued at up to $75 billion late on Wednesday, sending shares 2.6% higher in after-hours trading. The energy giant boosted the quart...

Tesla Is Expanding Its Footprint in Nevada. The Stock Is Dropping.

Tesla had to cut prices recently to increase demand, but that isn’t stopping it from expanding its manufacturing capacity at its Gigafactory in Nevada. Investors should be pleased, although they might...

Alibaba a Target of GameStop’s Ryan Cohen. Why the Stock Market Shrugged.

Investor Ryan Cohen, who has found fame with activist campaigns at meme stocks such as GameStop and Bed Bath & Beyond is now targeting Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba   The billionaire co-founder...

Crypto Lending Firm Genesis Global Halts Redemptions

Genesis Global Capital – a crypto lending company – has suspended all redemptions and related activity as it’s now one of the latest firms to be feeling the heat and buzz caused by the collapse of FTX...

GBTC Not Interested in Redemptions, but Considering Other Options

Though Grayscale remains committed to trying to convert its Bitcoin Trust (GBTC) to an ETF, the firm’s CEO said the firm could explore other options to return a portion of GBTC’s capital to shareholde...