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Bybit enters into settlement agreement with Ontario Securities Commission
Bybit announced that it reached a settlement agreement with the Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) on Thursday, a day after the OSC released a Statement of Allegations against the crypto asset tradin...
Zendesk Close to Striking Buyout Deal, Sources Say
Zendesk Inc. is close to a deal with a group of buyout firms, according to people familiar with the matter, resurrecting a failed attempt to sell itself in what would be one of the biggest private-equ...
Ken Griffin Moving Citadel From Chicago to Miami Following Crime Complaints
Billionaire Ken Griffin is relocating his hedge-fund firm Citadel from Chicago to Miami, the third major employer to announce the move of a corporate headquarters from Illinois in the past two months....
Canadian Securities Regulator Bans Kucoin, Settles With Bybit
The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has banned KuCoin exchange from operating in the region following securities violations. It also announced that it had reached a settlement agreement with Bybit...
Leading Exchange Bybit and Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) Reach Settlement
6 hours ago | 2 mins read Exchange News Bybit said today that it has reached a settlement agreement (the “Settlement Agreement”) with the Ontario Securities Commission (“OSC”) addressing the issues me...
These dividend stocks yield at least 5% and have plenty of room to raise payouts
This year’s stock price declines make for an increasing number of stocks with high dividend yields of at least 5%. Below is a screen that highlights 29 that appear to be able to raise their payouts co...
Polestar shares expected to debut Friday on Nasdaq after SPAC deal approved
Shares of electric vehicle company Polestar are expected to debut on the Nasdaq on June 24, after shareholders of special purpose acquisition company Gores Guggenheim Inc. GGPI, +11.87% approved the p...
Bybit, KuCoin each fined more than C$2 million in Canada for securities compliance failures
? Want to work with us? CryptoSlate is hiring for a handful of positions! The Ontario Securities Commission (OSC) has conducted two successful enforcement actions against Bybit and Kucoin. The market ...
Stock market nosedive, recession and your 401(k). Here’s what to do.
Even some of the most aggressive retirement savers and investors might find themselves a bit nervous these days with talks of a recession and a market downturn, so the best strategy for those in it fo...
Crypto platform Voyager Digital shares plunge 60% after revealing $665 million exposure to embattled hedge fund; considers issuing default notice
Crypto platform Voyager Digital Ltd. VOYG, -52.50% shares plunged more than 60% Wednesday after the company said its subsidiary Voyager Digital LLC, may issue a notice of default to embattled crypto ...
This dividend fund is down 3% vs. S&P’s 20% drop. Here are its top stock picks
By now even the most ardent tech and growth-stock enthusiasts realize the bull market is over. John Kornitzer’s approach to selecting high-quality stocks for the Buffalo Flexible Income Fund is one th...
Powell says U.S. economy can handle the additional rate hikes that are coming
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on Wednesday pushed back against economists who argue that aggressive Fed interest-rate hikes have increased the odds of a recession or hard landing for the U.S....
S&P 500 must fall another 15%-20% to price in recession, says Mike Wilson at Morgan Stanley
The price is not right. That’s the verdict from strategists at Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, who each warned as a new week kicked off that the stock market wasn’t fully pricing in a recession. And...
Nearly one-third of older Americans have less than $10,000 saved for retirement
Many older Americans are willing to work during their retirement years — and they may have to be — because they aren’t financially prepared for their old age. Almost three in 10 people between 55 and...
Meet the ‘unluckiest’ stock market investor of modern times
If you’re thinking of pulling your 401(k) out of the stock market, or you’re too terrified to invest more, you need to meet my friend Betty Badluck. Poor old Betty has had the worst luck of any stock ...
Supreme Court dismisses case against SEC’s ‘no admit, no deny’ policy backed by Musk, Cuban
The U.S. Supreme Court Tuesday rejected a challenge brought against the Securities and Exchange Commission by a former Xerox executive, and backed by Tesla CEO Elon Musk, against the Securities and Ex...
Elon Musk joins the growing chorus fearing a U.S. recession. But there are stocks for that.
Look out above, the dip buyers are back in town. Stocks are soaring — for now — as Wall Street returns from a long holiday weekend, with Fed Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testifying in front of Congress...
Are Cryptocurrency Assets Securities: A Comprehensive Guide
Cryptocurrencies have become the hottest investment opportunity of the 21st century. Investors are flocking to buy, trade, and hold cryptocurrencies like never before. In doing so, they’re searching f...
Stocks Historically Don’t Bottom Out Until the Fed Eases
Another week of whipsaw stock trading has many investors wondering how much farther markets will fall. Investors have often blamed the Federal Reserve for market routs. It turns out the Fed has often ...
Is the Stock Market Closed on Juneteenth?
U.S. stock markets will be closed to observe Juneteenth for the first time in history. The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq will shut down on Monday, June 20, in observation of the newest federal h...
Bitcoin rallies back above $20,000 on Sunday, after hitting 18-month low
Bitcoin prices rallied Sunday, topping the $20,000 level again after falling to an 18-month low Saturday amid a weeks-long cryptocurrency rout. Bitcoin BTCUSD, +0.48% surged about 16% in the past 24 h...
Fed’s Waller backs another jumbo interest-rate hike in July
Federal Reserve Gov. Christopher Waller said Saturday that he would like to see another 75 basis point interest rate hike at the next policy meeting in late July. Waller supported the Fed’s decision t...
What the Fed’s biggest rate hike in decades means for the bear market in bonds
Historically bad. That’s how the mammoth $53 trillion U.S. fixed-income market has performed this year as the Federal Reserve works to curtail high inflation threatening to wreck the economy. To turbo...
These money and investing tips can help you be smarter in a bear market that might not be average
Don’t miss these top money and investing features: Sign up here to get MarketWatch’s best mutual funds and ETF stories emailed to you weekly! INVESTING NEWS & TRENDS Why bonds haven’t performed be...
Why stock-market investors are ‘nervous’ that an earnings recession may be looming
Investors are anxious the stock market may be facing an earnings recession, potentially leading to deeper losses after the S&P 500 index just suffered its worst week since March 2020. “It’s prett...
Bitcoin’s nosedive through the $20,000 mark is a Minsky Moment for crypto: ‘Psychologically for a lot of people, this is galling’
Is bitcoin BTCUSD, +4.03% facing a breaking point? That’s what some investors, acolytes and otherwise, might be contemplating, as the cryptocurrency’s descent accelerates over the weekend. The world’s...
I want to retire next year, but I have $25,000 in credit card debt and a major monthly mortgage payment — I also live with my three kids and ex
I’ll be 57 next month and am divorced with three kids living with me. One is 28, she’s working, another is 21 and a senior in college (with a full scholarship) and the youngest is 15 (a sophomore in h...
Pessimism on chip stocks is hitting a new high, and the money seems to be flowing toward software
The outlook for the semiconductor sector is moving from bad to worse, and investors appear to be moving their money into the software sector as a result. Pessimism about the future of the chip sector ...