Lowe’s expands into the metaverse with a tool to help visualize projects

Lowe’s Metaverse Open Builder. Courtesy: Lowe’s It seems like every company is getting into the metaverse these days. Lowe’s doesn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to use ...

Netflix talks with Google about ads as Sarandos is set to address Cannes this week

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – JUNE 12: CEO of Netflix Ted Sarandos attends Netflix’s FYSEE event for “Squid Game” at Raleigh Studios Hollywood on June 12, 2022 in Los Angeles, Cali...

Symbotic Stock: Walmart Discloses It Holds a Stake in AI Company

Text size Walmart owns a stake in AI company Symbotic. Photo by George Frey/Getty Images Symbotic shares finished lower Tuesday after Walmart disclosed it holds a stake of 11.1% in the artificial inte...

Crypto start-up MoonPay in NFT deal with Universal, Fox

MoonPay co-founder and CEO Ivan Soto-Wright at the Bitcoin 2022 conference in Miami. MoonPay Crypto start-up MoonPay said Tuesday that it’s partnering with Universal Pictures, Fox Corporation an...

How GM, Ford, Tesla are tackling the national EV charging challenge

More people than ever are buying electric vehicles. There are about 2 million EVs on the road in the U.S., up six-fold since 2016, but the number of EVs is still a very small slice of the more than 28...

Elon Musk says 3 issues need to be resolved before Twitter deal closes

In this photo illustration, Twitter account of Elon Musk is seen on a smartphone screen and Twitter logo in the background. Pavlo Gonchar | Lightrocket | Getty Images Elon Musk says there are three ma...

Jokowi lays out his pitch for why Elon Musk should invest in Indonesia

Elon Musk, here seen at an event in New York in early-May, is being aggressively courted to produce his electric vehicles “end to end” in resource-rich Indonesia. Angela Weiss | AFP | Gett...

Russia Creates SWIFT Payment Alternative Integrating Blockchain Technology

9 hours ago | 2 mins read Blockchain News Various technological companies have formed a cult called the Rostec Group. Russia will be able to undertake international transactions and pay for goods in R...

What is staked ether (stETH) and why is it causing havoc in crypto?

Ether is the second-largest cryptocurrency in the world by market value. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto via Getty Images Another controversial cryptocurrency is causing havoc in the digital asset market — an...

Energy and these 2 other sectors led the S&P 500. Now they’ve tanked. Here’s why that could be good for the stock market.

An unwind of the stock market’s best performing sectors had to happen eventually. And that may be just what this bear market ordered, according to Jonathan Krinsky, chief market technician at BTIG. Si...

The PIP Button Brings New Lifeblood To The Creator Economy With Blockchain Technology

Blockchain technology and cryptocurrencies can make a big difference for content creators globally. Anyone can benefit from integrating such solutions, preferably if they do not require coding knowled...

Asian markets mostly fall ahead of U.S. holiday

TOKYO (AP) — Asian markets were mostly lower in cautious trading Monday ahead of a federal holiday in the U.S. Worries over inflation and risks of a global recession from central bank efforts to bring...

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...

The ‘Crypto Winter’ Could Become a ‘Crypto Hell.’ What to Know.

When a traditional bank fails, a SWAT team of regulators swoops in, winding it down in secret and preventing a panic that could spread throughout the financial system. In cryptocurrency banking, the d...

Stock Market Closed for Juneteenth, June Economic Data, and More to Watch This Week

Text size Uncredited U.S. stock and bond markets will be closed on Monday in observance of Juneteenth. There will be a handful of earnings reports, annual shareholders meetings, and economic-data rele...

FedEx’s Dividend Hike Stands Out

Text size FedEx trucks at a sorting facility Justin Sullivan/Getty Images FedEx grabbed the headlines this week for dividend announcements, declaring an increase of more than 50% to its quarterly payo...

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...

Bitcoin Rebounds After Falling Below $18,000

Bitcoin seems to be taking a welcome break for millions of investors. The most popular cryptocurrency, has regained some life: the price was at $19,735.89, up 4.4% in the past hour as of this writing,...

Elon Musk Says He Is Buying the Crypto Dip

This is undoubtedly the wake-up call the cryptocurrency market needed. Now, will this be enough to stabilize prices, the next few hours will tell, but there are still many questions, especially about ...

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...

Trillion-dollar crypto collapse sparks flurry of US lawsuits – who’s to blame?

With investors worldwide looking at a $1.5 trillion in recent cryptocurrency losses, a blizzard of class-action lawsuits are being prepared. One big question is: who, if anyone, is to blame ? See: Bit...

Alibaba Stock Rises on Report About Ant’s Holding Company Bid

Text size A Reuters report says that China has accepted the application of Ant Group, which is an affiliate of Alibaba, to form a financial holding company. Here: Alibaba’s headquarters in Hangz...

Bitcoin Tumbles Below $19,000 for the First Time Since 2020

It’s a real debacle.  Bitcoin fell below $20,000 and $19,000 for the first time since 2020, marking a week in which panic seems to be dominating the cryptocurrency market.  The price of Bitcoin ...

Bitcoin Just Crashed Below $20,000. Where It Might Be Headed Next.

Text size Bitcoin prices have been crashing and could fall even further. Courtesy Ethan Lou The Bitcoin carnage continues, as the cryptocurrency breaks $20,000 to trade at its lowest level since 2020....

How the massive EV transition is starting in the car rental industry

Tesla Model 3 electric vehicles at a Hertz airport location. Photo by E.R. Davidson Not long after Hertz Global Holdings emerged from bankruptcy last summer, reorganized after the Covid-19 pandemic st...

Bitcoin’s Price Falls Below $20,000

The price of bitcoin lurched below $20,000, and below a level widely monitored by cryptocurrency enthusiasts, as a brutal selloff in crypto showed no signs of abating. Bitcoin fell as low as $18,739.5...

Bitcoin slumps below $20,000 as cryptocurrency rout rolls on

Bitcoin traded below $20,000 on Saturday, extending the slide that has wiped out trillions in market value from cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin BTCUSD, -7.07% traded down 8% to $19,029, extending a slide fr...

The Crypto Party Is Over

On Super Bowl Sunday, a Crypto.com ad featuring billionaire NBA star LeBron James lit up millions of Americans’ TVs. “If you want to make history, you gotta call your own shots,” Mr. James said in the...

Oracle Stock Looks Like a Buy Even in a Recession

Text size Oracle expects its cloud business to grow at least 30% in its next fiscal year. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Amid a devilish brew of rising rates, high inflation, and recession fears, the tec...

Bitcoin crash ‘absolutely’ a buying opportunity, Michael Saylor says

“‘Nobody has ever lost money investing in bitcoin for four years.’” That was MicroStrategy MSTR, +3.88% CEO and bitcoin BTCUSD, -6.27% optimist Michael Saylor talking about the recent dip in bitcoin p...