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 ...
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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...
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...
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...
Users of DeFi app Solend block attempt to take over ‘whale’ account
The logo of cryptocurrency platform Solana. Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto via | Getty Images Decentralized finance platforms are going to extreme lengths to limit the fallout from a sell-off in cryptocurr...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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 ...
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...