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Author: Jeffrey Taylor
Last Updated: 22 June 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic has shaken even the world’s strongest economies and the United States is no exception. As the direct effects of the pandemic abate, the economy is still in recovery. On Wednesday the Fed held the interest rate near zero because rising inflation was majorly reflecting transitory factors. The Central Bank of the US […]
Author: Maria Andretti
Last Updated: 21 June 2021
Over half of the world’s miners population have lived and worked in China but that may no longer be the case. The Chinese government began a crackdown on Bitcoin miners in May. The move has triggered what has come to be known as ‘The Great Mining Migration’. China’s issue with miners Bitcoin mining is an […]
Author: Jeffrey Taylor
Last Updated: 20 June 2021
Oracle in partnership with Walmart planned to buy the US assets of the Chinese-owned viral video app, TikTok. With the exit of Donald Trump from the White House, this plan is now in the dumps. However, investors are seemingly unbothered by the turn of events. They’re still very much treating Oracle like it is a […]
Author: Maria Andretti
Last Updated: 15 June 2021
Last week, Michael Sonnenshein, CEO of Grayscale, and Greg King, CEO of Osprey, were interviewed on CNBC’s “ETF Edge.” Grayscale runs the largest bitcoin-based fund in the world. The fund, “Grayscale Bitcoin Trust” has over $24 billion in assets under its management. While Osprey controls the Osprey Bitcoin Trust and the Osprey Algorand Trust. Osprey […]
Author: Jeffrey Taylor
Last Updated: 14 June 2021
Bill Ackman, founder and CEO of Pershing Square Capital Management has made a move that could change how SPACs operate. This has been dubbed SPAC 2.0 by some. Ackman’s newly established SPAC, Pershing Square Tontine Holdings (PSTH), based in New York, was incorporated in 2020 with a current market value of $4.57 billion. Ackman is […]
Author: Michael Stern
Last Updated: 9 June 2021
On May 7th, Colonial Pipeline Co. a US-based oil pipeline system was a victim of a ransomware attack allegedly orchestrated by the Eastern-European-based hacker group, DarkSide. It happened that the hackers requested the ransom be paid in cryptocurrency. The CEO and president of Colonial Pipeline, Joseph Blount, Jr., announced a day after the attack that […]
Author: Maria Andretti
Last Updated: 7 June 2021
The US Dollar is a currency that is widely accepted around the world for international business transactions. It holds a high value and prestige in the world compared to most currencies. Digital currency is the craze of the day that is gradually taking its place in nations of the world. It’s gained so much value […]
Author: Jeffrey Taylor
Last Updated: 2 June 2021
Crypto is gradually becoming a household name that not only developers but everyone can relate with. Colorado Governor Jared Polis is about to head the political arm of the house. During the virtual summit, ‘Consensus,’ hosted in May on CoinDesk, a crypto news site, Gov. Jared Polis expressed his thoughts on how he would want […]
Author: Michael Stern
Last Updated: 1 June 2021
As the market enters the often weak month of June, the big event in the world of finance is the U.S. jobs report for May. May was anything but a stellar month, finishing with mixed performance. Both the Dow and Standard and Poor ticked up, with the Dow going up by 1.9 percent. The tech-heavy […]