Bitcoin (BTC) has been trending up since mid-July, although the current ascending channel formation holds $21,100 support. This pattern has been holding for 45 days and could potentially drive BTC towards $26,000 by late August. According to Bitcoin derivatives data, investors are pricing higher odds of a downturn, but recent improvements in global economic perspective
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Los Angeles Ron_Thomas | Getty Images As rising interest rates and surging property values prevent more families from buying a home, the demand for rentals has soared, with the highest rent prices in the sunniest states. Rent prices for single family homes swelled during the first half of 2022, hitting a national average of $2,495
On Monday, the cross-chain token bridge Nomad was attacked and hackers managed to siphon $190 million from the protocol, draining a great majority of the funds. The Nomad cross-chain bridge attack was the third-biggest crypto heist of 2022, and the ninth largest of all time. Nomad Cross-Chain Bridge Exploited for $190 Million Cross-chain bridges in
The Chicago’s Park District’s pension overhaul that pulled the system off a track to insolvency along with a healthy balance sheet that has overcome early COVID-19 pandemic hits have stabilized the district’s ratings, Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings said. Fitch and S&P revised the outlook to stable from negative on the district’s AA-minus general
In this article UBER TAP CAT An Uber banner on the New York Stock Exchange on the day of Uber’s IPO, May 10, 2019. Source: NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Tuesday. Uber Technologies — Uber shares popped 17.6% after the ride-hailing giant reported a quarterly revenue that beat analyst expectations.
The Securities and Exchange Commission’s Office of Municipal Securities has a new deputy director and is seeking a financial analyst to join its team in either of its Los Angeles, Washington D.C., Atlanta or Chicago offices. That’s according to an SEC spokesperson and a posting on USAJOBS, the official job portal for the federal government.
BP’s problem, like that of the other oil supermajors, is it has more money than it can justify what to do with. BP knows what it would like to do with the windfall profits being made from the Ukraine-induced rise in energy prices: return them to shareholders. It announced a 10 per cent rise in
Polkadot (DOT) looks ready to extend its ongoing price recovery due to a classic bullish pattern forming on its daily chart. DOT paints “cup and handle” pattern Notably, DOT has been forming a “cup and handle” pattern since mid-June, confirmed by its price crashing and recovering in a rounding, U-shaped trajectory (cup), followed by the
Crypto exchange Zipmex, which operates in Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Australia, released a statement this week denying reports that it has filed for bankruptcy and announcing its progress in resuming withdrawals from its Z Wallets. Zipmex customers can withdraw Solana (SOL) from their wallets Tuesday and will be able to withdraw XRP on Thursday and
During the last few weeks, the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has come awfully close to reaching the $100 billion mark again, but it fell short this week. Today, the value locked across the defi ecosystem is $86.22 billion as the TVL has lost 3.34% during the past 24 hours. Value Locked
Bitcoin (BTC) saw volatility after the Aug. 2 Wall Street open amid ongoing market reactions to tensions between the United States and China. BTC price U-turns as Pelosi lands in Taipei Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD spiking above $23,000 on the day as news came in that Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the
Enterprise cryptocurrency custody firm Fireblocks is set to offer token minting services through a new integration with Ethereum- and Polygon-friendly platform Tokeny. The new feature allows businesses and retail customers to mint and manage permissioned tokens, digital securities, stablecoins and loyalty programs across various trading applications, payment networks and digital banks. Fireblocks and Tokeny make
Gibraltar’s 6.8-square-kilometer territory houses 35,000 people and several large international crypto companies. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, ruled by the United Kingdom and an important gateway to Europe, is an attractive jurisdiction for distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or simply crypto. The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, is now hiring for four roles in the
Cuyahoga County, Ohio, has launched a high-profile utility and microgrid project in a bid to transform a legacy of heavy manufacturing into a high-tech, climate-friendly economy that attracts advanced manufacturers. The plan, which features a public utility and a series of microgrid districts, will likely be structured as a public-private partnership. The county “was thrilled”
Nancy Pelosi landed in Taiwan on Tuesday night in the highest-level visit by a US official for decades, defying Chinese threats of a military response. The trip by the Speaker of the US House of Representatives has become a test of how far Beijing will go to deter foreign support for Taiwan and of China
The Waves (WAVES) community has supported a governance proposal to revive the decentralized finance (DeFi) lending protocol Vires.Finance after its liquidity crisis. The vote aims to stabilize the project and compensate the users who were affected. In April, Neutrino (USDN), a stablecoin running on the Waves platform, depegged from the dollar. This led to a
Liz Truss’s Tory leadership campaign suffered a serious setback on Tuesday after she was forced to abandon her plan to cut the pay of public sector workers living in poorer areas of Britain. The proposal drew ferocious cross-party criticism — including from Tories representing constituencies in the north and Midlands — forcing the foreign secretary
Blockchain.com, one of the oldest Bitcoin (BTC) infrastructure firms, is strengthening regulation and compliance efforts by securing registration in the Cayman Islands. The blockchain wallet and cryptocurrency exchange platform Blockchain.com is expanding operations in the Cayman Islands after receiving registration from the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA). Issued on July 6, the registration officially authorizes
John Luke Tyner, fixed income analyst at Aptus Capital Advisors, discusses yield curve inversion with Bond Buyer Managing Editor Gary Siegel. Tyner looks at recession possibilities and how the Federal Reserve’s actions will impact the economy, the yield curve and recession. (23 minutes) Transcription:Gary Siegel: (00:03) Hi, and welcome to another Bond Buyer podcast. I’m
The writer is a former deputy governor of the National Bank of Ukraine Vladimir Putin infamously predicted that Ukraine would be conquered in a matter of days. The west was equally sceptical about Ukraine’s chances of surviving a Russian onslaught. However, it has been more than 150 days since the start of the full-scale Russian invasion