Bitcoin (BTC) price is down today as crypto opens a new week underperforming major risk assets. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Binance “FUD” threatens BTC price support Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView shows Bitcoin (BTC) down 1.6% on the day, heading toward $26,500. The largest cryptocurrency spent most of the weekend in a
The Federal Emergency Management Agency’s response to the wildfires that took the Hawaiian island of Maui by storm will likely add pressure to negotiations to replenish its already dwindling Disaster Relief Fund, which will be a major focus when Congress returns from recess Sept. 5. The wildfires that destroyed at least 20 square miles, 13,000
Lower gas and electricity prices drove a sharp drop in UK inflation to 6.8 per cent in July from 7.9 per cent the previous month, the lowest rate of price increases since February last year. The figure met economists’ expectations and will come as a modest relief after wage data on Tuesday was surprisingly strong, highlighting the work
The New York Stock Exchange welcomes executives and guests of Cava in celebration of its initial public offering, June 15, 2023. NYSE Check out the companies making headlines in extended trading. H&R Block — The tax preparer rose nearly 5.9% after posting quarterly earnings per share of $2.05 that beat Wall Street’s expectations of $1.88,
The wheels of the United States luxury real estate market keep turning with big-time sales and exceptional new listings popping up every day. While on opposite coasts and consisting of disparate inventory, New York City and Los Angeles share similarly competitive markets and, as such, have some of the most expensive real estate in the
Residential home construction by Shea Homes builders is shown in Encinitas, California, May 16, 2023. Mike Blake | Reuters Rising mortgage rates are hitting potential homebuyers hard, and that is taking steam out of the homebuilding market. Builder sentiment in the market for newly built homes dropped six points to 50 in August, according to
Kevin Matras talks about a stock’s Earnings Yield and how to use it. Highlighted stocks include ACT, AHL, ANW, TRN and URI.
Municipals were mixed in secondary trading Tuesday amid an active primary that saw two large airport deals from Dallas-Fort Worth and Atlanta price. U.S. Treasuries were also mixed, and equities sold off. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 63%, the three-year at 63%, the five-year at 63%, the 10-year at 65% and the 30-year
Over the 15 years since Bitcoin was created, there has been no shortage of crazy conspiracy theories about how it was made and where it came from. Some believe Bitcoin was the work of “a bunch of engineers” in the Chinese Communist Party — presumably for world domination; others claim Bitcoin is the work of
The latest report from Glassnode Insights, titled “The Week On-Chain,” emphasized that Bitcoin (BTC) has reached historically low levels of volatility. This has led to a mere 2.9% separation between the asset’s Bollinger Bands, indicating an exceptionally narrow trading range. This situation has only been observed twice in Bitcoin’s history: in September 2016, when BTC
Municipals were lightly traded and mostly steady Monday while U.S. Treasuries saw losses across the curve and equities ended in the black. Triple-A yield curves saw a mix of small bumps and cuts by a basis point or two, depending on the curve, while Treasuries saw losses of one to seven basis points with the
UK wages grew much more than expected in the three months to June, according to official figures that are likely to reinforce policymakers’ concerns over the pressures fuelling inflation. In April to June, annual growth in regular pay, which excludes bonuses, was 7.8 per cent, the highest regular annual growth rate since comparable records began
By unveiling its stablecoin, PayPal is attempting to claim a share of the growing cryptocurrency market. The company says that PYUSD will be able to support quick fund transfers for various purposes, such as remittances. PayPal has also indicated that the new cryptocurrency will be compatible with Web3 environments and will eventually be available on
A Discover Financial Services credit card. Scott Eelis | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell. Discover Financial Services — The financial services stock fell more than 5% after announcing the resignation of its CEO. The board announced that Roger Hochschild would step down from the position, effectively immediately, and
Well-informed Forbes.com readers are surely aware that co-working giant WeWork stated last week in a 10-Q filing that “substantial doubt exists about the company’s ability to continue as a going concern”. Given that WeWork lost about $600 million in the last six months and only has approximately $680 million in liquidity currently available, I can
In this article UBSG-CH UBS Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT General view of the UBS building in Manhattan, New York, June 5, 2023. Eduardo Munoz Alvarez | View Press | Corbis News | Getty Images Swiss bank UBS agreed to pay a combined $1.4 billion in civil penalties over fraud and misconduct in its
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Annual tax revenue collection in Massachusetts fell by 4.7% in fiscal year 2023, the State Department of Revenue announced in its yearly report released Friday. The state collected $39.2 billion in fiscal 2023, $1.94 billion less than in fiscal 2022 and 1.5% below the state’s set benchmark, the report said. Officials attributed the year-over-year dip
Bitcoin (BTC) has been stuck inside a tight range in August. Glassnode lead on-chain analyst Checkmate highlighted that the spread between the upper and lower Bollinger Bands for Bitcoin has shrunk to 2.9%, its third tightest ever. Typically, periods of low volatility are followed by a range expansion. The longer the time spent inside a
The connection between Bitcoin and gold goes back to Bitcoin’s origin. While it is not mentioned in the Bitcoin white paper, Satoshi Nakamoto actually referred to gold’s rarity in a Bitcointalk forum post when introducing the first version of Bitcoin (BTC) in 2009. This was to emphasize the importance of a limited supply of 21 million coins.