We ask the buidlers in the blockchain and cryptocurrency sector for their thoughts on the industry… and throw in a few random zingers to keep them on their toes! This week, our 6 Questions go to Alyssa Tsai, founder and CEO of Panony — an incubator, investor and adviser for blockchain and Web3 business.
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Bitcoin (BTC) meandered into the weekly close on July 3 after weekend trading produced a brief wick below $18,800. BTC/USD 1-hour candle chart (Bitstamp). Source: TradingView Bollinger bands signal volatility due Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView followed BTC/USD as it stuck to $19,000 rigidly for a third day running. The pair had gone
More and more, home sellers are giving in to the mounting pressure on affordability posed by June’s rapid mortgage rate hike, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. The median asking price of newly-listed homes for sale is down 1.5% from the all-time high it reached in the spring, and
People wait to visit a house for sale in Garden City, Nassau County, New York. Xinhua News Agency | Getty Images After rising steadily for three weeks, mortgage rates dipped slightly last week, prompting a small increase in refinance activity. Activity from homebuyers, however, pulled back further, leaving total mortgage demand basically flat from the
Municipals were stronger following along with, but underperforming U.S. Treasuries, which extended their rally and saw yields fall even further to start the second half of the year on continued recessionary fears. Equities ended in the black. Triple-A yields fell by four to seven basis points while USTs saw yields fall by up to 16
A new fund dedicated to advancing social equity and led by an NBA veteran and a leading municipal firm is moving into New York State’s growing cannabis industry. Social Equity Impact Ventures, LLC, a premier minority-led investment team, will sponsor and manage the New York Social Equity Cannabis Investment Fund. This first-of-its-kind $200 million fund will be
Senior Brussels officials are discussing the creation of an EU-wide sanctions authority, as they push for tougher and more consistent enforcement of penalties related to the war in Ukraine. Mairead McGuinness, financial services commissioner, said officials were open to introducing an EU version of the Office of Foreign Assets Control (Ofac), the powerful US Treasury
Coming every Saturday, Hodler’s Digest will help you track every single important news story that happened this week. The best (and worst) quotes, adoption and regulation highlights, leading coins, predictions and much more — a week on Cointelegraph in one link. Top Stories This Week After 8 years dumping billions of XRP, Jed McCaleb’s stack
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. NYSE Investors are greeting the third quarter with greater trepidation about a recession, and that makes next Friday’s June jobs report a potentially bigger catalyst for markets than it might otherwise have been. The jobs report and Wednesday’s release of minutes from the Federal
The troubled crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital Ltd., otherwise known as 3AC, has filed for bankruptcy according to recent court filings. The court papers show 3AC is aiming for an ancillary Chapter 15 proceeding so liquidators and creditors cannot seize the firm’s U.S. assets. 3AC Files for Bankruptcy — ‘Tremors’ From the Crypto Market
When it comes to the world of luxury real estate, closing a deal can be as nuanced as it is cut-throat. Here’s how one of Melbourne’s top producing teams sold a storied mansion in one of the area’s most sought-after suburbs. The 3,370-square-meter mansion was listed in late April by Michael Kantor, nephew to media
Former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower in Manhattan on August 15, 2021 in New York City. James Devaney | GC Images | Getty Images A New York judge on Wednesday lifted a contempt-of-court order against former President Donald Trump that was imposed after he failed to comply with a subpoena as part
Analysts expect climate change, combined with the political realities of either addressing the effects of it or not, will have increasing impacts on municipal credit in the coming years. Droughts, fires, flooding, changed temperature patterns, reduced snow cover, and higher sea levels may all come from climate change and all have the potential to impact
Susan Collins officially took office Friday as the president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, making history in becoming the first Black woman to lead a regional Fed bank. Collins comes from the University of Michigan, where she worked for 15 years, serving most recently as provost and previously as dean of the Gerald
Ryanair boss Michael O’Leary, the pioneer of low-cost travel in Europe, has warned fares will rise for the next five years because flying has become “too cheap” to make profits as industry costs spiral. His warning comes as ticket prices have risen in Europe and the US this summer as passengers return and some airlines
Bitcoin dropped 56.2% in the second quarter of 2022, according to crypto analytics platform Coinglass. That makes it Bitcoin’s worst quarter since the third quarter of 2011 when BTC price fell by 67%. A large part of the damage was done in the month of June when Bitcoin plunged 37%, the worst monthly drawdown since
In this article WDC AMD The headquarters building of Micron Technology Inc. stands in Boise, Idaho, U.S. Matthew Staver | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Micron Technology – Shares of the chipmaker fell about 6% after the company issued disappointing fiscal fourth-quarter guidance and said weakening consumer demand will
As of July 1, 2022, residential tenant safety in Florida will be bolstered by a new law requiring background checks for prospective employees. Senate Bill 898, cited as “Miya’s Law,” was signed into law by Gov. Ron DeSantis in response to the death of Miya Marcano, a student killed in her Orlando apartment by a
Real estate and related industries account for more than a quarter of China’s economy, according to Moody’s estimates. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images China’s real estate bonds were once key performance drivers for Asia junk bond funds, but the market share from property bonds has fallen as a result of the country’s property
An income tax on wealthy Californians that supporters say would raise $100 billion over 20 years to reduce wildfire risk and support a transition to electric cars, has qualified for the ballot. A coalition of environmental groups, public health advocates, firefighters and unions, collected 1 million signatures, well over the 623,212 needed, to qualify The