Ukraine has received over $70 million in cryptocurrencies since the start of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict, providing the nation with funds for military equipment and humanitarian assistance. The figures came from a Feb. 24 report by blockchain data platform Chainalysis, which found the majority of the funds to have come in the form of Ether (ETH) and
Five years after being listed for sale the 100-square mile estate belonging to the late T. Boone Pickens has sold for about $60 million less than its original asking price of $250 million. Pickens, whose estate Forbes’ estimates to be valued at $1.3 billion, died in 2019 at the age of 91. His property was
Photo by Image Source via Getty Images Love may not cost a thing, but divorce can come with a hefty price tag. Most people considering divorce go in with the understanding that it’s going to come with a cost, but many — particularly those pursuing a contested divorce — can experience massive sticker shock when
Greenberg Traurig gained five public finance lawyers who joined the law firm’s Houston office this month from Orrick. Adrian Patterson, who served as Houston office leader at Orrick, joined Greenberg as a shareholder, along with Robert Collie and James Hernandez as of counsels, and Noe Hinojosa III and Donna McIntosh as associates, the law firm
The show Macro Markets, hosted by Marcel Pechman, which airs every Friday at 12 pm ET on the Cointelegraph Markets & Research YouTube channel, explains complex concepts in layman’s terms and focuses on the cause and effect of traditional financial events on the day-to-day crypto activity. In the show’s inaugural episode airing today, Pechman discusses
The U.S. would get a national infrastructure bank that would partner with states and local governments to attract private equity and pension funds under a bipartisan bill unveiled this month. It’s the latest legislation to pursue the idea, which lawmakers have floated repeatedly over the years as a way to spur private investment into the
The record-breaking global bond market rally since the start of this year has fizzled out as mounting signs of persistent inflation force investors to reverse their views on the likely future path of interest rate rises. Investors rushed into fixed income in the first few weeks of 2023 as they became increasingly expectant that the
Top Stories This Week Unsealed superseding indictment against Sam Bankman-Fried includes 12 criminal charges Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried (SBF) was charged on four new criminal counts by a federal judge presiding over his case. According to a superseding indictment, there are now 12 criminal charges against Bankman-Fried, including eight conspiracy charges related to fraud
In this article MRNA CVNA BA YETI LYV Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Patties of Beyond Meat Inc.’s plant-based burger Beyond Burger are cooked on a skillet. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Beyond Meat — Shares of the maker of plant-based meat alternatives surged 10.15%
A home along a canal comes with certain advantages, particularly when that waterfront is in an upscale community such as Vero Beach, Florida. From a privacy standpoint there are no neighbors sharing a backyard border. Instead, a tranquil waterway acts as a natural buffer. Living spaces open to a swimming pool and the canal front,
A renovated apartment in New York City after The Expert consultation sessions with designers Jessica Gersten and Athena Calderone. The Expert Aside from bingeing Netflix, creating the picture-perfect home may have been the pandemic’s most popular habit. Whether it’s organizing a pantry or adding on a home office, gym or spa-like bathroom, homeowners have been
The U.S. Treasury resumed operations of its Office of Recovery Programs Contact Center on Feb. 21, providing local governments with an important link to the federal agency as they seek to complY with the conditions governing the federal money. The help desk fielded about 300 calls and about 2,000 emails a week before shuttering last October
The second-largest bank in Germany, DZ Bank, is preparing to become a provider of custody services for crypto assets. The offering will be facilitated by a partnership with Metaco, a Swiss company that specializes in helping financial institutions to operate in the digital asset space. DZ Bank to Use Metaco’s Harmonize Platform to Launch Crypto
Flanked by officials from the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Thursday hosted a groundbreaking for a terminal project she said will cap John F. Kennedy International Airport’s $18 billion redevelopment. “The groundbreaking offers a complete vision for the modernized global gateway,” Hochul said at a ceremony held
Joe Biden has said he did not think China would send weapons to Russia to help its military campaign in Ukraine, in comments that appeared to undercut claims from his top officials that Beijing was considering the idea. In an interview with ABC television on Friday that was aired on the evening of the anniversary
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Getty Images I was recently at an ETF conference in Miami Beach, and one night a few of us noticed that Bruce Springsteen was playing up the road in Hollywood. We kicked around the idea of going, until someone said that ticket prices were likely $1,000 and up for the sold-out event. We went out
In this article BRK.B Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Warren Buffett. Gerald Miller | CNBC Berkshire Hathaway‘s operating profits fell during the fourth quarter as inflationary pressures weighed on the conglomerate’s businesses. Berkshire Hathaway’s operating earnings totaled $6.7 billion in the fourth quarter of 2022, a release read Saturday. That’s down 7.9% from the
The Ethereum community appears to have taken a bullish view of Coinbase’s newly announced layer-2 network, Base, which has been described as a “massive confidence vote” and a “watershed moment” for the blockchain network. Secured on Ethereum and powered by layer-2 network Optimism, Base aims to eventually become a network for building decentralized applications (DApps)
While politicians and pundits around the world commemorate the one year anniversary of Russia’s latest, most brutal invasion of Ukraine today, no one expected the country to still be standing even a month later when tanks and planes advanced on Kyiv in the early hours of February 24, 2022. We’ve watched the war from afar