Australian-based crypto investment firm Monochrome Asset Management has updated its application to offer a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF) on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) through its partner Vasco Trustees. The ETF — Monochrome Bitcoin ETF — will be able to offer retail Australian investors direct exposure to Bitcoin and Ether (ETH), according to the firm’s July
Amazon delivery package seen in front of a door. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Alphabet — The Google parent company added 4.4% after launching its large language model, Bard AI, in Brazil and the European Union. Cirrus Logic — The chipmaker fell more than
With designs by master architect Edgar Ullrich, trees planted by famed botanist and landscape architect Kate Sessions and occupants descended from the Sepúlveda and the de la Guerra families, this La Jolla hillside home is about as close to San Diego royalty as you can get. In fact, the Upper Hermosa residence, now on the
Virojt Changyencham | Moment | Getty Images With some employees pushing back against return-to-office plans and the hybrid work model of three days a week in person seeming to be the sweet spot, the idea of bringing workers back to the office for a five-day workweek appears to have hit a wall. Office attendance has
Benjamin S. Wolfe of Short Hills, New Jersey, a former public finance banker passed away on Saturday, July 8, 2023. He was 85. He was born on Aug. 18, 1937, in Newark, New Jersey, to Bertha and Milton Wolfe. He grew up in Newark and graduated from Weequahic High School before earning a bachelor’s degree
XRP’s (XRP) price extended its gains on March 21, rising 21% in the last few hours. XRP price rallies as Bitcoin recaptures $28,000 The rally in the XRP/USD pair started on March 21 with the XRP price reaching a 90-day high of $0.459. XRP price. Source: CoinGecko The price move comes as Bitcoin (BTC) and
Municipals were firmer Wednesday, but underperformed a U.S. Treasury rally that followed the June consumer price index report showed inflation cooling. Equities ended the session up. Triple-A yields fell up to three basis points while UST saw yields fall by as much as 18 basis points. Ratios rose as a result. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio
The UK economy marginally contracted in May as an extra bank holiday pushed activity down, but the decline was less steep than economists had expected. UK gross domestic product fell 0.1 per cent between April and May, following an expansion in the previous month, data published by the Office for National Statistics showed on Thursday.
Crypto mining firm Hive Blockchain is now calling itself Hive Digital Technologies — after enacting a branding pivot that seeks to highlight its foray into artificial intelligence. The Vancour-based mining company said in a July 12 statement it has dropped “blockchain” from its name to better represent the company’s “evolving focus” on revenue opportunities in
In this article STLAM-IT HLLY SPWR ROKU Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Packages of Beyond Meat Inc.’s plant-based products, Beyond Burger and Beyond Sausage, are displayed at a supermarket in Katwijk, Netherlands, November 19, 2020. Yuriko Nakao | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Roku — The streaming provider
A pedestrian walks by a Domino’s Pizza restaurant in San Francisco, Feb. 23, 2023. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday. Domino’s Pizza — The stock popped nearly 11% after Domino’s announced U.S. consumers can now order its products through Uber’s Uber Eats and
After a long stretch of increases, in May 2023 rent prices dropped for the first time since Covid, according to the June 2023 rent report by Rent.com. However, the U.S. housing market is still short 6.5 million homes, as reported by CNN. Data from Freddie Mac shows that not enough homes are being built to
Suburban residential properties and distant city high-rises in Ruskin Park, a public green space in Lambeth, on 11th June 2023, in London, England. Richard Baker | In Pictures | Getty Images The Bank of England warned already struggling homeowners could see monthly mortgage repayments rise sharply in the coming months, but stressed households today are
Nashville, Tennessee received a series of upgrades from S&P Global this week. The credit agency on Monday boosted Metropolitan Nashville and Davidson County’s long-term general obligation debt rating to AA+ from AA. The upgrades also apply to obligations supported by its non-tax revenue. The outlook is stable. The action reflected Nashville’s efforts to “strengthen its
Cryptocurrency scams have fallen a massive 77% from $3.3 billion to $1.1 billion over the first six months of 2023, according to a recent report by blockchain intelligence firm Chainalysis. The catch, though, is that ransom attacks are back in trend, with perpetrators pocketing 62.4% more revenue than the first six months of 2022. On
Municipals were steady Tuesday as the new-issue calendar picked up steam, including nearly $1 billion from Texas’ Denton Independent School District and an upsized deal from Utah’s Intermountain Power Agency. U.S. Treasuries were slightly firmer outside of five years and equities ended the session in the black. The two-year muni-to-Treasury ratio Tuesday was at 61%,
Andrew Bailey has called on UK banks to pass on higher interest rates to savers, as the Bank of England concluded that the country’s top eight lenders are sufficiently resilient to withstand a severe economic downturn. Speaking after the latest stress tests on banks’ capacity to weather potential catastrophes, the BoE governor said lenders were
Exchange operator Cboe Global Markets has amended five spot Bitcoin (BTC) Exchange-Traded Fund (ETF) applications to include a surveillance-sharing agreement (SSA) with Coinbase. On July 11, Cboe amended filings with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the ETFs from Invesco, VanEck, WisdomTree, Fidelity and the joint fund by ARK Invest and 21Shares.
Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images The rapid rise of a few already massive tech stocks this year is causing Nasdaq to make unusual adjustments to its popular growth index. The company announced on July 7 that it will do a special rebalance of the Nasdaq 100 Index, which will take effect before the
Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Shutterstock — Shares of the stock image, video and music provider jumped 10% after Shutterstock announced a six-year, expanded partnership with OpenAI, the maker of ChatGPT. Newell Brands — Shares of the consumer goods company jumped more than 10%