According to research by on-chain analytics provider, Glassnode, 95% of the Bitcoin changing hands last was last moved less than three months ago on the blockchain. Glassnode’s March 15 The Week On-Chain report found that just 5% of spent outputs are more than 90 days old, indicating the vastRead More →
USD/JPY looks weaker below the 109.00 hurdle. US Retail Sales surprised to the downside in February. US Industrial Production contracted more than expected. The corrective downside in US yields lends some buying interest to the Japanese yen and drags USD/JPY back below 109.00 the figure on Tuesday. USD/JPY looksRead More →
An executive order signed by President Biden could wind up cooling the real estate market in places where it’s been hot. Or at least appears to be. Why “appears”? I’ll get to that in a second. The president ordered federal agencies to post scientific data and analysis on websites likeRead More →
Amazon warehouse workers in Alabama got a surprise ally in US Sen. Marco Rubio, with the conservative lawmaker revealing on Friday that he supports their efforts to unionize. The Republican senator from Florida published an op-ed in USA Today that accused Amazon AMZN, -0.77% of waging “a war against working-class values”Read More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: Representations of virtual currency Bitcoin and U.S. dollar banknotes are seen in this picture illustration (Reuters) – , the world’s biggest cryptocurrency, on Saturday crossed a record high of $60,000. Bitcoin has risen sharply this year, broadly outperforming conventional asset classes, partly due to broaderRead More →
© Reuters. A man wearing a protective face mask walks past a screen displaying a graph showing recent Nikkei share average outside a brokerage, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Tokyo By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) – Global stock prices were off to a solid start while U.S.Read More →
We are well into tax season, and ordinarily I would say it’s time to get serious about filing your 2020 Form 1040 if you’ve not already done so. But so far, 2021 has not been much more ordinary than 2020, the year we would all like to forget. Now,Read More →
With Elon Musk gone quiet in the past two days, it seems like Mark Cuban is filling the void with some significant DOGE talk on Twitter. The entrepreneur who owns Dallas Mavericks has recently been warming up to the popular crypto, and recently stated that it has the potentialRead More →
DOW JONES, NIKKEI 225, ASX 200 INDEX OUTLOOK: Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 closed +1.46%, +0.60% and -0.33% respectively 10-Year Treasury yield retreated to 1.518% as core inflation came below expectation Reflation trade is back in centerstage after House approval of the massive fiscal stimulus Inflation,Read More →
© Reuters. By Gina Lee Investing.com – The dollar inched up on Thursday morning in Asia after hitting a seven-month high against the yen during the previous session. With U.S. Treasuries recording and boosting the dollar, U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is also due to give a speechRead More →
According to US Department of Justice’s Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), drug traffickers increasingly relied on crypto ATMs to aid illicit bulk money transfers, last year. DEA also noted a surge in BTC withdrawal of many dark web vendors, last year, who feared “loss of funds.” DEA stated that Covid-imposedRead More →
It’s been a year since the pandemic first blindsided the U.S., turning many jobs, forms of schooling and ways of socializing into stay-at-home events. But it’s only about 11 months since the new bull market for the S&P 500 started. That’s one of two key reasons why analysts atRead More →
GBP/USD struggled to build on its intraday positive move and faced rejection near the 1.4000 mark. Renewed USD buying interest was seen as a key factor that prompted some selling at higher levels. Optimism over a swift UK economic recovery underpinned the GBP and helped limit the downside. TheRead More →
Options trading has, for years, enticed and seduced many people into learning about this relatively unknown form of investing. Stock options are gaining popularity, but the mass population is still not fully aware of their existence. Now that I’ve experienced my own 300% returns on my money, I’ve set outRead More →
The decentralized smart contract platform Fantom (FTM) continued its resurgent rally to the tune of 50% on Monday, despite a temporary network outage that saw the blockchain stop producing blocks for seven hours. Fantom emerged among the top 100 in the market cap rankings in January — eventually goingRead More →
Several major banks across Asia have joined forces to construct a cross-border central bank digital currency, according to a joint announcement issued on Feb. 23. Dubbed the Multiple Central Bank Digital Currency Bridge — or m-CBDC — the project sees the Hong Kong Monetary Authority, the Bank of Thailand,Read More →
By Aishwarya Venugopal and Melissa Fares (Reuters) – Macy’s Inc (NYSE:) forecast 2021 sales largely above Wall Street estimates on Tuesday as the retailer bets on its growing online business and on the COVID-19 vaccine rollouts allowing customers to return to its department stores after pandemic curbs. The upbeat outlookRead More →
USD/JPY staged a goodish rebound from sub-105.00 levels amid resurgent USD demand. The set-up favours bullish traders and supports prospects for additional near-term gains. A move towards the 105.70 region, en-route the 106.00 mark, looks a distinct possibility. The USD/JPY pair showed some resilience below the key 105.00 psychologicalRead More →
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) dipped to as low as $53,905 on Binance overnight, recording a sudden 6% drop. But despite the minor correction, the price of Bitcoin quickly recovered thereafter, reaching a new all-time high above $57,800 on Feb. 21. BTC/USDT 4-hour price chart (Binance). Source: TradingView.com Why didRead More →
SINGAPORE/NEW YORK (Reuters) – hit a fresh high on Saturday, extending a two-month rally that took its market capitalization above $1 trillion on Friday. The world’s most popular cryptocurrency rose to a record $57,553, taking its weekly gain to around 20%. It has surged nearly 100% this year. Bitcoin’s gainsRead More →
S&P 500 Futures regain 3,900, up 0.20% intraday, to rise for the first time in a week. US 10-year Treasury yields jump to the fresh high since February 2020. Comments from Chinese diplomat join virus, vaccine optimism to back the mood amid a light calendar. Risk-on mood gains momentumRead More →
The family of a 20-year-old trader who killed himself after seeing a massive negative balance in his account sued online brokerage Robinhood for wrongful death on Monday. The parents and sister of Alex Kearns said Robinhood preys on inexperienced traders and that the company’s “misleading communications” caused him toRead More →
The world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance, has dropped its defamation lawsuit against news publication Forbes and two of its journalists, according to official court documents. Binance Holdings filed a lawsuit against Forbes, along with journalists Michael Del Castillo and Jason Brett in November, following an article that alleged BinanceRead More →
© Reuters. FILE PHOTO: U.S. one hundred dollar notes are seen in this picture illustration By Saikat Chatterjee LONDON (Reuters) – The U.S. dollar was firmly pinned at a one-week low on Tuesday as an overnight slide in U.S. Treasury yields raised doubts on the outlook for the greenbackRead More →
The S&P 500 earnings recession is now set to end, as bottom-line results for the fourth quarter have swung to growth for the first time in a year as more companies are beating expectations, by bigger margins, than usual. The fourth-quarter earnings reporting season is not yet half over,Read More →
