Bitcoin (BTC) hovered around $44,000 on Feb. 9 as a modest uptick towards the Wall Street open provided relief for support levels. Melt-up or breakdown? Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD acting in the range defined in recent days without significant downside pressure. Circling $44,000, traders were mostly preoccupied with a potential retracement,
Puerto Rico bankruptcy Judge Laura Taylor Swain struck down a challenge to the Oversight Board’s privatization of Puerto Rico’s electrical system, granting the board’s motion to withdraw a complaint filed by the Puerto Rico Senate nearly two years ago. Puerto Rico Senate President José Luis Dalmau Santiago and the Puerto Rico Senate filed their original
CEO Rafal Modrzewski inspects some of the company’s satellite hardware. ICEYE Finnish satellite imagery venture ICEYE brought in new funds, the company announced on Thursday, as it looks to add to its spacecraft fleet in orbit and build out its growing natural catastrophe detection product line. ICEYE closed an $136 million round of venture capital
Daniel Acker | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Chipotle — Shares of the Mexican fast-food chain rose more than 8% in after-hours trading after the company reported quarterly earnings that topped analyst expectations. Menu price hikes helped offset inflation without hurting customer demand. However, Chipotle said it
Simple kitchen and bath improvements are what home shoppers desire the most, according to a new analysis released today by home-buying platform Knock. Although the housing market is fiercely competitive, an updated home still tugs at buyers’ heartstrings, selling an average of 30% faster than a home without improvements. “Getting a home ready for sale can be
Prospective home buyers tour a model home at the PulteGroup Mirehaven housing development in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sergio Flores | Bloomberg | Getty Images Consumers are feeling far more negative about the housing market this winter, as home prices continue to rise and now mortgage rates move higher as well. A monthly survey from Fannie
Municipals were weaker Tuesday amid another spike in U.S. Treasury yields while equities rallied. The primary market was active, with Washington selling $743.5 million of general obligation bonds at similar spreads to its last deal in November. The South Carolina Public Service Authority priced $930 million of revenue refunding bonds while the state of Ohio
Today, Singapore-based crypto exchange, Bybit, announced a new partnership with digital assets institution Cabital for EUR and GBP on-ramp integration. Bybit crypto exchange platform users can now use EUR and GBP to buy cryptocurrency directly on the system through Cabital’s fiat on-ramp solution, with no transfer fees between their Bybit and Cabital wallets. According to
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The Spanish treasury ministry has announced it will postpone the establishment of the complete framework for declaring taxes related to cryptocurrency assets until 2023. While the Spanish government has advanced when it comes to cryptocurrency regulation, the specifics of what will be taxed and in which way are still a mystery for traders and holders.
Claire G. Cohen, 87, one of the first women professionals in the municipal bond industry, whose career in public finance spanned over 49 years died at home on Feb. 3. “She was a pioneer in many ways, never shy to express an opinion which was always thoughtful and without rancor,” said Hy Grossman, who began
Bitcoin’s (BTC) price inched higher over the weekend as bulls try to enforce a trend change while bears attempt to stall the relief rally. On-chain monitoring resource Whalemap highlighted that $38,000 is the critical zone for the whales during any correction as whales had accumulated in this zone last week. On the upside, trader Pentoshi
Bob Cortright of DriveWealth Source: DriveWealth DriveWealth, the SoftBank-backed start-up that helps fintech firms like Revolut offer stocks, is getting into cryptocurrency trading, CNBC has learned. The New Jersey based start-up, valued at $2.85 billion in a recent fundraising, is acquiring a crypto firm founded by Harvard-trained quants and launching two subsidiaries to handle and
In this article AMGN SPGS James Tahaney loads textbooks on to a pallet in preparation for shipping at the Chegg warehouse in Shepherdsville, Kentucky, April 29, 2010. John Sommers II | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in after hours trading: Take-Two Interactive — Shares of the video game company shed
Southern California’s Topanga Canyon is known for magnificent residences and famous neighbors. Still, celebrity hatmaker Nick Fouquet’s geodesic dome home stands out as a stunning residence with expansive views and a fascinating backstory. When Fouquet, 38, bought the property for $950,000 in November 2016, he was looking for a place with high ceilings that would
China’s property troubles will make it harder for developers in the country to gain access to U.S. debt markets, according to Moody’s Investors Service. “We are seeing the trend of China property turmoil continuing to dampen enthusiasm for some high-yield issuance,” Annalisa Di Chiara, a senior vice president at Moody’s, told CNBC “Squawk Box Asia”
Municipals were mostly steady Monday in light trading, with some slight weakness on the long end, while U.S. Treasuries were little changed and equities ended mixed. Triple-A benchmark yields rose a basis point or two in spots while UST were little moved from Friday’s levels. The municipal to UST ratio five-year was at 66%, 75%
Idaho received its second rating upgrade in four months when Moody’s Investors Service elevated the state’s issuer rating to Aaa from Aa1 on Thursday. The upgrade reflects the state’s continued positive economic and demographic outlook and efforts to increase reserves to protect against the state’s volatile economic and revenue structure, Moody’s analysts wrote. Also upgraded
Bitcoin (BTC) surged above the $40,000 psychological resistance on Feb. 4 and successfully held the level over the weekend. This boosted the total crypto market capitalization from $1.78 trillion on Feb. 3 to about $2 trillion on Feb. 6, according to data from CoinGecko. A new financial disclosure by Senator Ted Cruz shows that he bought
In this article SQ MARA RBLX BA AMD A Boeing 777X airplane takes off during its first test flight from the company’s plant in Everett, Washington, January 25, 2020. Terray Sylvester | Reuters February started on a dramatic note as Big Tech companies, including Meta Platforms and Amazon, issued quarterly earnings and swayed the major