Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Howard Lutnick’s BGC Group has brought contempt of court proceedings against a former UK employee, accusing him of hiding assets after he took part in a £24mn scheme to defraud the US broker dealer. Lawyers
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Bitcoin (BTC) has been on a roll and shows no signs of slowing down. The latest leg of the rally above $84,500 pushed Bitcoin’s total market capitalization above $1.67 trillion for the first time. Analysts remain optimistic that Bitcoin will extend its month-to-date gains of 17% as November’s average return is 44%, according to CoinGlass
Every weekday the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer holds a “Morning Meeting” livestream at 10:20 a.m. ET. Here’s a recap of Monday’s key moments. 1. The S & P 500 edged higher Monday, extending Friday’s postelection all-time highs. The tech-heavy Nasdaq was basically flat. Club chip names Advanced Micro Devices , Broadcom , and
President-elect Donald Trump during an Economic Club of New York event in New York, US, on Sept. 5, 2024.Bloomberg News A second Trump administration is expected to make some changes, whether big or small to the state and local tax deduction, an issue Trump campaigned on and that has been talked about within the context
Scott Olson | Getty Images News | Getty Images President-elect Donald Trump wants to address housing affordability in the U.S. by fomenting the construction of new homes. “We’re going to open up tracks of federal land for housing construction,” Trump said during an Aug. 15 news conference. “We desperately need housing for people who can’t
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Donald Trump has chosen Elise Stefanik to be the US ambassador to the UN, picking a loyal ally in Congress and a critic of the international organisation to serve on his national security
Bitcoin (BTC) took daily gains to 4.5% on Nov. 11 as an unlikely weekend of upside held firmly in place. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView BTC price knocks on $85,000 Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC price momentum passing $84,000 after the Wall Street open. Now up nearly 25% in the past
Bitcoin has hit new all-time highs as President-elect Donald Trump secured victory in the 2024 United States presidential election. Set to return to the White House after departing in January 2021, Trump now appears to be bringing a pro-crypto stance with him. His campaign made several pledges in support of the cryptocurrency sector, marking a
Stay informed with free updates Simply sign up to the War in Ukraine myFT Digest — delivered directly to your inbox. UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer and French President Emmanuel Macron pledged their “unwavering” support for Ukraine as the two leaders met in Paris days after a second Trump administration was elected in the
Cointelegraph has announced that Rooch Network, a blockchain project building a native application layer for the Bitcoin ecosystem, has joined the Cointelegraph Accelerator program. Bitcoin (BTC) was conceived as an alternative payment system, a digital cash. With a gigantic increase in value over the years, BTC rapidly became an appealing investment vehicle. Thus, the original
While some investors hold back from buying Bitcoin when it reaches new highs, MicroStrategy has doubled down, demonstrating a strong commitment to the cryptocurrency. In a Nov. 11 announcement, the business intelligence firm turned Bitcoin (BTC) investor said it bought 27,200 Bitcoin for about $2.03 billion in cash. MicroStrategy purchased the coins between Oct. 31
Bitcoin is officially back in a bull market and could potentially hit $1 million per coin in the next few years, according to trader and investor Michaël van de Poppe. However, the founder of MN Consultancy, MN Capital and MN Academy warned that a $1 million Bitcoin (BTC) price might come alongside a much broader
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world The annual UN climate COP conference has begun in Azerbaijan’s capital of Baku beneath a menacing cloud. Once again, the world’s richest country will be led by a leader actively opposed to fixing
The stock market could enjoy a bigger boost from President-elect Donald Trump than any previous administration thanks to his pro-business policies, according to Jeremy Siegel, finance professor at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. “President-elect Trump is the most pro-stock market president we have had in our history,” Siegel said on CNBC’s “Squawk Box”
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Ken Griffin’s hedge fund Citadel has hired Nabeel Bhanji, a longstanding London-based portfolio manager at Elliott Management who worked on some of the activist hedge fund’s most high-profile campaigns. Bhanji, who worked at Elliott for
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world For Europe’s nationalists and populists, the imminent return of Donald Trump to the White House feels like the arrival of the US cavalry over the horizon. Viktor Orbán, Hungary’s prime minister, has been
A single, long-dormant string of code, hidden deep within the original Bitcoin stack, can introduce a suite of new functionality that could potentially see the Bitcoin network rival Ethereum in terms of decentralized finance (DeFi) activity. The upgrade is called “OP_CAT” (short for operation code concatenate) and refers to a few simple lines of code
Cryptocurrency investors continued pouring massive inflows into digital investment products last week amid post-election market momentum. Crypto investment products saw $1.98 billion in inflows from Nov. 3–9, pushing global assets under management to a record high of $116 billion, CoinShares reported on Nov. 11. This marks the fifth consecutive week of inflows, totaling $7.7 billion
Bitcoin is trading in uncharted territory, potentially approaching the six-figure price tag for the first time in history. The Bitcoin (BTC) price broke above a new high of $82,410 at 10:19 am UTC on Nov. 11, Bitstamp data shows. BTC/USD, 1-month chart. Source: TradingView However, this may only be a pitstop for the Bitcoin price,
Unlock the White House Watch newsletter for free Your guide to what the 2024 US election means for Washington and the world Bitcoin hit a fresh record, the US dollar rose to a four-month high and Tesla shares jumped, as investors raised bets on the big winners from Donald Trump’s US presidential election victory. The
The cryptocurrency exchange Binance saw significant price increases for several memecoins listed on its platform in 2024. On Nov. 11, pseudonymous onchain analyst Ai_9684xtpa posted on X that among the 15 memecoins listed by Binance in 2024, 12 saw significant increases in value after going live on the exchange. Memecoins like Moo deng (MOODENG), Dogwifhat