Most state officials are upbeat about the economy despite the apparent thinning out of the fat surpluses sitting in general funds and reserves, though the looming debt ceiling and prospect of a U.S. default is casting a pall over some of that optimism. That was a major theme struck by analysts and other stakeholders during
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Puerto Rico’s economy grew in the fourth quarter of 2022, but an economist called it “non-organic economic recovery” and questioned whether it will continue. Puerto Rico’s preliminary Economic Activity Index rose 1.6% in December after a flat November and 0.4% growth in October on a month-to-month basis, the Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico announced.
Play to Earn retro games with Bitcoin payouts may soon be making their way to a bar, conference, or meetup near you, according to a Feb. 12 Twitter post by Zebedee founder Christian Moss. The software is tentatively called “Bit-tendo.” Bitcoin Pay to Play & Play to Earn in Super Mario 3 on the original NES!
A group of Tesla workers say the electric-car maker fired employees a day after the start of a union organising drive and asked a US regulator to intervene. Workers United on Wednesday announced an effort to form Tesla’s first labour union at the company’s Gigafactory 2 plant in Buffalo, New York. On Thursday, the union
Rishi Sunak has launched a high-stakes gamble to seal a deal with Brussels over Northern Ireland, making a surprise visit to Belfast as Tory Eurosceptics warned he was going too far to accommodate the EU. The UK prime minister is seeking to win backing from Northern Irish parties for an outline deal with the EU
According to the latest court documents in the fraud case involving former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried in Manhattan, the New York judge presiding over the case unsealed the co-signers of Bankman-Fried’s bond on Wednesday. The names of the two bail bond co-signers that were previously redacted from court documents are Stanford University alumni Larry Kramer
While the U.S. Federal Reserve (FED) continues to monitor the overheated economy, the most likely scenario is further interest rate hikes to curb inflation. The unintended consequence is the heightened government debt cost, creating a bullish environment for scarce assets such as commodities, stock market and cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s price gain practically extinguished bears expectation for
Issuers in the Far West sold $66.2 billion in municipal bonds in 2022, according to Refinitiv data, a 43% drop year-over-year from the $116.7 billion sold in 2021. California drives the nine-state region’s numbers, and a big falloff in issuance from the Golden State led the Far West to the biggest year-over-year drop of any
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker unveiled a $49.6 billion general fund fiscal 2024 budget that banks on still-healthy economic trends to allow deposits into the budget and pension stabilization funds while lifting spending for education and other areas. The $49.6 billion general fund is part of a $118.9 billion spending package and taps most of $49.9
The municipal bond market has always operated at the intersection of politics and finance, but lately politics seem to have taken center stage. The latest salvo comes from Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ announcement this week that The Sunshine State would move to ban local and state issuers from consideration of environmental, social and governance factors
press release PRESS RELEASE. On February 14, the highly anticipated Blur airdrop was finally kicked off. According to Dune Analytics, as of February 15, over 40,000 addresses have claimed the Blur airdrop, with 8.2% of them receiving over 10,000 tokens. Most users received between 1,000 and 10,000 BLUR tokens, with 7,000 tokens distributed to every
Crypto prices have surged in value over the past few days, and the total value locked (TVL) in decentralized finance (defi) has surpassed the $50 billion mark for the first time since the collapse of FTX. As of Feb. 16, 2023, the TVL in defi is $51.1 billion, with the liquid staking protocol Lido accounting
Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland President Loretta Mester said she saw a compelling case for rolling out another 50 basis-point interest-rate hike earlier this month and the U.S. central bank has to be prepared to move higher if inflation remains stubbornly high. “At this juncture, the incoming data have not changed my view that we
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Michaël van de Poppe, a full-time day/swing trader in cryptocurrencies based at the Amsterdam Stock Exchange who’s interested in everything related to blockchain in combination with the current financial system. He is also the CEO and founder of Eight Global, a cryptocurrency education and consultancy platform. We kick
Derivatives traders tend to watch the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission closely on a Friday. This is the day the CFTC normally releases its weekly “commitments of traders” report showing overall positioning in derivatives markets, such as oil futures. This month, however, the data has been missing in action because a small, publicity-shy data group
Polygon rallied to a ten-month high on Thursday, as the token rose for a third straight session. Overall, cryptocurrency markets rebounded from recent losses, with the global market cap up 5.90% at the time of writing. Avalanche also surged, hitting a one-week high. Polygon (MATIC) Polygon (MATIC) surged to a ten-month high earlier in the
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Twilio — Shares jumped 19% after Twilio beat revenue expectations in its most recent quarter. The communications firm posted revenue of $1.02 billion, slightly better than the Refinitiv consensus estimate of $1 billion. related investing news Bernstein downgrades Tripadvisor,
Few neighborhoods exude more exclusive cachet than Malibu. Homes in the town behind the gates at Malibu Colony Estates, also known as the “original Malibu,” raise the bar even higher. Throw in a brand-new custom-built contemporary home, and you have a $35 million property that stands apart from any other. How often do new-builds in
The price of Bitcoin (BTC) has reached a new 2023 high of $25,000. The milestone comes after a surge in Bitcoin’s price over much of January. The last time Bitcoin’s price was around $25,000 was near mid-June 2022 on its way down to between $19,000 and $21,000, where it had hovered for several months, according to data from
Ethereum’s native token, Ether (ETH), has printed a death cross technical pattern versus Bitcoin (BTC) for the first time since May 2022, suggesting more pain ahead for ETH/BTC in the coming weeks. Previous ETH price death cross preceded 27.5% drop A death cross appears when an asset’s short-term 50-period moving average moves below its long-term
The fast-approaching spring home shopping season should feel a bit calmer than in recent years. Shoppers can expect competition for well-priced homes, but without the crowds of buyers that packed open houses like they did in 2021 and early 2022, according to a new Zillow analysis. “Affordability will still be a challenge for many buyers