Fresh legislation in Tennessee, major projects in Georgia and a long-awaited bridge replacement in Louisiana are pushing the Southeast region to the forefront of national public-private partnership activity in the toll road sector. “The Southeast is where the action is when it comes to P3s,” said Baruch Feigenbaum, senior managing director of transportation policy at
Bitcoin (BTC) is entering a new “speculation cycle” typical of a bull run, new analysis says. In a tweet on May 16, Philip Swift, creator of data resource LookIntoBitcoin and co-founder of trading suite Decentrader, revealed history repeating itself according to the RHODL Ratio metric. RHODL Ratiocreator on BTC price: “Zoom out” RHODL Ratio is
Medaille University, a nearly 150-year old private university in Buffalo, New York, is closing its doors after failing to sell itself to a nearby college. Universities across the country are facing more financial pressure as fewer students enroll and expenses rise. Medaille’s enrollment fell to about 1,537 full-time students in 2021 from about 2,340 a decade earlier,
Software developer Jameson Lopp believes improving usability and user experience of Bitcoin (BTC) self-custody solutions and making more avenues to acquire BTC will be key in further adoption of the preeminent cryptocurrency. The co-founder of Casahodl, who’s a prominent figure in the Bitcoin and wider cryptocurrency space, spoke of the challenges in building self-custody solutions in
On today’s episode of The Market Report, analyst and writer Marcel Pechman discusses if Bitcoin (BTC) is safer than the United States dollar, considering the U.S. government’s risk of defaulting on its debt. He also covers why Bitcoin’s $28,000 resistance will not be a walk in the park and, finally, what is happening between Celsius,
In this article TJX WYNN WAL TGT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Signage outside Western Alliance Bank headquarters in Phoenix, Arizona on March 13, 2023. Caitlin O’Hara | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Western Alliance — Shares popped 12% premarket after Western Alliance said
If you want to understand how conservative Britain really is, take a look at Keir Starmer’s speeches. The Labour leader has recognised both the electoral limits of leftwing politics and a deeper truth about the people he hopes to govern. Starmer is learning what all successful Labour leaders have grasped: you can pursue a reformist
Tether, the company behind the largest stablecoin Tether (USDT), is following in the footsteps of MicroStrategy to manage its reserves. The stablecoin issuer plans to strengthen its reserves with the help of Bitcoin (BTC) and move away from United States-based government debts. In an announcement on May 17, Tether revealed that it plans to invest a
Here is a counterfactual: if Gina Raimondo were US vice-president, rather than commerce secretary, would Democrats be so accepting of Joe Biden’s decision to run again? My guess is almost certainly not. Since it is Kamala Harris, not the highly regarded Raimondo, who is next in line, almost no Democrat is pressing for Biden to
Andrew Bailey has acknowledged for the first time the Bank of England is dealing with a UK wage price spiral as he pledged to raise interest rates as far “as necessary” to get inflation back to the bank’s 2 per cent target. Speaking to the British Chambers of Commerce annual conference in London, the BoE
A ‘for sale’ sign hangs in front of a home on June 21, 2022 in Miami, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Higher mortgage rates and a severe shortage of homes for sale are taking their toll on mortgage demand. Mortgage applications to purchase a home dropped 4.8% last week, compared with the previous week,
Global temperatures are likely exceed 1.5C above pre-industrial levels for the first time in human history within the next five years, the World Meteorological Organization has said in its latest annual assessment. In a stark conclusion, scientists said for the first time there was a 66 per cent chance that the annual mean global surface
Bitcoin (BTC) looked poised to give up $27,000 as support on May 17 with traders lying in wait for new lows. Whales meet low liquidity Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD trading near $26,800 at the time of writing. The pair had staged multiple crosses of the $27,000 mark the day prior,
In its latest futures-based exchange-traded funds (ETF) filing, Valkyrie Funds utilizes one of the popular memes from the financial Twitter community, known as “fintwit,” to capture attention and interest. On May 16, the investment firm submitted a new application for a Bitcoin futures-based ETF to be listed on the Nasdaq with the ticker symbol “BTFD.“ Both of Valkyrie’s
The values of prime London offices are “close to the bottom” after a brutal year for commercial property investors, according to the head of one of the UK’s largest landlords. British Land boss Simon Carter said the value of good-quality London offices should stabilise after sharp falls in recent months, but warned of more pain
European stocks fell on Wednesday, with the US debt ceiling deadline weighing on investors as policymakers in Washington failed to agree on a deal to increase the nation’s spending limit. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 fell 0.7 per cent and France’s CAC 40 shed 0.6 per cent In the first hour of trade. The moves come
sponsored On January 3, 2009, Satoshi Nakamoto mined the Genesis Block on a small server in Helsinki, Finland, and received a reward of 50 bitcoins, which marks the beginning of crypto mining. From CPU to ASIC In Satoshi Nakamoto’s initial vision, BTC mining could be performed using CPUs installed on PCs. During its infancy, Bitcoin
South Korean prosecutors have raided two of the country’s largest coin trading platforms within an investigation into the crypto investments of a politician. They seized materials from Upbit and Bithumb amid suspicions of wrongdoing related to the lawmaker’s cryptocurrency holdings. South Korean Law Enforcement Authorities Check Records From 3 Crypto Platforms Investigators from the Seoul
To many, Thomas Flohr is a genius who took one look at the private jet industry and thought he could do better. A self-described “asset finance guy”, he started as a first-time jet owner trying to “sweat the asset” and VistaJet was born. Nineteen years later, with hundreds of aircraft, the 63-year-old is an aviation
Share buybacks, once an American oddity, are taking over the world. Company repurchases of their own stock hit a global record last year of $1.3tn, triple the level of 10 years ago, according to research by Janus Henderson. While US companies remain the biggest buyers, the transactions have gained favour rapidly in continental Europe and
Western nations are steeling themselves for five more years of Recep Tayyip Erdoğan as the Turkish leader heads into a presidential run-off as the resounding favourite. Officials in the US and Europe are bracing for a bumpy ride ahead with a president they view as troublesome and unpredictable, but also an essential partner as head