April 29, 2024
Crypto

Coinbase Stock Has Soared. Why the Crypto Platform’s Shares Could Keep Rising.

Coinbase , one of the hottest stocks of the past year, still has room to run, according to some analysts. The trading platform’s shares continue to ride the wave of enthusiasm over financial advisors and institutions’ growing adoption of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Coinbase Global stock has been one of the top performers of the

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Finance

New Bitcoin ETFs Are Raking in Cash But Not From Financial Advisors. Here’s Why.

The new crop of exchange-traded funds offering direct exposure to Bitcoin may have accumulated billions in new assets in the two months since they hit the market, but experts say that’s not because advisors have suddenly jumped on the crypto bandwagon. Most advisors aren’t permitted to talk to clients about the so-called spot Bitcoin funds,

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Loans

Assumable mortgages are easier to find in these cities — but there’s a catch

Assumable mortgages, or home loans that pass on their mortgage rate from a home seller to a buyer, are considered an attractive option these days: They effectively allow buyers to inherit a far lower interest rate at a time when mortgage rates are higher than 7%. And while these loans are relatively hard to find

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Investors

Bitcoin rallies to highest level since November 2021 as investors eye record high

Published: Feb. 26, 2024 at 10:28 p.m. ET Bitcoin on Monday rallied to its highest level since November 2021, as exchange-traded funds investing directly in the cryptocurrency attract more capital into the space, while investors await the upcoming “halving” event, which has historically been bullish for bitcoin prices.  Bitcoin BTCUSD rose 9.5% over the past

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Mortgage

Commercial Mortgage REITs Weathered Another Quarter. They’re Cheap Again.

The year-end reports have come in from a cadre of lenders who hold loans on some of the more troubled kinds of commercial real estate. The December quarter wasn’t easy for mortgage real estate investment trusts like Starwood Property Trust and Blackstone Mortgage Trust . Earnings calls among the dozen or so members of this

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Crypto

Bitcoin ETF activity has been ‘additive’ to crypto demand, says Robinhood CFO

Last Updated: Feb. 14, 2024 at 6:24 a.m. ET First Published: Feb. 14, 2024 at 4:29 a.m. ET One of the big concerns for investors in Coinbase Global is that the launch of spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds would hurt its main crypto brokerage. At one competitor, that’s not been the case. Robinhood Markets HOOD CFO

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Investors

What investors with $6.5 trln in cash should do while waiting for Fed rate cuts

The Federal Reserve’s pushback on expectations for interest-rate cuts over the past two weeks has investors closing watching inflation data and piling more cash into money-market funds. Investors stashed a record $6.48 trillion away in U.S. money-market funds through the end of January, with the balance growing as euphoria in December over a Fed policy

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Funds

China stocks rally after government fund says it will increase stock buys

NEW YORK (AP) — Shares are mixed in Asia, where Chinese markets advanced after a government investment fund said it would step up stock purchases. But the gains in Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong were much smaller than recent losses. Oil prices rose and U.S. futures were mixed. China’s Central Huijin Investment, a sovereign fund

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Crypto

Why crypto exchange Kraken’s security team lives in the shadows

Kraken’s chief security officer wants his 400-member team to stay away from social media as he believes their presence on platforms like Twitter and LinkedIn can create security risks for the crypto exchange. Nick Percoco has allowed only a handful of people from his team to publicly confirm their roles and has instructed the rest to work

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Loans

Revised rules to improve loan climate

Chinese 100 yuan banknotes are seen in a counting machine at a bank in Beijing, China. [Photo/Agencies] China unveiled several revised credit management rules on Friday, which will take effect from July 1. They include measures for the administration of fixed-asset loans, working capital loans and personal loans. Experts said the new rules fit the

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