Bitcoin was modestly lower early Saturday following the so-called halving, an event that sharply cut the issuance of the world’s largest cryptocurrency. The price of Bitcoin has fallen 1.3% to $63,676 over the past 24 hours, holding above $60,000 that it traded at earlier this week amid worries over inflation and the outlook for interest
In short: Bitcoin’s latest “halving” — designed to reduce the rate at which new tokens are released into circulation — is complete. The halving resulted in a value fall to $99,340. Sceptics see it as little more than a technical change talked up by speculators to inflate the virtual currency’s price. Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has
Aces/SplashNews.com / Aces/SplashNews.com Donald Trump built a real estate empire, with commercial and residential properties, hotels, resorts and golf courses totaling more than $1 billion, according to Forbes. Just as many real estate investors do, he purchased many of the properties using borrowed money. But then many of the largest loans were forgiven by the
Here is a headline you would have definitely come across in recent days: Smallcap funds see outflow for first time in 2.5 years. Here is a headline you would have definitely come across in recent days: Smallcap funds see outflow for first time in 2.5 years. Almost everyone in the media covered it. Using almost
Billionaire Mark Cuban confronted fellow billionaire Bill Ackman online on Saturday after he criticized President Joe Biden‘s forgiveness plan for student loan debt. Biden recently canceled student loan debt for a further 277,000 people, bringing the total number of Americans approved for debt relief during his administration to 4.3 million. The latest debt relief applies
The Biden administration is canceling even more student debt. On Friday, the White House announced that an additional 277,000 borrowers will see their student loans eliminated, amounting to about $7.4 billion in forgiven debt. Those borrowers qualified for that relief because they were enrolled in one of the loan repayment or forgiveness programs the administration
Companies are starting to report their first set of earnings for 2024, and they matter more than usual for stocks because the other main support for elevated markets—hope for rate cuts—is being chopped away. Companies are starting to report their first set of earnings for 2024, and they matter more than usual for stocks because
A few weeks ago, a TikTok user named Blaisey Arnold posted a video about her Chevy Tahoe. “After three years with my Tahoe, I’m finally getting rid of it,” Arnold said. It was her dream car, and she’d taken out a loan for the $84,000 — yes, you read that right, $84,000 — vehicle. Since
However, bats were nothing compared to the problems that great crested newts caused the brothers. These slippery creatures often hit the headlines for causing planning delays, and if found, they need to be either contained by special fences, or caught individually by hand and moved to a new location. The ecologist employed by Q New Homes
The overseers of South Dakota’s investments have put some money into companies that aim to cash in on artificial intelligence, but the explosion in public interest hasn’t changed the state’s money management strategy. Leadership with the South Dakota Investment Council offered insights on the AI boom after prompting from its advisory board, which met in