May 18, 2024
Crypto

With Bitcoin at a ‘Range Low’, Crypto Analyst Picks Out Two ‘Promising’ Altcoins for Traders To Watch

One widely followed crypto analyst says Bitcoin (BTC) needs to hold current price levels or face a precipitous drop. Crypto trader Michaël van de Poppe tells his 717,100 followers on the social media platform X that BTC could potentially fall by $10,000 in value if current levels aren’t maintained. “Bitcoin is at the range low. This is technically the area where you’d prefer

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Investment

McDonald’s is making a massive investment in digital marketing

McDonald’s wants to increase its digital marketing efforts. | Photo courtesy of McDonald’s McDonald’s is planning to invest “hundreds of millions of dollars” to upgrade its digital marketing capabilities over the coming years as the major fast-food giant shifts more of its marketing spending toward those channels. According to a system message this morning, seen

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Crypto

SEC Chair Warns ‘Many’ Crypto Assets Are Securities, Says Investors Are Not Getting Required Disclosures

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Chair Gary Gensler thinks American crypto investors aren’t receiving enough information about most digital assets. The SEC recently sent out a Wells Notice to Robinhood’s crypto arm, alerting the retail trading giant that it’s planning to pursue legal action against them. In a recent interview with CNBC, Gensler says

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Crypto

Ripple’s Planned Stablecoin Is an ‘Unregistered Crypto Asset,’ According to SEC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) says that Ripple Lab’s planned new stablecoin qualifies as an “unregistered crypto asset.” In a new court filing, the regulatory agency says that not only has Ripple been selling XRP – the digital asset used to operate the XRP Ledger – as an unregistered security since 2013, but

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Crypto

Wells Notices, Crypto Payments and Usability

Crypto goes up, and crypto goes down. Then, often, crypto goes back up. It can be a dizzying and volatile cycle. Just collapsed cryptocurrency exchange FTX’s customers, who, having once feared they’d lost their collective billions, can now take solace from the news Tuesday (May 7) that FTX’s bankruptcy team is ready to repay them

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Loans

Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan gets a record number of public comments. Here’s what people are saying – NBC 6 South Florida

More than 34,000 people have left public comments on the Biden administration’s new student loan forgiveness proposal. Here’s what some of them said. President Joe Biden hopes to start forgiving the student loans of millions of Americans before the November presidential election. But first his administration will need to read the public comments submitted by

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Finance

Expensify to Add Travel Features to Financial Platform

Expensify will add travel booking and management capabilities to its financial management platform for expenses and corporate cards. The new Expensify Travel will begin rolling out next week in the Expensify web and mobile apps and will later be integrated into the new chat-based super app, New Expensify, the company said in a Wednesday (May

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Funds

Cass County Supervisors Discuss use of County Funds for Economic Development

(Cass Co) The Cass County Board of Supervisors held a discussion Tuesday on the use of county funds for economic development. Board Chair Steve Baier said they have money from the sale of the Valley Business Park which is specifically earmarked for economic development. He said that account has accumulated about $67,000 in interest. The

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Loans

Hoschton awarded $20 million in loans for wastewater treatment infrastructure | News

The City of Hoschton has been awarded two Georgia Environmental Finance Authority (GEFA) loans totaling $20 million for its wastewater treatment plant and a new force main to discharge to Indian Creek. City officials anticipate starting the two-phase project by the end of the year. The first phase will expand the city’s wastewater treatment facility

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Finance

Brian Portnoy shares advice on how you can beat financial stress | Thestreet

As people seek to balance work, financial pressures and living well, one important goal frequently comes into play. That objective, increasingly, is how individuals can best manage and reduce stress about money and how it affects their lives. Related: Dave Ramsey says the time to buy a house is now And it is precisely that

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