Polkadot (DOT) is a blockchain project designed to interconnect sub-chains called parachains or parallel chains. Each application-specific chain built within Polkadot uses the Substrate modular framework, and this is meant to ease the development process. The project has been at the center of developers’ and investors’ attention for most of 2021, but the sharp market-wide
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The Bank of Ghana (BOG) says it has signed an agreement with Giesecke Devrient (GD) to implement a pilot central bank digital currency (CBDC) project. This pilot CBDC, which is a precursor to the e-cedi digital currency, is set to be tested with banks, payment service providers, merchants, consumers and other relevant stakeholders. Learning From
The curve steepening continued Thursday with a steady tone inside 10-years and pressure on bonds outside there forced another session of one to two basis point cuts to benchmark yield curves as U.S. Treasury yields also rose and equities were mixed. Triple-A benchmarks have the 10-year at 0.90%-0.91% and the 30-year at 1.48%-1.50%. With the
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Wall Street is paying close attention to developments in Washington D.C. as President Trump, trade talks, and the Fed continue to make headlines. Nevertheless, indexes are near all-time highs, and Ryan McQueeney has is eyes on two dividend-paying stocks: Caterpillar (CAT) and Sony (SNE). Caterpillar: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/CAT?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID Sony: https://www.zacks.com/stock/quote/SNE?cid=CS-YOUTUBE-FT-VID
In this article VACQ Rocket Lab’s Photon satellite in orbit around the Earth. Rocket Lab Rocket Lab announced a deal with start-up Varda Space Industries on Wednesday to provide three Photon spacecraft to support Varda’s first in-space manufacturing missions beginning in 18 months. “In simple terms, we are the real estate and the utilities for
A performer dressed as Mickey Mouse entertains guests during the reopening of the Disneyland theme park in Anaheim, California, U.S., on Friday, April 30, 2021. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: Disney — Shares of Disney jumped more than 4% in after-hours trading after the media
Set on close to two acres with ocean, island and mountain views, this Mediterranean mansion in a wealthy enclave of Santa Barbara, California, has several claims to fame. It’s been the personal residence and restoration project of actress-writer-producer Kathleen McClellan, whose credits include “For Better or for Worse,” “The Bold and the Beautiful” and a
Kyle Little, chief operating officer at New York-based wholesale distributor Sherwood Lumber, told CNBC on Thursday that the recent slide in lumber prices has rekindled demand after a massive runup earlier this year challenged the affordability of building projects. “Over the last three weeks we’ve seen renewed interest,” the industry veteran and former lumber trader
Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City President Esther George said the central bank needs to move ahead with reducing monetary stimulus, citing expectations for continued labor-market gains. “Now, with the recovery underway, a transition from extraordinary monetary policy accommodation to more neutral settings must follow,” George said in the text of a virtual speech to
The US and UK will deploy troops to help evacuate staff from their embassies in Kabul as the Taliban continues its lightning rout of provincial capitals in Afghanistan following president Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw American troops. The Pentagon said it was sending 3,000 troops to Kabul in the next 24-48 hours to help with
The Russian central bank has once again reiterated its negative stance on Bitcoin (BTC), with one of the bank’s top executives comparing the cryptocurrency with a pyramid scheme. Sergei Shvetsov, the first deputy governor at the Bank of Russia, expressed the authority’s concerns over cryptocurrency investment in a Wednesday interview, warning about the perceived risk
The taxable municipal securities market was primarily driven by institutional trading in 2020, in contrast to the individual-investor-driven Build America Bonds-era boom. The increasing influence of institutional market participants is consistent with overarching trends in the tax-exempt market, but is seen more so in taxables, a Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board report finds. “Both the taxable
In today’s episode of let’s talk stocks, we are going to go back to another technical analysis video, and we’ll take a look at the symmetrical triangle pattern. I’m going to show you both the bullish and bearish case scenario for this pattern. We’ll take a look at what the pattern looks like, its previous
This week the total cryptocurrency market capitalization bounced back to $1.9 trillion, which was a 20% weekly increase and the highest level seen since May 20. While the fresh bullish momentum attracted the attention of investors, Bitcoin’s (BTC) move from $33,400 to $45,900 was pretty much in line with the rest of the market. Whether
Kevin Matras goes over a neutral option strategy that you put on as a credit in your account. Find out now how an Iron Condor strategy works.
An artist’s rendering of a Momentus Vigoride transfer vehicle deploying a satellite in orbit. Momentus Space company Momentus will later this week go public on the Nasdaq, a month after settling Securities and Exchange Commission charges that it misled investors. Stable Road Acquisition Corp, a special purpose acquisition company or SPAC, on Wednesday announced its
In this article EBAY A RIDE SONO eBay headquarters in San Jose, California, U.S., on Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines after the bell Wednesday: eBay — Shares of eBay are down 2.4% after the company reported disappointing revenue for the second quarter. EBay
Fifteenth-century France was a time of civil unrest, with factions warring for control of the country. So how appropriate that this medieval lodging house from the era is fortified with high walls and a watchtower – the state-of-the-art security system of the day. Today the stone chateau outside Angouleme, in the south Charente region of
In this article CWK The CEO of commercial real estate brokerage firm Cushman & Wakefield told CNBC on Wednesday he’s seeing encouraging signs in the office market as it overcomes significant coronavirus-related disruption. “We lost about 2.9 million office jobs in April, May of last year. We’ve recovered 2.2 million of those jobs and we