Bitcoin (BTC) price remains relatively unchanged on the 24-hour chart, down 0.56% and trading around $33,200 at the time of writing. The overall cryptocurrency market traded flat on July 2 with the approach of the Fourth of July holiday weekend in the United States. The lackluster trading volume coincided with a slight decline in the
Texas’ largest county is shoring up its faltering $2.5 billion flood control bond program with a new trust fund after discovering a shortfall in federal support. In a marathon meeting last week, the Harris County Commissioners approved creation of the Flood Resilience Trust to assure that all 2018 bond projects will be built without delays
The US labour market created 850,000 jobs in June, as the world’s largest economy continued to heal from the Covid-19 shock and hiring caught up with the unrelenting demand for workers. Non-farm payrolls data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday came in well above economists’ expectations of 720,000 jobs created for the
Payments platform Strike has announced that it will allow U.S. customers to buy and sell Bitcoin with almost no trading fees from today. In an announcement on July 1, Strike founder and CEO Jack Mallers launched a salvo at leading U.S. cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase, stating that his platform will set out to be the “cheapest
Municipals were firmer by a basis point Thursday amid light secondary trading and a quiet primary as the second half of the year and July reinvestment kicks off while broader markets mostly held steady ahead of Friday’s employment numbers. Inflows came in below $1 billion for the first time since the start of June, with
The majority of stock is common stock, but there are two other types as well. 1.Common -Traded by the general public (i.e. on NYSE, NASDAQ, Dow Jones) -Executed quickly 2. Preferred -You either have to pay more to get it or you have to be part of the company to get it -If the company
In this instalment of our series explaining the rudiments of Technical Analysis, we explore support and resistance further, showing examples of a number of generally held T.A. principles. We also introduce the concept of trend, which along with support and resistance, is one of the foundations of technical trading. Test and practice your investment strategies
Trading information for GameStop is displayed on the Robinhood App as another screen displays the Robinhood logo in this photo illustration January 29, 2021. Brendan McDermid | Reuters The first time Robinhood restricted trading on its app, during the GameStop event in January, may not to be the last, the company said Thursday. In January,
Workers prepare the ground for construction at the Duette solar site which is being developed on previously agricultural land in Bowling Green, Florida, March 24, 2021. Dane Rhys | Reuters June jobs growth is expected to outpace May and more Americans rejoined the workforce, even as companies continued to struggle to find employees to hire.
The arrival of July 1 marks the end of one of the most remarkable quarters in New York real estate history. Every week since February has seen more than 30 contracts signed at $4 million and over, the most extraordinary run since before the 2008 recession. And it’s not just, or even primarily, these larger
A for sale sign is seen near a house for sale in South Pasadena, California. Frederic J. Brown | AFP | Getty Images The epic housing shortage that began before the pandemic and then was exacerbated by it may finally be starting to ease up. More supply is suddenly coming on the market, which will
Choppy markets after a major pullback offer ample time to take a survey of the cryptocurrency landscape and find solid projects with improving fundamentals that have caught the attention of analysts and tokenholders. One project that has piqued the interest of many, including researchers at Delphi Digital, is Curve Finance, a decentralized exchange for stablecoins
Challenges for U.S. mass transit will continue as providers face new and developing credit risks including continued transition to remote work, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Potential displacement of ridership bases, a persistent shift toward remote work, hybrid work schedules and online shopping pose the greatest risks to traditional public transit operating models in general,”
Allen Weisselberg, the chief financial officer for the Trump Organization, has surrendered to New York authorities ahead of criminal charges expected to be announced later on Thursday against him and the former president’s company. The anticipated charges mark a decisive turn in a nearly three-year investigation of Donald Trump’s business by Cyrus Vance, the Manhattan
The market capitalization of all 10,722 cryptocurrencies in existence is around $1.42 trillion on Wednesday and during the last 24 hours, all of these crypto-assets combined lost 3.92%. Meanwhile, bitcoin captures 45.73% of the entire $1.42 trillion capitalization and ethereum commands 17.8%. As both of these leading assets have improved this week, seven-day changes against
The Puerto Rico Oversight Board said local legislative approval would not be needed for enactment by the central government Plan of Adjustment, which, if true, would clear what observers consider the biggest remaining obstacle. The board laid out this position and several others in a Tuesday afternoon response to objections to its Disclosure Statement, filed
Robinhood will pay roughly $70 million in penalties for its systemwide outages and misleading communication and trading practices, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority said Wednesday. The settlement regards the technical failures Robinhood experienced in March of 2020, Robinhood’s lack of due diligence before approving customers to place options trades and purveying misleading information to customers
Traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Source: NYSE The floor of the New York Stock Exchange, which has been quiet in the past year, has suddenly come to life. Traders have been returning, restrictions have been relaxed so more visitors can come on the floor, and the IPO business is booming.
Saudi Arabia’s Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman Al-Saud speaks via video link during a virtual emergency meeting of OPEC and non-OPEC countries, following the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia April 9, 2020. Saudi Press Agency | Reuters OPEC heads into Thursday’s meeting with Russia and other allies with
Pro-style gas ranges have been the top choice of serious home chefs for decades, and for millions of other homeowners who learned how to cook over a flame, but that is slowly changing. Induction cooking is edging up on gas’ lead and is poised to overtake it in coming years. The major trends driving the