News Archive

• 1 - Bitcoin L2 Projects: The 2024 Trend to Watch! AI Altcoin Competes with Render, Data Reveals

  In 2024, there’s a hot trend on the blockchain horizon that’s catching everyone’s eye—Bitcoin Layer-2 (L2) projects. These projects are not just about speeding up transactions;...

• 2 - Dropbox Stock Drops More Than 20% on Analyst Downgrades

  Dropbox shares sank Friday as several analysts reduced their ratings on the stock following the company's financial report. The provider of cloud storage received downgrades from...

• 3 - 3 Ways Boards Of Directors Can Improve

  Investing in Japan is hot. Warren Buffet has taken stakes in five major Japanese trading companies. The Tokyo Stock Price Index has been rising even faster...

• 4 - SoftBank’s Son Is Seeking About $100 Billion for AI Chip Venture – Bloomberg News

  (Reuters) - SoftBank Group Chief Executive Officer Masayoshi Son is looking...

• 5 - Ripple: XRP Reclaims Key Support, Eyes Higher Level in February

  XRP recently broke down from a crucial 440-day ascending support trendline. The coin climbed alongside rising support since November 2022. Despite breaking through the ascending trendline...

• 6 - AIG Results: Against the backdrop of commercial casualty reserving clouds, what’s ‘Next’ for AIG?

  One of the themes this earnings season has been the preponderance of reserve charges...

• 7 - Hightower’s Stephanie Link highlights Nike’s obstacles

  Stephanie Link, Hightower Advisors chief investment...

• 8 - Goldman Sachs CEO Solomon gets 24% pay bump to $31 million

  Solomon's pay comprises a $2 million base salary, unchanged from the previous year, and a bonus of $8.7 million in cash and $20.3 million...

• 9 - Stock market today: Wall Street is drifting as an update on inflation keeps stocks in check

  NEW YORK (AP) — Another hotter-than-expected update on inflation is keeping U.S. stocks...

• 10 - Arkham Intelligence identifies MicroStrategy Bitcoin holdings pooled with Fidelity

  Blockchain analytics platform Arkham Intelligence claimed to have identified “98% of MicroStrategy’s on-chain holdings” — roughly 186,000 Bitcoin (BTC) out of the firm’s total 190,000 BTC...

• 11 - Crypto Money Laundering on Cross-Chain Bridges Surges 138% Year-on-Year in 2023, According to Chainalysis

  Cybercriminals are turning to cross-chain bridges to move illicit funds, according to market intelligence platform Chainalysis. Cross-chain bridges enable users to transfer crypto assets from one...

• 12 - Aptos Market Cap Skyrockets, $574 Million Worth Of APT Tokens Set To Shake The Market In Q1 2024

  Aptos (APT), a Layer-1 blockchain network, has shown significant growth in key metrics during the fourth quarter (Q4) of 2023, following the overall recovery of the...

• 13 - Health Catalyst Looks To Slim Down As It Faces Industry Headwinds (Downgrade)

  Health Catalyst, Inc. went public in 2019 but has experienced dropping revenue growth and worsening operating losses. The healthcare analytics market is expected to reach $164.6...

• 14 - Roku CEO Anthony Wood Is ‘More Confident Than Ever’ Despite 23% Stock Plunge

  Though Roku’s fourth-quarter earnings results reported yesterday (Feb. 15) may have raised alarm for investors, the smart TV maker’s founder and CEO Anthony Wood acted unfazed...

• 15 - Market Plunge: CPI Report Rocks Investors

  The swings were the highlight of our county fair. They were the most fun when you had friends riding with you. It was a smooth ride until one of your

• 16 - VC crypto funding just increased for the first time since early 2022, report shows

  A new report shows crypto VC funding is up—a bullish sign for many. The final quarter of 2023 saw a 2.3% increase in total venture capital funding related to crypto

• 17 - Fintech Nexus Newsletter (February 16, 2024): Coinbase earnings reflect crypto bull market

  We haven’t talked about crypto for a while in this newsletter. Coinbase reported earnings yesterday (PDF here) so this provides a perfect opportunity to reflect on...

• 18 - Currency Chaos: A Look at the Lira, Argentine Peso, and Ruble

  It’s already looking like it could be a dramatic year for the US dollar, and a good time to check in on a few of the...

• 19 - Investment Firm Forced To Sell XRP Worth $2.5 Million: Here’s Why

  In an unprecedented case that underscores the complex regulatory environment in the European Union, Jupiter Asset Management was compelled to divest its XRP Exchange Traded Product...

• 20 - Honduras watchdog bans institutions from trading crypto

  TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduras' CNBS regulator has banned the Central American country's financial system from trading in cryptocurrency and similar virtual assets, it said in a...