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Who Are Coinbase's Competitors?
Wednesday, April 14, 2021 - 4:00pm | 1255Coinbase (NASDAQ: COIN) is one of the most highly anticipated IPOs the market has seen in some time. The company is going public with strong interest and an increased valuation for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the largest cryptocurrency by market cap. Coinbase reported year-over-year revenue growth...
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Fintech Focus For April 12, 2021
Sunday, April 11, 2021 - 9:50pm | 2268Quote To Start The Day: I would rather engage in the pursuit of excellence than the pursuit of assets. Source: Ken Griffin One Big Thing In Fintech: A week before its initial public offering (IPO), Coinbase reported significant user growth for the first quarter of 2021. See also: How to Buy...
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Rick Caruso Partners With Gemini To Accept Bitcoin For Rent Payments, More
Thursday, April 8, 2021 - 10:01am | 361Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) continues to make headlines as companies add the cryptocurrency to their balance sheets. Popular companies like Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Square Inc (NYSE: SQ) recently invested in Bitcoin, leading many to believe its stability and reliability may be higher than ever before...
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Fintech Focus For April 8, 2021
Wednesday, April 7, 2021 - 6:17pm | 1521Quote To Start The Day: The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. Source: Leo Tolstoy One Big Thing In Fintech: During the COVID-19 pandemic, the digital transformation in finance accelerated and stock market engagement rose. Headlines on so-called meme-stocks like GameStop led to...
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Playboy Teams With Nifty Gateway For NFTs: What Investors Should Know
Tuesday, April 6, 2021 - 3:12pm | 449One of the best performing former SPACs of 2021 is the PLBY Group (NASDAQ: PLBY), the company behind the well-known Playboy brand. The company confirmed plans to launch NFTs on Tuesday, sending shares higher. What Happened: Playboy is teaming up with Nifty Gateway, a platform for non-fungible...
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Fintech Focus For April 1, 2021
Wednesday, March 31, 2021 - 5:19pm | 1750Quote To Start The Day: International Business Machines Corp. expects 80% of its employees to work in a hybrid model after the pandemic, a setup that offers flexibility but also poses challenges for community-building and upward mobility for staff in a virtual workspace. The majority of workers...
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Microstrategy Buys The Bitcoin Dip, Gets Ready To Host February Event
Friday, January 22, 2021 - 11:09am | 337Microstrategy Inc (NASDAQ: MSTR) and CEO Michael Saylor continue to be strong believers in the growing value of Bitcoin by placing its treasury reserves into the cryptocurrency. What Happened: A new 8K filing shows that Microstrategy bought 314 additional bitcoin recently at a price...
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Fintech Focus For September 28, 2020
Sunday, September 27, 2020 - 6:42pm | 2058Quote Of The Day: If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. - Leo Tolstoy Fintech Movers: Both fintech and big tech credit seems to complement other forms of credit, rather than substitute for them, and may increase overall access to credit. - BIS Russia’s...
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Fintech Focus For August 20, 2020
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 - 6:37pm | 2239Quote Of The Day: Whoever is happy will make others happy too. - Anne Frank Fintech Movers: There is a large opportunity for Google to leverage its massive direct consumer relationships to attract [banks] to sign up for co-branded checking accounts. For many of the bank and credit union partners,...
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Cryptocurrency Exchanges: The Key To An Investment Class
Sunday, March 11, 2018 - 5:14pm | 884Those who cared to invest in one of the most obscure financial assets at the beginning of 2017 laughed their way to the bank at the end of the year. Most digital currencies made heady gains for the year, with bitcoin advancing 1,308 percent. XRP, the Ripple token currency, was up an even...
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Goldman Considers Yahoo's Strategic Options, Raises Target To $37
Thursday, March 24, 2016 - 8:07am | 270Goldman Sachs’ Heath P. Terry maintained a Neutral rating on Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), while raising the price target from $33 to $37. Core Spinoff “Yahoo’s current core plan is to spin the business, together with Yahoo Japan into an independent company, with the RemainCo...
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Here's Why MKM Partners Lowered Yahoo's Price Target
Wednesday, May 6, 2015 - 1:18pm | 415In a report published Wednesday, MKM Partners analyst Rob Sanderson commented that Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) remains a "great unlocking of value" story with potential for meaningful upside on a turnaround in the core business, but the company is not a near-term earnings story....
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Winklevoss Twins Say Gemini Will Propel Bitcoin Into Becoming A Usable Financial Option
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 - 10:55am | 306It's no secret that Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss, dubbed the Winklevoss Twins, are passionate about bitcoin. The two claim that they own at least 1 percent of the bitcoins in existence and have backed several ventures aimed at driving the cryptocurrency into mainstream use. The two are...
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After Falling Behind Competitors, Is Yahoo Finally Gearing Itself Towards Being 'Mobile-First'?
Wednesday, March 5, 2014 - 12:29pm | 627Following the recent launch of the company’s Gemini ad platform, which creates a common marketplace for buying mobile search and native ads, Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has started testing mobile app install ads - just like the ones Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) already has. It was a “catch up” move,...
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New U.S. Options Exchange Gemini Aims To Take Order Flow From Fee-Friendly Marketplace
Monday, August 5, 2013 - 3:34pm | 601Monday, August 5, marked the launch of the International Securities Exchange’s secondary marketplace, Gemini. Originally filed with the SEC under the name Topaz, Gemini is now the twelfth U.S. options market and the third launched within the past 12 months (Miami Options Exchange and Nasdaq BX...