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The shift comes as stablecoins surge in popularity and competitors like Stripe and PayPal add stablecoin options, increasing market pressure.
What if a bond fund could earn 10% or more per year? It's possible -- but there are downsides.
The intriguing thing is that the same company offers both.
BlackRock’s Rick Rieder, UBS’s Ulrike Hoffmann-Burchardi and Third Point’s Daniel Loeb see steady economic growth but a tougher market environment.
Accelerating growth and stellar guidance haven't been enough to help the stock in 2026.
Here are some expert tips to help you sell your house in a slow market.
The answer isn't obvious, but there are clues.
Both stocks have been hit hard by competitive pressure, but one is showing financial strength.
Are World Cup games in jeopardy? Here is what happens to your $885 ticket if games move.
Kalshi, approved by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, was last valued at $11 billion, while Polymarket was valued at $9 billion.
The sharp pullback in this neocloud infrastructure company's stock price over the past few months gives investors an opportunity to buy a growth stock on the cheap.
This week brought a double whammy for Ford stock.
Eli Lilly is at the head of the pharma pack today, but in a decade, the situation could look very different.
With earnings season about over, now is a great time to buy shares of some leading tech stocks.
These three stocks have serious potential over the next decade, even if the media doesn't pay too much attention to their success.
An unusual swell of Canadian patriotism seen after Trump's threats and tariffs last year has evolved into a new social and economic order.
Microsoft is making one of the boldest AI bets in history, and what happens next could reshape long-term returns for investors paying attention.
The foundry giant's ability to outperform the market's growth expectations should result in healthy stock price upside.
This online home goods retailer, known for its vast selection and strong digital presence, recently reported a notable insider sale.
Strategy may raise $300 million via STRC sales, potentially giving Michael Saylor enough proceeds to continue buying Bitcoin throughout 2026.
Things can't get that much worse for the drugmaker.
Zscaler just made a major AI security move, even as the stock trades far below its highs. Is this hesitation creating an opportunity investors will regret ignoring?
The high-stakes world of gambling is far different than investing in the stock market.
Comparing the company's deal with the government alongside MP Materials' deal reveals a lot about its investment proposition.
The stablecoin issuer used its Mint platform for intercompany transfers, replacing bank wires that often take days to settle, CEO Jeremy Allaire said.
Warren Buffett sold more than $100 billion in stocks during his last few years as Berkshire Hathaway CEO.
The findings have been tested in the real world.
The executive order to build President Donald Trump's Strategic Bitcoin Reserve has awaited congressional action, and sources say there's one idea left for 2026.
Tesla's valuation reflects cautious optimism around the company's artificial intelligence (AI) ambitions.
Garmin sees 2026 as another year of strong growth.
Hollywood is bracing for big job cuts at Warner Bros. Discovery when its merger with Paramount closes, even as Paramount has insisted it can make the deal work without many layoffs.
The problem with crises like this is that stocks and bonds can both fail.
After opening a “Trump account” to receive any “free” money you’re eligible for, personal-finance experts say parents may be better off directing their own dollars toward other account types for kids.
The woman at the door wore a plush lobster headdress. She sat in the front hallway of a multistory event venue in Manhattan, beside a bundle of wristbands. If she granted you one, the world of ClawCon beckoned behind her - full of vibey pink and purple lighting, lobster claw headbands, multicolored...
“He has no loyalty to me or our vows.”
“She is reading alarmist headlines about Iran in the newspapers.”
Another week of record gains could lift oil prices close to their all-time highs — levels that invite talk of an economic doomsday.
Optical components are becoming a critical chokepoint in AI infrastructure, as the data-center buildout drives strong demand for more efficient data-transfer methods.
Lawmakers are pushing new regulation for prediction markets after suspiciously timed Polymarket bets on US and Israeli strikes on Iran raised insider-trading concerns.
Stablecoin monthly transaction volume reached a record $1.8 trillion in February, as USDC surprised analysts with 70% of the total volume.
xAI’s Grok drew massive attention on X after delivering profanity-filled roasts of Elon Musk, Benjamin Netanyahu and Keir Starmer following user prompts.
SB 314 expands Florida’s money services law to cover stablecoins, requiring issuer compliance with existing regulations while banning unlicensed issuance.
Most majors gave back Friday's gains, with solana down 4%, ether falling 4.4%, and 43% of bitcoin's supply now sitting at a loss according to Glassnode data.
Bitcoin whales have sold about 66% of the Bitcoin they recently accumulated since Wednesday, according to crypto sentiment platform Santiment.
Bitcoin is now firmly in a deep bear market and could fall another 30% in 2026, firm said.
Mixers, privacy coins and the threat quantum computing could pose to Bitcoin were all points of speculation across the industry following the release of Trump’s Cyber Strategy.
If the crypto industry and community banks cannot find common ground on the CLARITY Act, the only winners will be the “big banks,” according to crypto executive Austin Campbell.
Bitcoin’s price volatility tends to scare off buyers, but data shows investors who hold for at least three years have a higher chance of locking in significant returns.
A pilot involving the central bank and major financial institutions tested whether distributed ledger infrastructure could streamline bond issuance, trading and settlement.
Nevin Shetty was convicted of wire fraud related to secretly moving $35 million in funds from a Seattle startup to his own crypto platform in 2022 to use for DeFi investments.
Marvell shares surged on Friday after the company beat earnings expectations and issued strong guidance on continuing AI demand.
Bitcoin sold off below $70,000 on Friday, leading analysts to conclude that this week’s breakout to $74,000 was a relief rally rather than a longer-lasting sign of a trend change.
Grammarly's "expert review" feature offers to give users writing advice "inspired by" subject matter experts, including recently deceased professors, as Wired reported on Wednesday. When I tried the feature out myself, I found some experts that came as a surprise for a different reason - one of...
The Curve Finance team told PancakeSwap that it must go through the proper licensing process to collaborate and use code created by Curve.
Need to know what happened in crypto today? Here is the latest news on daily trends and events impacting Bitcoin price, blockchain, DeFi, NFTs, Web3 and crypto regulation.
Institutional interest continues to grow, but a stronger dollar and shifting interest rate expectations are keeping a lid on the latest rally.
Senator Elizabeth Warren pointed to the SEC's recent settlement with Tron founder Justin Sun, saying “any crypto legislation moving through Congress“ should address corruption.
Profit-taking by short-term Bitcoin traders accelerated the BTC drop below $70,000, but spot and futures traders may kickstart a quick recovery.
Co-director Daniel Roher. | Image: Focus Features We are in the thick of a massive push to incorporate generative AI into almost every aspect of our lives, but it is still easy to be confused about what it is and how it works. It doesn't help that many of gen AI's proponents and detractors both...
To stay in the game, rather than try to outlearn every new release, learn how to use AI to strengthen your finances and build a buffer against industry disruption, says Naja.
Bitcoin bounced back this week as stablecoin inflows surged, and DeFi faced fresh pressure from Aave governance strife, exploits and exchange security moves.
In a Cointelegraph interview, Arthur Hayes explains why global markets may not be pricing in a longer war in the Middle East, and what that may mean for energy prices, liquidity and Bitcoin.
Global financial technology leader FIS today announced that Integrity Viking Funds has selected FIS Investment Accounting Manager to modernize its investment accounting infrastructure.
Jack Henry (Nasdaq: JKHY) announced today that Jack Henry Financial Crimes Defender has been added to the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) Preferred Service Provider (PSP) program.
The bill legally formalizes oversight over Pakistan's crypto industry, sanctions compliance and anti-money laundering regulations.
Stress in the $3.5 trillion private credit market could ripple into digital assets through both macro contagion and tokenized credit markets, experts warn.
The new onchain trading engine from the xStocks platform enables trading of more than 70 tokenized equities across Ethereum and Solana.
The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran over the weekend gave way to a week with topsy-turvy markets, spiking mortgage rates and higher prices at the pump.
Nonfarm payrolls were expected to increase 50,000 in February while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.3%.
Daly told CNBC on Friday that the weak February jobs report adds to a difficult policymaking environment.
The sharp move higher triggered heavy profit-taking from short-term holders, data shows.
TransUnion (NYSE: TRU) today announced its AI Analytics Orchestrator Agent, a next-generation capability built on its OneTru™ solution enablement platform. Leveraging Google’s Gemini models, the new Agent is designed to power advanced analytics within TransUnion’s TruIQ® solutions suite.
Crypto exchange pushed back on $1.7 billion Iran-linked flow allegations and called media reports behind the probe “defamatory.”
Mastercard today announced the completion of a pilot that delivered its first authenticated agentic transactions in Malaysia, marking a major step forward for trusted AI‑powered commerce.
The outlook for the Fed grew cloudier on Friday, as the employment market weakened appreciably even as inflation could be worsening.
Solana (SOL), down 3.1% since Thursday, joined Aave (AAVE) as an underperformer.
The UK's high streets are increasingly going cashless, according to research which shows that 14% of shops have stopped accepting notes and coins in the last 12 months.
Bitcoin remained under pressure even as the data likely puts back in play the chances of Fed rate cuts in the first half of 2026.
Absa Group, one of Africa's largest diversified financial services providers, has partnered with Thunes, the Smart Superhighway to move money around the world, to launch a new digital-first remittance solution, Absa Global Pay, that makes sending money across borders faster, simpler and more...
Shift Technology, the leading AI platform for insurance, announced the renewal of their strategic partnership agreement for five years with AXA, worldwide insurance leader, reinforcing a long-term collaboration that now spans 15 countries across Europe, Asia, and Latin America.
Backbase, the global leader in AI-powered banking technology, today announces the appointment of Didier Van der Coelden as Chief Financial Officer.
Novobanco has selected Feedzai as its strategic platform partner of choice for a multi-year transformation project designed to modernize its fraud and Anti Money Laundering (AML) prevention operations and future proof the bank’s financial crime defenses.
The central bank plans to invest in crypto infrastructure firms, tech stocks and funds tied to digital assets.
The UAE is considering freezing billions of dollars of Iranian assets held in the Gulf state, potentially severing one of Tehran's most critical economic lifelines.
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NYDFS approval allows the Bitcoin payments company to offer trading, bill pay and custody products across New York.
Banking giant Morgan Stanley is slashing 3% of its workforce across divisions due to shifting business priorities.
Internal documents reveal Lloyds Bank’s aim to reduce technology costs by 35% by selling customer data and automating governance checks.
BTC traded just above $70,000 as Middle East tensions drove oil higher and traders reassessed inflation in advance of the U.S. jobs report due later Friday.
Project Samara will continue to test issuing, trading and settling bonds using digital Canadian dollars on a distributed ledger.
Gap has been on a steady upswing of growth but saw worse than expected results during its holiday quarter after historic winter storms led to store closures.
Costco's quarterly results Thursday checked only some of the most important boxes.
Fintech Robinhood is taking on American Express with a $695-a-year credit card plated with real platinum.
Citi and HSBC have made strategic investments in custom trading technology specialist Adaptive. Terms were not disclosed.
Costco Wholesale beat estimates for holiday-quarter sales and profit and said it would cut prices if it received any tariff refunds.
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images After weeks of failed negotiations, public ultimatums, and lawsuit threats, the Defense Department has...
Broadcom's AI revenue forecast surpassed many bullish expectations from Wall Street analysts.
Economists surveyed by Dow Jones expect payroll growth of 50,000, following January's surprisingly high 130,000.
Though Netflix lost the war for Warner Bros., it has just bought an AI startup from the internet's favorite Dunkin' Donuts aficionado. Today, Netflix announced that it has acquired InterPositive, Ben Affleck's AI company that specializes in tools for film and television production. The deal will...
OpenAI is launching GPT-5.4, the latest version of its AI model that the company says combines advancements in reasoning, coding, and professional work involving spreadsheets, documents, and presentations. It's also OpenAI's first model with native computer use capabilities, meaning it can operate...
Victoria's Secret has been working to regain relevancy and win back shoppers under CEO Hillary Super.
NYSE parent Intercontinental Exchange has invested in OKX in a deal that values the cryptocurrency exchange at $25 billion. Terms were not disclosed.
Meta's AI-powered smart glasses could be sending sensitive footage to human reviewers in Nairobi, Kenya, according to an investigation by the Swedish outlets Svenska Dagbladet and Göteborgs-Posten. The report, which was published last week, claims Meta contractors in Kenya have seen videos captured...
The current conflict in the Middle East could benefit Renk's business, CEO Alexander Sagel said on an earnings call.
No AI usage will be assumed on works that providers haven't voluntarily tagged. | Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge Apple is asking artists and record labels on its music streaming platform to voluntarily label songs that were made using AI. The new "Transparency Tags" metadata system for Apple...
Do you have a Reddit alt, secret X, finsta, or Glassdoor account you trash your boss with? AI might have just made it a lot easier to unmask you. That's the conclusion of a recently published study, which hints at some uncomfortable consequences for staying private online - even if it's not quite...
Mastercard has taken aim at one of the biggest emerging issues in the agentic commerce goldrush, signing up big name partners for a new open, standards-based layer for trust.
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is reportedly back at the negotiating table with the Department of Defense in an attempt to salvage the company's relationship with the US military and prevent it from being iced out of defense work for being a "supply chain risk." Talks between the two parties imploded...
Revolut has filed for a US banking licence and appointed a former Visa executive as its US CEO.
Dutch cloud-native payment processing company Silverflow has closed a $40 million Series B funding round led by Picus Capital.
Latin American neobank Ualá has raised $195 million in equity financing led by the strategic investment arm of Allianz Group.
Vivox AI, a UK-based startup building regulator-ready, atomic AI agents for AML, KYB/KYC and financial crime, has raised £1.3 million in its first funding round, which was joined by a host of prominent angels, including former UBS chairman Axel Weber.
The Swedish cenral bank is urging consumers to horde a week's worth of cash in case of disruption to payment services during the volatile climate
Broadcom's AI revenue jumped 106% as the company continues to be a big beneficiary of the boom in infrastructure spending.
Okta's stock has dropped this year as investors fret over AI replacing cybersecurity
42 X users donated to William Shatner's charity in exchange for an early invite to X Money beta.
Adidas shares have fallen about 43% over the past year as investors remain skeptical about the growth prospects of the global sportswear industry.
Middle East conflict has posed a fresh test to central banks, with fears of an oil shock and renewed inflation risks changing their bid to shore up growth.
Founder and CEO George Kurtz made a compelling argument that we agree with, so why can't the rest of the market get behind him?
Best Buy beat fourth-quarter earnings expectations but missed Wall Street's revenue estimates.
The big-box retailer Target posted its fiscal fourth-quarter results as it hosted an investor meeting at its Minneapolis headquarters.
Versant reported its 2025 earnings, giving Wall Street its first detailed look inside the company that started publicly trading in January.
On is entering thee third and final year of its strategy to double sales by 2026 in a quest to "be the most premium global sportswear brand."
Iran's closest allies, Russia and China, have not offered material support to it, exposing the hard limits of its "strategic" partnerships.
Stripe released a preview intended to allow AI companies to easily track, pass through, and make a profit on underlying AI model fees.
The Japan-based company reportedly aimed for a public valuation of at least ¥1.5 trillion ($10 billion).
Versant, the portfolio of pay TV networks previously owned by Comcast, will release its first earnings report since going public earlier this year.
The conflict involving Iran threatens another price spike that could undermine the president's central case for lower interest rates.
The U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran is extending into its third day with each side pledging escalation.
Berkshire Hathaway reported fourth-quarter and full-year 2025 earnings on Saturday.
Six newly-created accounts made a profit of $1 million by correctly betting that the U.S. would strike Iran by February 28.
The company said such trades violates its internal company policies about using confidential information for personal gain.
Dell's strong fourth-quarter results show the company is navigating the memory shortage well so far.
Coreweave CEO Mike Intrator said the company has intentionally accelerated its infrastructure buildout.
Economists question whether such moves signal a broader shift in the labor market or simply reflect company-specific adjustments.
The company's quarterly revenue forecast fell short of consensus.
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The core producer price index increased a seasonally adjusted 0.8%, more than the 0.6% gain in December.
The new valuation is a 31% increase from $6.1 billion Plaid reached in April.
Jack Dorsey has long been an open admirer of Elon Musk. Now, it seems, he may have been taking notes.
PayPal may not be in talks to be acquired, sources have told Semafor, after a previous news report that Stripe was sniffing around.
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The Supreme Court decision to strike down Trump's tariffs has thrown fresh confusion over the raft of trade deals negotiated with global partners, stalling trade talks.
Supreme Court's decision to invalidate Trump's tariffs has strengthened China's hand ahead of the leaders summit in April, at a time when Beijing seeks U.S. concessions on Taiwan.
Crypto is creeping back into the startup conversation, but at ETH Denver last week, the buzz was as much about Washington as it was about tokens. Policy shifts are rippling through the market as Tether and stablecoins face scrutiny, players like Stripe re-enter the conversation, and startups either...
A tax accountant saw Elon Musk fans bidding up a Kalshi prediction market and saw a sure bet to make easy money.
The prospect of being replaced by artificial intelligence is helping to scare higher-income workers.
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Stripe might be looking to buy PayPal, or parts of it, per early reports.
AI has brought the startup world the rise of companies that instantly hit multimillion-dollar ARR. Stripe revealed some data that shows how common this has become.
Stripe has conducted another tender offer, where employees sell shares. Investors include Thrive Capital, Coatue, a16z, and Stripe itself.
Fintech giant Marquis is suing its firewall provider SonicWall, claiming that an earlier breach with SonicWall allowed hackers to deploy ransomware on Marquis' network.
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Stripe and PayPal Ventures have participated in Xflow's $16.6 million round that gives it a post-money valuation of $85 million.
What's far less certain is the longer-reaching impacts as the economy and markets again adjust to a changing landscape.
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President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs were deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court, but some sector-specific tariffs remain in place.
The core PCE price index was expected to increase 3% from a year ago in December. GDP was projected to rise at a 2.5% pace in Q4.
The disparity between average annual pay increases for those staying in their jobs and for those leaving has all but collapsed.
Railway, a San Francisco-based cloud platform that has quietly amassed two million developers without spending a dollar on marketing, announced Thursday that it raised $100 million in a Series B funding round, as surging demand for artificial intelligence applications exposes the limitations of...
The artificial intelligence coding revolution comes with a catch: it's expensive. Claude Code, Anthropic's terminal-based AI agent that can write, debug, and deploy code autonomously, has captured the imagination of software developers worldwide. But its pricing — ranging from $20 to $200 per month...
Alfred Wahlforss was running out of options. His startup, Listen Labs, needed to hire over 100 engineers, but competing against Mark Zuckerberg's $100 million offers seemed impossible. So he spent $5,000 — a fifth of his marketing budget — on a billboard in San Francisco displaying what looked like...
Salesforce on Tuesday launched an entirely rebuilt version of Slackbot, the company's workplace assistant, transforming it from a simple notification tool into what executives describe as a fully powered AI agent capable of searching enterprise data, drafting documents, and taking action on behalf...
Anthropic released Cowork on Monday, a new AI agent capability that extends the power of its wildly successful Claude Code tool to non-technical users — and according to company insiders, the team built the entire feature in approximately a week and a half, largely using Claude Code itself. The...
Nous Research, the open-source artificial intelligence startup backed by crypto venture firm Paradigm, released a new competitive programming model on Monday that it says matches or exceeds several larger proprietary systems — trained in just four days using 48 of Nvidia's latest B200 graphics...
When the creator of the world's most advanced coding agent speaks, Silicon Valley doesn't just listen — it takes notes. For the past week, the engineering community has been dissecting a thread on X from Boris Cherny, the creator and head of Claude Code at Anthropic. What began as a casual sharing...