Stock Futures Lower, Kohl’s, Twitter, Bitcoin and Boris in Focus – Five Things You Must Know

U.S. The bigger-than-expected hike pushed the Japanese yen to a fresh 20-year low of 132.72 against the U.S. Still, the Atlanta Fed’s GDPNow forecasting tool pegs current U.S. growth at 1.3%, a tally that would indicate a modest rebound from last quarter’s contraction and suggest that a solid economy underpins the current market, and indicates […]

Luxury Brand Gucci Accepts Bitcoin, Shiba Inu – TheStreet

“The news of Gucci announcing its accepting cryptocurrencies as payment later this month means that there will be a growing demand for crypto-to-fiat conversion as Gucci will be ultimately accepting fiat funds,” said Fuad Fatullaev, founder and CEO of WeWay. “On the flipside, acceptance of cryptocurrency payments could provide an amount of unpredictability on sales […]

Why Argentina Is Increasingly Adopting Crypto – TheStreet

The Argentine peso, the country’s national currency, is already highly volatile and subject to a raft of financial controls that make buying and investing with the currency increasingly onerous for everyday citizens. In the 1990s, Argentina’s financial system was in dire straits, with citizens finding their lifelong savings vanishing and personal bank account completely frozen. […]

Bitcoin Clings to $40,000 as Investors Flee Risky Assets – TheStreet

Right now the most popular cryptocurrency is clinging to the psychological threshold of $40,000. Ethereum will go from proof of work, which consumes a lot of energy, to proof of stake, which is considered more environmentally friendly. Tech stocks do well when the economy is doing well, simply because investors are ready to buy the promise of […]

Mexican Billionaire Ricardo Salinas Is a Big Bitcoin Investor – TheStreet

This is undoubtedly information that will delight crypto fans and in this case bitcoin enthusiasts and evangelists. “I definitely don’t have any bonds,” the billionaire said. On his Twitter account, Salinas’ latest posts relate to bitcoin and the crypto industry, of which he seems to have become one of the big champions. …Read the full […]

Billionaire Michael Saylor Buys Extra Bitcoin Worth Millions – TheStreet

This investment comes at a time when cryptocurrency prices are trying to rebound after some very difficult weeks. “The surge in food & fuel prices is going to further weaken global currencies and encourage the imposition of capital controls, price controls, & export controls, favoring a strategy based on digital products, digital services, & digital […]

Bitcoin, Crypto Prices Slide on Hawkish Fed – TheStreet

“Following the Fed’s minutes, Bitcoin extended declines after no dovish surprise emerged,” Moya said. “The Fed’s gonna be aggressive here and that is going to be short-term trouble for risky assets like bitcoin. “The shocker here could be that the Russia/Ukraine conflict sidelined a .50% hike in March,” he added. “So as geopolitical tensions persist, […]