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Terraform Hit with $4.5 Billion Penalty: A Landmark Crypto Fraud Case
Category: Crypto Total Views: 88By : Editor Updated: 06-14-2024
Terraform Labs and Do Kwon Found Liable for Fraud
A jury trial concluded Terraform Labs and its founder, Do Kwon, guilty of fraud. The case exposed the breadth of the fraudulent activities and concerned crypto asset securities. An April nine-day trial ended with the jury's verdict. The defendants' lies about using the Terraform blockchain and the stability of their cryptocurrency asset, UST, were demonstrated by the evidence presented. When UST depegged from the US dollar, these lies ... Continue Reading
Skilled Trade Jobs in Demand: Highest Paying Roles in 2024
Category: Business Total Views: 100By : Editor Updated: 06-14-2024
High Demand for Skilled Trade Workers
The U.S. has a fast expanding need for qualified trade workers. Now days, a lot of young people choose trade careers over conventional four-year college degrees. The dearth of workers in a number of specialized trades is what is causing this change. Pay in these areas is therefore increasing. Among the many industries that require skilled labor are healthcare and construction. The great demand increases the appeal of these positions to job searchers.
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Housing Affordability Crisis Deepens: Foreclosure Trends in 2024
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 102By : Editor Updated: 06-14-2024
Rising Foreclosures in 2024
Through 2024, home foreclosures will continue rising. Economic strains were evident in May when more Americans lost their homes. A 3% increase in foreclosure filings over the prior year is shown by the most recent ATTOM data. Still, that's a 7% drop from the same time last year. The statistics point up changes in the real estate market. While foreclosure starts increased, in some places completed foreclosures fell. This points to resilience in specific regions ... Continue Reading
Bank of America Predicts Multiple Rate Cuts by 2026
Category: Real Estate Total Views: 351By : Editor Updated: 06-14-2024
Mortgage Rates Slightly Decline to 6.95%
Freddie Mac reports that the average rate on a 30-year fixed mortgage fell to 6.95% this week, down from 6.99% the previous. It might not be enough to draw in many homebuyers with this little decrease in mortgage rates. Though the drop is welcome, it has little effect on overall affordability. Waiting for a more significant drop, many buyers stay put. Considering past norms, the rates are still rather high now. The monetary policy stance of the Federal... Continue Reading
Warren Buffett's 2024 Portfolio: Top Holdings and Strategy
Category: Stocks Total Views: 336By : Editor Updated: 06-14-2024
Warren Buffett's Portfolio Overview
The Berkshire Hathaway-managed portfolio of Warren Buffett is renowned for its well chosen stocks. It consists of businesses in the fields of energy, consumer goods, finance and technology. With its emphasis on superior companies, this portfolio embodies Buffett's investing ethos. Frequently the portfolio's stocks are industry leaders. With his strategy, stability and growth are balanced. His staff aggressively oversees the portfolio to match lo... Continue Reading
Can Tesla Hit a $25 Trillion Market Cap? Elon Musk Thinks So
Category: Stocks Total Views: 379By : Editor Updated: 06-13-2024
The Future of Tesla as Elon Musk Sees It
Elon Musk sees a robotics and artificial intelligence revolutionizing Tesla in the future. He underlined at the 2024 annual shareholder meeting how Optimus humanoid robots could greatly increase the value of the business. Musk underlined that Tesla is writing a completely new book rather than just starting a new phase. In his future, these robots would be essential to many different sectors. Musk's followers are infectiously optimistic, but their d... Continue Reading
Global Digital Wallet Transactions to Reach $25 Trillion by 2027
Category: Economy Total Views: 528By : Editor Updated: 06-13-2024
Introduction to Digital Wallet Usage Trends
The way that people pay both online and in real stores is changing thanks to digital wallets. This change is highlighted by the most recent Worldpay report, which indicates that in 2023 digital wallets would account for 30% of in-store purchases and 50% of worldwide e-commerce purchases. The transaction value topped $14 trillion in 2027 and is expected to increase to $25 trillion in that same year. The ease and security that consumers find in digita... Continue Reading
How Fed Decisions and Tech Sector Gains Shape Markets
Category: Markets Total Views: 512By : Editor Updated: 06-13-2024
Surprising CPI data indicating a 3.3% increase in May led the Federal Reserve to maintain interest rates unchanged. The IT industry, meantime, soared, with Oracle seeing a big boost despite missing earnings estimates because of strong demand for its cloud services and Apple's stock rising because of new AI features. These developments point to robust investment prospects impacted by Fed decisions in the tech industry as well as the larger market.
Fed Holds Interest Rates Steady
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Trump's Push for U.S. Bitcoin Mining Sparks Market Rally
Category: Crypto Total Views: 554By : Editor Updated: 06-13-2024
Bitcoin Mining Executives Meet with Former President Trump
Leading bitcoin mining executives met with former President Donald Trump late on Tuesday. Joining CleanSpark were CEO Zach Bradford, head of public policy Brian Morgenstern, CEO Jason Les of Riot Platforms, and CFO Salman Khan of Marathon Digital. Multiple online articles highlighted the meeting. It was mostly concerned with the prospects for bitcoin mining in the US. Trump declared his intention to have the last bitcoins mined domest... Continue Reading
Roaring Kitty Sparks GameStop Sell-Off with Options Trade
Category: Stocks Total Views: 633By : Editor Updated: 06-13-2024
Introduction to Keith Gill and GameStop Rally
Known on Reddit as "Roaring Kitty," Keith Gill is credited with starting the GameStop rally. Widespread notice was drawn to his perceptive analysis and audacious investment in the video game retailer. By his acts, Wall Street was rocked by a historic short squeeze. Discussion of Gill's impact on the stock market grew to be intense. In this day of social media, his story perfectly captures the influence of individual investors. The ra... Continue Reading