GameStop, AMC Trading Now Being Restricted at TD Ameritrade, Schwab
Some major brokerage houses have begun to respond to a frenetic surge in the price of shares of companies that has been attributed to rabid buying by individual investors on social-media platforms. From a report: On Wednesday, TD Ameritrade said it w.....»»
GameStop earnings fall short of expectations, but online sales offer some hope
After several wild weeks in the spotlight, GameStop's released financial results for the three months ended January 30 that fell short of Wall Street expectations......»»
Stock trading app Freetrade raises $69 million
U.K. challenger stockbroker Freetrade has raised a $69 million Series B round led by Left Lane Capital. The growth fund of L Catterton and existing investor Draper Esprit also participated. Freetrade operates a stock trading app and has managed to at.....»»
Crypto social network BitClout arrives with a bevy of high profile investors, and skeptics
While much of the recent wave of relentless hype around NFTs — or non-fungible tokens — has been most visibly manifested in high-dollar art auctions or digital trading cards sales, there’s also been a relentless string of chatter am.....»»
China suspects Tesla vehicles of spying, restricts use by military and state employees
China has restricted the use of Teslas for military personnel, government agencies, and employees of "state-owned enterprises in sensitive industries" after deeming the EVs a national security concern due to their built-in cameras and sensors that Te.....»»
Waterfund commits $50M to OurCrowd’s water and agtech portfolio
Waterfund, an investment and trading firm that specializes in acquiring and managing water-related infrastructure assets, today announced a deal with Israel-based crowdfunding platform OurCrowd that will see the Waterfund team commit $50 million to b.....»»
How to get the boomerang in Link’s Awakening
This Link's Awakening trading sequence guide will walk you through all 13 trades. Completing the trading sequence lets you grab the super-useful boomerang......»»
How to turn off Restricted Mode on YouTube
YouTube's Restricted Mode feature can prevent you or your loved ones from viewing mature content. But if you don't need it anymore, here's how to turn it off......»»
SpaceX Engineer Pleads Guilty To Selling Insider Trading Tips On Dark Web
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: An engineer working for Elon Musk's SpaceX pleaded guilty on Thursday to conspiracy to commit securities fraud by selling insider tips on the "dark web," the U.S. Department of Justice and Securities.....»»
The "insane" money in trading collectible cards
Prices of collectible cards are soaring and new digital products are entering the market......»»
NFT marketplace OpenSea raises $23 million from a16z
OpenSea has been one of a handful of NFT marketplaces to explode in popularity in recent weeks as collectors wade into the trading of nonfungible tokens on the blockchain. While new startups have been popping up everyday, platforms that launched in c.....»»
What eToro’s investor presentation and $10B valuation tells us about Robinhood
Trading platforms are being valued more like high-margin video games than software stocks. Amid all the news of the last few days, you might have missed that eToro, an Israeli consumer stock-trading service, is going public in the United St.....»»
Vega raises $5M to give anyone the ability to launch a derivatives market
Vega, a startup that is building a decentralized protocol for creating and trading on derivatives markets, has raised $5 million in funding. Arrington Capital and Cumberland DRW co-led the round, which also included participation from Coinbase Ventur.....»»
GameStop: Reddit users investing in gorilla conservation
WallStreetBets users flooded a conservation organisation with donations......»»
Olo prices IPO sharply above its target, valuing company as high as $4.6B
We're checking in on the price investors paid for a block of Olo shares before it began trading and will look into the latest numbers in Coinbase's new S-1/A filing A big story in the finance world this morning is that the Nasdaq Composite.....»»
Trading platform eToro to go public via SPAC merger in $10B deal
Multi-asset investing and trading platform and Robinhood competitor eToro announced Tuesday it will go public via a merger with SPAC FinTech Acquisition Corp. V in a massive $10.4 billion deal. Once the transaction closes sometime in the third quarte.....»»
"Insider giving" less regulated, infamous than insider trading, yet research shows it"s widespread, harmful
Insider trading grabs headlines, gets the Hollywood treatment and garners plenty of investigations. Yet a far less notorious and scrutinized activity known as "insider giving" similarly damages markets and the broader society despite its nicer-soundi.....»»
Major new study shows ancient international trading routes between Exeter and Europe
Cutting-edge scientific techniques used to study ancient artifacts found in Exeter have revealed more about the ancient international trading routes between the city and Europe......»»
Neobroker Bitpanda raises $170M at a $1.2B valuation to take its trading platform beyond crypto
One of the bigger startups in Europe operating a trading platform for cryptocurrency has closed a big round of funding on the heels of very rapid growth and plans to open its platform to a wider stream of assets. Bitpanda, a “neobroker” t.....»»
India To Propose Cryptocurrency Ban, Penalizing Miners and Traders
According to Reuters, "India will propose a law banning cryptocurrencies, fining anyone trading in the country or even holding such digital assets." From the report: The bill, one of the world's strictest policies against cryptocurrencies, would crim.....»»
Report: Indian government is planning outright ban on cryptocurrency
The proposed bill would ban trading, mining, and even holding cryptocurrencies. Enlarge / Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. (credit: T. Narayan/Bloomberg via Getty Images) The government of India is planning to introduce legislation banning.....»»