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Regulators are growing anxious about stablecoins after Terra’s stunning collapse
The entire stablecoin market is now worth more than $160 billion. Justin Tallis | AFP via Getty Images Regulators are getting increasingly worried about stablecoins after the collapse of controversial cryptocurrency venture Terra. TerraUSD, an “algorithmic” stablecoin that’s meant to be pegged one-to-one with the U.S. dollar, has erased much of its value this week […]
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Jim Cramer says investors shouldn’t allow a tumultuous market prevent them from finding ‘better opportunities’
CNBC’s Jim Cramer on Thursday said that while investors should tread carefully as the stock market continues to be stormy, they also shouldn’t be afraid to make moves to strengthen their portfolios. “We want to be very careful to buy stocks with stories that can handle a slowdown. … A good portfolio manager never sells […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Thursday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Stock futures drop after Wall Street extends its multiday losing streak Traders on the floor of the NYSE, May 11, 2022. Source: NYSE U.S. stock futures dropped Thursday as the broad sell-off and revaluation of risk assets […]
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Bitcoin tumbles below $27,000 for first time since December 2020 as crypto sell-off intensifies
Bitcoin plunged further below the $30,000 mark as investors fled cryptocurrencies. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto | Getty Images Bitcoin slumped below $27,000 Thursday for the first time in over 16 months, as cryptocurrency markets extended their losses amid fears over rising inflation and the collapse of a controversial stablecoin project. The price of bitcoin plunged […]
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Bitcoin drops below $30,000, as hot inflation report causes investors to shun risky assets
A Bitcoin coin lies on a screen showing the Bitcoin – US dollar exchange rate. Fernando Gutierrez-Juarez | picture alliance | Getty Images The price of bitcoin fell below the $30,000 mark on Wednesday for the second time this week, after new data showed inflation is still running near 40-year highs. Bitcoin fell about 7% […]
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Controversial stablecoin UST — which is meant to be pegged to the dollar — plummets below 50 cents
Bitcoin, the world’s largest cryptocurrency, has fallen over 50% since setting an all-time high of nearly $69,000 in November. Dan Kitwood | Getty Images The two main tokens from embattled crypto project Terra are now in freefall. UST, a so-called stablecoin that’s meant to maintain a $1 peg, plunged to as low as 31 cents […]
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5 things to know before the stock market opens Tuesday
Here are the most important news, trends and analysis that investors need to start their trading day: 1. Wall Street set to rise after S&P 500 hits lowest level in over a year Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, March 22, 2022. Brendan McDermid | […]
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Bitcoin investors are panicking as a controversial crypto experiment unravels
Bitcoin is now down 50% from its November all-time highs. Artur Widak | Nurphoto | Getty Images Investors in bitcoin are in panic mode as the controversial terraUSD stablecoin slips further from its intended $1 peg. TerraUSD, or UST, sank below 70 cents for the first time late Monday, as holders continued to flee the […]
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Bitcoin drops more than 10% on Monday, dips below $31,000 just days after topping $40,000
Bitcoin dropped more than 10% on Monday, dipping below $31,000 after touching a recent high of $40,000 last week. The price of bitcoin was last down 10.6% at $30,914.84, according to Coin Metrics. The cryptocurrency is at its weakest point since last July when Bitcoin traded as low as $29,839.80 – the last time bitcoin […]
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A $3.5 billion bet on bitcoin becoming a ‘reserve currency’ for crypto is being put to the test
Pedestrians walk past a display of cryptocurrency Bitcoin on February 15, 2022 in Hong Kong, China. Anthony Kwan | Getty Images A multibillion-dollar bet that bitcoin can act as a “reserve currency” for the crypto economy is already being tested as UST, a controversial stablecoin, struggles to maintain its $1 peg. UST dropped close to […]
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