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Bitcoin is poised to blow up Africa’s $86 billion banking system
ACCRA, GHANA — Block CEO Jack Dorsey and his top brass descended on Accra for the inaugural Africa Bitcoin Conference in December to talk about one of the most potentially disruptive and transformative alternatives to the continent’s existing financial system: bitcoin. Since its inception in 2008, this unfamiliar form of money has alternatively been disdained […]
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How this 26-year-old went from running bitcoin trading desks in Taco Bells to creating the largest crypto exchange in Africa
ACCRA, GHANA – On the afternoon of Dec. 26, 2022, Chris Maurice finally capitulated and went to the emergency room at Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, just west of the city’s gothic quarter. For roughly ten months, the 26-year-old CEO of the largest centralized crypto exchange in Africa had ignored many of the symptoms consistent with […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Block, Deutsche Bank, GameStop, Activision and more
In this article JPM WFC GME SQ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Jack Dorsey, chief executive officer of Square Inc., second right, tours the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015. Yana Paskova | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Deutsche Bank, Coinbase, Block, Marathon Oil and more
In this article BAC DB SQ Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Deutsche Bank AG flag flies outside the company’s office on Wall Street in New York. Mark Kauzlarich | Bloomberg | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Deutsche Bank — The German lender’s shares tumbled 13% following a […]
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CNBC Day-to-day Open up: Yellen altered the temper — again
U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen testifies during a listening to before a Home subcommittee in Washington, DC. Alex Wong | Getty Photos News | Getty Photographs This report is from present day CNBC Every day Open up, our new, intercontinental marketplaces e-newsletter. CNBC Everyday Open up brings investors up to pace on every […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves midday: Netflix, Block, Snap, KB Home and more
In this article REGN NFLX PACW FRC META Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Aaronp/bauer-griffin | Gc Images | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves midday: Netflix — The streaming giant’s stock climbed 8.5% following a report from YipitData that said the company’s gross additions in Canada have improved. YipitData wasn’t […]
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Block shares plunge immediately after Hindenburg states Jack Dorsey’s firm facilitates fraud
Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter Inc., speaks through the Bitcoin 2021 conference in Miami, Florida, U.S., on Friday, June 4, 2021. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Pictures Shares of Jack Dorsey’s Block plunged around 17% after small-vendor Hindenburg Study declared the payment organization was its most current shorter position, alleging that the corporation […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Beyond Meat, Sweetgreen, Adobe, Block and more
In this article EOG ADBE SG CVNA ADSK WBD BA MELI SQ BYND Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Beyond Meat “Beyond Burger” patties made from plant-based substitutes for meat products sit on a shelf for sale in New York City. Angela Weiss | AFP | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines before […]
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Stocks making the largest moves immediately after hrs: Block, Carvana, Boeing and much more
In this write-up MELI EOG ADSK BA BYND SQ CVNA WBD Comply with your beloved sharesProduce Free ACCOUNT A Carvana glass tower sits illuminated on Feb. 23, 2022, in Oak Brook, Illinois. Armando L. Sanchez | Tribune News Provider | Getty Illustrations or photos Test out the corporations producing headlines soon after hours. Carvana — […]
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Block misses on earnings but beats on income, gross earnings
Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey addresses learners through a city hall at the Indian Institute of Technological innovation (IIT) in New Delhi, India, November 12, 2018. Anushree Fadnavis | Reuters Block stock rose about 3% in extended buying and selling immediately after the payments company described fourth-quarter earnings that skipped Wall Street anticipations, but posted powerful […]
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