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Circle raises $222 million from BlackRock, Apollo and others in Arc token presale valued at $3 billion
Circle Internet Group has raised $222 million in the presale of Arc, the native token of its new blockchain, as the company looks to expand beyond its core business of issuing the USDC stablecoin, CNBC has learned. Andreessen Horowitz served as the lead investor in the raise with a $75 million investment. Other investors include […]
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Retailers are on a hiring spree. But consumers are sending warning signs
A woman walks past a “Now Hiring” sign in front of a store on January 13, 2022 in Arlington, Virginia. Olivier Douliery | AFP | Getty Images Retailers are ramping up hiring this year, defying economic concerns as consumers keep shopping. The retail trades added nearly 22,000 jobs in April, accounting for almost one-fifth of […]
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The Trump-Xi summit is the next major deadline for investors awaiting a resolution to the U.S.-Iran war. Here’s what’s ahead
Trump’s apparent determination to wrap up the fighting in Iran is part of the reason why the stock market has been unruffled by the ongoing conflict. Source
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Michael Burry says the market today feels like ‘the last months of the 1999-2000 bubble’
Michael Burry attends “The Big Short” New York screening Ziegfeld Theater on Nov. 23, 2015 in New York City. Astrid Stawiarz | Getty Images Michael Burry of “Big Short” fame is warning that the stock market’s fixation on artificial intelligence is beginning to resemble the final stages of the dot-com bubble. “Absolutely non-stop AI. Nobody […]
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Anthropic’s Mythos set off a cybersecurity ‘hysteria.’ Experts say the threat was already here
Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Prakash Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Global banks, tech giants and governments were sent scrambling last month to contain the risks posed by Mythos, the Anthropic model said to be so […]
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Coinbase posts steep first-quarter loss after slide in crypto prices, shares fall 4%
Coinbase posted lower-than-expected results for the first quarter as crypto prices fell, weighing on one of the companies’ major revenue drivers — spot trading in digital assets . Here’s how Coinbase performed in its quarter ended March 31, compared with what Wall Street was expecting, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG: Earnings per […]
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Ryan Cohen’s mysterious bank letter backing GameStop’s eBay bid reveals a big issue with deal
Key Points Earlier this week, GameStop made a bold offer to buy eBay for $56 billion. The video game retailer said that it has lined up a $20 billion financing commitment from TD Securities. A key condition in this financing letter from TD Securities would require the combined entity to maintain an investment-grade credit profile, […]
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Whirlpool says Iran war causing ‘recession-level industry decline.’ The shares are down 20%
Whirlpool shares tumbled Thursday after the iconic appliance maker warned that the war in Iran triggered a severe downturn, underscoring how sharply higher fuel prices and collapsing consumer confidence are beginning to weigh on big-ticket purchases. “War in Iran resulted in recession-level industry decline in the U.S. as consumer confidence collapsed in late February and […]
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SpaceX and Anthropic mega-IPOs could mark end of bull run, Bank of America suggests
The SpaceX and Anthropic mega-IPOs may not be the boon to the stock market investors think they’ll be. Wall Street has been rolling out the red carpet for some of the most eagerly anticipated public debuts in recent memory — helped along by the Trump administration’s initiative to deregulate public and private markets to “make […]
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Apollo CEO Rowan warns of market correction, slams ‘egregious’ practices at rival insurers
Marc Rowan, chief executive officer of Apollo Global Management LLC, speaks during an interview on an episode of Bloomberg Wealth with David Rubenstein in New York, U.S., on Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images Jeenah Moon | Bloomberg | Getty Images Apollo Global Management CEO Marc Rowan on Wednesday warned investors that […]
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