Cryptocurrency
Venmo revenue grows 20%, with debit card payment volume soaring
Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Venmo, long a centerpiece of PayPal‘s growth story but often criticized for its lack of monetization, is becoming a bigger contributor to the business. PayPal said Tuesday in its first-quarter earnings release that revenue at Venmo increased 20% year-over-year in the first quarter, though the company didn’t provide a dollar […]
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PayPal kicks off fintech earnings as investors fear impact of Trump tariffs on consumer spending
FILE PHOTO: A smartphone with the PayPal logo is placed on a laptop in this illustration taken on July 14, 2021. Dado Ruvic | Reuters PayPal, Block and Affirm are all closely tied to the health of the consumer, which has investors on edge headed into their earnings reports. Markets broadly have been jittery to […]
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Trump’s memecoin dinner contest earns insiders $900,000 in two days
WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and his allies have raked in nearly $900,000 in trading fees over the past two days from the president’s $TRUMP cryptocurrency token, according to Chainalysis, a blockchain data company. The surge came after a Wednesday announcement in which the top 220 holders of the token were promised dinner with the […]
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SEC Chair Atkins says crypto innovation ‘has been stifled’ as regulators push for change
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins speaks to reporters after giving opening remarks at a roundtable with the SEC’s Crypto Task Force at the Securities and Exchange Commission headquarters on April 25, 2025 in Washington, DC. Anna Moneymaker | Getty Images WASHINGTON — SEC Chair Paul Atkins said on Friday that innovation in the […]
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Trump meme coin insiders have to wait additional 90 days before they can sell
A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump holding a Bitcoin token to mark the cryptocurrency reaching over $100,000 displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on in Hong Kong, China, on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024. Justin Chin | Bloomberg | Getty Images WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump will have to wait another […]
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Trump dinner for meme coin buyers prompts senators to demand ethics probe
Jonathan Raa | Nurphoto | Getty Images WASHINGTON — Senators Adam Schiff and Elizabeth Warren are warning that President Donald Trump’s private dinner with holders of his meme coin may constitute “pay to play” corruption, and are calling for an ethics investigation. The Democratic senators, from California and Massachusetts, respectively, sent a letter on Friday […]
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Ripple president Monica Long on stablecoins, Trump and tokenization
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email In this episode of Beyond the Valley, Monica Long, President of Ripple, joins CNBC’s Arjun Kharpal to talk about the state of the crypto market and what President Donald Trump means for the industry. Long also discusses Ripple’s stablecoin and the current […]
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Trump meme coin surges 50% after top holders offered dinner with the president
A cartoon image of US President-elect Donald Trump with cryptocurrency tokens, depicted in front of the White House to mark his inauguration, displayed at a Coinhero store in Hong Kong, China, on Monday, Jan. 20, 2025. Paul Yeung | Bloomberg | Getty Images The $TRUMP meme coin jumped more than 50% on Wednesday after the […]
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PayPal introduces 3.7% yield on stablecoin balances to boost payments activity
Close up of a woman’s hand paying with her smartphone in a cafe, scan and pay a bill on a card machine making a quick and easy contactless payment. D3sign | Moment | Getty Images PayPal and Venmo users will soon be able to earn yield on their stablecoin holdings, the company said Wednesday. Customers […]
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Bitcoin retakes $90,000 as investors see it as alternative to diving dollar and turbulent stocks
Bitcoin reclaimed the $90,000 level for the first time since March as investors jumped into the crypto for a second day amid continued stock market turbulence and a falling dollar. The price of bitcoin was last higher by about 5% at $91,605.01, according to Coin Metrics, bringing its 2-day gain to more than 8%. Earlier, […]
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