FinTech

BlackRock’s ETF chief says 75% of its bitcoin buyers are crypto fans new to Wall Street
Marquee at the main entrance to BlackRock headquarters building in Manhattan. Erik Mcgregor | Lightrocket | Getty Images SALT LAKE CITY — A year ago, Samara Cohen believed there was so much pent-up demand for bitcoin that she and her team at BlackRock launched one of the first-ever spot bitcoin exchange-traded products in the U.S. […]
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Trump family gets 75% of crypto coin revenue, has no liability, new document reveals
Donald Trump’s crypto project, World Liberty Financial, published a 13-page document on Thursday, describing its mission, how tokens can be allocated, and indicating that the Republican presidential nominee and his family could take home 75% of net revenue. In what it calls the “World Liberty Gold Paper,” WLF said the Trump family will receive 22.5 […]
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Robinhood launches platform to go after bigger, more active traders
Key Points Robinhood Legend includes advanced charting tools for users. The brokerage firm also said it will soon add futures trading and index options to its mobile platform. The new additions for Robinhood are another example of the firm looking to expand beyond its roots as a convenient platform for small-dollar traders. Source
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Bitcoin hits highest level since July, boosting other coins and crypto-related stocks
Avishek Das | Lightrocket | Getty Images The price of bitcoin neared $68,400 on Wednesday, reaching its highest level since July and sparking a rally across the crypto sector. Bitcoin is up more than 9% over the last week and ether is up about 7%. Other popular coins have also rallied, with solana up close […]
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Trump-backed crypto coin misses $300 million sales target, raises less than $12 million
It’s been just over twenty-four hours since the launch of the Donald Trump-endorsed digital coin “WLFI,” and the token is failing to deliver on the ambitious fundraising goals set by its founding team. World Liberty Financial — which bills itself as a crypto bank where customers will be encouraged to borrow, lend and invest in […]
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Trump PAC has raised about $7.5 million in crypto donations since early June
(L to R) Eric Trump, former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump and Donald Trump, Jr. attend a remembrance ceremony on the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 terror attack on the World Trade Center at Ground Zero, in New York City on September 11, 2024. Adam Gray | Afp | Getty Images […]
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Trump’s coin sale misses early targets as crypto project’s website crashes
U.S. President Donald Trump looks at a debit card to be used to distribute Covid-19 relief funds to the public during a cabinet meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, May 19, 2020. Kevin Dietsch | Bloomberg | Getty Images Donald Trump’s new crypto project is off […]
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Harris PAC’s $1 million contribution from Ripple’s Chris Larsen shows crypto industry warming to VP
Chris Larsen, co-founder of Ripple. Source: YouTube SAN FRANCISCO — For months, crypto companies and their executives have been pouring tens of millions of dollars into Donald Trump’s effort to win the White House. Chris Larsen isn’t one of them. The co-founder and chairman of Ripple recently contributed $1 million worth of XRP tokens, the […]
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Trump’s crypto coin goes on sale with Election Day just three weeks out
Collect Trump Cards Source: Collecttrumpcards.com With shares of his nascent social media business in the midst of a sharp rebound and with just three weeks until the presidential election, Donald Trump is bringing his latest proposed money-making endeavor to market, this time in crypto. On Tuesday, the former president and current Republican nominee aims to […]
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HSBC exec says there’s a lot of AI ‘success theater’ happening in finance
Big technology companies are betting that a new wave of smaller, more precise AI models will be more effective when it comes to the needs of businesses in sectors like law, finance, and health care. Jaap Arriens | NurPhoto via Getty Images LONDON — Increasingly many financial services firms are touting the benefits of artificial […]
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