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Coinbase shares fall after rival Binance.US drops spot bitcoin trading fees
Monitors display Coinbase signage during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, U.S., on Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Coinbase shares fell almost 10% on Wednesday after rival crypto exchange Binance.US said it’s dropping certain trading fees for customers. Binance.US, the U.S. affiliate […]
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Stocks making the biggest moves premarket: Baidu, MicroStrategy, Moderna and more
Check out the companies making headlines before the bell: Baidu (BIDU) – Baidu shares jumped 4.1% in premarket trading after Reuters reported the China-based internet search giant is in talks to sell its controlling stake in the video streaming company iQIYI (IQ). iQIYI fell 3.4%. MicroStrategy (MSTR) – MicroStrategy lost 2.2% in the premarket as […]
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Robinhood to fall to $5 as trading slows, main revenue source is threatened, Atlantic Equities says
A recovery for Robinhood may not be in the cards anytime soon, according to Atlantic Equities. Analyst John Heagerty on Wednesday downgraded the online brokerage to underweight, saying a decline in user engagement — combined with falling trading volumes, potential regulation around the payment for order flow business model and plummeting cryptocurrency valuations — will […]
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Here are Tuesday’s biggest analyst calls: Coinbase, Apple, Amazon, Best Buy, Netflix, Tesla & more
Here are Tuesday’s biggest calls on Wall Street: Benchmark downgrades Netflix to sell from hold Benchmark said in its downgrade of the stock that it’s “skeptical” of a sustained a Netflix recovery. “We have made mild estimate revisions off continued U.S. dollar strength, including vs. the yen and European currencies, that is likely not fully […]
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Cramer: 15 things I learned about the changing tech sector from my week in Silicon Valley
It’s been more than two years — going back to the start of the Covid pandemic — since I have been able to do a deep dive of Silicon Valley. But over the past week I was able to reconnect with many executives, CEOs, and market insiders in CNBC’s San Francisco bureau, and I was […]
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Apple is turning your iPhone into fintech service taking on PayPal, Affirm and more
Apple Pay Later Courtesy: Apple Inc. Apple is turning into a fintech company. The company announced several new features for the iPhone’s Wallet app at its developers conference Monday that directly compete with products from other fintech companies like Affirm and PayPal. The big one: a buy now, pay later service called Apple Pay Later. […]
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Start-up investors are warning of dark days ahead as boom times are ‘unambiguously over’
Sean Gladwell | Moment | Getty Images Slow your hiring! Cut back on marketing! Extend your runway! The venture capital missives are back, and they’re coming in hot. With tech stocks cratering through the first five months of 2022 and the Nasdaq on pace for its second-worst quarter since the 2008 financial crisis, start-up investors […]
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Tech workers’ company shares slid in 2022 – and so has their wealth. Three steps they can take
Tech workers paid in equity are watching their wealth slide alongside their employers’ share prices this year, but the news may not be as bad as it seems. The Nasdaq Composite is down 23% for the year and is well entrenched in a bear market. Higher interest rates tend to hit tech companies especially hard, […]
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Sequoia coaches start-ups to cut costs or face a ‘death spiral’ amid stock market slump, bleak economic backdrop
One of Silicon Valley’s most successful venture capital firms doesn’t see the economy bouncing back anytime soon and is warning portfolio companies to tighten their belts in the meantime. In a 52-page presentation seen by CNBC, the Sequoia lays out a litany of risks making it harder for founders to raise money and operate. The […]
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Klarna to lay off 10% of its workforce as souring economy hits buy now, pay later space
Buy now, pay later products like Klarna’s became wildly popular in the Covid pandemic. Noam Galai | Getty Images Klarna plans to lay off about 10% of its global workforce, making the buy now, pay later firm the latest major tech company to announce job cuts. Sebastian Siemiatkowski, Klarna’s CEO and co-founder, made the announcement […]
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