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PacWest and Western Alliance banks recorded heavy losses on Tuesday as the market is still reeling from problems caused by recent collapses. Shares of bank holding company PacWest (NASDAQ: PACW) led a heavy crash in bank stocks on Tuesday. The stock tumbled nearly 28% as the general banking clime continues to sour following bank failures plaguing the sector. PacWest stock closed at $6.55 after falling 27.78% on the day. In addition to PacWest, Arizona-based Western Alliance Bancorp...

The company has promised its customers that it will be expanding its derivatives offering with additional perpetual contracts, dated futures, and options in the coming weeks. One of the top traded centralized crypto exchanges, Gemini Trust Company LLC, has announced the launch of its non-United States entity to serve markets outside the European market and the United Kingdom. According to the announcement, Gemini Foundation will begin to offer individual and institutional investors a...

Chegg is facing massive disruptions in its education business amid the rapid growth of AI platforms. To contain this, Chegg is building its own AI platform CheggMate in collaboration with OpenAI. The introduction of ChatGPT by OpenAI has certainly created a massive disruption in the tech world while giving other tech giants like Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) a run for their money. Now, AI chatbot ChatGPt is causing a major disruption in the education industry as well, and online education firm...

Tron price started a fresh increase from the $0.0670 level against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above $0.0680 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0685 on the 4-hours chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it breaks the $0.070 resistance zone. TRON price started a fresh increase above $0.0685 against the US Dollar, outperforming Bitcoin. TRX’s price could rise...

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from the $30,000 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $29,500 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a major bearish trend line forming with resistance near $29,200 on the 4-hour chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could extend its decline toward the $27,000 and $26,000 levels. Bitcoin price is declining below $29,500 against the US Dollar. BTC might extend losses if it...

The White House is attempting to persuade Congress to pass a 30% climate change tax on cryptocurrency miners as part of its next federal budget. The change, titled the Digital Asset Mining Energy (DAME) excise tax, is designed to encourage mining firms to start taking better account of their so-called ‘societal harms’, including higher energy prices and greenhouse gas emissions.  Taxing Bitcoin Miners As reported by Yahoo News, the president’s Council of Economic Advisors...

On May 1, the company announced an addition to Sotheby’s Metaverse in the form of a “dynamic destination to collect, buy, and sell remarkable digital works.” The blockchain-based NFT marketplace will be primarily for secondary sales of digital art. According to the announcement, the marketplace will feature a rotating, curated selection of leading artists hand-picked by Sotheby’s specialists. They will provide “expert guidance and context for each work, from thematic...

Move over “Shark Tank,” CoinMarketCap has teamed up with a Web3 entertainment company called Hello Labs – founded by multi-award-winning Hollywood director and producer Paul Caslin – to release a competition show designed to entertain and educate audiences across the world on the intricacies and evolving tech of the Web3 space. The new reality show is expected to capture the elements of both Web3 as well as entertainment. Killer Whales According to the official blog post, the...

Jim Cramer, the host of CNBC’s Mad Money, has once again missed the mark with another one of his predictions for the stock and equity markets. Less than two months after calling the embattled First Republic Bank a “very good bank,” the TV personality has turned around to tell the company’s shareholders that there is nothing for them as US authorities have taken it into receivership. A “Very Good Bank” Turned Sour First Republic Bank was taken over by the Federal Deposit...

Another wave of banking fear swept the markets on Tuesday as stocks for PacWest, Western Alliance, and other financial institutions slid over 20% on the day.  This comes shortly after California financial watchdogs took control of First Republic Bank on Monday, of which 84 branches will reopen under JP Morgan Chase. Another Bank Stock Selloff The California-based PacWest Bancorp (PACW) saw its shares tank from $8.90 at 9:30 am ET on Monday down to just $5.50 by 11:10 am. It...