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Concerns about higher interest rates can lead to reduced borrowing, higher financing costs, and a potential slowdown in economic activity. On Tuesday, September 27, the US stocks experienced a significant dip as bond yields inched up and consumer confidence declined for the second consecutive month in September. The Nasdaq Composite (INDEXNASDAQ: .IXIC), S&P 500 Index (INDEXSP: .INX), and Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX: .DJI) all faced declines, with the latter plummeting...

The new development comes a day after CommEX officially launched on September 26, 2023. Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, has exited the Russian market, selling its business operations to CommEX, a digital assets trading platform. While Binance did not disclose the financial terms of the deal, the company assured its Russian users that all their assets are safe and will be securely protected during the transition process, which is expected to span up to a year....

According to the filing, Coinbase will securely hold and manage the actual Bitcoin assets that underpin the ETF. The company has also confirmed that the Bitcoin ETF will be listed and traded on the Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. Franklin Templeton, an asset management company, has entered the competition among companies aiming to offer spot Bitcoin ETFs. This was made known through a September 12 filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). According to the filing, Coinbase will...

Bitcoin ETFs provide an easy way for investors to put their funds into the cryptocurrency market. The crypto industry is rife with anticipation for the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to approve spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) applications. However, the extended clamor may now have the right backing as four members of the House Financial Services Committee – two from each party – have just written a letter to that effect. In the Tuesday letter obtained by Coinspeaker, the...

Over the past three years, Costco has gained momentum, benefiting from trends such as increased home cooking, millennials moving into larger suburban homes, and inflation driving shoppers to seek value through memberships at warehouse clubs. Membership-based retail giant Costco Wholesale Corp (NASDAQ: COST) recently announced its quarterly earnings and the results were nothing short of impressive. Costco Earnings Surpasses Expectations Costco’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings have surprised...

Tron price started a fresh increase above the $0.035 level against the US Dollar. TRX price is now trading above $0.0835 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a connecting bullish trend line forming with support near $0.0840 on the 4-hour chart (data feed via Kraken). The pair could continue to move up if it settled above the $0.085 resistance zone. TRON price started a fresh increase above $0.0830 against the US Dollar, outpacing Bitcoin. TRX’s...

Sygnum granted capital markets services (CMS) licence for asset management in Singapore Sygnum Bank announces that its next-generation multi-custody platform has successfully received an ISAE 3402 Type 2 assurance report from PwC Switzerland. This is a formal confirmation that Sygnum’s multi-custody platform has again fulfilled the highest-security standards when it comes to the storage of clients’ assets. The design and operation of Sygnum’s...

Bitcoin price started a fresh decline from the $27,500 zone against the US Dollar. The price is now trading below $27,000 and the 55 simple moving average (4 hours). There is a key bearish trend line forming with resistance near $26,350 on the 4-hour chart of the BTC/USD pair (data feed from Coinbase). The pair could start a fresh increase if it stays above the $25,850 support zone. Bitcoin price is declining below $26,600 against the US Dollar. BTC might eye...

For the sixth straight week, digital asset investment products experienced outflows, amounting to $9 million in the previous week. While this is significantly lower than the previous week which was characterized by sour investor sentiment with extensive outflows, the weekly trading volumes remained sluggish at just $820 million, significantly below the year-to-date average of $1.3 billion. This essentially mirrored the broader trend of low trading volumes in the digital asset...

Earlier this summer, Binance was required to wind down operations in Belgium due to a warning from the FMSA, the country’s principal financial regulator. Previous Dispute With Regulator The FMSA’s warning was, according to the regulator, wholly unrelated to the legal dispute currently underway across the pond. Instead, the watchdog expressed concern over Binance’s practice of offering exchange services and hosting wallets in non-EEA countries – which opens the door to money...