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The first consequence following the GameStop fiasco could be right behind the corner for one of the key players involved – Robinhood. The company has reportedly paused its IPO plans, while Robinhood’s Co-Founder, Vlad Tenev, will likely appear in front of the US Congress to testify on his firm’s controversial actions.Robinhood’s Tenev To Testify In Front Of Congress?The US-based financial services company Robinhood made the news in a rather unpleasant for the company’s way, following last...

The Wall Street Bets saga is undoubtedly the most interesting thing that happened to the global financial markets in the past few months. A group of Redditors managed to cause mayhem on Wall Street, but is the game over?Wall Street Bets – a Short Story?January was an exciting month. A group called Wall Street Bets propelled a movement that evolved into a protest against Wall Street in the face of large hedge funds. Millions of people weighed in to exploit the fact that some funds had been...

The largest US-based cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase plans to go for a Direct Public Listing (DPO) of its Class A common stock. The firm expects the Form S-1 filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission to become effective after the Commission completes its review.Coinbase Aims For Direct Public ListingCryptoPotato reported in December that the San Francisco, California-based had submitted a draft registration with the SEC to go public with an initial public offering (IPO). Early...

Bitcoin has to prove itself in order to become a reliable store of value. BlackRock CEO and founder Larry Fink said that the crypto asset might see a bright future, but firstly it has to endure and prove itself.Bitcoin is Still UntestedDuring a recent interview, BlackRock founder and CEO Larry Fink expressed his current opinion and predictions towards the world’s leading cryptocurrency in terms of market cap. Asked to share some thoughts on BTC, Fink said that the digital asset might see a...

The US financial services company Robinhood continued with restricting its users from accessing its most popular products. After yesterday’s halt of GME stocks, the platform has suspended instant cryptocurrency buying, citing “extraordinary market conditions.”Robinhood’s Restrictions Reach CryptoFollowing the GameStop sage, in which the company’s stocks went parabolic driven by retail interest, Robinhood barred traders from buying its shares. The firm argued that it was looking out for its...

To say that the last few days have been exciting would be a massive understatement in regard to the global financial markets.A group of retail investors, united behind the same cause of rebelling against “smart money” on Wall Street, brought out plenty of things that are wrong with the status quo. Wall Street Bets, as their subreddit was originally called, has also caught the attention of the cryptocurrency community, with the leading monitoring resource, CoinMarketCap, dedicating an...

To say that we’re witnessing something exciting would be a massive understatement. The users behind the Wall Street Bets group continue to surprise the market and they supposedly have a new target: American Airlines.As CryptoPotato reported yesterday, the price for GameStop (GME) stocks soared days after millions of users in a Reddit group called Wall Street Bets decided to buy it in an attempt to liquidate large Wall Street hedge funds who have been shorting it heavily.The results? Well,...

Digital asset management outfit Arca has secured $10 million in Series A funding as the company sets out to bootstrap its expansion in the emerging fintech scene. Crypto asset management firms are also seeing increasing inflows as investor appetite for digital assets continue to grow.RRE Ventures Leads $10M Arca Funding RoundArca announced the news of its $10 million Series A funding via a press release issued on Jan. 13. According to the press statement, RRE Ventures led the investment into...

2020 turned out to be one of the S&P’s best performing years despite the pandemic. It seems the overall bullish trend in the past year is luring more investors and traders to the stock market. Data shows that searches for “stock market bubble” are peaking as the most recent frenzy with GameStop stock rages on.Stock Market 2020 Recap: A Few WordsThe raging pandemic saw millions of people losing their lives and jobs. These should have been more than enough to trigger a looming bear market,...

Chamath Palihapitiya, the CEO and founder of Social Capital, will be running for the seat of the next Governor of California. He is a well-known Bitcoin bull and proponent who’s outlined on multiple occasions that BTC is an important part of everyone’s investment portfolio.Running for California GovernorChamath Palihapitiya confirmed today that he will run for the next Governor of the state of California.It’s on. #RecallGavinNewsom https://t.co/r8Cwd4szrn— Chamath Palihapitiya (@chamath)...