The stock market has outperformed so far in 2024, which has boosted the fortunes of many ETFs—particularly those levered to cannabis, cryptocurrencies, marine shipping and semiconductors
The SEC took legal action against two of the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchanges, alleging they violated U.S. securities law by illegally operating as exchanges, brokers and clearing agencies.
FTX, the world’s second-largest crypto exchange, suffered a crisis of confidence in early November after an affiliated token, FTT, suffered a 90% correction
Technology safeguards cryptocurrency by creating an immutable ledger and banishing less-than-reliable humans from the equation To understand the value of cryptocurrencies—or lack thereof—investors can begin by cultivating a working knowledge of the underlying technology: the blockchain. Bitcoin, Ethereum and the other 19,000 or so versions of peer-to-peer money are simply components of blockchains. But blockchains … Continued
During previous economic contractions, gold has been a relatively safe place to park capital, which is why investors and traders may want to give this niche of the financial markets a closer look in 2022.
The 2021 trading year is almost in the books, and a review of this year’s biggest winners and losers should help investors and traders strategize for 2022.
Proceeds from the NFT charity auction, which ended on Veterans Day, went to coding bootcamp for veterans Code Platoon. The Luckbox team in August announced the creation of an NFT charity auction as part of its cryptocurrency-themed issue coverage. Three months and more than 10 bids later and the auction officially ended. Longtime tastytrader Kartik … Continued
Digital assets have gone legit with regulated futures contracts, brokerage firm spot trading and company IPOs It’s not often that a new asset class is born, but it’s happening with cryptocurrency. Not long ago, the more successful cryptos were still developing spot markets within the walls of offshore exchanges and decentralized protocols. Now, they’ve combined … Continued
This cheat sheet shows the results of studies testing for average volatility and correlations Cryptocurrencies have become a trading realm onto themselves. Investors have hundreds of coins to choose from, and new ones keep emerging. Among all the markets, bitcoin and ethereum are the largest. This cheat sheet focuses on some of what traders need … Continued
The first-half of the 2021 trading year saw several new market leaders emerge, with the energy and agricultural commodities sectors unexpectedly leading the charge.