Summary: Today Coinbase ($COIN) marks the largest direct listing IPO in history, valued privately at $100B (joins Target, Goldman Sachs, GE, and BlackRock) with over 56M users. Certainly monumental numbers, but what’s the story?  Coinbase is an exchange for only cryptocurrencies.  The mindblowing market cap brings pure crypto exposure to the masses in really easy steps....

Summary: "Do I think it's a durable mechanism that ... I think will take the place of gold to a large extent? Yeah, I do," BlackRock's Rick Rieder told CNBC.

Summary: U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is facing pressure from Democrats to revive tougher scrutiny of hedge funds and other large pools of capital as she heads her first meeting of the premier grouping of U.S. financial regulators on Wednesday.

Summary: Business groups and large corporations reacted negatively on Wednesday to President Biden’s expected proposal to fund his $2 trillion package of infrastructure spending with a substantial increase in corporate taxes.

Summary: Tariq Fancy once oversaw the start of the biggest effort to turn Wall Street ‘green’ – but now believes the climate crisis can never be solved by today’s free markets

Summary: SYDNEY - Asian stocks were on track for their first monthly loss since last October though markets were up on Wednesday and the U.S. dollar stood tall as investors focused on growing signs of a sure-footed global economic recovery.

Summary: “If it actually looks seriously like the world is gonna cut carbon emissions in half by 2030, you could, overnight, see fire sales of fossil-fuel assets.”

Summary: A group of religious and socially conscious investors and other funds are ramping up pressure on Western companies over alleged human rights ...

Summary: It’s been another busy month for cryptocurrencies, especially now that a stablecoin has a major backer that will allow customers to us it for payments.

Summary: A group of religious and socially conscious investors and other funds are ramping up pressure on Western companies over alleged human rights abuses in China's Xinjiang region, highlighting the challenges for brands trying to maintain their business ties amid rising tensions.

Summary: Thorough monitoring of private cryptocurrencies, better option than a ban

Summary: Exclusive: Investors press companies on human rights in Xinjiang

Summary: Russ Koesterich, an executive of the world’s largest asset manager, BlackRock, has taken a swipe at gold. He says that gold is failing as an inflation hedge amid massive outflows from the yellow metal and other ETFs into Bitcoin. Koesterich is the portfolio manager at BlackRock’s Global Allocation Fund. He believes that gold is failing to prove itself as a viable hedge against inflation. Meanwhile, the price of the asset has dropped by more than 11% in the past six months. Koesterich remarked:

Summary: As China's young adults come of age as investors, they're bringing social media culture to the staid world of investing.

Summary: BlackRock exec Russ Koesterich says gold is failing as an equity hedge meanwhile Bitcoin continues on its 5-month bullish advance.

Summary: Chipotle Mexican Grill said executive compensation will now be linked to hitting targets tied to the company's environmental and diversity goals.

Summary: U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in February, with households paying more for gasoline, but underlying inflation remained tepid amid weak demand for services like airline travel and hotel accommodation.

Summary: Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Börse are the latest incumbents to add crypto trading options, further pulling the asset class into the mainstream.

Summary: U.S. equities advanced as the rotation into value stocks resumed following a weak inflation report. Treasury yields turned lower after a 10-year note auction. The dollar weakened.

Summary: JP Morgan made a SEC filing yesterday that stated its intent to give interested investors the opportunity to buy a “basket of companies with exposure to cryptocurrencies”.

Summary: U.S. consumer prices increased solidly in February, with households paying more for gasoline, but underlying inflation remained tepid amid weak demand for services like airline travel and hotel accommodation.

Summary: Giant Steps Capital, Latin America’s biggest quantitative asset manager, with $1.1 billion assets under manage

Summary: The European economy reportedly risks losing tens of billions of euro, as the slack pace of its anti-Covid inoculation program causes serious concern among investors over potential growth and poor progress in business re-openings.

Summary: Amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the UAE is taking significant steps toward sustainable digitalization of the national economy.

Summary: Is this the moment of truth for the real value of Bitcoin? February seems to have been a watershed moment in its history.

Summary: Members of U.S.-based crypto advocacy group, the Blockchain Association, have been meeting with key Biden staffers to discuss regulation.

Summary: The promise of an asset class that behaves differently than stocks or bonds is leaving them scrambling

Summary: China’s asset management association warned funds to steer clear of marketing that verges on entertainment, underscoring scrutiny over money managers increasingly resorting to livestreaming to win over investors.

Summary: Neo Global Development has invested in Dora Factory, which will build a DAO-based voting mechanism for Neo3.

Summary: Bitcoin rose 5% to $50,942.58 on Wednesday, adding $2,426.23 to its previous close.

Summary: Bitcoin's price soared this year as major firms, such as BNY Mellon, asset manager BlackRock Inc, credit card giant Mastercard Inc, backed cryptocurrencies, while those such as Tesla Inc Square Inc and MicroStrategy Inc invested in bitcoin.

Summary: Emerging-market bonds are becoming increasingly vulnerable as Treasury yields climb with the level of 2% on the U.S. 10-year note likely to trigger major outflows, according to Man Group Plc, which oversees $124 billion.

Summary: Malaysia's Top Glove Corp Bhd is betting that pandemic-induced sales can provide enough fuel for its $1.9 billion Hong Kong listing to break through the headwind of U.S. sanctions and the prospect of slower growth as vaccinations become widespread.

Summary: Bajillionaires are offering their thoughts on Bitcoin. Not because they have anything interesting to add, but because they pretty much have to. If you’re still a Nocoiner in the year 2021, you’d be…

Summary: Finance minister Rishi Sunak announced a costly extension of his emergency aid programmes to see Britain's economy through its coronavirus lockdown but also said corporate tax would rise as he began to focus on fixing the public finances.

Summary: Crypto has a low correlation with stocks. What does that mean?

Summary: Four strategies to break down the systemic barriers facing Black Americans.

Summary: In a year where mass transit on airplanes, trains and buses has had lower traveler numbers in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, one of the startups hoping to pioneer a totally new approach to getting individuals from A to B — flying taxis — has raised some significant funding. Volocopt…

Summary: ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero

Summary: An ETF that's backed in part by Dave Portnoy, self-proclaimed head of the hordes of retail investors who have upended markets in recent weeks, raises...

Summary: Unknown whale moves $342 million worth of Bitcoin Cryptocurrency

Summary: BlackRock Inc. is changing how it handles harassment issues, after two former employees said they faced discrimination at the firm.

Summary: In changing Facebook into a for-benefit corporation, Mark Zuckerberg could insulate himself against presidential rage while rehabilitating his reputation — and his company's.

Summary: The bank is exploring the potential of launching a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund and is said to be looking for a digital asset custodian partner A person familiar with the situation reportedly said that Goldman Sachs will restart its Bitcoin futures trading desk, first proposed and then cancelled in 2018. The financial giant is expected to offer the futures and non-deliverable forwards for clients from next week.

Summary: Real estate tech startup Doma, formerly known as States Title, announced Tuesday it will go public through a merger with SPAC Capitol Investment Corp. V in a deal valued at $3 billion, including debt. SPACs, often called blank-check companies, are increasingly common. They exist as publicly traded …

Summary: Since its creation in 2009, Bitcoin has taken the investing community on a wild ride. We’ve experienced both the euphoria of bull runs and the despair of bear markets. Although it has certainly been a wild ride to get where we are now, it finally feels like Bitcoin is getting the attention and recognition it deserves.

Summary: U.S. real estate technology company Doma said on Tuesday it has agreed to go public through a merger with blank-check acquisition firm Capitol Investment Corp V in a deal valuing the start-up at around $3 billion, including debt.

Summary: The U.K. is set to allow blank-check firms to join its stock markets as part of wide-ranging reforms to boost the attractiveness of London after Brexit.

Summary: Laura Shin, one of the first reporters to cover crypto-assets full time, says Bitcoin's "the most fascinating thing" she's watched.

Summary: The former Australian finance minister has now defeated eight contenders for the top international post.

Summary: With interest rates low, managers of active fixed income funds are looking for ways to boost returns. Bitcoin could actually be part of that equation.

Summary: Rivian could go public as soon as September, Bloomberg reports. Here's what you need to know about the startup.

Summary: Bitcoin is creating opportunities for spectacular gains. If you're still sitting on the sidelines, here are seven things you should know about cryptocurrency.

Summary: The crypto market is suffering heavy losses as prices continue to fall.

Summary: Big Law firms like Davis Polk, Goodwin Procter, and Skadden tout blockchain experts. And Coinbase tapped Fenwick to help it go public.

Summary: This week’s correction has been a sobering reminder of the crypto market’s volatility.

Summary: Three common traps and how to avoid them.

Summary: U.S. Treasuries' selloff give European stocks an edge

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Summary: xWin is an upcoming fund management platform currently in the beta stage that helps users to stake on different liquidity pools for rewards with ease. The protocol is built using the Binance Smart Chain, which is faster and cheaper. The project chose the BSC since it wanted to maximize the cost of investing in tokenized ecosystems. The chain's superior speed and lower transaction fees allow for this to occur. xWin helps users access fund managers or automated vaults from where they can easily l

Summary: Is a series based on the making of “The Godfather,” along with revivals of “Frasier” and “Inside Amy Schumer,” enough to reignite interest in a seven-year-old streaming service?

Summary: Joby Aviation, an electric aviation startup, is going public via a reverse merger with a SPAC. The deal nets Joby $1.6 billion and values the company at $6.6 billion. The company showed footage for the first time of its aircraft in flight.

Summary: MicroStrategy earlier this month engaged in an almost $1-billion convertible note offering with the proceeds used for buying bitcoin

Summary: Is electric-vehicle company Lucid worth $11.75 billion, $24 billion or $57 billion? The one thing investors can be sure of is that the lower the valuation they buy at, the better their chances of making returns.

Summary: It’s most likely to appear in more-aggressive strategies, so mind your manager’s approach.

Summary: ReNew Power will go public through an $8 billion merger with a blank-check firm in the biggest deal in the fast-growing clean energy sector in India, allowing the country's largest renewable energy firm to grow capacity over the next few years.

Summary: Much has been written about Bitcoin's potential as an asset, highlighting its similarities to gold. Much has also been written on how it is a worthless asset, whose rising prices are a bubble. In this second group is the well-known macroeconomist Nouriel Roubini, who calls it “shitcoin”.

Summary: The business intelligence firm said it now owns close to 90,531 bitcoins and will continue to buy more.

Summary: Jack Dorsey’s financial services company Square extended its crypto holdings by $170 million as part of an ongoing commitment to the cryptocurrency, the firm announced.

Summary: Square has upped its bitcoin investment to about $US220 million at the same time as launching a Bitcoin Clean Energy Investment Initiative.

Summary: In light of the pace of Covid-19 vaccine rollouts and potentially hefty fiscal stimulus in the U.S., the BlackRock Investment Institute is opting for a more risk-on approach in 2021.

Summary: The U.K.’s top investment-industry group plans to warn shareholders about companies that aren’t making enough progress on increasing ethnic diversity in their boardrooms.

Summary: Analysts from JPMorgan have argued that Bitcoin’s rising illiquidity could be bad for the digital asset. Their statement comes amid Bitcoin’s sharp drop to below $50,000 after hitting a new all-time high of $58,000 over the weekend. Although the consensus is that scarcity could drive prices higher, Nikolaos Panigirtzoglou, an analyst with the American banking giant has warned [https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/bitcoin-rally-faces-potential-test-from-falling-market-liquidity-1.1566756] that rising il

Summary: Rocket builder Astra is preparing to go public via a SPAC in the second quarter, with CEO Chris Kemp telling CNBC how the company plans to scale its business.

Summary: Bitcoin tumbled Tuesday from its record-breaking run after US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen warned that the "highly speculative" unit could be used for "illicit" purposes.At about 1500 GMT, the digital currency slid 12.57 percent to $47,946, while rival ethereum declined 15 percent to $1,539.Tesla...

Summary: Bitcoin’s HUGE daily drop sends cryptocurrency market crashing

Summary: Although the market has now hit a huge correction, BTC and ETH both breached new highs last week

Summary: Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) CEO Elon Musk seemingly pitched for the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin (DOGE) to be powered by a supercomputer. What Happened: The...

Summary: NEW YORK (XINHUA) – The recent embracement of cryptocurrency Bitcoin by multiple enterprises and investment firms greatly inflated Bitcoin prices, with market capitalisation of Bitcoin topping USD1 trillion on Friday. However, Bitcoin is still far from becoming a mainstream investment asset, bringing risks of overvaluation and price volatility, according to multiple investment advisory firms. A […]

Summary: A crowd's booing of a reference to Covid-19 vaccines is "disgusting", Australia's deputy PM says.

Summary: This week was a good week for everybody, with people getting annoyed when their choices increase slower then the other tokens. A week where BNB was the star, with Binance Smart Chain getting more and more relevant, and Bitcoin/Ethereum reaching new A...

Summary: Bitcoin price performance is continuing to attract several firmsWill Hobbs claims that the leading crypto token sounds cultist increasinglyBarclays Wealth

Summary: (Bloomberg) -- The bond selloff continued Monday as Treasury yields climbed and sovereign debt in Australia and New Zealand slid on concerns about faster...

Summary: Was it Michael Saylor? The MicroStrategy CEO did say he planned to buy a further $1.05 billion in BTC, after all... Who knows what lies beneath crypto's waters?

Summary: Bitcoin continued gaining on Sunday, rising to a fresh high and extending a two-month rally that took its market capitalization above $1 trillion on Friday. ...

Summary: But the real action on digital currencies is at central banks

Summary: Was it Michael Saylor? The MicroStrategy CEO did say he planned to buy a further $1.05 billion in BTC, after all... Who knows what lies beneath crypto's waters?

Summary: Bitcoin retains its ATH amidst a serious surge in institutional interest.

Summary: Kroger Co. says personal data, including Social Security numbers of some of its pharmacy and clinic customers, may have been stolen in the hack of a third...

Summary: The newly appointed Biden-administration is just giving an aggressive push to Bitcoin (BTC) with the move of boosting America's economic activity. While th

Summary: CNBC anchor Jon Fortt unpacks how the GameStop stock story was covered by the media and if technology has the ability to democratize the markets through apps like Robinhood.

Summary: Titan, a startup that is building a retail investment management platform aimed at millennials, has closed on $12.5 million in a Series A round led by VC heavyweight General Catalyst. A bevy of other investors put money in the round, including Sound Ventures (actor Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary’s V…

Summary: But some say this moment in the sun is more hype than substance

Summary: The total value of all bitcoin topped US$1 trillion on Friday, capping a spectacular record-breaking week for the world's most popular cryptocurrency.

Summary: The second Bitcoin ETF in North America was approved as Nvidia revealed a dedicated GPU for Ethereum mining. >> View on OKEx Join us on Telegram Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Facebook

Summary: MicroStrategy, the world's largest publicly traded business intelligence company, is in the news again with their latest investment into bitcoin, a whopping $1.05 billion in a debt-for-bitcoin offering.

Summary: MicroStrategy Inc. boosted its convertible debt sale to purchase Bitcoin by nearly half and cut the coupon to 0%, making it virtually a straight bet on the price of Bitcoin. Microstrategy's Keen Investment in Bitcoin The company already has nearly 72,000 bitcoins as of February 2. Based on the price…

Summary: LONDON: Bitcoin has enjoyed a record-breaking week after electric carmaker Tesla and Wall Street finance giants sparked a goldrush for the world’s most popular virtual currency, but bubble fears persist. Investors and mega-corporations alike have been wooed by dizzying growth and the opportunity for profit and asset diversification. The unit blasted past $50,000 on Tuesday […]