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Cryptocurrency’s Surge Leaves Global Watchdogs Trying to Catch Up

August 23, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

Wsj.com: The cryptocurrency industry is getting so big and enabling so much risk-taking that governments around the globe are taking notice. Bitcoin traded above $50,000 Monday; its total value now exceeds $900 billion, more than all […]

U.S. Won’t Let Taliban Access Afghanistan’s Financial Assets Held in America

August 20, 2021 Alyssa Comments Off

CNBC.com: The Taliban will be hard-pressed to tap Afghanistan’s financial assets and manage their new economy after the U.S. froze the country’s reserves and halted shipments of dollars to the country. A Biden administration official […]

Bitcoin

Coinbase Slammed for What Users Say is Terrible Customer Service After Hackers Drain Their Accounts

CNBC.com: For Tanja Vidovic, it was a moment of panic: She had received a series of alerts about someone changing access to her cryptocurrency account. And she realized, as she [...]
Economy

Opinion: What if You Die First? 10 Important Financial Issues for Married People

Marketwatch.com: If you’re married, it’s almost certain that one of you will outlive the other—perhaps by many years. What are the financial implications? Here are 10 issues to keep in [...]
Jobs

Job Openings Jumped and Hiring Slumped in October, Key Labor Report for the Fed Shows

CNBC.com: Available jobs rose in October while hiring fell during a month in which payrolls growth hit its lowest level in nearly four years, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported [...]
Housing Market

Those Who Can’t Afford a Single-Family House Are Increasingly Turning to Build-To-Rent Communities

Realtor.com: Many renters crave the extra bedrooms, laundry facility, and backyard big enough for a pair of swings and a slide that single-family houses provide. But they’re facing a for-sale [...]
Personal Finance

Top 1% of Wealthiest Households Pay Mounting Share of All US Income Taxes

FoxBusiness: The richest households paid 40.1% of all federal income taxes in 2018 The share of the nation’s individual income taxes that are paid by the wealthiest households has increased over recent [...]
Economy

Key Fed GDP Tracker Turns Negative, Signaling Recession is Here

FoxBusiness.com: The Federal Reserve’s key real-time model for tracking U.S. economic activity has turned negative, signaling that the nation could already have entered a recession. Advertisements Advertisements The GDPNow gauge, [...]