“A highly profitable trading strategy” was how hacker Avraham Eisenberg described his involvement in the Mango Markets exploit that occurred on Oct. 11. By manipulating the price of the decentralized finance protocol’s underlying collateral, MNGO, Eisenberg and his team took out infinite loans that drained $117 million from the Mango Markets Treasury. Desperate for the
The Bank of England raised interest rates on Thursday by half a percentage point to 3.5 per cent, the highest level in 14 years, and warned that further tightening of monetary policy was likely. In a vote showing a majority on the central bank’s Monetary Policy Committee for “forceful” action against high inflation, six of
In this video, I will share with you how to protect and hedge off your risk when it comes to selling covered call options on your stock. Covered calls are a great way to make some additional money and income if the stock is not moving higher or if it’s struggling to push to the
Stock Trading can seem a bit complex at first but if you break it down it’s actually quite simple. To do that trading expert David Jones explains exactly what stocks are, how they are traded on exchanges and the differences between trading and investing. With some real examples for Facebook, Twitter and Netflix, you get
Considering an idyllic spot on the water in the Turks and Caicos Islands? Kira Isle, Leeward, on Providenciales may just be the ticket. The family-oriented community boasts a marina, restaurants, water sports companies and an international school, among other services, according to Gordon Williams of Grace Bay Realty. “Homeowners in this area have the luxury
The Securities and Exchange Commission has proposed a new Regulation Best Execution that would establish a best execution standard, mandating that dealers in any transaction with a customer or a customer of another broker-dealer use reasonable diligence to determine the best market for the security and buy or sell so that the price is as
On Dec. 14, Bitcoin (BTC) price hit a 1-month high and saw a brief resurgence in bullish momentum, but the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) hawkish report and comments from Fed chair Jerome Powell sent BTC to an intraday low at $17,659. Stocks and Bitcoin started the day slightly up but quickly retracted
Short-end municipals saw continued pressure Wednesday, further inverting the muni curve, while Fed Chairman Jerome Powell’s hawkish comments sent traders digesting the Fed’s next moves after the Federal Open Market Committee hiked rates 50 basis points. U.S. Treasuries ended the session slightly better after see-sawing post-FOMC and equities closed with losses. In his post-FOMC meeting
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt is exploring plans to keep providing all British businesses with help for their energy bills once winter has passed, in what would be a break with current government policy to limit such aid to “vulnerable industries” after March. The potential change in the government’s support package for business, which several officials said
Bitcoin (BTC) speculators have disappeared from the market and their mood “destroyed,” says popular analyst Philip Swift. In a tweet on Dec. 14, the co-founder of trading suite DecenTrader flagged potential maximum risk returns for BTC at current prices. Swift: “Euphoria destroyed” from Bitcoin bear market BTC/USD is around 70% below its last all-time highs,
In this episode of hungry for returns, the question we are going to answer is: are there any options that can be used for swing trading ideas? We are going to talk about how you can use options, such as a butterfly or a diagonal, for swing trading. Check it out! #swingtrading #optionstrading #tradingstrategy #tradingoptions
This is the first in a series of videos covering the basics of the Forex market. We look at a simple example of exchanging currencies and the effect of fluctuations in the exchange rate, before going on to introduce the Forex Market and how it operates as a global, 24-hour market for trading currencies. Test
Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference following a closed two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee on interest rate policy in Washington, November 2, 2022. Elizabeth Frantz | Reuters The Federal Reserve is expected to raise interest rates by a smaller half percentage point Wednesday yet signal that its
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has again labeled Ether (ETH) as a commodity, this time in a Dec. 13 court filing — in contrast to statements from chief Rostin Behnam on Nov. 30 suggesting that Bitcoin was the sole cryptocurrency that should be viewed as a commodity. According to the CFTC, as per their filing
In this article TWTR Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Pedestrians walk in front of the Twitter Inc. headquarters in San Francisco, California. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images In an effort to cut costs following Elon Musk’s chaotic $44 billion acquisition of Twitter, the social media company has stopped paying rent, according
Municipals continued to see large cuts on the short end Tuesday as selling pressure there remained elevated but the rest of the curve improved following a better-than-expected consumer price index report that led to a rally in U.S. Treasuries. Equities ended the session in the black. The one-year triple-A muni ended the session with up
Sam Bankman-Fried has been accused of engineering “one of the biggest financial frauds in American history” as US prosecutors filed criminal charges against the founder of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX. In an indictment unsealed on Tuesday, the US Department of Justice charged Bankman-Fried with eight counts including conspiracy to commit wire fraud on customers and
Walgreens and CVS agreed to a $10.7 billion settlement, the third large monetary agreement forced by a coalition of state attorneys general seeking redress from the opioid addiction crisis. The agreement resolves allegations that both national pharmacy chains contributed to the nation’s opioid addiction crisis by failing to oversee how medications were distributed. Under the
Bitcoin (BTC) withdrawals from largest crypto exchange Binance have passed $500 million in the past 24 hours as its CEO calls out “FUD.” Data from on-chain monitoring resource Coinglass shows that Binance’s BTC balance decreased by over 30,000 BTC into Dec. 13. CZ: FUD is “thoroughly annoying” The latest hotspot for fallout from the FTX debacle,
On Monday, Dec. 12, 2022, the Maryland-based bitcoin mining company Terawulf announced that the firm has raised $10 million in capital to pay down debts. The firm also said that it restructured a deal with Bitmain which will enable the company’s self-mining capacity to expand and fully leverage the 160 megawatts of Terawulf’s available mining