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Mortgage rates start 2025 near 7%, hitting highest level since July
Mortgage rates rose again last week, leaving them near 7% to start the year. The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage rose to 6.91% in the week through Wednesday, from 6.85% as…
BlackBerry Rebrands IoT Division As QNX
BlackBerry Rebrands IoT Division As QNX – What’s Driving The Change? BlackBerry Limited (NYSE:BB) shares are trading higher on Thursday. The company has announced a rebranding of its division, previously…
Publicly Listed Miner Bitfufu Ramps Up: Secures a Fleet of 80,000 Miners From Bitmain
On Jan. 2, 2025, the publicly traded company Bitfufu announced its latest strategic move, securing a partnership with Bitmain to acquire a whopping 80,000 Antminer S units from the prominent…
At 60 With $1.2M in an IRA, Should I Start Converting $120K Annually to a Roth?
A 60-year-old woman reviews her IRA balance as she plans for retirement. SmartAsset and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue through links in the content below. If you’re…
Meme Coin Prices Pump as Analyst Tips Wall Street Pepe for Explosive Rally
Meme coins are making a comeback, with several posting double-digit gains in the past 24 hours. This sudden jump has surprised investors, especially given the sluggishness since Christmas. However, one…
Crypto Analyst Michaël van de Poppe Says Solana Rival ‘Looking Juicy,’ Updates Outlook on XRP and Chainlink
Cryptocurrency analyst and trader Michaël van de Poppe is leaning bullish on one Solana (SOL) competitor while offering his analysis on XRP and Chainlink (LINK). Starting with Sei (SEI), Van…
How crypto laws are changing across the world in 2025
Everything looks set to change for crypto regulation and legislation in the United States in 2025. Token Alliance co-chair Paul Atkins has been nominated to replace crypto antagonist Gary Gensler…
Apple to pay $95 million to settle Siri privacy lawsuit
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – Apple agreed to pay $95 million in cash to settle a proposed class action lawsuit claiming that its voice-activated Siri assistant violated users’ privacy. A…
3 Ultra-Safe Vanguard ETFs to Buy, Even If There’s a Stock Market Sell-Off in 2025
No one knows when or why the next stock market sell-off will occur. But we do know that market downturns are part of the price of admission for unlocking the…
XRP Market Update: Is $2.90 Within Reach After Key Resistance Break?
On Thursday, XRP is currently dancing at a price of $2.36 to $2.40 in the last hour, with a market valuation soaring to $137 billion and a 24-hour trading volume…
T3 Financial Crime Unit Marks Enforcement Victory: USDT 100 Million in Criminal Assets Frozen Across Five Continents
PRESS RELEASE. Singapore – January 2, 2024 – The T3 Financial Crime Unit (T3 FCU), a collaboration between TRON, Tether, and TRM Labs, has frozen more than USDT 100 million…
Watch out for discount retailers and fast casual chains, tariffs remain a wild card
Despite several years of rising costs and interest rates, US consumers are expected to maintain their robust spending in 2025. “Overall, we expect a fairly healthy consumer … that’s driven…
Telegram introduces NFT collectible gifts, enables third-party marketplace trading
Telegram’s first update of 2025 introduces collectible gifts, enabling users to transfer or trade upgraded gifts on NFT marketplaces. Telegram, a multi-platform messaging service, has kicked off 2025 with a…
DEGN launches NFTs linked to 1,690 new ‘physical money’ printers
DEGN has released a Solana-based NFT that can be redeemed for a physical minting device called the Airmoney DEGN Genesis Edition. The device functions as a DePIN hardware wallet, allowing…
Bitcoin Technical Analysis: $100K in Sight as Bulls Battle Key Resistance Levels
Bitcoin, currently coasting along at $96,566 to $96,751 over the last hour, with a 24-hour volume of $27.76 billion and a market valuation of $1.92 trillion, has been bouncing between…
Bitcoin’s December Shake-Up: Fewer Transactions, Record-Breaking Value
Excluding Dec. 1, daily transactions on the Bitcoin blockchain experienced a steep decline as the month unfolded. Between Dec. 2 and Dec. 31, a total of 12,105,415 transactions were recorded.…
Tether Delisting ‘FUD’ Having Zero Effect on USDT Reserves, According to CryptoQuant CEO
The CEO of digital asset analytics firm CryptoQuant is showing proof that demand for Tether (USDT) remains strong even as the largest stablecoin by market cap faces mass delisting. European…
Dow Jumps 350 Points as Stock Futures Roar Into 2025
U.S. stocks looked set to trade in the green on Thursday, a welcome change after investors’ jitters about elevated interest rates and the deficit fueled a selloff over the final…
Launch of the HTX DAO Forum: A New Dawn for Exchange Governance
PRESS RELEASE. In December 2024, HTX DAO announced the official launch of its governance forum, ushering in a new era of innovation for global crypto community governance. This move represents…
ETFs could face obstacles in 2025 after bumper year
By Suzanne McGee (Reuters) – U.S. exchange-traded funds could face more obstacles to their runaway growth in 2025 after a bumper year saw the products take in a record $1.1…
No, Professor Quiggin, Crypto Is Not Worthless: Australia Should Prepare for the Rise of Digital Assets
Critics like John Quiggin question bitcoin’s legitimacy, comparing it to worthless assets, but the value of any commodity, including bitcoin, often depends on community recognition and market demand. The analogy…
South Korean gaming giant Wemade to double down on blockchain-based social communities
South Korean game developer Wemade wants to bridge gaming and blockchain by introducing new decentralized communities in 2025. South Korean gaming giant Wemade apparently has big plans for 2025, focusing…
China Enforces Stricter Crypto Monitoring to Curb Illegal Transactions
China’s foreign exchange regulator has imposed stricter controls on cryptocurrency-related activities, requiring banks to monitor and report high-risk trades. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange (SAFE) mandates that banks track…
Chinese stocks tumble in worst start to a year since 2016
(Bloomberg) — Chinese stocks posted their worst start to a year in nearly a decade as investors braced for economic uncertainties with weaker-than-expected manufacturing data and an anticipated hike in…