Melissa Watras of Trillium Labs moderated the panel Regulation: The Problems, Solutions, And Ensuring A Balance at Benzingas Fintech Deal Day. Fintech is innovating at a pace that is difficult for regulators to keep up with. Much of the fintech space exists in a regulatory grey area that is dangerous to the government, consumers, and
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MELBOURNE Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest called on Thursday for an overhaul of a A$30 billion (S$28 billion) project to send solar power from Australia to Singapore that collapsed after he and tech billionaire Mike Cannon-Brookes split over funding plans. Singapore-based Sun Cable, largely owned by Mr Forrests private company Squadron Energy and Mr Cannon-Brookes
Shutdown for the trees — Microsoft will soon push Xbox owners into energy-saving Shutdown mode Xboxes will soon have options for active hours and carbon-friendly downloads. Kevin Purdy – Jan 11, 2023 9:27 pm UTC Enlarge / Microsoft is all but demanding Xbox owners give the drastically more energy-efficient “Shutdown” setting a try.Microsoft reader comments
Current Twitter CEO Elon Musk recently joined a Twitter spaces event to discuss another company that he's in charge of auto manufacturer Tesla Inc. TSLA . The former richest man in the world spent nearly an hour talking to the interviewer. With so much speculation as to Musks motives in light of plunging Tesla stock
One of the most vocal supporters of Dogecoin DOGE/USD has been entrepreneur and NBA team owner Mark Cuban. Tweets made by Cuban and Tesla CEO Elon Musk have been known to drive the price of Dogecoin higher as they help validate the meme cryptocurrency. Heres a look at how investing in Dogecoin when Cuban made
close video Fed could slow rate hike pace if inflation data cooperates: Nick Timiraos Wall Street Journal chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos discusses if the Fed will raise rates another 50 basis points at its next FOMC meeting on ‘Cavuto: Coast to Coast.’ A high-stakes inflation report due Thursday is expected to show that price
Current is an Andreessen Horowitz-backed disruptor looking to fix the way people bank. On one hand, theres currency debasement and its inflationary impacts," the firm's CTO, Trevor Marshall, says. "On the other hand, you have technology which is a deflationary force putting people out of work. In light of this, asset owners are better off
There are many different ideas about what it takes to succeed in trading. Developing a statistically-significant strategy, learning market structure, developing self-control, and learning to think in probabilities are all some of the qualities traders need to assimilate into their everyday lives to become professionals, but all effort would be futile without one key quality:
Global payments giantVisa IncV has released a paper outlining how the firm could work withEthereumETH/USD to enable automated payments from self-custodial crypto wallets. What Happened: The paper, originally presented as part of a company hackathon held earlier this year, explores how the Ethereum mainnet can offer users the capability of scheduling auto-payments with the support
Apple Inc AAPL shares are on an icy toboggan ride headinginto the end of the year, but 2023 is packedwith a series of potential growth catalysts for the Cupertino-based company. What To Know:Wednesdayon CNBC's "Squawk Box,"Steve Kovach, a tech correspondent for CNBC who covers Apple, laid out a handful of potential catalysts for the iPhone
The current real estate industry is rife with inefficiencies and inequality. On December 7th, Celligence and Sun West Mortgage President and CEO Pavan Agarwal, spoke at the Benzinga Future of Crypto Conference to explore how blockchain is democratizing real estate and how Celligence is disrupting the industry status quo by putting the power into the
Trump-era acting White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said this week that the former president will not win if he ran again in 2024. What Happened: Mulvaney said, in an interview with CNN's Kasie Hunt, "It's not Donald Trump versus Joe Biden or whomever. It's not Republican versus Democrat." "It's Donald Trump versus Donald
Prime minister Rishi Sunak said the UK government wanted to have a “constructive dialogue” with unions, as ambulance staff across England and Wales launched industrial action over pay and working conditions. Workers from the GMB and Unison unions have begun industrial action in 10 out of the 11 ambulance trusts in England and Wales, after
Uniswap, the decentralized exchange, has partnered up with fintech company Moonpay to let users in the U.S., Brazil, the UK and SEPA (Single Euro Payments Area) areas buy cryptocurrencies on its web app with debit cards, credit cards or bank transfers. What Happened: Uniswap said on Tuesday that users may be able to convert fiat
While crypto leaders, such as Bitcoin BTC/USD and Ethereum ETH/USD , have remained fairly stable over the last month, Solana SOL/USD has continued to lose value crossing the $10 mark for the first time in nearly two years. According to CoinGecko, Solana reached a low of around $9.73 by the time of writing. SOL hasnt
REMEMBER, KIDS, DON’T ROLL YOUR OWN. — Messenger billed as better than Signal is riddled with vulnerabilities Threema comes with unusually strong claims. They crumble under new research findings. Dan Goodin – Jan 10, 2023 1:43 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 3 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on
Brian Cox, CEO of SurgePays, Inc. SURG was recently interviewed by Benzinga. SurgePays brings critical technology and financial services to the underbanked and underserved. The company is dedicated to serving these communities that lack access to traditional banking and financial services. The company is currently in growth mode and has removed its self-imposed throttle. Watch
The so-called Twitter Files, written by a group of independent journalists given access to internal company documents, offer a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how the federal government shaped the flow of information on one of the world’s largest social media platforms. Some tech pundits say that the Twitter Files contain no secrets: they knew about the
SoFi Technologies Inc.'sSOFI shares jumped almost 10% on Wednesday after CEO Anthony Noto registered an insider purchase of $5 million in 1.1 million company shares. The personal finance and online bank had been experiencing headwinds as the Biden administration once again extended the payment pause on federal student loans, which according to a Bank of
Amazon is closing three UK warehouses this year, a move that will affect 1,200 staff, as the internet retailing giant cuts costs following a squeeze in consumer spending. The closures at fulfilment centres in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire, Doncaster in South Yorkshire, and Gourock in Scotland were announced on Tuesday, a week after the tech