stecks05/iStock via Getty Images In between cheering on the women in the NCAA® Final Four® tournament in Cleveland, which Invesco QQQ proudly sponsors, I had the privilege of participating in a financial literacy panel for female student athletes. It was an honor to share a stage with women’s professional basketball great Candace Parker and Fidelity…
The final agreement between the Texas Blockchain Council & Riot Platforms, Inc., and the Energy Information Administration has just dropped, and it’s a good one. In sum, the EIA will voluntarily terminate the illegal EIA-862 collection action they initiated, and they will commit to destroying all the information that they have received and may still…
Last May, I wrote an article for Bitcoin Magazine predicting that Layer 2 (L2) metaprotocol solutions would resolve the Ordinals controversy. Now that two of the most highly-anticipated Layer 2 solutions, Taproot Assets (TA) and RGB, are either available or imminent, it’s time to revisit this subject. Indeed, it may be past time judging by…
hh5800/iStock via Getty Images Deals and Financings Shanghai’s Elpiscience Biopharma has formed a $1.7 billion collaboration with Japan’s Astellas Pharma (OTCPK:ALPMF, TSE: 4503) to develop a novel bispecific macrophage engager, ES019, along with an unspecified program (see story). Initially, Elpiscience will receive up to $37 million, including an upfront payment and license option fees. Astellas…
ipopba/iStock via Getty Images Markets continued to rally for most of last week, before taking a breather on Thursday and Friday. The major indices are now up over 6% for November after a rough patch from August-October.1 Leading stocks higher during the first half of last week was encouraging data on inflation. Both the Consumer…
Bankman-Fried’s legal team, led by Mark Cohen and Christian Everdell, has encountered difficulties in presenting a coherent narrative to the jurors. FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried‘s trial is nearing its conclusion, with the prosecution set to conclude their case on October 26 after nearly 20 testimonies. The prosecution has called upon a wide range of witnesses…
The curtains are coming down on Europe’s premier Bitcoin event, Bitcoin Amsterdam, as it concludes its final day. As the conference wraps up, the final day promises to be just as engaging as the preceding ones, with notable speakers taking the stage: Adam Back, CEO of Blockstream: Renowned for his contributions to the field of…
The final countdown The path towards avoiding a federal government shutdown is getting slimmer with a pending deadline of 12:01 AM ET on Sunday. Millions of federal employees and military service members will be furloughed in the event that additional funding cannot be approved, the SEC will operate with minimal market oversight, and economic data…
According to an OKX exec, the exchange is in the final stage and has banks waiting on regulatory approval in the form of a license. Popular OKX crypto exchange is close to getting a virtual asset provider license (VASP) in Hong Kong and is in the final stage of the process. If all goes well,…