Anthony Denier, CEO fo Webull, speaks during an interview on CNBC on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., June 1, 2022. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Shares of Webull soared nearly 375% on Monday, the second day on the market for the stock-trading app, which completed its merger…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ripple on Tuesday said that it’s agreed to buy prime brokerage firm Hidden Road for $1.25 billion, in the crypto startup’s biggest acquisition to date. Founded in 2018, Hidden Road offers clearing, prime brokerage and financing services across foreign exchange, digital assets, derivatives, swaps and fixed income. It…
Jakub Porzycki | Nurphoto | Getty Images Bitcoin fell below the $78,000 level as investors braced for more financial market volatility after U.S. equites suffered their worst decline since 2020 on the rollout of President Donald Trump’s restrictive global tariffs. The price of bitcoin was last lower by 6% at $77,730.03, according to Coin Metrics,…
Seksan Mongkhonkhamsao | Moment | Getty Images French accounting software firm Pennylane has doubled its valuation to 2 billion euros ($2.16 billion) in a new 75 million euro funding round. Pennylane told CNBC that it raised the fresh funds from a host of venture funds, with Sequoia Capital leading the round and Alphabet’s CapitalG, Meritech…
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of Klarna, speaking at a fintech event in London on Monday, April 4, 2022. Chris Ratcliffe | Bloomberg via Getty Images LONDON — After 20 years in the role as Klarna’s CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski is about to face his toughest test yet as the financial technology firm prepares for its blockbuster debut…
Morgan Stanley’s Mike Wilson sees a meaningful rotation back into U.S. stocks, and he sees one beaten-up group as a winner. “It started out with a low-quality rally, which is what we expect – meaning a short squeeze,” the firm’s chief investment officer told CNBC’s “Fast Money” on Monday. “Then, what we noticed is the…
A Taco Bell fast-food restaurant and drive-thru at dusk in Gastonia, North Carolina. Jeff Greenberg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Two chipmakers are teaming up. Yum Brands is partnering with tech giant Nvidia to accelerate the use of artificial intelligence in its restaurants. The restaurant company, which owns Taco Bell, KFC and Pizza…
NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore, left, and Suni Williams pose inside the hatch connecting Boeing’s Starliner to the International Space Station on NASA The two U.S. astronauts who had been at the International Space Station for nine months after their faulty Boeing Starliner capsule returned without them are finally heading home. NASA astronauts Butch Wilmore and…
The Deutsche Telekom pavilion at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. Angel Garcia | Bloomberg | Getty Images BARCELONA — Europe’s telecommunication firms are ramping up calls for more industry consolidation to help the region compete more effectively with superpowers like the U.S. and China on key technologies like 5G and artificial intelligence. Last week…
Chinese videostreaming company iQiyi announced March 13, 2025, it will open a theme park later in the year in Yangzhou, Jiangsu province. iQIYI BEIJING — Chinese videostreaming platform iQiyi announced Thursday it plans later this year to open its first full-fledged theme park in China based on characters from its own shows. The forthcoming “iQiyi…
