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Major cryptocurrencies experienced a surge on Monday evening, driven by investors injecting funds into the market. This surge can be attributed to the growing optimism surrounding the potential approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund ...

A reminder, dear reader: If you're accused of committing massive fraud and risk facing the rest of your life in prison, you should probably turn down that interview with "Good Morning America."Such advice might've served Sam Bankman-Fried, the disgraced crypto founder who couldn'

The election of Rep. Mike Johnson (R-La.) as House Speaker sparked a new internal dispute within the GOP. The choice of the Louisiana lawmaker as Speaker marked the end of five weeks of chaos and paralysis, as House Republicans struggled to find a ...

If there is ever a theme you can detect from my writing and point of view, it’s that the technology world loves a standard, and Ethereum has become that standard.Additionally, as I never tire of pointing out, once a standard gains a large foothold, it’s remarkably dif

To gain an edge, this is what you need to know today. Buying On Iran, Ignoring Apple Please click here for a chart of Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL). Note the following: The Morning Capsule is about the big picture, not an individual stock. The chart ...

The spotlight on Wednesday could move from the Federal Reserve’s policy meeting to the Treasury Department’s forthcoming borrowing plan. What Happened: The Treasury Department’s quarterly refunding announcement is expected to reveal its strategy to ...

Bob Elliott is co-founder, CEO and chief investment officer at Unlimited, a fintech company specializing in building products that replicate the index returns of alternative investments. Before founding Unlimited, Elliott was a chief business officer ...

The Israel Defense Forces and Shin Bet security agency have announced the successful rescue of a soldier on Monday who had been captured by the Hamas terrorist group on Oct. 7. In a joint statement, the IDF and Shin Bet said that Pvt. Ori Megidish is ...

Amid an intense cross-examination by Assistant U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried, testified on the third day of his ongoing trial that he mocked regulators with derogatory language in private. The embattled former ...

With the surge in spot Bitcoin ETF applications, Wall Street is poised to engage directly with Bitcoin. While traditional financial institutions are likely to promote it as a risk-off safe-haven investment, ETFs offer a different type of Bitcoin investment than what’s avail

Cryptocurrencies have brought transformative changes to the financial landscape, introducing innovative answers to persistent challenges in the conventional financial system.

John Bartleman is the CEO of TradeStation Group – the company behind TradeStation, a popular online trading platform. Among other prominent financial industry leaders, Bartleman will participate at Benzinga's Fintech Deal Day event in NYC on Nov. 13. ...

Kasikorn Bank of Thailand, commonly referred to as K-Bank, recently announced its acquisition of 97% of shares in the parent company of the Satang crypto exchange. This platform has been operational since 2017. The transaction, valued at approximately ...

The AXS 2x Innovation ETF (NASDAQ: TARK) was slightly volatile on Monday, in tandem with the Cathie Wood-led ARK Innovation ETF (ARCA: ARKK), which TARK tracks. TARK is an actively managed double-leveraged ETF aiming to return 200% of the daily ...

Traders are gearing up for the two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting set to commence on Tuesday and conclude with a critical interest rate decision and highly anticipated press conference by Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on ...

Chicago Mercantile Exchange (NASDAQ: CME) is now in the second spot right behind Binance for the largest Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) futures exchange driven by an institutional-led rally amid the spot ETF optimism. The regulated exchange jumped from the ...

In the past month, Bitcoin-mining company Bitdeer Technologies’ (NASDAQ: BTDR) stock has plummeted approximately 70%, taking the stock from a price of $9.84 a share to a low (as of this writing) of $3.03 a share.  Advocates of the company argue that ...

Keith A. Grossman, President, Enterprise at MoonPay will be speaking at the upcoming Benzinga Future Of Digital Assets. Mark Nov. 14 on your calendar for the must-attend gathering in the industry! Rarely do I make predictions but am confident about ...

Direct-to-student learning platform company Chegg Inc (NYSE:CHGG) would be reporting its third-quarter earnings, after market close on Monday. Here’s what investors need to know ahead of the quarterly report. Chegg Q3 Earnings: What Analysts Are ...

Since its early days, Bitcoin has stood as a symbol of decentralization, a barricade against financial censorship, and a testament to the power of peer-to-peer transactions.