The Market Marauder Show

The FOMC's had there meeting last week where they spoke on tensions between Russia and Ukraine. They also outlined the plan to raise interest rates to 2% to help ease economic pressures. Many investors believe that they should have done this sooner but it is still a good step forward for getting the overall economy back on track. There has been many macroeconomic pressures that have weighed heavil...

GameStop (GME) said in its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report that it intends to launch a non-fungible token (NFT) marketplace by the end of July. In February, GameStop, one of the original meme stocks, said it would be partnering with layer 2 system Immutable X for the launch of its NFT plans. In its earnings release, GameStop said the partnership would provide it with up to $150 million in Im...

Led by Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), nine Republican U.S. Senators have introduced a bill aimed at setting regulations and guidelines concerning China's digital yuan. he Say No to the Silk Road Act would – among other things – require the State Department to issue a warning on the digital yuan, require the Secretary of Commerce to report on trade enforcement action...

Investors may take the Federal Reserve’s first post-pandemic interest rate hike in stride, while uncertainty over the Ukraine crisis continues to hang over markets. The Fed has clearly broadcast that it intends to raise its target fed funds rate by a quarter percentage point from zero, and it is expected to announce that move at the end of its two-day meeting Wednesday. The central bank should als...

President Joe Biden is set to sign an executive order this week summarizing the U.S. government’s strategy for dealing with cryptocurrencies, according to reports from Bloomberg and Reuters, citing people familiar with Biden’s plans. The order would direct federal agencies to consider potential regulatory changes, in addition to the national security and economic implications of cryptocurrencies,...

With gasoline prices at a 14-year high, it’s hard to imagine paying even more at the pump. Yet prices are only heading higher. On Sunday, the national average for a gallon of gas hit $4.009, the highest since July 2008, according to data from AAA.  An increase in demand along with a reduction in supply is quickly driving up prices at gas stations, the automotive group said. Oil prices gave up...

AMC Theatres customers next month will be able to pay with meme coins dogecoin (DOGE) and shiba inu (SHIB) using crypto payments provider BitPay. “BitPay will be live for AMC online payments on our web site by March 19, and live on our mobile apps by April 16, possibly a few days earlier,” tweeted AMC CEO Adam Aron on Monday. In November the company, a unit of AMC Entertainment Holdings (AMC) bega...

President Joe Biden delivered his first State of the Union address Tuesday, promising to “inflict pain” on Russian President Vladimir Putin in response to Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. “We are choking off Russia’s access to technology that will sap its economic strength and weaken its military for years to come,” said Biden. Speaking directly to members of Russia’s kleptocratic ruling c...

Slope Finance, the startup behind a digital wallet for the Solana blockchain, has closed an $8 million Series A funding round co-led by Solana Ventures and Jump Crypto. Slope management told CoinDesk the funds will help expand the team in the U.S., where Slope launched its first office last month, and for user-acquisition efforts. The KuCoin Community Chain (KCC) has unveiled a $50 million acceler...

It’s been almost two years since most borrowers have had to pay their monthly student loan bill. And yet, 93% of them are not prepared to resume payments on May 1, according to a survey of more than 23,000 student loan borrowers by the Student Debt Crisis Center. Once payments restart, the amount due will be largely the same, since interest on most federal student loans was suspended during the go...

We have seen the Metaverse space grow at a rapid rate with enormous interest from small and large companies alike. The Metaverse is set to be one of the biggest areas within crypto for many to enjoy, while others will produce content and developers will set up shops within using it as another great resource to offer crypto communities incentivization, content, and regular royalties. In 2020 alone,...

Escalating vaccine mandate protests near the Canada-U.S. border — known as the “Freedom Convoy” — have sent Canada into a state of emergency. They’re also affecting the price of a variety of goods for Americans. What started in January as a protest against new vaccine requirements for truckers crossing the border into Canada from the U.S. has turned into a demonstration against Canadian vaccine ma...

A private class action lawsuit against participants in Canada's "freedom convoy" has successfully secured an injunction freezing funds raised via crypto donations. A Mareva injunction was signed on Thursday by Ontario Superior Court of Justice Judge Calum MacLeod and freezes crypto assets in more than 120 different addresses tied to BTC, ADA, ETH, LTC and XMR. A Mareva injunction is a court order...

Hip-hop icon Snoop Dogg could be turning Death Row Records into a non-fungible token (NFT) label, according to comments by the rapper on the social media platform Clubhouse on Feb. 15. Snoop Dogg is more than familiar with the NFT scene. In September, he claimed to have started a personal NFT collection now worth more than $17 million under the name Cozomo de’ Medici, although the claim has never...

Tensions in Ukraine heat up as Russia charges the border. This has give massive uncertainty to the market. Russia on Sunday rescinded earlier pledges to pull tens of thousands of its troops back from Ukraine’s northern border, a move that U.S. leaders said put Russia another step closer to what they said was the planned invasion of Ukraine. Residents of Ukraine’s capital filled a gold-domed cathed...

OpenSea is a non-fungible token (NFT) platform that has gained popularity in late 2021 and now into 2022. There are many popular projects such as Bored Ape Yacht Club and Mutant Ape Yacht Club that are listed on the platform. This has also become a marketplace to buy metaverse land as well. Recently the market place has fallen victims to a hacker who was able to take people's NFTs. The company is...

Altcoins have grown in popularity in 2021. There are seemingly an infinate amount coins to choose from in this day and age. There are three coins in particular that I will be reviewing and they are all very affordable options to add to any portfolio. Major criteria to look for are if the coins can be easily accessed through maojor exchanges and the next is if that coin has a decent market cap. The...

Web 3 – also known as “Web3″ or “Web 3.0″ – is a term you may of heard thrown around a lot lately. It simply refers to the next iteration of the internet that promotes decentralized protocols and aims to reduce dependency on large tech companies like Youtube, Netflix and Amazon. Web 1 – arrived in the late 1990s and comprised a collection of links and homepages. Websites weren’t particularly inter...

JPMorgan, the largest bank in the U.S., said it has become the first lender to arrive in the metaverse, having opened a lounge in Decentraland, a virtual world based on blockchain technology. As well as the unveiling of the Onyx lounge (the name refers to the bank’s suite of permissioned Ethereum-based services), JPMorgan also released a paper exploring how businesses can find opportunities in the...

The Dow Industrial Average (DOW) rose 400 points today. This rise was fueled by the tensions with Ukraine and Russia easing. The market was also volatile this week as the Fed had a closed door meeting on 2/14/22. The market has also been fueled by other catalyst such as the ongoing shipping crisis and inflation which rose 7.5%. Airbnb (ABNB) also released there fourth quarter earnings. The results...

Italian luxury car maker Alfa Romeo has revealed it will be using non-fungible tokens (NFT) to track and store maintenance records on the blockchain for its new Tonale SUV. Alfa Romeo, which is owned by Stellantis (formerly Fiat Chrysler), appears to be the first carmaker to utilize NFTs in this way, seemingly in a bid to bring transparency and efficiency to a car market that often relies on third...

Peloton is replacing embattled CEO John Foley and cutting about 20% of its workforce to help reinvigorate the flailing fitness company. Peloton also announced it will lay off about 2,800 employees, including about 20% of its corporate positions. That was a move that Foley hinted at a few weeks ago. The company is also reducing the number of warehouses it owns and operates and expanding delivery ag...

The stock market is bearish but there are still some deals to made in the overall market. When the market is bearish, this is the best time to get some stocks while they are essentially on sale. This crash has been made by a multitude of factors including inflation, FOMC statements, interest rates and shipping issues. Google(GOOGL) recently announced that they will be doing a 20-for-1 stock split...

Memecoins were the buzz work for the crypto market in 2021. There were tons of coins that gained in popularity but some stood out more than other. Shiba Inu (SHIB) and Dogecoin (DOGE) were two of the most popular ones that rose through the ranks to lead 2021. Shiba Inu has grown more in popularity in  2022. The project consist of SHIB, BONE, and LEASH and now they have a DAO where people who...

Microsoft and Sony are heating up as they announce that they are each buying large gaming studios. Microsoft announced that they are buying Activision Blizzard and Sony announced that they are buying Bungie. Microsoft has bought Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion dollars. Activision Blizzard is famous for games like Candy Crush, Call of Duty, Diablo and World of Warcraft. This is a huge move fo...