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Amazon Web Services (AWS) is searching for a specialist to foster digital asset underwriting, transaction processing, and custody in the cloud, according to a recent job posting. The infrastructure giant wants to hire a Financial Services Specialist to work with global financial institutions and innovative fintechs, and “transform the way they transact digital assets (ex. cryptocurrencies, CBDCs [...

Alibaba is taking over the European economy. Alibaba is the third largest e-commerce company in the world and is taking over Europe faster than Amazon. Alibaba remained among the top three online sellers of consumer goods in eastern Europe last year, according to Euromonitor International. Amazon wasn’t on the top 10 list for the region, which includes countries like Poland and the Czech Republic....

Facebook ($FB) announced today that they were going to be changing the name of the company to META. This follows the news that the company  will be focusing on developing the metaverse. Metaverse is a speculative future iteration of the Internet, made up of persistent, shared, 3D virtual spaces linked into a perceived virtual universe. The metaverse in a broader sense may not only refer to vi...

Robinhood ($HOOD) the popular stock and crypto trading platform just recently had earnings and the numbers were very bad. The amount of total profits and number of users has gone down significantly since there IPO. They have recently announced new crypto wallet waiting list but it has not yet been released yet. One catalyst for potential growth for the platform is for them to list the popular meme...

Investors pumped a record $1.47 billion of new money into digital asset investment products last week, fueled by a rally in cryptocurrencies and the launch of the first bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund trading under ticker symbol $BITO. The increase in flows came as bitcoin (BTC), the world’s largest cryptocurrency by market capitalization, surged to an all-time high of $66,974 last week. The...

The US Treasury is making an amendment to the proposal to monitor bank accounts with $600 or more in the account. The US Treasury now says they are moving towards accounts $10,000 and more. Under the proposal, first introduced in May, banks would report to the Internal Revenue Service several new pieces of information from U.S. bank account: The total amount of money flowing in and out of an accou...

Midwest Tungsten Service will take bids on a 14-inch cube via OpenSea. The company will be making the sell as a NFT. Polymarket is being investigated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to see whether the prediction market platform is letting customers improperly trade swaps or binary options and if it should be registered with the agency, Bloomberg reported, citing people familiar...

Xpeng a Chinese EV company trading under the ticker ($XPEV) just announced that they will be releasing a flying car that will be able to drive on the road. The release comes from there parent company HT Aero. The release of the vehicle is planned for 2024. The restaurant is trying to find ways to tackle the lack of workers in the workforce. This move is being done by automation, there are multiple...

Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev in a recent interview just announced that the waitlist for there anticipated crypto wallet has topped 1M. The trading app recently had an IPO this year and ever since have been rapidly expanding customer service as well as rolling out more crypto features. The app  grew in popularity in the crypto community during the rise of DOGECOIN, but now there are more competito...

Former President Donald Trump announced that he is launching a new social media app named Truth Social. The app will launched through a SPAC  named Digital World Acquisition Corporation ($DWAC). After this news was announced the stock rallied more then 300%. The CDC just announced that they approved the booster shot for people who received the Moderna and Johnsons & Johnson vaccine. They...

Democratic lawmakers are scrambling to negotiate alternative climate change proposals for President Joe Biden’s massive budget plan, following West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin’s strong opposition to the plan’s core climate change strategy. Manchin, a moderate Democrat who can sink the bill in the 50-50 split Senate, said he will not vote for more than $1.5 trillion in spending and told the White Hou...

Coinbase and the National Basketball Association (NBA) are teaming up on a multi-year partnership, the publicly traded crypto exchange said Tuesday. The deal extends to the Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), NBA G League, NBA 2K League and USA Basketball. This is not the first crypto exchange to partner with a sports team, Crypto.com has also partnered with the UCF for a 10 year contr...

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved bitcoin futures ETFs on Friday. ProShares filed for its Bitcoin Strategy ETF this past summer. The fund is linked to bitcoin futures that are traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. With the SEC mulling dozens of bitcoin ETFs, Chairman Gary Gensler has made it clear that funds linked to the futures market rather than the underlying asse...

Netflix’s hit TV show “Squid Game” is reportedly worth almost $900 million in impact value, an internal metric, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg. According to Netflix the series cost about $21 million to make. This is a huge step forward for Netflix as there earnings is right around the corner. Netflix seems to be setting the standard for other streaming services like Apple and Hulu. B...

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has approved the first Bitcoin ETF. The proposed date for the listing is Monday, according to the new filing, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that’s when it will begin trading. That could come later in the week. Anticipation had been building for a bitcoin futures ETF after SEC Chairman Gary Gensler earlier this year said he supported such a structure...

Stagflation is the true elephant in the room. With increased shipping constraints, the rise of crypto and rising oil prices this economy is eerily similar to that of the 1970s. Stagflation is characterized by slow economic growth and relatively high unemployment—or economic stagnation—which is at the same time accompanied by rising prices (i.e. inflation). Stagflation can be alternatively defined...

The US now becomes the #1 country in the world in Bitcoin mining. This is due to the fact that there is a ban on crypto in China. Many crypto firms that were based in China are moving overseas to continue mining and the numbers show that the US is here they have gone. Visa is rolling out some of there first NFTs. They are searching for artists that are willing to learn how to convert there art int...

Apple announced that they are sending out invites for there Oct 18 event. Investors are looking for this to potentially be the release of new Airpods and New MacBook. William Shatner the actor who stared as Captian Kirk in the series Star Trek makes his first space voyage aboard Blue Orgins New Shepard Rocket named NS-18. On Oct. 6, the Department of Education announced a series of changes to the...

Merck said it asked the FDA to authorize emergency use of its experimental antiviral pill to treat mild to moderate Covid-19 in adults. The Merck pill will be a huge development in the fight to combat the pandemic. The goal of the pill is to help those with mild symptoms of COVID-19. Merck's ($MRK) stock is bearish but this pill could be a big catalyst to move the price forward. A Facebook officia...

Ripple has made a $44 million joint Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) investment with Nelnet (NYSE: NNI) Renewable Energy into one of Nelnet’s solar energy funds, the firms announced Monday. Sorare, the fast-growing European fantasy soccer and digital collectible platform, is being investigated by the U.K. Gambling Commission. On Monday, the U.S. wing of Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto empire...

Animoca Brands is leading a $1.5 million bet on reNFT. This is a rental NFT service where the owner of the NFT can rent out there NFT for a price determined by the seller. Lenders can send the NFTs they want to rent out to a smart contract after determining the daily rental price and maximum rental period. Borrowers then input how long they want to “own” the NFT, paying for the rental cost plus a...

Southwest cancel 1,800 flights over this weekend. This was due to FAA regulations as well as staffing problems. This cancelation is the highest of all airlines this weekend. Tesla has announced that they have moved there headquarters to Austin Texas. This moves was announced by the CEO Elon Musk and comes as they continue building Gigafactory Texas. SpaceX gets a $100 Billion evaluation after more...

The US FDIC is looking into deposit insurance for stable coins. This insurance will be similar to what the banks currently off for regular accounts of $250,000. The coins that they are considering are Tether and USDC. This will be a big step forward for the crypto community and might help in the fight for regulation. A global analysis company has said that between January 2020 to January 2021 that...

Biden made a speech this week in Michigan outlining economic problems and a path forward. In this meeting he outlined that he was meeting with companies to enforce more Covid mandates as well as raising the debt ceiling. On capital hill there are still debates going on about passing the infrastructure bill that will cost $1.5 trillion dollars. This bill is the smaller bill with a new bigger one be...

Norwegian Cruise Lines currently has eight ships in service across its three brands, and all on board must provide proof of full Covid vaccination before setting sail. Target increases its pay plus $2 until May 2 to help its employees combat the covid pandemic. PepsiCo CFO announces that there may be beverage and snack price increases because of supply chain issues. GM has there investor day comin...