Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, or her portfolio manager, has added a new name to her already active trading history. According to new disclosures reviewed by Finbold on June 19, Greene reported a first-time purchase of Snowflake Inc. (NYSE: SNOW) on June 6, buying between $1,001 and $15,000 worth of shares when the stock was trading at $210.84….
As global regulators sharpen their focus on fiat-backed stablecoins—from the European Union’s MiCA framework to the U.S. GENIUS Act—the stablecoin category is gaining legitimacy as financial infrastructure. But a more transformative shift is already underway. The next frontier in digital dollars is not compliance. It is programmable design. Synthetic stablecoins, built on-chain with crypto-native collateral…
Prominent investor and author Robert Kiyosaki has doubled down on his Bitcoin (BTC) predictions with a fresh BTC target price for 2030. As he claimed in a post on X, when Kiyosaki started trading, Bitcoin went for $6,000 per coin. Today, the price is almost 18 times as high. Looking five years ahead, the forecast…
In 2025, XRP has become the focus of the cryptocurrency field with its amazing market performance, with an increase of more than 100% since the beginning of the year! With 3-5 seconds of extremely fast settlement, ultra-low fees and high throughput, XRP not only dominates the cross-border payment field, but also rises rapidly in the…
A part of the financial market is showing significant warning signs, with worries increasing over a possible $2 trillion collapse caused by the rapid growth of private credit. Specifically, Clem Chambers, CEO of Online Blockchain believes this sector resembles the conditions that led to the 2008 financial crisis, describing the private credit boom as a…
Last Updated: June 18, 2025 at 1:02 p.m. ETFirst Published: June 18, 2025 at 8:05 a.m. ET A lot of things went right for U.S. inflation in May. The consumer-price index rose just 0.1% from April, and held under 2.5% in year-over-year terms for a third consecutive month. Some of the most volatile prices that consumers pay dropped, with…
William Watts is MarketWatch markets editor. In addition to managing markets coverage, he writes about stocks, bonds, currencies and commodities, including oil. He also writes about global macro issues and trading strategies. During his time at MarketWatch, Watts has served in key roles in the Frankfurt, London, New York and Washington, D.C., newsrooms. Adblock test…
Outside the Box Hospitals and outpatient clinics need to deliver their own spending cuts and cost savings Last Updated: June 18, 2025 at 12:48 p.m. ETFirst Published: June 17, 2025 at 7:35 a.m. ET Listen (8 min) In addition to Medicaid cuts, even Medicare cuts are on the table as Congress debates the healthcarespending provisions in President…
The intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency is opening up investment opportunities for those willing to engage with both sectors. However, like any emerging area, the large number of AI-themed digital assets makes it hard to pinpoint the most appealing options. To help with this, Finbold consulted OpenAI’s ChatGPT for its top two AI-related…
Berlin, Germany, June 18th, 2025, Chainwire BitVault, a DeFi protocol aiming to redefine Bitcoin’s role in stablecoin infrastructure, has announced the close of a $2 million pre-seed round. Strategic investors include GSR, Gemini, Auros, and Keyrock, among others—joining BitVault in building what it calls the “next era of BTC-backed money”: an institutionally-aligned alternative to fiat-pegged…
