Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline Tesla CEO Elon Musk urged people to be wary when investing in cryptocurrencies Friday as his upcoming appearance on Saturday Night Live spurred investors to pile into ‘joke’ cryptocurrency dogecoin this week, leaving it the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency as its value soared to new record highs. Elon…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Amazon’s surging stock has made the world’s richest person even richer. Mark Ralston/AFP via Getty Images The world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, is once again worth more than $200 billion, as shares of Amazon AMZN rose in anticipation of the company’s first quarter earnings report later this week.…
Topline Former President Donald Trump on Monday announced he’ll begin to use the term “the big lie” – commonly used by his critics to describe his baseless election fraud claims – to refer to the 2020 election results, a sign he has no plans to tone down his rhetoric as one social media platform adjudicates his suspension.…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to LinkedinTopline The value of dogecoin soared to nearly 70 cents Wednesday morning as enthusiastic online traders continue to pile in on the ‘joke’ cryptocurrency, making it the fourth most valuable cryptocurrency and bringing the longtime goal of $1 a token within reach ahead of dogecoin champion Elon Musk’s anticipated…
Topline A Texas Democratic county leader who called Sen. Scott (R-S.C.) an “oreo” after his rebuttal to President Biden’s joint address to Congress last week resigned from his position on Tuesday amid backlash. Key Facts Gary O’Connor, the chair of the Lamar County Democratic Party, announced his resignation in a Tuesday statement apologizing for the…
Topline President Joe Biden will restrict travel to the U.S. from India by most non-U.S. citizens beginning Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said Friday, as the world’s second-most populous country struggles with the world’s worst Covid-19 outbreak. Key Facts In a statement, Psaki said Biden was acting on advice from the U.S. Centers…
Vitalik Buterin, who spearheaded the launch of the Ethereum blockchain in 2015, has become the world’s youngest crypto billionaire at age 27. Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, surged past $3,000 for the first time early Monday morning, marking a 325% rise since the beginning of this year. Buterin’s ether address, which he disclosed in October 2018 as…
Updated May 4, 2021, 09:51am EDT Topline Pfizer and BioNTech, the manufacturers of one of the three authorized Covid-19 vaccines in the U.S., plan to file for full approval from the Food and Drug Administration by the end of May as they expect the vaccine to generate about $26 billion in revenue this year. Key…
Updated May 4, 2021, 10:49am EDT Topline The value of dogecoin, a cryptocurrency originally invented as a joke, surged to an all time high of over 50 cents Tuesday, a landmark as enthusiastic online traders continue efforts to push the digital currency towards $1. Key Facts At the time of writing, dogecoin was trading at…
Share to FacebookShare to TwitterShare to Linkedin Vitalik Buterin, co-founder of Ethereum © 2017 Bloomberg Finance LP Vitalik Buterin, who spearheaded the launch of the Ethereum blockchain in 2015, has become the world’s youngest crypto billionaire at age 27. Ethereum’s cryptocurrency, ether, surged past $3,000 for the first time early Monday morning, marking a 325%…