Freetrade buys UK arm of Australian investing platform Stake

Freetrade buys UK arm of Australian investing platform Stake

People walk along London Bridge past the City of London skyline. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images London-based online trading platform Freetrade told CNBC Tuesday that it’s agreed to buy the U.K. customer book of Stake, an Australian investing app. The move is part of a broader bid from Freetrade to bolster its domestic … Read more

Robinhood launches crypto transfers in Europe in push overseas

Robinhood launches crypto transfers in Europe in push overseas

Retail investing platform Robinhood on Tuesday announced that it’s offering customers in Europe the ability to transfer cryptocurrencies in and out of its app, broadening its product capabilities in the region as it presses ahead with international expansion. In a blog post on Tuesday, the company said that it’ll allow customers in the European Union … Read more

No 24-hour trading Monday due to issue at third-party venue

No 24-hour trading Monday due to issue at third-party venue

Spencer Platt | Getty Images Brokerage firm Robinhood announced on Monday evening that it would not offer overnight trading due to an issue with its execution venue. The company said in a post on social media site X that Blue Ocean ATS, the third-party firm that Robinhood works with for round-the-clock trading, has suspended its … Read more

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Tech founders are shunning IPOs after extended market lull: Techstars

Pedestrians pass the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York, US, on Tuesday, Jan. 2, 2024. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Silicon Valley is known for producing tech businesses that start in garages and turn into massive publicly traded companies ubiquitously known across the globe. From Oracle and Microsoft to Google and Facebook, the public … Read more

Crypto catches M&A frenzy as bitcoin miners chase AI boom

Crypto catches M&A frenzy as bitcoin miners chase AI boom

Whinstone CEO Chad Harris takes CNBC on a tour of the largest bitcoin mine in North America. Crypto companies are suddenly at the center of deal-making. The catalyst is artificial intelligence. Bitcoin mining companies have expansive data centers, with access to fiber lines and large amounts of power across the U.S. They’re exactly the types … Read more

cryptocurrency: Bitcoin rally and ‘short memories’ reignite everything in crypto

cryptocurrency: Bitcoin rally and ‘short memories’ reignite everything in crypto

Bitcoin’s rally to near a record high is reawakening animal spirits — not just in the cryptocurrency market itself, but in the broader financial world that had left the digital asset sector for dead last year. The change of heart can be seen in the improved outlook for deal flow, highlighted by Robinhood Markets Inc.’s … Read more

Jeffrey Katzenberg WndrCo raises $460 million

Jeffrey Katzenberg WndrCo raises 0 million

Jeffrey Katzenberg, film producer, at the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 06, 2022 in Sun Valley, Idaho. David A. Grogan | CNBC Media mogul Jeffrey Katzenberg is bullish on technology as he pulls in more money for startup investing. But he’s keeping his venture portfolio clear of digital media.   Katzenberg, who three … Read more

Ether slips after SEC opens the door to ether ETFs, still heads for best week in more than a year

Ether slips after SEC opens the door to ether ETFs, still heads for best week in more than a year

Nikos Pekiaridis | Nurphoto | Getty Images Ether slipped on Friday even after the Securities and Exchange Commission approved a rule change that will pave the way for exchange traded funds that buy and hold the cryptocurrency. The price of ether fell 2% to around $3,700.00, according to Coin Metrics. It’s holding on to its … Read more

Uniswap fights back against SEC as the ethereum crackdown continues

Uniswap fights back against SEC as the ethereum crackdown continues

For years, the Securities and Exchange Commission has been cracking down on the crypto sector writ large, but in the last few months, the agency appears to have trained its sights on ethereum, in particular. Some of the biggest names in decentralized finance are now fighting back. In a 40-page filing Tuesday, Uniswap Labs — … Read more

Ether extends its rally following 20% surge on fresh ether ETF optimism

Ether extends its rally following 20% surge on fresh ether ETF optimism

Omar Marques | Lightrocket | Getty Images Cryptocurrencies rose Tuesday amid a late surge in optimism around the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission’s decisions on spot ether exchange-traded funds applications, the first of which is due this week. Ether led the rally, rising 9% to $3,680.98, according to Coin Metrics. On Monday, it rocketed 20%. … Read more