• Mar 21, 2025

Are These 2 Cryptocurrencies the Smartest Investments You Can Make Today?

Most major crypto assets have seen their valuations plummet this year. No cryptocurrency portfolio is complete without exposure to Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), the oldest and most valuable digital asset, And while many experts talk about its potential as an ecosystem play -- including potential growth avenues like peer-to-peer spending and artificial intelligence (AI) transactions -- what I really love is its existing potential as a store of value. Bitcoin is no different.

  • Mar 21, 2025

Chinese Stocks in Hong Kong Cap Worst Two-Day Drop Since October

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese stocks extended their slide from a three-year high, with investors citing a lack of fresh catalysts after a blistering rally. Most Read from BloombergNew York Subway Ditches MetroCard After 32 Years for Tap-And-GoLA Faces $1 Billion Budget Hole, Warns of Thousands of LayoffsDespite Cost-Cutting Moves, Trump Plans to Remake DC in His StyleAmtrak CEO Departs Amid Threats of a Transit Funding PullbackNYC Plans for Flood Protection Without Federal FundsThe Hang Seng China Ente

  • Mar 21, 2025

Better Buy in 2025: XRP (Ripple) or Bitcoin?

The value of all cryptocurrencies in circulation soared to a new high of $3.9 trillion in December, shortly after Donald Trump won the presidential election on Nov. 5. Since Trump campaigned on a pro-crypto agenda, investors immediately started pricing in the potential of friendlier government policies and lighter regulation, which could create value across the industry. XRP (CRYPTO: XRP), which was created by a company called Ripple in 2012, was one of the best performers last year with a whopping 235% gain.

  • Mar 20, 2025

UK Carbon Futures Jump on Talk About Link With EU Market

(Bloomberg) -- UK carbon jumped to the highest level since June after a minister said that the UK is discussing linking its carbon market to the larger trading system in the European Union.Most Read from BloombergNew York Subway Ditches MetroCard After 32 Years for Tap-And-GoLA Faces $1 Billion Budget Hole, Warns of Thousands of LayoffsDespite Cost-Cutting Moves, Trump Plans to Remake DC in His StyleAmtrak CEO Departs Amid Threats of a Transit Funding PullbackNYC Plans for Flood Protection Witho

  • Mar 20, 2025

Analysis-Hedge fund dominance latest risk for febrile UK debt markets

LONDON (Reuters) -Hedge funds have crowded into debt-fuelled bets on UK government bonds, increasing the potential for instability in the gilts market, a benchmark for borrowing costs in Britain including mortgages, investors and hedge fund sources say. Bank of England chief Andrew Bailey said in February that non-bank institutions like hedge funds "can propagate liquidity stress in core UK financial markets, notably the gilt market". That is partly due to their activity in short-term lending markets, which more than a dozen sources - including portfolio managers, hedge fund executives and a former central banker - described to Reuters.