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So this screenshot is getting a lot of ... buzz?
The graphic that popped up during yesterday's
@CNBC
segment didn't accurately reflect my very brief, boiled down explanation of bitcoin's halving on air.. which was was a quick line in a longer explanation of ETF enthusiasm.
We
Who is this and wtf is she talking about. Asking for a friend.
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SCOOP: Lawmakers are introducing a bill to change the SEC’s 72-year old securities definition to exclude
#cryptocurrencies
... a sign Congress is taking the industry seriously and if it passes, massive news for
#crypto
Read more:
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On Square's Q3 earnings call, CEO
@jack
Dorsey reiterating commitment to bitcoin. No plans to add new cryptocurrencies to $SQ Cash App:
"We're not. Our focus is on helping bitcoin to become the native currency for the internet..we have a number of initiatives towards that goal"
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Coinbase CEO
@brian_armstrong
on FTX searching for bailouts:
"I don't know why investors would put money into this now"
@PowerLunch
@andrewrsorkin
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Block ($SQ) Cash App announces it's integrating with Lightning Network -- letting U.S. users send bitcoin globally, for free 💸
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Robinhood says it will stop showing how many customers hold a certain stock on its website👀
Also restricting access to its API.. (that public data is how RobinTrack & other third parties show what Robinhood retail traders are buying and selling)
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Bitcoin has rallied 45% this month, jumped above $16K today. Bill Miller also tells
@KellyCNBC
@CNBCTheExchange
he 'strongly' recommends investing 👀
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For those wondering when
@Fidelity
@DigitalAssets
is going live:
They've been live for months! They said it was launching Q1, never issued a press release -- but have been on-boarding institutional clients for
#crypto
custody + clearing.
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Coinbase CEO
@brian_armstrong
says on Q3 call that he met with SEC chairman Gary Gensler last week .. called it "very productive."
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Breaking 🚨
@CNBC
TD Ameritrade restricting client trading for GameStop, AMC and other securities “in the interest of mitigating risk for our company and clients”
Decisions made “out of an abundance of caution amid unprecedented market conditions and other factors”
$GME $AMC
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More from an off-stage interview with
@Fidelity
@DigitalAssets
Tom Jessop at
#DCblockchain
. Company is live, sees institutional interest despite
#crypto
bear market. “They are as encouraged now as they were when prices were higher.”
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Congress seems to be getting more serious about cryptocurrency..
Scoop: Bipartisan lawmakers are planning to introduce
#cryptocurrency
bills on Thursday to protect consumers and keep the U.S. competitive
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#Bitcoin
has a new set of investors this year -- wealthy, North Americans who are holding vs. trading actively.
Big shift from the 2017 boom. More on
@SquawkAlley
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Bitcoin drops below $30k, lowest level since Jan 27th 👀
Pretty much flat for the year (up 3%) after topping $60K in April
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A rare look under the hood at FTX’s finances & growth in 2021. Leaked financials show📃
- Revenue jumped 1,000%, topped $1B
- Profitable, with 27% operating margins
- Most biz coming from derivatives, outside U.S.
- Global footprint growing through M&A
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🚨Square gets approval to distribute emergency SBA loans to small businesses reeling from COVID19 slowdown.
Comes with a handful of non-bank lender approvals over the weekend. Interested to see how
#fintech
plays a role in getting U.S. businesses through the next months..
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Jeff Sprecher, NYSE chairman & CEO of its parent company ICE, says despite headlines of
#bitcoin
flopping, cryptocurrencies are here to stay:
"Will digital assets survive?"... "The unequivocal answer is yes"
@Bakkt
#ConsensusInvest2018
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PayPal up this AM after Mizuho upgrade.. citing bitcoin👀
- Per Mizuho survey.. ~1/5 $PYPL users have now traded
#bitcoin
on app, 65% would use it to pay
- BTC traders see ~3x higher usage frequency, larger cash balances, use more services.. boosting PYPL monetization potential
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Senator at FTX hearing: "It's Ben.. Ben McKenzie?"
@ben_mckenzie
: "Yes, sir. You can also call me Ryan Atwood"
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Morgan Creek's
#cryptocurrency
index fund follows Warren Buffett's playbook, but with a $1 million bet against the S&P..
@APompliano
@markyusko
say their fund will outperform stocks over the next decade. Big question now- who takes the other side?!
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The bitcoin ETF getting approved is kind of like if pickleball were added to the Olympics. The sport's controversial.. and loud.. and country clubs don't like it. But it's the fastest growing sport in America and apparently here to stay.
(TYSM
@ericgoldenx
for this analogy)
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Pro tip for hitting 10 billion steps per day: Australian Shepherd
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Everything's bigger in Texas. Including
#bitcoin
mines!
Some are worried about what that means for an already fragile energy grid. More on why miners in Texas, and why they say they're not competing for with average Texans for energy
@CNBCTheExchange
@YasminKhorram
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Break from breaking news to celebrate the greatest. Frances Heffernan Rooney 💚 1926-2022 💚
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Female trading is on the rise💃
According to E-Trade.. trading activity by women doubled from Q42019 to the Q2 of this yr.
On pace with men in the broader retail boom .. which isn't always the case. Women have historically under-invested vs. men
@CNBCClosingBell
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A few mentions of cryptocurrencies on Visa's Q3 earnings call 👀
#Crypto
purchases drove more than $1B in payment volume, CEO Al Kelly says it represents an "engine of new growth"
CFO meanwhile says crypto-related spending brings more active cards, spending per card 👀
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Sat down with Coinbase CEO
@brian_armstrong
at Goldman Sachs conference in SF 🌉
On regulation: "We need to have clear rules that recognize the innovation potential of this technology but also protect consumers from harm. And in the absence of that we've seen terrible things
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SoFi clears final regulatory hurdle in becoming FDIC-insured bank 🏦
OCC + Fed approved application to become a bank holding company through acquisition of Golden Pacific Bancorp ... deal expected to close in Feb $SOFI
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.
@fundstrat
Tom Lee reiterates year-end price target of $150K for
#Bitcoin
(130% upside)
@SquawkCNBC
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Two bipartisan
#crypto
bills being re-introduced today (they were introduced in December, but needed to be re-upped in new Congress). Focused on consumer protection + market manipulation, co-sponsored by
@RepDarrenSoto
,
@RepTedBudd
@WarrenDavidson
:
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Analysts in cars issuing price targets🚗
New show idea cc:
@JerrySeinfeld
Tom Lee reiterates
#bitcoin
$100K call
@fundstrat
@CNBCTechCheck
$30k now "doesn’t rule out ability for this to generate some really big gains before year-end.. potentially touch $100k or higher"
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Keith Gill, aka "Roaring Kitty" and "Deep F-ing Value" sued for securities fraud over role in $GME rally. Mass Mutual named as a co-defendant.
"At the time Gill was inciting the market frenzy with his fake persona".. he was also a licensed securities broker 👀
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BREAKING:
@Fidelity
launches standalone company 'Fidelity Digital Asset Services' to handle custody & execute trades for
#cryptocurrencies
. Only for institutional (not retail) clients but could be game changer for the space
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Sat down with
@katie_haun
: the former federal prosecutor who’s now the face of
#crypto
VC at
@a16z
. After a career prosecuting prison gangs & white collar criminals (some
#bitcoin
-related) she’s now leading investments in the crypto space 👇
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PSA: Those Lambos parked on 6th ave outside
#Consensus2018
are NOT being driven by crypto bros... it’s a conference promotion. They’re from a car dealership in Clifton NJ...
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It's official: DOJ files antitrust suit challenging Visa's $5.3 billion acquisition of Plaid
From the suit:
"Visa seeks to buy Plaid – as its CEO said – as an “insurance policy” to neutralize a “threat to our important US debit business.” Visa is a monopolist in online debit..
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NEW: Andreessen Horowitz launches $2.2 billion crypto fund and is ‘radically optimistic’ despite price fluctuations
“We believe that the next wave of computing innovation will be driven by crypto" -
@katie_haun
@cdixon
More here 👇
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Not every day you get a full 30 minutes with
@fundstrat
on crypto📺
Full intvw below W/ Tom Lee's $200K price target, move into bitcoin (goes back to wireless research in 1993) risks to the market & more.
+ Tune into
@CNBC
Crypto World weekdays, 3 ET 👇
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Live from Cheyenne WY this morning on the state’s race to become the
#crypto
capital of the country
@SquawkStreet
@YasminKhorram
🎥
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Square launches payroll features that may spark workers to use Cash App for direct deposit
App is booming during the pandemic. Q2 stored funds (amount of $ kept on the app) up 86% from prior quarter.
$SQ up ~150% this yr, driven by Cash App optimism
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Crypto peeps have been talking about
#DeFi
for years (don't @ me🤣) but hearing a LOTTT more buzz about it after the
#Coinbase
listing
More on decentralized finance and what's next for the
#crypto
economy
@PowerLunch
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OOO until Monday
Spending some long-overdue time with my (vaccinated!!!) parents 💙
Happy Easter y’all 🐰
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Square to launch a "decentralized exchange" (DEX) through its bitcoin business unit. Look to get rid of intermediaries (banks, brokers) in buying, selling cryptocurrencies 👀$SQ
Very early stages.. looking for developer feedback on Github. More on "tbDEX"
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SoFi wiping away some of its YTD losses. Stock up more than 18% after better than expected Q4 numbers 📈
Lower than expected loss, better revenue and FY guidance beat. Member growth up 87% in a year
NFL games, SoFi stadium helping drive brand awareness and user growth 🏈
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Grayscale-parent Digital Currency Group tops $10B valuation with SoftBank, Google investments 💸
SoftBank led the round + Google’s Capital G as firms look for exposure to crypto outside of bitcoin. More from interview with
@BarrySilbert
@dlawee
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NEW:
#Robinhood
gets its third mega VC investment this year, boosting valuation to $11.2 billion 👀
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.
@SenLummis
plans to reintroduce crypto bill next yr, calls FTX "case study" on "why it's time to move to regulate" industry
"FTX is a failure of people, safeguards & regulation, not a failure of technology ..digital assets are not on trial, fraud & organizations are on trial"
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Streaming
@joniernst
rebuttal on YouTube and Veep on HBO
#SOTU
#whoworeitbetter
http://t.co/UGX6IYsKIf
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Statement from
@Vanguard_Group
on not offering bitcoin ETFs:
"While we continuously evaluate our brokerage offer and evaluate new product entries to the market, spot Bitcoin ETFs will not be available for purchase on the Vanguard platform. We also have no plans to offer
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$SQ also plans to publish a white paper on the bitcoin business (called TBD) on November 19th
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Keith Gill, AKA
@TheRoaringKitty
, testimony at House hearing on $GME:
"A few things I am not. I am not a cat.... I am not an institutional investor, nor am I a hedge fund."
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Cryptocurrency Tether saw more transfer volume than PayPal & Zelle in Q1, 3rd largest coin by market cap and sees more trading vol than bitcoin or ether on avg. day 👀
More on the rise of Tether, the stablecoin of choice for traders despite some controversy
@CNBCTechCheck
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Twitter pals: Anyone gifting stocks or crypto (or know someone who is) this year? And want to talk to CNBC about it? 🎁 tysm
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Visa CEO on Al Kelly on recession risk $V
"Based on our numbers, we haven't seen any evidence of the consumer pulling back spending in our markets"
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Harder than it might sound for Russia to use
#crypto
in skirting sanctions🏦
- Liquidity = big issue 💸(h/t
@ashgoblue
)
- Global exchanges on high alert for sanctioned accts, subject to KYC/ AML rules 👀
- Transactions are traceable 📈📉
@CNBCTechCheck
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Nugget in FINRA's settlement documents with Robinhood:
Robinhood now has 18 million funded accounts (those who have connected a bank acct.) 31 million customer accounts total 👀
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Bitcoin = struggling to attract new buyers this year. According to
@fundstrat
, new wallets & market participation have been a "hallmark" of sustained crypto bull markets. More on
@PowerLunch
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Block kicks off first investor day in five years w/ execs making the case $SQ is more than a payments company 💸
CFO
@AmritaAhuja
: 'Calling Block a payments company is like calling AMZN a bookseller'
+ More from
@jack
on Block's bitcoin-centric future
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BREAKING 🚨Citadel CEO Ken Griffin was the winning bidder for a rare copy of the U.S. constitution at $43M, outbidding
@ConstitutionDAO
per
@LesliePicker
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Bitcoin tops $40K for the first time in two weeks 📈
"Much of the momentum is likely due to $160M of combined short liquidations for BTC and ETH over the past 24 hours." - Fundstrat on the rally
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CONGRATS to the 2021 National Champions
@BCwlax
from
@CNBC
headquarters 🎉
#BreakingNews
#GoEagles
#DreamBig
@acacia_walker
+ fellow CNBC Eagle
@BrianWSteel
cc
@lacyotoole
@paulmcnamara94
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Tether to further reduce holdings of commercial debt in its reserves (to 30% from 44%...) as the issuer of the world’s most-used stablecoin continues to face questions about what its digital currency is actually backed by 👀 h/t
@ArjunKharpal
@CNBCi
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