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A former Societe Generale trader who was fired for unauthorized risky bets has lambasted the French bank for making him a “scapegoat” and failing to take its share of responsibility for missing the trades. Kavish Kataria, who was dismissed from the bank’s Delta One desk last year, said the profits and losses on his trades were reported on a daily basis to ...
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Bitcoin mining in Iran produced a possible $1 billion in revenue in 2021. Iran has used crypto to evade sanctions and fund terrorist groups, claims Senators Warren and King. Senators Warren and King want the Biden administration to outline steps taken to address threats posed by Iran's mining operations. In a letter on May 1, US lawmakers Senators Elizabeth ...
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In the context of cryptocurrencies, “cost basis” refers to the initial outlay paid for digital assets. It is an important consideration when calculating capital gains or losses from the sale or disposal of cryptocurrencies. The capital gains or losses on an investor’s crypto sale are calculated as the selling price minus the cost basis. To avoid tax ...
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post: FED'S WILLIAMS: INFLATION CONTINUES TO MOVE LOWER post: FED'S WILLIAMS: NO COMMENT ON INTEREST RATE OUTLOOKConnecting Theory and Practice Good afternoon. It's wonderful to be back at Stanford—especially with John Taylor chairing this panel. John was my advisor during my studies here, and he hired me as his research assistant in the early '90s. It was an extraordinary privilege to have those two most wanted positions. Based on some of my past speeches, you may expect me to give a few pop culture references from the '90s that capture my time at Stanford before I move on to the substance of my remarks. But the truth is, I was so focused on my studies that there wasn't time to rollerblade, listen to R.E.M., or go to the arcade just for fun. Instead, like many in this room, I chose to forsake fun for the study of economics. As a result, I am simply useless when it comes to '90s trivia. What brought me to Stanford back then was a sense of purpose. Growing up in the '70s and '80s, I witnessed the toll that economic turmoil, high inflation, and slow growth took on families. By the time I arrived at Stanford in the fall of 198
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Bitcoin bulls are trying to stage a comeback by pushing the price above the psychologically crucial level of $60,000. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a X post that if Bitcoin holds the most recent lows and moves higher, it will be considered a “very common bull market continuation chart construction.” Analysts are bullish on the long-term prospects of ...
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A former Societe Generale trader who was fired for unauthorized risky bets has lambasted the French bank for making him a “scapegoat” and failing to take its share of responsibility for missing the trades. Kavish Kataria, who was dismissed from the bank’s Delta One desk last year, said the profits and losses on his trades were reported on a daily basis to ...
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The Securities and Exchange Commission today charged audit firm BF Borgers CPA PC and its owner, Benjamin F. Borgers (together, “Respondents”), with deliberate and systemic ...
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With the employment situation release, we have a first reading on April conditions. chart Figure 1: Nonfarm Payroll (NFP) employment from CES (bold blue), civilian employment ...
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Bitcoin appears to be conforming more to the conventional viewpoints of traditional investors who have recently entered the digital asset world through the introduction of US ...
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Bitcoin (BTC) rallied 6.42% on Friday (May 3). Following a 1.16% gain on Thursday (May 2), BTC closed the session at $62,938. Investors reacted to the US Jobs Report and ISM Services PMI Survey. Weaker-than-expected data rekindled investor expectations of a September Fed interest rate cut. Average hourly earnings rose 3.9% year-on-year in April after ...
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Bitcoin bulls are trying to stage a comeback by pushing the price above the psychologically crucial level of $60,000. Veteran trader Peter Brandt said in a X post that if Bitcoin holds the most recent lows and moves higher, it will be considered a “very common bull market continuation chart construction.” Analysts are bullish on the long-term prospects of ...
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A unit of crypto exchange Kraken is emerging as a key beneficiary of this year’s boom in spot-Bitcoin exchange-traded funds, which debuted in the US in January and rolled out in Hong Kong this week. The unit, CF Benchmarks, said it provides reference data for about $24 billion in cryptocurrency ETFs, mostly Bitcoin funds including BlackRock’s US-based $15.9 ...