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Nasdaq Will Implement Blockchain And Become A Disrupter, Says CEO Adena Friedman
Tuesday, August 3, 2021 - 8:33pm | 313Read More...Nasdaq (NASDAQ: NDAQ) CEO Adena Friedman said that the exchange intends to apply blockchain to financial market infrastructure and become a disrupter in the space. What Happened: According to a Tuesday Fortune report, Friedman said that, currently, "[it] is just not in a...
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Fintech Focus For July 22, 2021
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 - 5:36pm | 2089Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” Source: Sun Tzu One Big Thing In Fintech: Adena Friedman, president and chief executive of Nasdaq, says the firm sees a huge opportunity from spinning out Nasdaq Private Market into a...
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Fintech Focus For May 26, 2021
Tuesday, May 25, 2021 - 8:32pm | 1722Read More...Quote To Start The Day: “Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.” Source: William Shakespeare One Big Thing In Fintech: Just as broadband is now considered core to America’s national infrastructure, the cloud will play an important...
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Fintech Focus For December 14, 2020
Sunday, December 13, 2020 - 8:23pm | 1738Read More...Quote To Start The Day: We’re really trying to encourage progress, not to force it. Source: Adena Friedman One Big Thing In Fintech: Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. is jumping into the institutional bitcoin game with a $100 million investment in bitcoin and a $5 million equity stake...
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Fintech Focus Roundup For December 12, 2020
Friday, December 11, 2020 - 6:59pm | 1787Read More...Webull CEO On Crypto Assets, Innovation What Happened: Anthony Denier, CEO of Webull Financial, recently joined "The Raz Report," where he discussed Webull’s expansion into cryptocurrency trading. Denier said Webull is making cryptocurrency a priority for the online trading...
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Today In Cryptocurrency: Hacker Steals Ethereum, Nasdaq Open To Crypto Trading
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 - 4:21pm | 463Read More...The cryptocurrency market hot streak took a breather on Wednesday, with most major currencies down more than 4 percent. Here’s a look at some of the headlines that were moving the cryptocurrency market today and which currencies were on the move. Headlines Chinese police seized 600 bitcoin...
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Are Short Sellers Really 'Icky And Un-American'?
Sunday, July 2, 2017 - 6:00pm | 715Read More...Last week, NYSE president Tom Farley took a personal shot at short sellers when calling for new rules to require them to publicly reveal their positions. Short sellers profit when share prices fall, but they are not currently required to disclose their bearish bets, allowing them to operate mostly...
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Nasdaq Acquires Marketwired, Highlights 'Market-Leading Social Media Targeting Tools And Analytics'
Friday, February 12, 2016 - 11:52am | 220Read More...Shares of Nasdaq Inc (NASDAQ: NDAQ) were trading higher by more than 1 percent on Friday. The company announced it has acquired Marketwired. Marketwired is a provider of news distribution services and analytics for communications professionals. The company's customer base consists of 8,500 clients...
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Carlyle Group Gears Up for IPO
Wednesday, June 1, 2011 - 11:05am | 216Read More...Reuters is reporting that, in the next month, private equity firm Carlyle Group will select banks to underwrite its planned initial public offering. Carlyle hopes to file its IPO prospectus with the Securities and Exchange Commission in the third quarter, according to sources familiar with the...
