Bitcoin giant Strategy takes loss to stave off likely tax hit—and keeps buying Bitcoin
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has accumulated $46 billion worth of Bitcoin since 2020.
Strategy, formerly MicroStrategy, has accumulated $46 billion worth of Bitcoin since 2020.
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Despite this week's market dip, analysts see price growth looming on the horizon, as pro-crypto policies emerge.
Lower construction spending on data centers because of DeepSeek could negatively impact heavy equipment stocks like Caterpillar, JPMorgan said.
Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign, promising to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet" and to accumulate a national stockpile of bitcoin. The Securities and Exchange Commission, which had long attempted to block ETFs from investing in bitcoin citing investor protection concerns, approved bitcoin and ether ETFs last year.
Electrical energy control systems manufacturer Powell (NYSE:POWL) reported Q4 CY2024 results exceeding the market’s revenue expectations, with sales up 24.4% year on year to $241.4 million. Its GAAP profit of $2.86 per share was 9.4% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
'Father of modern finance' Eugene F. Fama says cryptocurrency as "a medium of exchange is not supposed to survive."
Payroll and human resources software provider, Paylocity (NASDAQ:PCTY) beat Wall Street’s revenue expectations in Q4 CY2024, with sales up 15.5% year on year to $377 million. Guidance for next quarter’s revenue was better than expected at $441.5 million at the midpoint, 1.9% above analysts’ estimates. Its non-GAAP profit of $1.52 per share was 6.6% above analysts’ consensus estimates.
She said she would view the combination of slowing inflation and a strong labor market as evidence that monetary policy was not meaningfully restrictive. While good news, she said in remarks prepared for delivery to a Bank for International Settlements conference in Mexico City, "it wouldn't necessarily allow the (Fed) to cut rates soon."
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