A person familiar with the matter said that cryptocurrency options exchange Deribit is still in talks with Kraken about a potential acquisition, contrary to previous reports that the U.S. exchange has dropped a potential deal to acquire Deribit. Recent reports also confirmed that the crypto options platform is working with FT Partners to evaluate a takeover offer, but Deribit CEO Luuk Strijers ruled out a takeover. According to Bloomberg, the company could be valued at $4 billion to $5 billion o...
The IRS will cut about 6,700 jobs on Thursday, a person familiar with the matter said, in a restructuring that could strain the agency during the critical tax season. The cuts are all probation period employees who typically work at the agency for a year or two and enjoy fewer job protections than permanent employees. The IRS has about 17,000 probation period employees.
Scam Sniffer posted a warning on X on Feb. 6 that scammers are connecting to real Phantom wallets and trying to trick users with fake "update extension" signature requests, and if victims approve the request, a prompt appears asking them to enter a seed phrase that, if entered, gives scammers full access to the wallet to steal. In late January, Scam Sniffer warned Phantom users to be on the lookout for pop-ups on malicious websites that would mimic Pop-ups.
According to Reuters, three people familiar with the matter said that top Republican officials at the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) are preparing to begin reforming the agency's cryptocurrency policy as early as next week after Trump takes office. According to two of the people familiar with the matter, the measures being considered by Commissioners Hester Peirce and Mark Uyeda include initiating procedures to finalize guidance or rules on when the agency considers cryptocurrencies to be ...
President-elect Trump is expected to nominate former Georgia senator Kelly Loeffler, a businesswoman and politician who served as U.S. senator from Georgia from 2020 to 2021, to be agriculture secretary, according to people familiar with the matter.
Vice President Harris will appear on Saturday Night Live and risk appearing on a live comedy sketch show in the final days before the election in an attempt to appeal to voters on a national platform with wide cultural reach, according to people familiar with the matter. Going live on television is a gamble for presidential candidates or any celebrity with no acting experience, but it has also been played by previous contenders, including Trump and Hillary Clinton in 2015.
BlackRock is preparing to launch a more than $30 billion artificial intelligence investment fund with tech giant Microsoft to build data centres and energy projects to meet growing demand for artificial intelligence, according to people familiar with the matter. BlackRock will launch the fund with its new infrastructure investment arm, Global Infrastructure Partners, which will become...
The Federal Reserve and other regulators are preparing sweeping changes to a series of proposed bank capital base rules in an attempt to overcome industry backlash, according to people familiar with the matter.
Class A shares of photovoltaic plate continued to rise, film, glass and other auxiliary materials led the direction, Follette, Europe crystal technology, Qingyuan shares, the flag of new materials, Foster and other more than ten shares limit.