Tagged: elon musk

March 26, 2021 @ 1:40 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Leading social trading platform eToro (which recently announced it will go public in a SPAC deal via FinTech Acquisition Corp. V with valuation pegged at $10.4 billion), noted in an update published earlier this week that stimulus checks had turned the cryptocurrency market green –… Read More

March 24, 2021 @ 8:23 am By JD Alois  |  

In a series of Tweets, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said consumers may now purchase a Tesla and pay with Bitcoin.   You can now buy a Tesla with Bitcoin — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 24, 2021 Musk went on to explain that this functionality is… Read More

March 16, 2021 @ 8:13 pm By JD Alois  |  

It is hard not to know something about the booming Non-Fungible Token or NFT market. Following Beeple’s sale of a digital work of art “Everydays—The First 5000 Days,” auctioned by Christie’s for a whopping $69 million, NFTs officially became a “thing” with non-stop coverage on… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 8:52 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

JP Morgan says that Bitcoin (BTC) is like an “economic side show” when compared to the emergence of many new Fintech businesses. The bank’s analysts have argued that Bitcoin is a poor hedge against the falling equity prices. The world’s leading digital currency is trading… Read More

February 22, 2021 @ 7:42 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Elon Musk’s Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) has already made a billion dollars in profits from its fairly recent $1.5 billion Bitcoin (BTC) purchase. Notably, these dramatic gains could be substantially more than what Tesla may have made off of its car sales during 2020, according to… Read More

February 13, 2021 @ 9:40 am By Omar Faridi  |  

Twitter (NYSE:TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey confirmed on Friday (February 12, 2021) that he has teamed up with legendary billionaire hip-hop artist and businessman Jay-Z to finance and support projects in Africa and India with Bitcoin (BTC). Money lessons from one of the greatest rappers of… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 8:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Crypto billionaire Jihan Wu recently announced his departure from Bitmain, one of the world’s leading Bitcoin mining firms. Bitmain co-founder Micree Zhan has also managed to regain control of the leading Bitcoin mining conglomerate after fellow co-founder Wu tweeted a “coded” message explaining the “end… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 4:20 pm By JD Alois  |  

The big story today is that Elon Musk’s Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has purchased $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. The information was disclosed in a 10-K filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. While the exact timing of the purchase was not disclosed, Tesla is most certainly in… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 10:33 am By JD Alois  |  

  Bitcoin is hitting new highs today fololowing a 10-K filed by Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) that revealed it had purchased $1.5 billion in Bitcoin and may purchase other digital assets in the future. Simultaneously, Tesla said they expect to commence accepting Bitcoin as a method of… Read More

February 8, 2021 @ 7:54 am By JD Alois  |  

Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) has purchased $1.5 billion of Bitcoin, according to a 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The decision was approved by the Audit Committee of our Board of Directors. Shares in Tesla traded higher in pre-market trading. Tesla said that under… Read More

February 1, 2021 @ 7:57 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Cryptocurrency markets can be “insanely volatile” in both directions, however, the recent market activity felt like “something else” with everyone’s favorite memecoin, DogeCoin (DOGE) surging nearly 10x in just 24 hours (breaking into the top 10 cryptos), Anthony Sassano from EthHub confirmed. He also noted… Read More

January 30, 2021 @ 3:54 pm By Omar Faridi  |  

Binance, the world’s largest digital asset exchange in terms of volume and scope of operations, recently revealed that a sudden rush of new users on its platform had put its systems under a lot of stress and overload, leading it to temporarily suspend withdrawals. Binance… Read More

February 28, 2019 @ 11:20 am By JD Alois  |  

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a motion for an order to show cause, on February 25, why Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, should not be held in contempt for violating the terms of the Court’s October 16, 2018, Final Judgment. The agreed… Read More

October 1, 2018 @ 9:46 pm By Onki Kwan  |  

On September 27, 2018, the SEC filed a lawsuit against Elon Musk for committing securities fraud because of some tweets he published on August 7, 2018. A mere two days later, September 29, 2018, Musk settled with the SEC. As part of their settlement agreement,… Read More

September 30, 2018 @ 11:22 am By JD Alois  |  

“…when companies and corporate insiders make statements, they must act responsibly, including endeavoring to ensure the statements are not false or misleading and do not omit information a reasonable investor would consider important in making an investment decision.” – Jay Clayton, Chairman of the SEC… Read More

August 20, 2015 @ 9:00 am By JD Alois  |  

For anyone who has been stuck in the parking lot known as the California Highway system, the Hyperloop is a dream come true. Yet the hurdles, both political and financial, seem insurmountable, but at least one determined group, Hyperloop Transportation Technologies (HTT), continues to plow… Read More

June 12, 2015 @ 6:45 pm By Erin Hobey  |  

One of the companies planning to build a Hyperloop test track has begun receiving its first set of test tubes, reported Tech Insider’s Cadie Thompson. Hyperloop Technologies, which is located in the arts district of downtown L.A., tweeted dramatic images of the tubes. In March,  Hyperloop Transportation Technologies… Read More

March 1, 2015 @ 9:06 pm By JD Alois  |  

Hyperloop Transportation Technologie (HTT) CEO Dirk Ahlborn is setting a path to be the first one to create a working Hyperloop transportation system thus fulfilling the vision of innovator Elon Musk.  Ahlborn has reportedly reached an agreement to create a 5 mile stretch of Hyperloop track in California’s… Read More

December 19, 2014 @ 8:44 am By JD Alois  |  

Hyperloop Transportation Technologies, Inc. founded by JumpStarter Inc., announced today the crossing of several milestones, bringing the company closer to the goal of creating a working high-speed mass transit system.  Elon Musk shook the world of mass transportation when he unveiled his concept for a… Read More

October 15, 2014 @ 11:57 am By Erin Hobey  |  

SolarCity, Nasdaq: SCTY, launched the nation’s first registered public offering of solar bonds today, creating a simple way for individuals across the United States to earn attractive returns on their investments, while also participating in the nation’s transformation to clean energy. SolarCity filed a registration statement with the… Read More