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From $10,000 to $2 million: This 27-year-old entrepreneur shares how she did it

Tiffany James, the founder Modern Blk Girl, says more women need to invest to help close the wealth gap.

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Here's one way Social Security could better address life expectancy for couples

A spouse's death can cause a devastating loss of income for their partner. Social Security benefits may be adjusted to help pare those losses, research finds.

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43% of investors say they're too nervous to get into markets right now. Here's why they should invest anyway

Some 43% of investors they're too nervous to invest in the market right now, according to an online survey of more than 1,000 adults conducted in March.

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Bitcoin Mining Council Protest ‘Misleading’ Letter Sent to EPA

Blockworks | David Canellis  | May 5, 2022 Letters sent to the EPA have deepened battle lines between crypto critics and proponents over Bitcoin’s environmental impact Bitcoin industry advocates responded this week to a letter submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency by Rep. Jared Huffman, D-Calif., and signed by a total of 23 Democratic members


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67% of top 1000 US Websites Violate EU’s General Data Protection Law (GDPR)

PYMNTS | Mar 31, 2022 The European Union has passed several laws aimed at providing digital identity protection, among them the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which went into effect in 2018. Among the biggest violators of these protocols? American websites. According to one study, 67% of the top 1,000 websites in the United States


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7 Essential Ingredients of an (Open) Metaverse Framework

a16z | Liz Harkavy, Eddy Lazzarin, Arianna Simpson  | May 10, 2022 There has been a lot of buzz about “the metaverse” since its coinage in the ‘90s, but especially during the pandemic (given the surge in online activity), and even more so after Facebook changed its name to Meta. In many ways, the metaverse


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Terra Networks’ Stablecoin Loses Dollar Peg (again) Dives 45% (Update: to near zero) Adding More Pressure on Bitcoin

Market Insider | Weilun Soon | May 10, 2022 Terra Network's luna token plunged by as much as 61% on Tuesday, after sister stablecoin TerraUSD lost its peg to the dollar for the second time in as many days. TerraUSD is an algorithmic stablecoin whose value is fixed to $1. Unlike traditional stablecoins that are


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Here’s why women have a harder time building wealth

Inflation is making it harder to get by without a six-figure salary. But most high earners are men, research shows.

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NEO Financial Surpasses 1 Million Customers, Closes CA$185M Series C at Unicorn Valuation

TechCrunch | Mary Ann Azevedo | May 5, 2022 Canadian digital bank Neo Financial has raised $145.2 million (CAN$185 million) after surpassing the 1 million customer mark, the company announced today. Valar Ventures led the investment, which brings Neo’s total funding to $234.7 million (CAN $299 million) since its 2019 inception, and values the company at


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Here are some key things financial advisors would tell their younger selves

Even for people who go on to become financial advisors, it's not always easy to get money matters exactly right when you're just getting started with adulthood.

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BIS Update: 2021 Survey Results on Central Bank Digital Currencies, ‘Gaining Momentum’

BIS | Anneke Kosse and Ilaria Mattei | May 6, 2022 Most central banks are now exploring central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), and more than a quarter of them are developing or running concrete pilots, according to the latest survey from the Bank for International Settlements. The fifth annual report on central bank engagement with


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Economist Webinar (May 24): Bank or Pay? Digital Competition in the Fintech Ecosystem

Economist | May 9, 2022 Covid-19 has been a trigger for digital acceleration in almost every industry. Technology has forced financial institutions—under mounting pressure from new competitors such as fintechs and large tech companies—to make or propose regulatory, operational and customer-centric changes.  Bankers echoed that sentiment in a recent EIU survey, where they were most


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Goldman Sachs is shrinking its SPAC business amid regulatory crackdown and market turmoil

Goldman is scaling back its business in SPACs as blank-check deals got caught in a double whammy of regulatory crackdown and tough market environment.

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As stocks tumble, this tax play offers a silver lining

Tax-loss harvesting is a way for people to salvage a benefit from losing investments like stocks.

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Price dips in bitcoin and ethereum may offer investors a chance to get into cryptocurrencies

Price dips in bitcoin and ethereum may offer some investors a chance to get into crypto. Here's what you need to know.

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