State Texas Financial News
03.07 / 02:47
UPS
Target
Reuters
Manufacturing
RIG
Oil prices
Oil prices slip on global economic slowdown fears
Oil prices slipped in early Asian trade on Monday as global macroeconomic headwinds and possible further interest rate hikes from the U.S. Federal Reserves offset forecasts of tighter supplies amid OPEC+ cuts. Brent crude futures dropped 20 cents, or 0.3%, to $75.21 a barrel by 0044 GMT after settling up 0.8% on Friday.
02.07 / 12:33
UPS
Lowe's
Target
Reuters
CEO
Platform
Action
Weekly
Energy & precious metals - weekly review and outlook
Investing.com — It’s here: The July oil bulls have been waiting for. The July the Saudi oil minister plans to make a difference with, via an additional million barrels per day in output cuts. The July where some of the most optimistic forecasters for crude think it could set highs of $90 or more for a barrel of Brent.
01.07 / 19:05
UPS
Target
Extreme
Southern
Mercantile
Natural Gas Bulls Bet on July Revival as Heat, Grills Turn Up
Geert Rouwenhorst, the Yale professor who grandfathered the theory of commodity index investing, used to get plenty of laughs from his audience when he’d tell them that many didn’t know the correlation between pork belly futures and natural gas until they began barbecuing.
01.07 / 17:59
Citi
FIVE
BLOCK
Parke
Shell
events
Weekend
Fourth of July weekend planner: Check upcoming events throughout the upcoming long-weekend
place. Meanwhile, those eyeing Fireworks Spectacular ahead, the DCR Hatch Shell on the Esplanade in Boston will host the 2023 edition of the Boston Pops Fireworks Spectacular. The much-anticipated annual concert will commence at 8 pm, followed by a 30-minute fireworks show starting at 10:30 pm.
01.07 / 11:27
FIVE
Reuters
Aware
Manufacturing
CEO
Tesla
Highways
Standard
EV charging firms oppose Texas' 'premature' plan to mandate Tesla standard
Tesla technology in charging stations, saying it is «premature,» according to a document seen by Reuters and a source aware of the matter. Reuters reported last week that Texas would require charging companies to include both Tesla's North American Charging Standard (NACS) as well as the nationally recognized rival Combined Charging Standard (CCS) technology to be eligible for a state program to electrify highways using federal dollars.
30.06 / 09:05
UPS
Manufacturing
Oil prices
Oil prices muted after weak Chinese PMIs, Brent set for positive June
Investing.com — Oil prices kept to a tight range on Friday as soft Chinese data pointed to persistent economic headwinds in the world’s largest oil importer, although Brent was still on course for its first positive month in 2023.
30.06 / 09:05
28.06 / 09:23
Bitcoin miners
Texas Bitcoin Miners Scale Back Operations Amidst Heat Wave
Bitcoin (BTC) miners in Texas have halted operations after a heat wave and subsequent surge in elcetricity price put the state's power grid under pressure.
27.06 / 16:31
27.06 / 06:51
business
Blockchain
Adoption
Mining
Bitcoin
Riot
2024
Riot Platforms
Riot Platforms to add 33,000 Bitcoin miners ahead of 2024 halving
Riot Platforms — one of the world’s largest Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies — has bought 33,280 “next-generation” Bitcoin miners for its Texas facility, costing $162.9 million.
22.06 / 18:51
Mining
Core Scientific
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Miner
Bankrupt Bitcoin Miner Core Scientific Presents Chapter 11 Plan, Optimistic of Successful Revival
The troubled US-based Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific has filed its reorganization plan under Chapter 11 of the US bankruptcy law, and now plans to convert debt to equity for creditors.
22.06 / 14:49
Law
regulation
SEC
FTX
lawmaker
Fried
Sam
US lawmaker demands answers from SEC on docs related to Sam Bankman-Fried's arrest
Michigan Representative Bill Huizenga, who chairs the United States House Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee, has called out the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for its failure to produce appropriate documents related to the timing of the charges and arrest of former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried.
21.06 / 09:01
business
Technology
Mining
Bankruptcy
Bitcoin
Bitcoin Miner
Bitcoin miner Core Scientific files its Chapter 11 plan
A Chapter 11 plan for bankrupt Bitcoin (BTC) miner Core Scientific has been filed in line with its Chapter 11 proceedings.
20.06 / 17:09
20.06 / 00:37
Provident
CBDC
Digital
Citizens
CEO
IMF
IMF Is Working Hard on a Global CBDC Concept, Director Georgieva Said: Bloomberg News
International Monetary Fund Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said that the agency is “working hard on a concept of global infrastructure” to make sure there is interoperability of settlements between digital currencies that are issued by national central banks, according to Bloomberg News.
16.06 / 22:19
business
Blockchain
Ethereum
defi
regulation
Scams
Fraud
On-chain sleuth ZachXBT sued for libel after claiming plaintiff drained funds from project
Blockchain investigator ZachXBT has been sued for libel by one of the people he accused of fraud, according to a June 16 social media post. According to the post, Jeffrey Huang, known as “MachiBigBrother” on Twitter, has accused ZachXBT of damaging his reputation through false allegations.
16.06 / 14:11
regulation
ABRA
Texas State Securities Board Takes Enforcement Action Against Crypto Firm Abra and CEO Bill Barhydt – What's Going On?
The Texas State Securities Board has issued an emergency cease-and-desist order against crypto lender Abra, claiming that it has been insolvent since at least March 31, 2023.
16.06 / 04:27
business
Law
regulation
ABRA
Crypto lender Abra has been insolvent since March, says Texas regulator
Crypto lending firm Abra, which once handled more than $116 million in assets, had allegedly committed securities fraud and has been insolvent since March 31, according to Texas regulators.
16.06 / 02:45
CBDC
Adoption
Digital Currency
privacy
Privacy should be considered in ‘potential retail CBDC’ — Treasury official
Privacy and the ability to transact anonymously should be considerations in the design of a digital dollar, a United States Treasury official has said.
13.06 / 20:13
CBDC
Digital
Treasury
The US Treasury Is Looking Into Privacy in Studying the Potential of a CBDC, Official Says
The US Department of the Treasury is looking into privacy behind the potential of a future retail central bank digital currency, a Treasury official said on Tuesday.
30.05 / 14:39
Government
Law
regulation
us government
Bitcoin
What the ‘anti-mining bill’ means for the crypto industry in Texas
In late April, over a hundred people gathered near the Texas Capitol building to protest.
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