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The cryptocurrency market has experienced a massive drawdown. A report from QCP Group, a prominent Singaporean digital asset trading firm, directly links the crash to aggressive selling by Jump Trading.

Federal Reserve economist Claudia Sahm has expressed concerns that while the US isn't currently in a recession, it is alarmingly close. She predicts that central bank policymakers might need to adjust their strategies in response to the increasing risks. On Bloomberg Television’s Bloomberg Surveillance program, Sahm commented on the unexpected rise in the unemployment rate in July’s employment report, noting that this trend is historically consistent with the early stages of a recession. Although she acknowledged that the US might not be in a recession yet, the situation is precariously close. The report revealed a significant slowdown in US hiring and an increase in the unemployment rate to 4.3%. This caused the three-month moving average to exceed the 12-month low by half a percentage point, activating the Sahm Rule. Sahm developed this statistical measure to guide fiscal policymakers on when to stimulate the economy to counteract a recession.

In a crash that traders are referring to as “Crypto Black Monday”, a global stock market rout has sent the price of major cryptocurrencies careening lower, with the Bitcoin (BTC) price at one point dropping below $50,000 for the first time in February.

Two violent incidents occurred at separate restaurants in Chicago, Illinois over the weekend. At a McDonald's, three people were injured when an offender was refused free food. Credit: FOX 32 Chicago

Digital asset investment products saw outflows amounting to $528 million last week, marking the first downturn in four weeks.

Travel expert Lee Abbamonte joins ‘The Big Money Show’ to discuss Americans traveling to other countries where the dollar carries more weight.

The Federal Reserve issues its latest snapshot of consumer borrowing on Wednesday

The slump in private equity returns has increasingly pushed US pensions and endowments to lean on an old and familiar investment: Stocks.

Mint looks at the reasons behind the global ‘stockocalypse’: Global markets were in a sea of red, led by Japan, where the benchmark Nikkei tumbled 12.40%, marking its largest one-day fall since ‘Black Monday’ in October 1987. The broader Topix index crashed 12.48%. Such was the intensity of the selloff that circuit breakers temporarily halted trading of futures for the Topix as well as the Nikkei 225.

Olympic medal podium is no longer a given for U.S. swimmers. Nine days of thrilling competition at La Defense Arena wrapped up Sunday night with the Americans barely pulling out the lead in the gold medal standings thanks to a victory in the final race. The U.S. finished with just eight golds, its fewest since the 1988 Seoul Games and one ahead of its biggest rival, Australia.

Japan's Nikkei 225 index nosedived on Monday (5 August) by as almost 13%, having dropped 5.9% before the weekend in its biggest two-day slump on record, according to data from MarketWatch. The fall comes amid concerns over a US recession after traders reacted to lower-than-expected employment figures from the world's largest economy on Friday (2 August), which collided with worries from investors and analysts that the US Federal Reserve may have delayed beginning its rate cutting regime for too long.  Market Movers Blog: Concerns over US recession lead to global stock slump Elsewhe...

Americans are finding it harder save in the current economic climate with back-to-school costs adding to the challenge.

Jim Rogers, Commodity Expert, says he has already sold most of his shares everywhere in the world. In a few places, he still has shares. So, he does not have anything that he wants to sell now because he has a lot of cash in US dollars right now. But he says he has not sold short. But if he ever starts selling short, he will sell seven or eight stocks in the US that have been so very hot. But he will not sell India short. He would rather sell the US short. Rogers also says when markets go down, everything goes down including gold and silver. Rogers owns gold and silver but he is not buying now. He is waiting for a better chance. While looking at the markets, everybody is saying that, oh, my God, have financial markets turned? Are we staring at what could be called a directional turn for financial markets or this is like a one-day sell-off or a one-week sell-off which would be digested? Jim Rogers: The US market has not had a problem since 2008, 2009, that is the longest in American history. So, America and therefore, the world is long overdue for a problem. And I will say to you, I have a lot of cash. The reason I have a lot of cash is that I expect the next sell-off to be the worst in my lifetime because the debt has gone up by so very much everywhere. Even India has debt now. So, you should be worried. I am worried. I am waiting for this collapse to come because I know it is going to be very, very bad. Maybe it is here. I do not know.

Nifty on Monday almost tested the 50-day moving average of 23,840 as it fell to the day's low of 23,893.70 — courtesy index heavy weights Reliance Industries (RIL), HDFC Bank and Infosys. The 50-stock index, however, fell below its 30-DMA, replicating a rout in most Asian indices. While it managed to remain above its 50-DMA, 100-DMA, 150-DMA and 200-DMA, its sharp intraday fall dragged it below 5, 10, 20 and 30 DMAs.

Senators Catherine Cortez Masto of Nevada and Charles Grassley of Iowa have unveiled a new bill to increase the Secret Service’s authority to bolster the fight against cryptocurrency-related crimes.

While there are many ways to measure economic inequality, key metrics consistently show that disparities are getting worse. According to a recent United Nations report, 71% of the world’s population now live in countries where inequality has increased. Unsurprisingly, this includes India and China.

This figure was significantly below the average monthly gain of 215,000 over the previous 12 months. According to data released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics today (2 August), total nonfarm payrolls came in lower than anticipated, after economists surveyed by Factset estimated an 175,000 increase in July and the unemployment rate expected to hold at 4.1%.  Federal Reserve holds firm on bank rate as hopes of a September cut rise Healthcare employment continued to trend upwards, adding the most jobs of any sector in July at 55,000, just shy of the sector's average monthly gain...

Bitcoin’s price has continued to dip dramatically on Monday morning as it fell below $50,000, registering a staggering 20% decrease in the last 24 hours on the heels of global markets meltdown.

The Tokyo stock market witnessed a sharp plunge on Monday, with the Topix and Nikkei 225 Stock Average sliding by 12%, casting a shadow of uncertainty over global financial markets.

Byju Raveendran has filed a caveat before the Supreme Court against its US-based creditor Glas Trust Company LLC over the order passed by the insolvency appellate tribunal NCLAT. The caveat was filed before the apex court on August 3, a day after the National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT) passed an order restoring the board of edtech major after setting aside insolvency proceedings against it. Glas Trust has opposed the Rs 158.9 crore dues settlement with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) alleging the money paid by Riju Raveendran (brother of Byju Raveendran) was tainted and was a case of «round-tripping». Anticipating the US-based creditor would challenge the NCLAT order before the Supreme Court, Byju Raveendran had filed a caveat requesting to be heard before the apex court passes any order on a plea filed by the US-based creditors.

₹25 trillion. And Buffett isn't just sitting on it; he's earning significant interest income from US government bonds. As the Oracle of Omaha sits on this colossal pile of cash, the financial world is abuzz with speculation.