BBB of the Mid-South: Cryptocurrency kiosks facilitate fraud
Cryptocurrency kiosks, sometimes called cryptocurrency ATMs or Bitcoin ATMs, look like traditional ATMs and allow customers to exchange cash for cryptocurrency. They’re often located in convenience stores and gas stations.
I wrote a column in 2024 describing how they were being used to facilitate scams. Crooks convince victims they need to send money for some reason and direct them to cryptocurrency kiosks to make the payment.
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Read MoreFederal Reserve interest rate hike may trigger another brutal move for US Treasury yields
More pain may be in store for the bond market at the hands of the Fed’s fresh interest rate hike if history is any guide.
Think 6% on the US Treasury yield, up from the already worrying level of 5% today.
Historically, the 10-year US Treasury yield has risen about 50 basis points on average in the first six months after the Fed began hiking rates when looking across tightening cycles since 1963,
Read MorePrediction: Tesla Stock Will Be Worth This Much in 2031
Has Tesla (TSLA +0.42%) lost its mojo? If you had invested in the stock shortly after its IPO in 2010 and held onto it until now, you would have earned outstanding returns. But in recent years, the electric vehicle (EV) maker hasn’t been nearly as impressive a performer —
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Read MoreNvidia (NVDA) Stock: Why UBS Believes the $5 Trillion Tech Leader Remains a Bargain
Key Takeaways
- UBS analysts believe Nvidia is underpriced based on their HOLT valuation model, projecting an 86% cash flow return on investment
- Shares opened Thursday at $213.90 and have traded sideways for three months,
AMD Is About to Become a Trillion-Dollar Stock as It Hikes Chip Prices 10%
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AMD raised chip prices 10% on AI accelerators, consumer GPUs, and chipsets, pushing its $992 billion market cap to the trillion-dollar threshold.
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AMD’s Data Center segment surged 107% to $6.7 billion in Q2, powered by multi-gigawatt GPU commitments from OpenAI, Meta, and Anthropic.
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Read MoreThe Burst
14 Billion Reasons To Avoid Fast Growth
It seems every generation needs to learn the same lesson the hard way. In 2000, when technology stocks were flying high but fundamentals failed to justify the valuations, the fear of missing out on big gains caused many to chase higher highs and regret it.
More recently, a similar type of investment, draped in narrative and shy on fundamentals,
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Read MoreThe Ivy
Will RingCentral Pay 100% Returns to New Buyers?
As business teams become increasingly global and remote, it can be a challenge to keep an enterprise connected. Teams often use multiple devices and various communication methods in a single session, for example video conferencing and instant messaging.
Unified communications is the integration of all those aspects across an organization, which can dramatically improve productivity and efficiency.
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
1 Smart Home Stock Growing Sales by 155%
Any discussion around the trials and tribulations of sharing a home includes a universal theme: finding common ground when it comes to differences in habits and pet peeves that spark frustration between spouses, partners, roommates, parents, and children. In households across the country and around the world, certain refrains can be heard again and again:
- Don’t touch the thermostat!
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