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Mastercard has agreed to acquire blockchain analytics start-up CipherTrace, in the latest sign of how major companies are warming to cryptocurrencies.

Even though most employers provide some sort of matching contribution to their workers' 401(k)s, fewer than a third award immediate ownership of the money.

Continuing the expanded credit beyond 2021 would slash child poverty to 8.4% from 14.2%, a roughly 40% fall, according to a study from the Urban Institute.

Crowdfund Insider | Kelsey Chase | Sep 8, 2021 In 2010, venture capital investors poured $21.8 billion into startups. Fast forward a decade to 2020 when well over 500 “supergiant” funding rounds of $100 million+ were raised, totaling $142 billion. In early 2021, even as global economies fought to shake off the effects of the

JDSupra | King & Spalding | Sep 1, 2021 Even those who are most suspicious of the rise of cryptocurrency will likely admit that the underlying blockchain technology and its potential uses are exciting. One use of this technology, decentralized finance, or DeFi, is on the cusp of major growth. Regulators are aware of this

Americans who applied for federal benefits weeks or months ago can still get them past the Labor Day expiration date.

Yahoo Finance | Ben Bain and Matt Robinson | Sep 5, 2021 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler just put the cryptocurrency industry on notice of how far the regulator will to go to tame a market he’s labeled the wild west of finance. In threatening to sue Coinbase Global Inc.

Crowdfund Insider | JD Alois | Sep 6, 2021 In a speech delivered at the Cambridge International Symposium on Economic Crime, FCA and PSR Chair Charles Randall discussed some hot topics in the financial services sector – fraud and scams. More specifically, crypto scams and the regulation of digital assets or tokens. See:  Moody’s says

You're more likely to remember your investing wins than your losses. Here's how to make sure those blind spots don't lead you astray.

The top 1% of Americans may be avoiding as much as $163 billion in annual taxes, according to a report from the U.S. Department of the Treasury.

Paxos | Dan Burstein | Jul 21, 2021 Dan Burstein is the General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of Paxos I have been reading with a combination of disbelief and exasperation the recent claims by Circle that “USDC has become the world’s most trusted and well-regulated dollar digital currency,” as well as claims by Tether

Coinbase could be going to court against the SEC as the regulatory agency notified the crypto exchange of its plans to sue over its interest earning product.

Quarterly tax payments are due on Sept. 15 for self-employed workers, small business owners, investors and other filers. Here’s how to avoid penalties.

Some flooded cars may have the damage noted on their title, although not all do — which makes it important to carefully vet a used car's history.

Deciding whether to bring in an investor to your business, and how to find one, isn't easy.