Beast Industries, a financial entity tied to YouTube star MrBeast, has agreed to acquire fintech startup Step for an undisclosed amount. Beast Industries is the holding company behind MrBeast’s consumer brands, including packaged snack brand Feastables, and manages business ventures outside his wildly popular YouTube channel, which has more than 466 million subscribers. The acquisition
Crypto traders have reduced expectations for a Fed rate cut this year as betting markets recalibrate following President Donald Trump’s nomination of Kevin Warsh as Federal Reserve chair. The shift reflects uncertainty over future monetary policy and debate over whether Warsh would support rate cuts or maintain a restrictive stance. This is significant as more
Crypto stocks, including digital asset treasury (DAT), exchanges, and miners, have plunged this year as Bitcoin and most altcoins imploded. Bitcoin price plunged to $60,000, while most altcoins fell to their multi-year lows. This article explores some of the top crypto stocks to watch this week. Coinbase stock in focus ahead of earnings Copy link
Digital asset treasury strategies are evolving as cryptocurrency markets continue to mature. What once focused primarily on holding a small number of major tokens as long-term reserves is gradually shifting toward more structured approaches that balance growth exposure, diversification, and income predictability. In earlier stages of crypto adoption, treasury management was largely straightforward. Companies and
Apollo Global Management is on the verge of finalizing a $3.4 billion loan for an investment vehicle that plans to buy Nvidia AI chips and lease them to xAI, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company. That’s according to a person familiar with the deal, who allegedly spoke to The Information. The agreement could be wrapped up
The resignation of Marco Lavagna, the head of Argentina’s statistics institute, has put the inflation index in the public eye. The resignation comes after Milei’s government delayed the implementation of a new inflation index, which could alter the figures this year. Argentina’s Statistics Chief Resigns Over New Inflation Index Delays Argentina’s inflation miracle is in
Strategy (formerly MicroStrategy) has been using its X marketing budget to advertise STRC, its quasi-pegged, 11.25% dividend-yielding preferred share. Unfortunately, that expensive, direct response ad campaign didn’t yield any results for shareholders last week. For the week of February 2-8, Strategy didn’t sell any new shares of STRC nor any other preferred shares. It only
Alphabet Inc. is raising $15 billion in the US corporate bond market this week, part of a sweeping financing strategy to support its record-breaking $185 billion capital expenditure plan for artificial intelligence. According to a Bloomberg report, the offering includes seven tranches and has attracted more than $100 billion in demand. The longest tranche, maturing in
As of December 2025, American companies Visa and Mastercard are processing nearly two-thirds of card payments in the Eurozone, and Europe is finally sick of it. If things ever get ugly(ier) between the U.S. and Europe, the people here could find themselves locked out of their own money. Martina Weimert, who runs the European Payments