Figure Technology Solutions, Core Scientific, and Globant are the three Blockchain stocks to watch today, according to MarketBeat’s stock screener tool. Blockchain stocks are shares of publicly traded companies whose business, products, or revenue streams are materially tied to blockchain technology or cryptocurrencies — for example, blockchain developers, miners, crypto exchanges, chipmakers, or firms building [...]
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US November trade balance -56.8B vs -40.5B expectedUS initial jobless claims 209K vs 205K expectedAtlanta Fed GDPNow 4.2% vs 5.4% previouslyTrump says he will work in a bipartisan way to avoid US government shutdownTrump says Fed chair decision coming next weekIt's the seventh-worst day in MSFT stock historyUS November factory orders +2.7% vs +1.6% expectedBOC governor Macklem says there is no easy way to manage uncertainty from Trump policiesMarkets:Gold flat at $5400US 10-year yields down 2.2 bps to 4.23%WTI crude oil up $2.65 to $65.86Bitcoin down $5600 to $83,688CAD leads, GBP lagsS&P 500 down 33 points to 6944It was a crazy day in the gold market as we got a new record at $5575 in Asia followed by an incredible rout in US trading in a swift move to $5100 in about 30 minutes. It wasn't done there as gold bounced and then slowly formed a base to climbe all the way to $5400 late in the day to finish virtually flat. Silver went on a similarly wild ride.When gold broke down we also saw a big wave of US dollar buying but that also proved mostly fleeting in volatile trade.It was no different in stock markets as Meta rose 10% and Microsoft fell by 12% in its seventh-worst day ever. Both the moves followed earnings reports that weren't all that surprising. The intense volatility across asset classes speaks to leverage and an uncertain market.Economic data added to the questions as the US trade deficit in November nearly doubled, leading to a rapid drop in the Atlanta Fed GDPNow tracker. Eyes are on Congres as well for another potential shutdown on the weekend. A vote in the Senate failed today but negotiatins continued and Trump highlighted bipartisan negotiations, saying he didn't want a shutdown. That's different rhetoric than in the autumn, when he seemingly wanted a long shutdown.Earnings after the bell include Apple and Visa. This article was written by Adam Button at investinglive.com.
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The New York Stock Exchange is preparing for a future where stocks and other financial instruments can exist as blockchain based tokens. While tokenization is often framed as a way to speed up settlement and reduce costs, it also introduces a more complex challenge for regulators and market participants: how to protect sensitive trading and identity data while preserving the transparency required for market oversight.Tokenization would move parts of today's market infrastructure onto distributed ledgers. That shift forces regulators to rethink long standing assumptions about surveillance, record keeping and data protection. Unlike traditional trading systems, blockchain ledgers can make transaction activity visible by default. This creates potential conflicts with privacy laws in both the United States and Europe, as well as with financial market rules enforced by the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.As the NYSE explores tokenized settlement and trading models, privacy is becoming a core design question rather than a secondary feature.Tokenization Meets Privacy LawPrivacy regulation was not built with blockchains in mind. In Europe, the General Data Protection Regulation places strict limits on how personal data can be collected, stored and disclosed. In the United States, laws such as the California Consumer Privacy Act aim to give consumers more control over how their information is used, while financial regulations impose their own confidentiality obligations on brokers and exchanges.Tokenized securities complicate that framework. Ownership records, transfers and settlement events could be written to a ledger that is shared across institutions or, in some designs, visible to a much broader audience. That raises the question of whether trading activity itself could become a form of personal data.Katherine Kirkpatrick, General Counsel at StarkWare, argues that the regulatory challenge is no longer just about monitoring financial crime but also about reducing unnecessary exposure of sensitive information."There is a growing recognition that regulators need to protect personal data just as much as they need to monitor financial activity," Kirkpatrick said. "Americans are now receiving data breach notices almost routinely, which creates a regulatory imperative to reduce large centralized stores of sensitive information. Privacy technology offers a way to limit exposure while still allowing lawful access through mechanisms like viewing keys, where transaction data can remain private to the public but be disclosed to regulators when legally required."That shift reflects a broader regulatory reality. As financial activity becomes more digital and more automated, the risk profile changes. Large centralized databases of customer and transaction data have become prime targets for cyberattacks. Tokenization, if designed carefully, could reduce that risk by distributing sensitive data and limiting how much information is visible by default.SEC And FINRA Face Structural QuestionsFor U.S. financial regulators, the challenge is ...Full story available on Benzinga.com
Vizsla Silver Corp (TSE:VZLA – Get Free Report)’s share price dropped 15.9% on Thursday . The company traded as low as C$7.66 and last traded at C$7.79. Approximately 2,537,928 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 80% from the average daily volume of 1,411,647 shares. The stock had previously closed at C$9.26. Wall Street [...]
Chesterfield Resources plc (LON:CHF – Get Free Report) rose 3.8% on Thursday . The company traded as high as GBX 1.20 and last traded at GBX 1.09. Approximately 1,458,647 shares traded hands during mid-day trading, an increase of 174% from the average daily volume of 531,533 shares. The stock had previously closed at GBX 1.05. [...]
Shares of Seabridge Gold, Inc. (NYSE:SA – Get Free Report) (TSE:SEA) saw unusually-strong trading volume on Thursday . Approximately 2,323,537 shares changed hands during trading, an increase of 85% from the previous session’s volume of 1,258,022 shares.The stock last traded at $32.7230 and had previously closed at $34.64. Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades SA has been [...]
ProShares Ultra Bitcoin ETF (NYSEARCA:BITU – Get Free Report)’s share price fell 10.5% on Thursday . The company traded as low as $19.91 and last traded at $20.0040. 5,472,954 shares were traded during trading, an increase of 12% from the average session volume of 4,900,364 shares. The stock had previously closed at $22.34. ProShares Ultra [...]
Gold dropped over 4% on Thursday as investors took profits after a record high, yet prices remained on course for their best month since the 1980s amid heightened economic and geopolitical uncertainty.