A bitcoin logo on a mobile phone. Omar Marques | SOPA Images, LightRocket | Getty Images Bitcoin skyrocketed close to $13,000 on Wednesday, notching a 17-month high and continuing a stunning turnaround for the cryptocurrency in 2019. The digital currency surged as high as $12,919 in early morning trade, according to CoinDesk’s bitcoin price index,
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell stressed the central bank’s independence in a speech Tuesday that comes amid continuous pressure from the White House to cut interest rates. He spoke during a event at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that investors were watching closely for clues about the direction of monetary policy. His
Source: Evercore ISI President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping are expected to meet at this week’s G-20 summit in Japan and the stakes for Wall Street are high. The two leaders are expected to discuss the ongoing U.S. China trade war. Talks of a possible trade deal fell through back in May after
Tom Blomfield | Monzo Monzo U.K. online bank Monzo has raised £113 million ($144 million) in a fresh round of funding led by the U.S. start-up accelerator Y Combinator. Y Combinator, which has helped create companies such as Airbnb and Stripe, invested in Monzo through its Continuity Fund, which focuses on late-stage start-ups. Monzo is