A Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It helped me. | TechCrunch

A Minecraft YouTuber raised $1,234,567 for a meme prediction market called Giggles. It helped me. | TechCrunch

I can’t say with 100% certainty that nineteen-year-old Justin Jin isn’t playing a good joke on me. In his defense, Jin Giggles’ company – which he describes as “a business app combined with TikTok” – started as a joke. “It was around 2023, when TikTok was rumored to be banned, and people were trying to … Read more

Jim Cramer’s top 10 things to watch in the stock market on Tuesday

Jim Cramer's top 10 things to watch in the stock market on Tuesday

My top 10 things to watch for Tuesday, April 7 1. Hopes are dwindling for a deal before President Donald Trump’s 8 pm ET deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face an energy plant and bridge bombings. Will Trump follow through on his threats? The market is worried, and the S … Read more

House Democrats are calling on the federal government to lower foreign market war chests

House Democrats are calling on the federal government to lower foreign market war chests

Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Mass., arrives at the House Democrats’ Capitol meeting on Thursday, Nov. 15. 2018. Bill Clark | CQ-Roll Call Group | Getty Images A group of House Democrats pressed the Commodity Futures Trading Commission in a letter sent on Monday evening about why the agency did not suffer bets placed on war and … Read more

Blockbuster SpaceX’s listing could breathe oxygen into a weak IPO market

Knocking on the door of Wall Street's most exclusive club

The SpaceX IPO may dominate the market, halting another listing Mega deal to test market depth The Musk factor attracts the most attention, analysts say Broad revival of IPO market could be delayed until 2027, experts warn April 7 (Reuters) – As Elon Musk’s SpaceX closes in on a $75 billion IPO that could rewrite … Read more

The Iran war raises the housing market for the year. Here’s what real estate agents see

The Iran war raises the housing market for the year. Here's what real estate agents see

FILE PHOTO: A for sale sign is displayed for a home in Encinitas, California, US July 25, 2025. Mike Blake | Reuters A version of this article originally appeared on CNBC Property Play by Diana Olick. Property Play offers new and developing opportunities for real estate investors, from individuals to corporate investors, private equity funds, … Read more

No One Knows How to File Taxes on Prediction Market Wins

No One Knows How to File Taxes on Prediction Market Wins

How are you doing? file tax on market capitalization in advance? It seems like the kind of question any decent reporter should answer. However, it is now a conundrum for tax professionals across the country. “You have a leeway,” says Patrick Camuso, an accountant who specializes in digital assets. “It puts the taxpayer at a … Read more

The last time the Stock Market was very expensive, it was down almost 50%. | The Motley Fool

S&P 500 Shiller CAPE Ratio Chart

The S&P 500 (^ GSPC + 0.22%) reported a price-to-earnings (CAPE) ratio of 39.2 in February. If that number means nothing to you, here’s the bottom line: The S&P 500 only set its highest CAPE ratio since the dot-com fall of 2000. The S&P 500 lost 49% of its value over the next two and … Read more

New Jersey can’t regulate Kalshi’s prediction market, US appeals court rules

Nate Raymond

The CFTC has exclusive jurisdiction over Kalshi sports event contracts, the court rules The ruling marks the first federal appeals decision regarding state vs. federal regulation of prediction markets The dissenting judge said that Kalshi’s offerings were similar to conventional gambling April 6 (Reuters) – A state appeals court ruled on Monday that New Jersey … Read more

The Fed has two tools to influence financial market conditions – Liberty Street Economics

A picture of the Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC

Adam Copeland and Owen Engbretson The Federal Reserve’s 2022-23 tightening cycle includes the use of two monetary policy tools: changes in policy rates and changes in the size of its balance sheet. This post highlights the results of a recent Labor Report that examines how these instruments affect financial market conditions. Using trade-level private data, … Read more

The job market is very difficult, young people struggle to find internships CNN Business

Muneeb Iqbal

Washington – Muneeb Iqbal will graduate with a master’s degree in integrated design, business and technology from the University of Southern California next month, but he has no job or formal internship training, despite the 4,000 applications he made last year. The 23-year-old told CNN that he noticed on LinkedIn that many of the entry-level … Read more