Bloomberg ETF analyst James Seyffart advises caution against being overly optimistic about a potential XRP ETF approval.  Grayscale Files to Convert Its XRP Trust to an ETF  Earlier this week, popular crypto asset manager Grayscale Investments joined the list of prospective issuers seeking to launch a spot exchange-traded fund (ETF) tied to XRP.  Grayscale submitted

This afternoon, the S&P 500 Index ($SPX) (SPY) is down -0.48%, the Dow Jones Industrials Index ($DOWI) (DIA) is down -0.71%, and the Nasdaq 100 Index ($IUXX) (QQQ) is up -0.36%.   Stocks are moving lower this afternoon, after the Dow Jones Industrials posted an 8-week high earlier this morning.   Apple is down more than -1.5% after reporting earnings yesterday. Walgreens Boots

President Donald Trump has only been in office a few days, but he hit the ground running. He’s already made good on some of his campaign trail promises via executive orders. But so far, there hasn’t been any movement on his pledge to eliminate the Social Security benefit taxes that many seniors pay. He’ll need

AUD/USD hovers above 0.6200, defending mild bids amid US tariff concerns and weak Chinese data. US PCE data showed no surprises, Fed remains cautious. RBA dovish bets continue to pressure the pair. The Australian Dollar clings to mild gains on Friday, trading around 0.6215 after briefly touching a two-week low. The pair remains under pressure

Keith Siegel became the first American hostage released Saturday. AP American-Israeli Keith Siegel was released by Hamas Saturday morning in the latest hostage-for-prisoner swaps — making him the first US citizen freed by the terror group under the ongoing cease-fire deal.  Siegel was released just before 10:30 a.m. local time when the Red Cross organized

Updated [hour]:[minute] [AMPM] [timezone], [monthFull] [day], [year]   NEW DELHI (AP) — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government presented an annual budget to Parliament on Saturday that focused on wooing the salaried middle class with tax cuts and spurring economic growth by boosting agriculture and manufacturing. In her budget speech, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said

Wild verbal battles in the Bundestag, loud demonstrations on the streets, talk of betrayal and of taboos being broken: it has been an extraordinary few days in German politics. On Friday, parliament narrowly rejected a bill to significantly tighten asylum laws with supporting votes from conservative Christian Democrats and Christian Socialists (CDU/CSU), the far-right Alternative for