Jaclyn Sienna India, founder of Sienna Charles. Anna Gunselman Text size Jaclyn Sienna India, founder of Sienna Charles, a membership-based travel company, helps wealthy travelers make their most majestic dreams come true, working with clients who typically have a net worth of over US$100 million. She has arranged a private breakfast on the top of … Read more
Hospitals and lawmakers are pressing the Biden administration to review federal pandemic-relief programs that they say have distorted pay rates for travel nurses. Some hospitals are using federal Covid-19 relief funds to cover part of the difference between rates for travel nurses and staff salaries. Health-industry trade groups and some members of Congress say staffing … Read more
Who will dominate Super Bowl LVI? Madison Avenue’s money is on crypto. The largest US-based exchange, Coinbase Global Inc., CORNER 1.45% will be running a spot, according to a person familiar with the matter, as well as exchanges FTX and Crypto.com. Canadian exchange Bitbuy has an ad during the Canada broadcast. Newsletter Sign-up The 10-Point. … Read more
Getty Images Cryptocurrencies have fallen in value from record highs late last year, but the crypto market is still worth more than Facebook. Some 17,000-plus digital coins are actively traded, with more than 400 exchanges on which to trade them. A crypto-focused exchange-traded fund (ETF) is in the works. And some 13% of Americans have … Read more
Getty Images If you’re not investing in cryptocurrencies yet but you’re curious about the digital coin space, welcome to the crypto-curious club. Gemini, one of the biggest crypto brokers, estimates that 63% of Americans are crypto-curious — a cohort that’s more than four times the size of actual crypto investors. A variety of reasons could … Read more
Text size Dreamstime Just about the entire cryptocurrency ecosystem has gotten washed out in the past week, as news of government crackdowns and other negative headlines have dominated the discussion. Not every corner has been plunging, however. One of the generally positive things about the decline in cryptocurrency values is that different assets are reacting … Read more
The last-place team in the English Premier League was at practice last week when the Burnley players noticed that things were a little sparse. There was more space in the locker room, fewer familiar faces running drills. Even picking teams for small-sided scrimmage was suddenly a challenge. That’s because only 10 members of Burnley’s 25-man … Read more
Photo: ozan kose/Agence France-Presse/Getty Images The cryptocurrency lobby plans to spend tens of millions of dollars this year helping its largest holders convert their holdings into actual money. They are looking for a way to spin their crypto straw into gold. Lawmakers and regulators should ignore the hype. Urging America to “lead in innovation,” crypto … Read more
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Project Syndicate)—Many countries’ governments, most notably China’s, are continuing to experiment with central bank digital currencies (CBDCs). Money 3.0 is moving full speed ahead, and with its recent white paper, titled “The US Dollar in the Age of Digital Transformation,” the Federal Reserve, a conspicuous laggard, has finally started to weigh in, if … Read more