What’s new TradFi futures on Kraken Pro lets eligible EU clients trade fixed-term contracts on major equity indices, commodities, and FX markets, using the same futures interface they already use for crypto. That means you can go long or short on the S&P 500, react to a gold spike after a Fed announcement, or hedge your crypto exposure with an oil contract, all without opening a new account or learning a new platform. Longer hours than traditional markets Equity markets close at 4pm. Kraken doesn’t. TradFi futures on Kraken follow the CME Group extended trading schedule: 23 hours a day,…
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When applying for a job, it’s important to know that First Advantage does contact your previous employers as part of their employment verification process. This step helps confirm key details about your work history, such as job titles and employment dates. Comprehending how this process works can help you prepare, ensuring that the information you provided matches what your former employers will share. But what happens if discrepancies arise? Key Takeaways Yes, First Advantage contacts previous employers to verify essential details like job titles, dates of employment, and company names. The employment verification process helps ensure accuracy and mitigate hiring…
Every time you unlock your smartphone or start your connected car, you are generating a trail of digital evidence that can be used to track your every move.In Your Data Will Be Used Against You: Policing in the Age of Self-Surveillance, just published by NYU Press, law professor Andrew Guthrie Ferguson exposes how the Internet of Things has quietly transformed into a vast surveillance network, turning our most personal devices into digital informants. The following excerpt explores the concept of “sensorveillance,” detailing the specific mechanisms—such as Google’s Sensorvault, geofence warrants, and vehicle telemetry—that allow law enforcement to repurpose consumer technology…
Michael Saylor’s Strategy bought 22,337 Bitcoin for about $1.57 billion last week, using a funding mix led by its variable-rate perpetual preferred stock, STRC.The March 16 announcement showed the company paid an average of $70,194 per Bitcoin in the purchase. The buy lifted Strategy’s holdings to 761,068 Bitcoin, valued at about $56.5 billion at prevailing prices, and ranked among the five largest single-week acquisitions in the company’s history.The financing mix carried the more important signal. Strategy sold 11.9 million STRC shares during the previous week for about $1.18 billion of proceeds, or roughly 75% of the cash used for the…
Subscribeto Bitfinex Alpha! Want to receive Alpha from Bitfinex every week? Subscribe Bitcoin is approaching this week’s FOMC meeting on March 18 with renewed momentum, and has decisively reclaimed the $70,000 level. While price has yet to secure a breakout above local range highs, the underlying structure has improved meaningfully. Four consecutive sessions of ETF inflows and persistent spot demand signal that institutional buyers are actively accumulating within the range, shifting the narrative from liquidation-driven volatility toward a more constructive absorption phase. Supporting this shift is the sharp rise in the Bitfinex Absorption-to-Emissions Ratio (AER), which now shows institutional demand…
by Ida Harris March 16, 2026 BLACK ENTERPRISE has done it again BLACK ENTERPRISE has done it again—presented a powerful Women of Power Summit. Like the 19 summits before it, the 2026 summit is one for the books. Over 1,500 powerful Black women executives, entrepreneurs, and visionaries held court at Bellagio Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, to celebrate 20 years of Women of Power. The entire week was loaded with powerful programming, including wellness, workshops, panels, coaching, networking—and partying with like minds. Megan Goode whipped out an incredible workout while Iyanla Vanzant dropped jewels. Jotaka Eaddy, Bozoma Saint…
Early in the Covid-19 pandemic, the governor of New Jersey made an unusual admission: He’d run out of COBOL developers. The state’s unemployment insurance systems were written in the 60-year-old programming language and needed to be updated to handle the hundreds of thousands of claims. Trouble was, few of the state’s employees knew how to do that. And the crisis went beyond New Jersey, just one of many states that depended on these unwieldy systems. By one rough calculation, COBOL’s inefficiencies cost the US GDP $105 billion in 2020.You might think New Jersey would have replaced its system after this—and…
Bitcoin is showing early signs of recovery after firmly holding a major confluence support zone. The strong reaction from this level suggests that buyers have stepped in to absorb selling pressure. With the market beginning to stabilize, attention is now turning to whether this defense could mark the start of a broader bullish reversal. How Bitcoin Defends Major Confluence Zone Bitcoin has successfully defended a major confluence zone and is beginning to show early signs of recovery. According to Cryptorphic, after consolidating around the 200-week EMA and the Weekly Fair Value Gap between $70,000 and $76,000, market behavior appears to…
For many crypto traders, turning trading profits into everyday spending power still involves multiple steps — moving funds between exchanges, wallets, and banking services before those assets can be used in the real world. Wirex is helping close that gap. Through its Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) platform, Wirex is powering the EVEDEX Card, a non-custodial debit card that allows traders on the EVEDEX hybrid exchange to spend their crypto balances globally while maintaining control of their assets. With the card accepted at 80+ million merchants across more than 130 countries, the partnership connects crypto trading activity directly to everyday payments. Connecting Crypto Trading With Real-World Spending EVEDEX…
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