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NYCE formally announced Wednesday a record-breaking $1.31-million raise, as well as the signing of a deal to go public with blockchain-powered alternative trading system tZero Group Inc (OTC:TZROP), a subsidiary of Medici Ventures, the venture capital arm of Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ: OSTK). What...

A massive delta exists between public and private assets. That’s according to Solomon Tesfaye, the vice president of business development and capital markets at tZero Group Inc, a subsidiary of Medici Ventures, the venture capital arm of Overstock.com Inc (NASDAQ: OSTK). After spending a...

Cryptocurrencies and related stocks are on a tear Tuesday despite some negative news in the sector, a demonstration of strong investor preference for the asset class. Bitcoin, the mother of all digital currencies, steamrolled to another record. Tether, which promotes a dollar-pegged cryptocurrency...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and LinkedIn (NYSE: LNKD) bucked the trend toward declining short interest in early July. Short sellers shied away from Angie's List (NASDAQ: ANGI), Facebook (NASDAQ: FB),...

Among the leading social media companies based in the United States, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Pandora Media (NYSE: P) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR) saw significant upswings in short interest in late June. The number of shares short in Angie's List, Groupon, LinkedIn, United Online and Yelp also grew between...

This was full of big news. Highlights include the silk road auction winner, the first e-commerce-enabled newspaper, enhanced security, and ongoing bitcoin mainstreaming. Tim Draper wins U.S. Marshal's Silk Road Auction Venture Capitalist Tim Draper won the U.S. Marshal's 29,656...

X Prize Founder: Bitcoin Moving to Disruptive Phase Peter Diamandis wrote why bitcoin will be entering the disruptive phase in 2014 and 2015 before hitting mass adoption in 2016. He is accepting bitcoin for his Abundance 360 CEO Summit and he is trading in his gold for bitcoin. Diamandis...

Internet companies are often a magnet for short sellers. Recent short interest is recapped below, with a close up look at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (A shares) and Twitter (NYSE: TWTR). Among the leading internet companies based in the United States, eBay, Google (A shares) and...

Among U.S.-based internet companies, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Yelp (NYSE: YELP) saw the largest upswings in short interest in early May. The number of shares short in Google(A shares), LinkedIn and Pandora Media grew more moderately between the April 30 and May 15...

eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), which apparently has successfully resisted Carl Icahn's pressure to spin off its PayPal unit, is scheduled to report its first-quarter 2014 results Tuesday, April 29, after the markets close. Investors will have an eye on the growth from eBay's core marketplaces business,...

Early March saw rising interest by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States. eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Groupon (NASDAQ: GRPN) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) led that trend. More modest short interest gains were seen in Facebook, Pandora Media and Twitter, while in Google...

Activist Investor Carl Icahn rattled the cage again last week at eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), one of his top stock picks at the moment, along with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Herbalife (NYSE: HLF) and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX). In his latest letter to eBay shareholders, Icahn said he had "not yet begun to fight...

Late January saw sizable retreats by short sellers in several social media companies based in the United States, including Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG). However, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) bucked that trend. The number of shares sold short in Groupon, Pandora Media, Yelp and Zynga...