Accounting, Economics & Finance
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A SPAC Built to Bridge the Gap between North America and Asia
Korean Johnson MBA alumni combined their financial expertise to launch a SPAC targeting breakthrough life-science and sustainable technology in Asia.
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Competing in the Cornell Undergraduate Stock Pitch Challenge: A Deep Dive into Equity Research
Students from across the country advanced their equity research skills by competing in the 11th Annual Cornell Undergraduate Stock Pitch Challenge.
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Bitcoin drops below $43,000 on El Salvador’s first day using it
Fintech expert Professor Will Cong comments on Bitcoin’s value drop, an event that happened on El Salvador’s first day of using the cryptocurrency as legal tender.
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The Brutal Truth About Bitcoin
Professor Eswar Prasad authors a New York Times op-ed on the consequences of bitcoin and cryptocurrency technologies.
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Five myths about cryptocurrency
In his Washington Post op-ed, Professor Eswar Prasad says the ingenious technological innovations underpinning cryptocurrencies will transform the nature of money and finance.
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Research: Regulation is vital for future of cryptocurrency industry
Regulation and regulatory policy play a critical role in the health and longevity of cryptocurrency markets.
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Crypto Exchanges Usher in Era of Round-the-Clock Stock Trading
“It seems to me that this is a competition among new and old exchanges,” Professor Will Cong tells Bloomberg Wealth.
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He just spent $69 million on a digital piece of art. It’s not his first Beeple.
“Think about how traditional art pieces are hard to trade,” Professor Will Cong tells the Washington Post. “That is solved after the ownership can be easily divided and traded.”
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Democrats Question Game-Like Trading Apps at House Hearing
“These online brokers use prompts, push notifications and other nudges for the purpose of eliciting a specific behavior: increased trading by the investor,” Professor Vicki Bogan said at the House Financial Services Committee Meeting on GameStop.