According to Binance, the new offering would let users buy “stock tokens” – representing public companies’ shares or even fractions of shares.
“Stock tokens entitle the holders to gain economic exposure to the underlying shares in a convenient and trusted manner,” a Binance representative said in an email response on whether the stock tokens should be considered a security.
The process works like this: Once a Binance user opens a trade in stock tokens, a Swiss company called Digital Assets AG , on behalf of a German firm called CM-Equity AG, purchases the corresponding amount of the company’s shares.
While Binance’s new service may attract regulatory attention due to the exchange’s size, the effort isn’t the first of its kind.
The latest investment in Paxos underscores surging investor interest in crypto firms, which have seen their perceived value increase in lockstep with bitcoin’s rise.
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Kebab chef Kadir Oner hoped to boost his new business by accepting payment in cryptocurrencies, but a ban by Turkish authorities will force him next month to fall back on payment methods as traditional as his spit-roasted meat.
One surprising area to look for them is the realm of American Depository Receipts .
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Amid the economic rebound, companies ranging from Boston Beer Company Inc to toymaker Mattel Inc to appliance maker Whirlpool Corp have told investors that they expect the impact of higher costs on their businesses to be significant in the months ahead.
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The long-term plan was to invest enough in crypto that he could cash out of some of those investments, purchase real-estate assets and rent those out to earn additional income.
For the 2021 tax year, the child tax credit is upped from $2,000 to $3,000 per child.