The Motley Fool

MARCH 27, 2024

The analysts recently revised their year-end price target to $90,000, up from $80,000, due to the tremendous demand for spot Bitcoin exchanged-traded funds (ETFs) and the impact of the halving event anticipated next month. Halving Date Price At Halving Price 24 Months Later Return November 2012 $12.35 $376.15

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2023

The easiest place to see this dynamic at work is with the imminent approval of the first-ever spot Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF) for the U.S. As soon as BlackRock , the largest asset manager in the world, filed its spot Bitcoin ETF application with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) back in June, the floodgates seemed to open.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 25, 2024

Tom Lee, managing partner and Head of Research at Fundstrat Global Advisors, believes the combination of recently approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs), the recent halving of Bitcoin block subsidies, and the eventual easing of monetary policy (lower interest rates) could push Bitcoin to $150,000 by 2025 and $500,000 by 2029.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 22, 2024

Recently filed Forms 13F show that two high-profile hedge fund managers sold shares of Nvidia during the second quarter while reallocating capital to the iShares Bitcoin Trust (NASDAQ: IBIT) , an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). stock exchanges. David Shaw at D.E. Shaw sold 12.1 Meanwhile, he bought 2.4

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

It was developed and launched in 2012 by a team of developers hoping to solve the inherent problems in Bitcoin as the developers saw it. The fact that Ripple is in a four-year fight with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) makes this relationship even more concerning.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 27, 2023

Now, Arm is pursuing another venue, filing an F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in its first step toward an initial public offering (IPO). The deal ultimately fell through, with Nvidia citing "significant regulatory challenges preventing the consummation of the transaction."

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Back in 2012, a start-up called Opencoin (now known as Ripple Labs) launched its blockchain-based Ripple payment network. It's mainly used to route real-time payments, remittance transfers, and currency exchange transactions. However, the SEC lawsuit finally ended this August with a smaller-than-expected settlement of $125 million.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Back in 2012, Opencoin (rebranded as Ripple Labs in 2015) launched its Ripple blockchain network for handling gross payment settlements, currency exchanges, and remittance payments in real time. It was designed to facilitate "secure, instant, and nearly free global financial transactions of any size with no chargebacks."

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 31, 2024

There have been three previous halving cycles (in 2012, 2016, and 2020), and each one has led to new all-time highs for Bitcoin. This is the potential launch of new spot Ethereum exchange-traded funds (ETFs). My only concern is that the SEC could step in at any moment and put a real damper on the current crypto euphoria.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 26, 2024

Bitcoin While Bitcoin is down by nearly 10% over the past 30 days, and enthusiasm around the newly approved spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs) appears to have cooled, there's still plenty to like about Bitcoin's prospects. The SEC has finally agreed to approve the new spot Bitcoin ETFs. And secondly, it's election season.

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The Big Picture

APRIL 11, 2024

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

In August, a long-running court case involving the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finally wrapped up, with Ripple agreeing to pay $125 million in penalties for improperly selling XRP tokens to institutional investors. And it has had to pay an estimated $200 million in legal fees to battle the SEC.

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The Big Picture

MAY 9, 2024

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

million, becoming the third bitcoin ETF to cross the $200 million mark since the the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first 13 bitcoin ETFs back in January. On Wednesday, the ARK 21 Shares Bitcoin ETF (NYSEMKT: ARKB) singlehandedly registered net inflows of $200.7

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

The investing world eagerly awaited the approval of a Bitcoin exchange-traded fund (ETF). The company is an exchange for buying and selling cryptocurrencies, and it generated $289 million in transaction revenue in the third quarter of 2023 alone. In fact, Bitcoin ETFs were approved on Jan. Of this, 37% was due to users trading Bitcoin.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Launched in 2012 by Opencoin (now called Ripple Labs), Ripple operates a blockchain ledger, with its native token XRP, that allows financial institutions to make fast and cheap cross-border transactions. It has created somewhat of a regulatory gray area where no one knows for certain whether a particular cryptocurrency is a security or not.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 3, 2024

In token-specific news today, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is appealing a court decision that said XRP was not a security when Ripple , the creator of the token and network, sold XRP in 2012. The SEC had sued Ripple and the company's former founders for selling unregistered securities.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 24, 2023

This track record of success is why investors eagerly await Berkshire Hathaway's quarterly form 13-F, a required filing by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that discloses institutional investors' investing activity during the period. In the third quarter, Berkshire Hathaway purchased $1.7 billion in stock.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 7, 2024

ESPN had a fantastic April in terms of total day viewership, the highest April since 2012. Steven Cahall -- Wells Fargo Securities -- Analyst Thank you. Our next question comes from Jessica Reif Ehrlich with Bank of America Securities. For Primetime viewership, it was ESPN's highest April on record. Please go ahead.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 24, 2023

Actual results could materially differ because of factors discussed in today's earnings press release, in the comments made during this conference call, and in the risk factors section of our Form 10-K, Forms 10-Q and other reports and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Now on to security.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 26, 2024

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

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Sara Grillo

APRIL 10, 2023

As long as that is true he has a hard time accepting that it could be a security, and he sees it as a medium of exchange. Most people never buy it as a unit of exchange. Salaske: It’s not a security or a currency either. Gary Gensler has stated that there is nothing different about crypto under the Securities Act.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

See the 10 stocks *Stock Advisor returns as of October 30, 2023 Our actual results may differ materially from our projections due to the risks and uncertainties that are described in our SEC filings, including our most recent Form 10-K and our Form 10-Q filed this morning for Q3. Given the large movement in exchange rates between the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

For a more detailed discussion of those factors, please refer to our release for this quarter and to our most recent SEC filings, including our most recent Form 10-K, all of which are available on the Marsh McLennan website. Foreign exchange had very little impact on earnings in the third quarter. And it's not a direct line.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 26, 2022

And that’s actually not true, it’s actually the term financial planner is specifically regulated by the SEC, SEC interpretive release 1092, the applicability of the Advisors Act to financial planners clearly states that. The confusion is with the CFP. That’s where the confusion is coming from.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially is contained in the company's most recent Form 8-K, risk factors in the annual Form 10-K as updated by reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Operator Our last question is from Jamie Cook with Truist Securities.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 3, 2024

These statements are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties including those contained in our press release and public filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. So, I guess my question is, how close are you with regards to reverting to the mean on your cost structure?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Although it's far from new -- the coin has been around since 2012 -- XRP is gaining in popularity as new investors enter the market and regulatory headwinds that have plagued the crypto begin to shift. It is essentially a global settlement system, currency exchange, and remittance network all rolled into one.

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Sara Grillo

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

The CFP Board promotes a faux fiduciary standard that does not require its members to disclose potential conflicts of interest in writing and that does not require them disclose the percentage or amount of commission its members may receive from the sale of insurance products with opaque commissions. Source: SEC.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 13, 2024

Trump already nominated pro-crypto businessman Paul Atkins to run the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), which was music to the industry's ears (although he must be confirmed by the Senate first). 10, XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) has soared 362%, Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) is up 139%, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has climbed 41%.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Ripple Labs founders Brad Garlinghouse and Chris Larsen created XRP in 2012. XRP, though, has struggled since it became the target of a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) lawsuit. The SEC sued Ripple, Garlinghouse, and Larsen, claiming they sold XRP as an unregistered security in 2012.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 8, 2024

The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 provides a Safe Harbor for forward-looking statements we make in this presentation, including statements regarding our future performance and plans for our businesses and potential acquisitions. I would now like to hand the call over to Robert Flint, who will read the opening statement.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 26, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to offer spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Wood said at the Bitcoin Investor Day conference in March that the SEC's approval served as an "institutional green light." Bitcoin skyrocketed after the previous halvings in 2012, 2016, and 2020.

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American Investment Council

DECEMBER 19, 2024

percent over a 10-year period, outperforming all other asset classes in public pension portfolios since 2012. AICs 2024 public pension study found that private equity delivered a median annualized return of 15.2 economy.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2024

XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) is the token created by fintech company Ripple in 2012, and it's up by 325% year to date. For example, an American bank might send XRP to an Italian bank rather than sending American dollars because it would bypass currency exchange fees and other transaction costs. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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