After one of the most volatile days in recent history, Bitcoin is making it's way back up. The cryptocurrency lost nearly 33% of its value in one day and there is no guarantee that it won't happen again.
Jimmy Song is a Bitcoin developer and expert and he joins Cheddar to explain that Bitcoin will not become any less volatile. Song says the cryptocurrency will continue to track all over the map. Overall, he sees it increasing in value.
Song also notes the investment trends within the Bitcoin world. He explains that a lot of the investors are younger, in the millennial group, because that generation is most comfortable with technology and technology investments. Song also notes that Bitcoin is unique because it is an asset that was first traded by individuals before larger institutions because interested and involved.
An independent watchdog within the IRS reports that while taxpayer services have vastly improved, the agency is still too slow to resolve identity theft cases. And National Taxpayer Advocate Erin Collins says those delays are “unconscionable.” Erin M. Collins said in the report released Wednesday that overall the 2024 filing season went smoothly, though IRS delays in resolving identity theft victim assistance cases are worsening. It took nearly 19 months to resolve self-reported identity theft cases as of January, and Wednesday's report states that now it takes 22 months to resolve these cases.
Amazon.com Inc. surpassed $2 trillion in market value for the first time in afternoon trading on Wednesday. The push higher for Amazon’s stock market valuation comes a little more than a week after Nvidia hit $3 trillion and briefly became the most valuable company on Wall Street. Nvidia’s chips are used to power many AI application and its valuation has soared as a result. Amazon has also been making big investments in AI as global interest has grown in the technology. Most of the company’s focus has been on business-focused products.
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