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How to decide whether a major splurge — like spending thousands on Knicks or World Cup tickets — is worth it

Ask yourself these questions when considering an extravagant purchase.

Is it too late to buy SpaceX’s stock? Here’s how Tesla’s did after one day — and five years.

Also in Weekend Reads: A bitcoin-pricing model that looks way ahead, the bear market for gold and retirement-planning advice.

Adobe’s CFO is departing for Marvell. And it’s one more reason for investors to choose chips over software.

The software sector has struggled in recent months amid concern that software companies will struggle to survive in the AI era

There’s a 68% chance the stock market ends the year higher. Why the headlines shouldn’t disrupt your portfolio.

Blocking out the daily noise gives you a clear edge over short-term chaos.

This hidden investing flaw is costing you money. Talking to political opponents fixes it.

The stock market doesn’t care about your politics. Insisting on a portfolio that’s red or blue can forfeit a lot of green.

Sam Bankman-Fried loses appeal to overturn 25-year prison sentence

<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9oaS1mcm9tLXRvLWJhbmttYW4tZnJpZWQuanBn.jpg" alt="Sam Bankman-Fried loses appeal to overturn 25-year prison sentence" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>A federal appeals court upheld the former FTX chief’s conviction, while his bid for clemency from President Donald Trump appears to face steep political odds.</p>

Bitcoin surfs SpaceX IPO at $64K as trader warns key BTC price support may crumble

Bitcoin hit $64,000 as SpaceX launched a record-breaking IPO and US-Iran peace deal hopes continued to grow, but doubts over BTC price support remained.

Crypto Biz: SpaceX fuels tokenization’s next boom

Tokenized RWAs surge despite crypto volatility, Kraken launches SpaceX IPO xStocks, prediction markets outpace onchain gambling and Sam Bankman-Fried seeks a Trump pardon.

Polish president vetoes crypto bill for third time ahead of MiCA deadline

<p style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 15px; width:240px;"><img src="https://images.cointelegraph.com/images/528_aHR0cHM6Ly9zMy1pbWFnZXMuY3RtZWRpYS5pby9tZWRpYS9hcnRpY2xlLWNvdmVycy9wb2xpY3ltYWtlci1iaWxsLXBvbGFuZC5qcGc=.jpg" alt="Polish president vetoes crypto bill for third time ahead of MiCA deadline" class="type:primaryImage"></p><p>Polish President Karol Nawrocki vetoed a bill to implement MiCA for the third time, just weeks before the end of the EU crypto framework's transitional period.</p>

KuCoin has not paid $2M award tied to delisted token dispute, investor says

A Seychelles court said KuCoin can’t treat unwithdrawn tokens as “abandoned,” and awarded a Swiss investor over $2 million. He says the exchange still hasn’t paid and plans to sue again.

Metaplanet to form securities arm through Siiibo acquisition

Metaplanet will acquire Siiibo Securities and rename it Metaplanet Securities as it builds out Project Nova, its Bitcoin-centric finance strategy in Japan.

Oil prices pare gains in wake of report that Iran won’t restore Strait of Hormuz to prewar levels

West Texas Intermediate and Brent crude fell on Friday on reports that a potential deal would lift oil sanctions on Iran.

SpaceX tokenized IPO campaign draws $557M on Binance ahead of debut

Crypto markets are becoming a new venue for pre-IPO price discovery ahead of SpaceX's highly anticipated debut today.

JPMorgan says investors are overlooking the upside to Wall Street banks that comes from SpaceX and other mega IPOs

Bumper IPO issuance and crazy market volatility should generate very straong trading income for the largst investment banks in the second quarter. JPMorgan makes a short-term trading call on both Goldman and Morgan Stanley

Why a Fed communications ‘blackout’ isn’t coming to markets under new Warsh regime

‘There’s a First Amendment,’ says Pimco’s Richard Clarida, a former vice chairman of the Fed’s board of governors

Here’s what could be SpaceX’s biggest upside surprise, according to a leading Silicon Valley investor

Brad Gerstner and Gavin Baker discussed the SpaceX IPO as well as a possible pivot for Nvidia.

Bitcoin miner 'capitulation' comes as trader sees later 2026 bear-market bottom

Bitcoin miner metic sparked talk of "capitulation" as profit margins stayed under 5%, but the BTC price bear-market bottom remained absent.

‘It seems too good to be true’: At a steak-dinner retirement seminar, the guy said annuities can outperform the market. Is that true?

“He claimed that fixed-rate annuities are the sparkly, rainbow-fairyland of investments.”

SpaceX IPO update: Whale opens $22.3M SPCX long as synthetic price hits 30% premium

SpaceX’s IPO hype may fuel a strong debut, but history shows richly valued listings often struggle after the first-day pop fades.

‘We are comfortable financially’: My husband is in his 60s and has $500,000 life insurance. Is this a good time to cancel?

“Our kids are grown and independent.”