• Business Insider

    FDIC chairman Martin Gruenberg to resign following investigations into sexual harassment at the bank regulator

    President Joe Biden is set to nominate a new FDIC chair after independent and congressional scrutiny of Martin Gruenberg's leadership.

  • Reuters

    US SEC asks exchanges to fine-tune ether ETF filings in positive sign for approval, say sources

    The U.S. securities regulator on Monday asked Nasdaq and CBOE to fine-tune their applications to list spot ether exchange-traded-funds (ETFs), signaling the agency may be poised to approve the filings, three people familiar with the process told Reuters. While the exchange applications are the first step in a two-step approval process, a Securities and Exchange Commission green light would mark a major -- surprise -- win for the cryptocurrency industry that had been expecting the thumbs-down. The price of ether jumped as much as 18% Monday, and was up another 2.5% at $3,764 early Tuesday morning.

  • The Canadian Press

    PHOTOS: At the Pet Gala, fashion goes to the dogs

    NEW YORK (AP) — They may call it a catwalk, but the Pet Gala is the dogs' time to shine. Designer Anthony Rubio threw the now-annual fashion fete Monday night, sending 18 dogs down the red carpet at New York's American Kennel Club Museum of the Dog. Each canine donned couture similar to what celebrities wore at the Met Gala just two weeks earlier. “I want people to understand that we’re not making fun of the Met Gala. We’re not mimicking the Met Gala,” Rubio said. “We’re elevating and appraising