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Gamestop stock is up more than 1,500 percent this year to date, as of 1:30 p.m. Friday. (Shutterstock)
WILMINGTON, MA The YouTube and Reddit user who was in large part responsible for the recent Gamestop stock craze is a Wilmington father and former MassMutual employee, the Wall Street Journal reported in an interview with him Friday.
Keith Gill, 34, is known on YouTube as Roaring Kitty and on Reddit by the expletive-laced handle DeepF -Value. Wilmington Patch has reached out to Gill for comment and will update this story when we hear back from him.
Until recently, Gill worked in marketing for Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. He has a 2-year-old daughter and films his popular YouTube cases for the stock from his Wilmington basement so as to not wake her up, the Journal reported.
BrightInsight Names Technology and Healthcare Leaders to Advisory Council
BrightInsight Names Technology and Healthcare Leaders to Advisory Council
SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 25, 2021 BrightInsight, Inc., provider of the leading global regulated digital health platform for biopharma and medtech, today announced a new Advisory Council of nine healthcare and technology luminaries who have been closely working with the BrightInsight Leadership Team to advance the company’s vision to transform patient outcomes globally through the power of digital technology.
BrightInsight has been on an explosive growth trajectory since the company’s inception in 2018 tripling its team; securing $65M in funding; expanding the company footprint in the UK and Europe; winning a host of industry awards; and building an impressive roster of clients including many of the world’s leading biopharma companies.
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NYDIG Announces Appointment of Yan Zhao as President
January 21, 2021 GMT
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NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ NYDIG, a leading provider of investment and technology solutions for Bitcoin, announced today that it has appointed Yan Zhao as President of NYDIG. Zhao will help lead the firm’s long-term strategic vision, with day-to-day responsibility for NYDIG’s Platform Solutions business, including its newly-launched Bank Solutions practice. She also is a co-founder of Stone Ridge Holdings Group, NYDIG’s parent company.
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“I’ve had the privilege of knowing Yan for over a decade,” said Robert Gutmann, co-founder and CEO of NYDIG. “She is a proven operator with diverse experience and an unwavering commitment to the democratization of financial services. We’re excited to have her join the NYDIG team during such a pivotal time in the institution
The Globe and Mail Shirley Won Published January 18, 2021
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Famed U.S. investor Warren Buffett blasted bitcoin as “probably rat poison squared” a few years ago. Despite his comments and bitcoin’s trademark volatility, the world’s most popular cryptocurrency has been gaining more respect.
More U.S. institutions and notable investors – from Bill Miller to Paul Tudor Jones and Stanley Druckenmiller – own bitcoin as digital gold. U.S.-listed Microstrategy Inc. (MSTR-Q) and Square Inc. (SQ-N) have moved cash into bitcoin in their corporate treasuries, while Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Co. bought US$100-million in bitcoin for its general investment fund. Here in Canada, some fund managers are finding ways to offer investors exposure to this nascent digital asset as well.