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CRYPTO CONCERNS: Leigh E. Furtado, attorney and senior associate at the law firm Day Pitney LLP, says she’s finding more clients inquiring about protecting their cryptocurrency during estate planning. / PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Crypto can complicate trust, estate planning

Financial Services 05/27/2022

“HODL,” an abbreviation for “hold on for dear life,” has become a motto for a class of cryptocurrency enthusiasts who aren’t interested in selling. But...

Five Questions With: Daniel Polotsky

Financial Services 05/16/2022

Daniel Polotsky is founder and chairman of CoinFlip, a Chicago-based financial services provider focused on cryptocurrency that recently announced plans to expand its over-the-counter...

Five Questions With: Jamie Worrell

Financial Services 05/13/2022

Jamie Worrell is co-founder of Strategic Retirement Partners and managing director of its Northeast office, where he and his team provide investment advice and...

Fidelity to offer bitcoin as part of 401(k) plans

Financial Services 05/02/2022

PROVIDENCE – Fidelity Investments Inc. will soon offer bitcoin as an investment option on its workplace 401(k) plans, the company announced on April 26. The...

SCREENSHOT: Digital artist Anne Spalter displays one of her works, “The Wonder of It All.” The non-fungible token of the art was up for auction at Sotheby’s in April. /  PBN PHOTO/MICHAEL SALERNO

Where are NFTs headed in the business world?

Entrepreneurship 04/29/2022

As the founder of the first digital fine arts course at Brown University and Rhode Island School of Design in the early 1990s, Anne...

Citizens to process cryptocurrency transactions under new partnership

Financial Services 03/28/2022

PROVIDENCE – Citizens Financial Group Inc. has teamed up with global fintech firm FIS to let customers of cryptocurrency companies use their bank cards...

Five Questions With: Paul W. Cutler

In Their Own Words 12/22/2021

Considered one of the fastest-growing national real estate brokerages in the country, eXp Realty now has more than 65,000 agents, according to financial experts...

MODERATION: Ronald W. Kent Jr., president of Spinnaker Asset Management, recommends that less than 2% of a retail investor’s portfolio should go to cryptocurrency. / PBN PHOTO/ MICHAEL SALERNO

Cryptocurrency taking investors on wild ride

Economic Activity 01/22/2021

As a private-capital investor who also manages his own personal portfolio, David Homonoff has always watched the market with close attention. When he saw the...

Fidelity Digital Assets adds cryptocurrency to platform

Financial Services 01/04/2021

PROVIDENCE – Fidelity Digital Assets has teamed up with a cryptocurrency lending platform to let customers pledge bitcoin as collateral, the company announced in...