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Lily Katz

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Seattle, WA, United States

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Past:
  • BQ Prime
  • Bloomberg
  • Los Angeles Times
  • Washington Post
  • GeekWire

Past articles by Lily:

Retailers Are Tracking Where You Shop—and Where You Sleep

Retailers are finding all kinds of uses for location data from customers’ phones. Hill Country Galleria in Bee Cave, Texas, used the information to determine that a lot of shoppers owned pets. → Read More

Grand Hyatt That Launched Trump to Be Torn Down for Tower

The Grand Hyatt New York, the Manhattan hotel that launched Donald Trump’s career as a real estate developer, is being redeveloped by an investor group that plans to demolish the existing structure and replace it with a massive mixed-use building. → Read More

Watch Out Goldman, Capitol Hill: Amazon Is Here for Your Talent

Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to split its second headquarters was a calculated move to poach the best and brightest from two of the biggest talent pools in America: New York City and Washington D.C. → Read More

Watch out Wall Street and Capitol Hill: Amazon is coming for your talent

Amazon.com Inc.’s decision to split its second headquarters was a calculated move to poach the best and brightest from two of the biggest talent pools in America: New York City and Washington, D.C. → Read More

Anybody Want Bitcoin Futures? Anybody?

On a Sunday evening last December, as the cryptocurrency craze consumed the world, traders waited eagerly at their computers to witness the debut of a flashy new financial product. Bitcoin futures were set to start trading on Cboe Global Markets Inc. → Read More

Crypto Coins Retreat As Ripple XRP Hangover Proves To Be Painful

XRP, the digital currency that’s around 60 percent owned by Ripple Labs Inc., is going through a rough hangover following its wild week of gains. → Read More

Bitcoin Bulls' Favorite Lingo On the Decline as Crypto Prices Fizzle

A popular slang term among Bitcoin believers is losing steam as the slump in global cryptocurrency prices continues. → Read More

Tencent’s Slide Drags Down U.S. Chipmaker Stocks

China’s freeze on approving new video and streaming games is icing American chipmaker stocks. → Read More

There’s Now an Exchange-Traded Bitcoin Note That American Investors Can Buy

If you want to buy Bitcoin without actually buying Bitcoin, you now have another way to own the controversial digital currency. → Read More

Snap Still Not ‘Out of the Woods’ Despite Second-Quarter Beat

Snap Inc.’s better-than-expected second-quarter revenue and a $250 million stake from Saudi Prince Alwaleed weren’t enough to calm concerns from Wall Street. Analysts instead focused more on the firm’s first-ever quarterly decline in daily average users and its cash burn. Analysts applauded the company’s decision to provide inaugural guidance, but say that third-quarter commentary suggests more… → Read More

Buying Your Starbucks Fix With Bitcoin Is Now Closer to Reality

It’s hard to buy coffee with Bitcoin, but Starbucks Corp. may be poised to make that easier. → Read More

Buying Coffee With Bitcoin Just Got a Step Closer to Reality

Launch of physical futures contract planned for November. → Read More

Square Earnings Face High Bar After Nearly 100% Share Surge

Square Inc. needs to amaze investors when it reports second-quarter results Wednesday, analysts say, noting that the firm faces a high bar after seeing its stock nearly double this year. Some predict that the company will be able to beat revenue expectations. → Read More

Visa, Mastercard Fall as Pressure Mounts From Strong U.S. Dollar

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. fell in early trading as both companies saw slowing growth in customers’ spending abroad as they contend with a stronger U.S. dollar. → Read More

Coinbase Strikes Partnership for Crypto Gift Cards in Europe

Cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase Inc. is rolling out a new feature that will allow customers in Europe to cash out their crypto coins for digital gift cards. → Read More

Zombie Crypto Stocks Resurface as Bitcoin Stages July Recovery

Crypto stocks, the darlings of late last year that quickly lost their luster, may be rising from the dead. → Read More

Coinbase Says It Was Wrong About SEC Approval of Acquisitions

Coinbase Inc., which on Monday said it got the green light from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to move forward with a trio of acquisitions, now says it never got such an endorsement. → Read More

Papa John’s Founder Regrets Resigning as Chairman

Papa John’s International Inc.’s founder John Schnatter regrets resigning as chairman after using a racial slur during a training session and believes the company’s board mishandled the situation by pushing him aside without an investigation, according to people familiar with his thinking. → Read More

Coinbase Says It Has Green Light to List Coins Deemed Securities

Coinbase Inc., one of the most popular cryptocurrency platforms, said it got the green light from U.S. watchdogs to move forward with a trio of acquisitions that will allow it to become one of the first federally regulated venues for trading digital coins deemed to be securities. → Read More

Coinbase Considers Adding Five Crypto Coins to Trading Platform

Coinbase Inc., the U.S. cryptocurrency exchange that lets users buy and sell four different digital coins, may let customers trade a wider variety of virtual tokens. → Read More