Twilio Inc (TWLO) CEO Jeff Lawson Sold $18 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
CEO of Twilio Inc, Jeff Lawson, sold 49,500 shares of TWLO on 12/21/2020 at an average price of $363.78 a share. The total sale was $18 million. Twilio Inc provides a cloud communications platform that enables developers to build, scale and operate communications within software applications through the cloud as a pay-as- you-go service.
Top Investors, Including Bain and Index Ventures, Say they’re Expecting Big Exit Events Among Fintechs in 2021 (Business Insider)
Fintechs have come of age in 2020, seeing massive growth and adoption. There’s also no shortage of funding. Private funding has surged with a record number of mega-rounds – $100 million and above — this year, according to a recent report from CBInsights. Some fintechs, like Affirm and Marqeta, are even gearing up for IPOs. And investors don’t see the market cooling down any time soon.
World’s Biggest Crypto Hedge Fund Bitcoin Holdings Stand at 588,970 (NairaMetrics.com)
The world’s biggest crypto hedge fund, Grayscale, just added more than 10,000 Bitcoin to crypto holding in a single day, bringing the total number of Bitcoins under its management to 588,970. Data retrieved from crypto futures analytic platform, Bybt, shows Grayscale had 576,650 Bitcoins as of December 21st, 2020. The amount surged to 588,970 BTCs a day later, an increase of about 12,320.
The Chairman of HIVE Blockchain Technologies (Other OTC: HVBTF) is Selling Shares (Analyst Ratings)
Yesterday, the Chairman of HIVE Blockchain Technologies (HVBTF), Frank Edward Holmes, sold shares of HVBTF for $26.64M. In addition to Frank Edward Holmes, one other HVBTF executive reported Sell trades in the last month.
Thursday 12/24 Insider Buying Report: CMPI, EAD (Nasdaq.com)
At Checkmate Pharmaceuticals, a filing with the SEC revealed that on Tuesday, Chief Scientific Officer Arthur M. Krieg bought 5,103 shares of CMPI, at a cost of $14.64 each, for a total investment of $74,708. Checkmate Pharmaceuticals is trading off about 0.9% on the day Thursday. And at Wells Fargo Advantage Income Opportunities Fund, there was insider buying on Tuesday, by Christopher M. Lee who bought 8,750 shares at a cost of $8.04 each, for a total investment of $70,350. Before this latest buy, Lee made one other purchase in the past twelve months, buying $80,700 shares for a cost of $8.07 each. Wells Fargo Advantage Income Opportunities Fund is trading up about 1% on the day Thursday. Lee was up about 1.2% on the buy at the high point of today’s trading session, with EAD trading as high as $8.14 in trading on Thursday.
Facebook Inc (FB) COB and CEO Mark Zuckerberg Sold $12.2 million of Shares (Guru Focus)
COB and CEO of Facebook Inc, Mark Zuckerberg, sold 44,750 shares of FB on 12/21/2020 at an average price of $271.74 a share. The total sale was $12.2 million. Facebook Inc is the world’s largest online social network. Its products are Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Oculus. Its products enable people to connect and share through mobile devices and personal computers.
