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30% of workers rely on side jobs to make ends meet.  (iStock)

Side hustles are becoming more common, particularly with younger generations who haven’t built up wealth. As of February 2024, 22% of workers in the U.S. had side gigs, a PYMNTS survey found.

The money earned through these side hustles isn’t used as discretionary income, or even for savings, but rather to meet the basic cost of living. Of the 22% of workers with side hustles, 53% are consumers living paycheck-to-paycheck. Additionally, about 30% of workers surveyed said that losing their supplemental income would mean a serious blow to their financial stability.

Even high-income earners rely on side hustles to fund savings and other financial goals. These high-income earners use both passive income streams, such as investments and active income streams like side gigs, to increase their income. About 22% of high earners received extra income via active side hustles while 20% received extra income from passive sources, the PYMNTS study found.

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Gen Zers take on more side hustles than other generations

The generation that takes on side hustles the most often is Gen Z. According to the PYMNTS survey, 32% of Gen Zers reporting having at least one side hustle.

Since Gen Zers are just starting out, many have lower-paying jobs than their older counterparts. In turn, they make ends meet with multiple jobs and gigs. Many members of the younger generation specifically turn to selling used items as a means of making extra money. About 47% of Gen Z consumers sold a used item within the last year, PYMNTS found.

Compared to older generations, Gen Zers have substantially lower net worth due to their lack of time in the working world. In 2022, the average young adult household had a net worth of $11,200, a Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis study found. For all adult households in the U.S., the average net worth was $192,100, the survey stated.

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Household debt is up across the country

Debt for all Americans is up across the board. In the fourth quarter, household debt increased to $17.5 trillion, a Federal Reserve Bank of New York study said.

Mortgage balances rose the most out of household debt and the total balance is now $12.25 trillion for the entire country. Credit card balances also rose substantially as credit card debt went up by $50 billion and is now $1.13 trillion. Auto loan balances continued to rise as well, increasing by $12 billion and now sit at $1.61 trillion.

And as debts rise, so do delinquency rates. About 3.1% of all debts were in some stage of delinquency as of December. Credit cards and auto loans lead the way in delinquencies.

“Credit card and auto loan transitions into delinquency are still rising above pre-pandemic levels,” Wilbert van der Klaauw, New York Fed economic research advisor, said. “This signals increased financial stress, especially among younger and lower-income households.”

Nearly 8.5% of credit card balances and 7.7% of auto loans transitioned into delinquency at the end of last year.

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Stock and crypto trading site eToro prices IPO at $52 per share

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EToro, a stock brokerage platform that’s been ramping up in crypto, has priced its IPO at $52 a share, as the company prepares to test the market’s appetite for new offerings.

The company had planned to sell shares at $46 to $50 each.

IPOs looked poised for a rebound when President Donald Trump returned to the White House in January after a prolonged drought spurred by rising interest rates and inflationary concerns. CoreWeave’s March debut was a welcome sign for IPO hopefuls such as eToro, online lender Klarna and ticket reseller StubHub.

But tariff uncertainty temporarily stalled those plans. The retail trading platform filed for an initial public offering in March, but shelved plans as rising tariff uncertainty rattled markets. Klarna and StubHub did the same.

EToro’s Nasdaq debut, under ticker symbol ETOR, may indicate whether the public market is ready to take on risk. Digital physical therapy company Hinge Health has started its IPO roadshow, and said in a filing on Tuesday that it plans to raise up to $437 million in its upcoming offering. Also on Tuesday, fintech company Chime filed its prospectus with the SEC.

Founded in 2007 by brothers Yoni and Ronen Assia along with David Ring, eToro competes with the likes of Robinhood and makes money through fees related to trading, including spreads on buy and sell orders, and non-trading activities such as withdrawals and currency conversion.

Net income jumped almost thirteenfold last year to $192.4 million from $15.3 million a year earlier. The company has been ramping up its crypto business, with revenue from cryptoassets more than tripling to over $12 million in 2024. One-quarter of its net trading contribution last year came from crypto, up from 10% the prior year.

This isn’t eToro’s first attempt at going public. In 2022, the company scrapped plans to hit the market through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) during a sharp downturn in equity markets. The deal would have valued the company at more than $10 billion.

CEO Yoni Assia told CNBC early last year that eToro was still aiming for a market debut but “evaluating the right opportunity” as it was building relationships with exchanges, including the Nasdaq.

“We definitely are eyeing the public markets,” he said at the time. “I definitely see us becoming eventually a public company.”

EToro said in its prospectus that BlackRock had expressed interest in buying $100 million in shares at the IPO price. The company said it planned to sell 5 million shares in the offering, with existing investors and executives selling another 5 million.

Underwriters for the deal include Goldman Sachs, Jefferies and UBS.

— CNBC’s Ryan Browne contributed reporting

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Coinbase jumps 22% after S&P 500 inclusion

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Brian Armstrong, chief executive officer of Coinbase Global Inc., speaks during the Messari Mainnet summit in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

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Coinbase shares soared more than 20% on Tuesday and headed for their sharpest rally since the day after President Donald Trump’s election victory following the crypto exchange’s inclusion in the S&P 500.

S&P Global said in a release late Monday that Coinbase is replacing Discover Financial Services, which is in the process of being acquired by Capital One Financial. The change will take effect before trading on Monday.

Stocks added to the S&P 500 often rise in value because funds that track the benchmark will add it to their portfolios. For Coinbase, it’s the latest sharp move in what’s been a volatile few months since Trump was elected to return to the White House.

Coinbase shares rocketed 31% on Nov. 6, the day after the election, on optimism that the incoming administration would adopt more crypto-friendly policies following a challenging and litigious four years during President Joe Biden’s term in office.

The company and CEO Brian Armstrong were key financial supporters in the 2024 campaign, backing pro-crypto candidates up and down the ticket. Coinbase was one of the top corporate donors, giving more than $75 million to a PAC called Fairshake and its affiliates. Armstrong personally contributed more than $1.3 million to a mix of candidates.

While the start of the Trump term has been mostly favorable to the crypto industry, through deregulation and an executive order to establish a strategic bitcoin reserve, legislation has thus far stalled. That’s due in part to concerns surrounding Trump’s personal efforts to profit from crypto through a meme coin and other family initiatives.

Coinbase has been on a roller coaster as well, plummeting 26% in February and 20% in March as Trump’s tariff announcements roiled markets and pushed investors out of risk. With Tuesday’s rally, the stock is now up about 2% for the year.

Since going public through a direct listing in 2021, Coinbase has become a bigger part of the U.S. financial system, with bitcoin soaring in value and large institutions gaining regulatory approval to create spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds.

Bitcoin spiked last week, topping $100,000 and nearing its record price reached in January. The crypto currency surpassed $104,000 on Tuesday.

To join the S&P 500, a company must have reported a profit in its latest quarter and have cumulative profit over the four most recent quarters.

Coinbase last week reported net income of $65.6 million, or 24 cents a share, down from $1.18 billion, or $4.40 a share a year earlier, after accounting for the fair value of its crypto investments. Revenue rose 24% to $2.03 billion from $1.64 billion a year ago.

The company last week also announced plans to buy Dubai-based Deribit, a major crypto derivatives exchange for $2.9 billion. The deal, which is the largest in the crypto industry to date, will help Coinbase broaden its footprint outside the U.S.

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