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Mar 24
Gold futures mark highest settlement in nearly a week

Gold futures rallied on Wednesday to settle at their highest in almost a week. The U.S. Federal Reserve has “marked out a series of planned interest rate rises throughout the year, so gold is likely to face an increasingly less favourable macroeconomic environment,” said Rupert Rowling, market analyst at Kinesis Money. “Yet the one factor […]

Mar 24
Crypto trading in rubles falls even as ECB warns again on sanctions

A statement from ECB President Christine Lagarde labeling cryptocurrency a “threat” to global security seems at odds with the real world data and expert opinion. 1148 Total views 9 Total shares The President of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde has reiterated warnings that Russian individuals and businesses are using cryptocurrencies to skirt sanctions. However, […]

Mar 24
Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, Blinken says

Russian forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine, the U.S. government has assessed, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement Wednesday. Blinken’s statement comes as President Joe Biden is en route to Brussels for meetings with allies, and is expected to announce more sanctions on Russia over the invasion of Ukraine. “Today, I […]

Mar 24
Charles Hoskinson cheekily admits: ‘I was wrong’ about DApp rollout

Hoskinson made a bold prediction about Cardano two years ago that has yet to be fully realized, although the ecosystem has been on the up throughout 2022. 452 Total views 57 Total shares Co-founder of the Cardano blockchain Charles Hoskinson has cheekily admitted that his July 2020 forecast of the number of DApps coming to […]

Mar 24
U.S. stocks close lower Wednesday amid a sharp rise in oil prices and inflation worries

All three major U.S. stock benchmarks closed lower Wednesday amid a sharp rise in oil prices as the Russia-Ukraine war pressed on for about a month. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -1.29% and Nasdaq Composite COMP, -1.32% each closed around 1.3% lower, while the S&P 500 SPX, -1.23% fell 1.2%, according to preliminary FactSet […]