News

Jun 30
Market Spotlight: Gazprom Shares Plunge 35% on Dividend News

Gazprom CollapsesShares in state-owned Russian energy company Gazprom plunged 35% today in response to the company cancelling its dividend payout to shareholders for the first time since 1998. Announcing the news, Deputy CEO Famil Sadygov said “The shareholders decided that in the current situation it is not advisable to pay dividends based on the 2021 […]

Jun 30
80,000 Bitcoin millionaires wiped out in the great crypto crash of 2022

More than 80,000 Bitcoin (BTC) investors have had their millionaire status revoked due to the crypto market downturn, but lower prices mean the number of whole coiners is growing.  Back on Nov. 12, just days after Bitcoin hit a new all-time high of around $69,000, a total of 108,886 BTC addresses reported a balance greater than $1 […]

Jun 30
Oil futures fall for the month, but hold on to a year-to-date gain

Oil futures fell on Thursday to tally a loss for the month, but held on to a gain so far this year. The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and their allies, together known as OPEC+, confirmed an existing agreement to boost production in August. The decision either illustrates the group’s “inability to boost production […]

Jun 30
Basel Committee wants to limit banks’ digital asset exposure to just 1% of equity

Volatile cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin would also be subjected to a 1,250% risk premium. 693 Total views 33 Total shares On Thursday, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision suggested during its second consultation on the prudential treatment of crypto-asset exposures that banks limit their exposure to so-called Group 2 crypto assets to just 1% of their […]

Jun 30
Gold prices down a fourth straight session, tally a loss for the month

Gold futures marked a fourth straight session decline on Thursday, ending more than 2% lower for the month, according to FactSet data. A “strong U.S. dollar and rising interest-rate expectations continue to weigh on the precious metal, with the metal once again unable to benefit from the ongoing risk aversion in the markets,” said Fawad […]

Jun 30
New spot Bitcoin ETF launches at Euronext Amsterdam Exchange

The Jacobi Bitcoin ETF will start trading on the Euronext Amsterdam Exchange under the ticker BCOIN in July. 1977 Total views 81 Total shares Major Dutch stock exchange Euronext Amsterdam, a part of the pan-European marketplace Euronext, is debuting its first Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (ETF). Jacobi Asset Management, a London-based digital asset management platform, […]