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Oil futures rose Tuesday, with the U.S. benchmark finishing back above the $100-a-barrel threshold as China’s central bank said it would aim to assist small businesses and industries affected by COVID-19. Also, Germany said it would take steps aimed at replacing Russian oil supplies in coming days, news reports said. Russia will also halt natural-gas […]
Three cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) scheduled to launch on the Cboe Australia exchange today were delayed due to “checks” still being undertaken. 1129 Total views 23 Total shares The launch of Australia’s first three Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) exchange-traded funds (ETF) scheduled for today, has been delayed as a result of further “checks” needing […]
Stocks dropped sharply Tuesday, with the Nasdaq Composite COMP, -3.95% posting its lowest finish since late 2020 ahead of earnings from tech giants Microsoft Corp. MSFT, -3.74% and Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG, -3.04%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, -2.38% lost around 809 points, or 2.4%, to close near 33,240, according to preliminary figures, […]
GBPCAD Sells Off AgainThe GBPCAD breakdown trade highlighted recently has triggered with GBPCAD moving through the 1.6293 level support. With GBP under heavy selling pressure over fresh growth fears, the focus now is on a drop down to the target at 1.5899. Recent UK data confirmed the worst consumer confidence in 30 years as UK […]
Shares in US social media company Twitter are trading around 5% higher pre-market today following news that the company has approved Elon Musk’s $44 billion takeover bid. Following news of the successful bid, Musk tweeted on the deal saying: “Free speech is the bedrock of a functioning democracy, and Twitter is the digital town square […]
Optimism Foundation will launch a governance token called OP to govern protocol and network parameters, and incentivize adoption. 993 Total views 8 Total shares The Optimism Foundation has unveiled a new governance structure and token as part of its ongoing efforts to bring scalability and cost efficiency to Ethereum (ETH), the world’s largest smart contract […]