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Oct 14
Web3 devs ‘more active than ever’ amid crypto winter: Report​​

Consecutive all-time-high smart contract deployments and surging usage of Web3 script libraries mean that Web3 devs are still busy working despite the prolonged market downturn. 297 Total views 5 Total shares Web3 developers don’t appear to be fazed by the crypto bear market, with one Web3 platform suggesting they’re “more active than ever” — particularly […]

Oct 14
NFTs will be ‘as disruptive’ as Bitcoin was 10 years ago — Kraken exec

Jonathon Miller, managing director of cryptocurrency exchange Kraken in Australia says despite NFT volumes plunging, the company remains “bullish on the NFT space.” 299 Total views 4 Total shares Non-fungible token (NFT) trading volumes may have dropped nearly 98% since January, but several industry executives tell Cointelegraph it’s nothing to fear as the technology continues […]

Oct 13
Alcoa calls for U.S. to halt Russian aluminum imports: report

Alcoa Corp. AA, +2.56%, a large miner and producer of aluminum, has asked the White House to halt U.S. imports of the metal from Russia, according to Reuters. The move comes as Russia intensifies its attacks on Ukraine. “Alcoa believes that the U.S. government and other countries should sanction Russian aluminum,” a company representative told […]

Oct 13
U.S. stocks end sharply higher, reversing early losses seen after stronger-than-anticipated inflation

U.S. stocks ended sharply higher Thursday after investors weighed a hotter-than-anticipated report on inflation that firmed up expectations for another large interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve. The Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.83% jumped more than 800 points to close 2.8% higher, while the S&P 500 SPX, +2.60% gained 2.6% and the Nasdaq […]

Oct 13
Berkshire Hathaway stock heads for best day in nearly two years

Shares of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. BRK.B, +4.46% rallied 4.4% to 275.61 on Thursday, putting the conglomerate on pace for its best day in nearly two years. The stock is on track for its largest percentage increase since Nov. 9, 2020, when it rose 6.06%, according to Dow Jones market data. If Thursday’s price […]

Oct 13
Trump subpoenaed by House Jan. 6 committee in unanimous vote

Former President Donald Trump was subpoenaed for testimony about the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by the House committee probing the insurrection, in a unanimous vote on Thursday. The committee held what is likely to be its final public hearing on Thursday. Trump is unlikely to comply, according to a CNN analyst, […]