Germany has asked Switzerland to sell some of its decommissioned Leopard 2 tanks as it struggles to cobble together two battalions of the fighting vehicles to send to Ukraine. Berlin has requested that its neighbour sell some of its 96 mothballed Leopard 2 tanks to the German arms producer Rheinmetall. That could allow European countries
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Bitcoin (BTC) investors reeling from the shock of recent cryptocurrency company failures and banking issues may face another potential problem: a recovering United States dollar. US dollar strength reemerges Notably, the U.S. Dollar Index (DXY), which tracks the greenback’s performance against a basket of top foreign currencies, has risen 4% from its Feb. 3 low
press release PRESS RELEASE. How to participate in the Arbitrum ecosystem as Layer 2 continues gaining traction? The Ethereum’s Layer 2 (L2) players have been performing exceptionally well to date, with impressive TVLs in the ecosystems of Arbitrum, Polygon, and Optimism as the market rebounds. Among these, Arbitrum has the largest TVL, accounting for almost
Ukraine is set to receive vital artillery ammunition within weeks after Brussels proposed reimbursing countries that provided shells from their stockpiles, according to EU officials. All EU countries except Denmark have joined a project that paves the way for common procurement of replacement supplies, an official said. “I think this will go fast, very fast.
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The global payments industry is bullish on the potential of cryptocurrencies and blockchain to enable faster and cheaper transactions, according to a new survey co-hosted by Ripple. Blockchain-based digital payment network Ripple, and the Faster Payments Council (FPC) payment organization, issued a report on March 2 covering the opportunities of crypto-enabled payments. The report titled, “Transforming
The Spanish tax agency has included crypto as part of its new guidelines for this year’s upcoming tax collection season. Apart from boosting the channels for voluntary tax applications, the agency will potentiate the investigation of cryptocurrency in digital payments, including potentially seizing cryptocurrency associated with tax debts and criminal activity. Spanish Tax Agency to
European stocks rose on Friday as investors took an optimistic view of a week of data releases that showed economies in Europe and the US were more robust than expected. The region-wide Stoxx 600 and France’s Cac 40 climbed 0.5 per cent, and Germany’s Dax gained 0.7 per cent. The UK’s FTSE 100 rose 0.3
The establishment of Russia’s first mutual investment fund dedicated to financing cryptocurrency mining operations is underway. According to a report by the Russian press, it will be available to qualified investors and will finance the acquisition of coin minting equipment. Russian Crypto Mining Sector to Attract Shareholders Through Investment Fund Work has begun to set
Maintaining unity among western allies over Russia’s war against Ukraine is getting harder amid growing concern over signs of appeasement in some countries, Estonia’s prime minister has warned. Kaja Kallas, one of the most high-profile leaders from the Nato states that border Russia, said in an interview that “we definitely have to worry about” appeasement.
This article is the latest part of the FT’s Financial Literacy and Inclusion Campaign Money: it’s emotional. If I had to sum up the main lesson I have learned after many years writing about personal finance, this would be it. I always try to break down the barriers that prevent readers from getting to grips
James has lived in Dubai for 30 years and has never seen the local property market so frenetic. On a clear day, from his office in Boulevard Plaza, a stone’s throw from the Burj Khalifa, he can see the Palm Jumeirah, a man-made archipelago in the shape of a palm tree lined with luxury villas.
An avalanche of hot inflation data over the past month has lifted US borrowing costs to the highest point in a decade and a half, intensifying debate over how much further interest rates must rise to rein in soaring consumer prices. The yield on the two-year Treasury note hit 4.94 per cent on Thursday, a
Kate Forbes, previously tipped to succeed Nicola Sturgeon as leader of the Scottish National party, recently admitted that she would have voted against same-sex marriage had she been a member of the Scottish parliament in 2014. A public furore ensued. Forbes is a devoted member of the Free Church of Scotland. Stephen Evans, chief executive
Rishi Sunak is refusing to rush Britain back into the EU’s €95.5bn Horizon science programme despite his recent breakthrough in relations with Brussels, raising the prospect of a tough negotiation on rejoining the scheme. Senior colleagues said the UK prime minister was “sceptical” about the value of the research programme — the world’s biggest —
Binance USD’s (BUSD) market cap has fallen below $10 billion for the first time in almost two years amid a United States regulatory crackdown on its token issuer and a planned delisting from a major crypto exchange. BUSD’s market cap has been on a steep downward trajectory since its all-time high market cap of $23.49
Unity, a gaming engine development company, has announced the introduction of several blockchain-based integration options to its platform. The new options offer opportunities for developers, that will be able to take advantage of digital identity, tokens, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and other technologies with direct integration into the Unity engine. Unity Reveals New Decentralization Push in
Job cuts are very much on corporate minds. A first round of swingeing culls hit the technology sector in November. US companies including Goldman Sachs, Microsoft and Amazon followed by laying off nearly 103,000 people in January, the highest monthly total since the height of the pandemic. Now the misery is spreading, as executives hunker
More UK companies are drawing up plans to shift their stock market listings to the US, bankers say, in a growing exodus that threatens to undermine London’s effort to reinvent itself as a vibrant hub for global equities. CRH, the world’s biggest building materials company, on Thursday became the latest business to seek an exit
The British government’s drive to raise private finance for the new Sizewell C nuclear plant so construction can start may not conclude until the end of next year, more than a decade after the project was launched. Ministers gave the go-ahead last year for what would be the next project in Britain’s new nuclear programme,