Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, July 6, 2023. Brendan McDermid | Reuters A sweeping change sought by the Securities and Exchange Commission would take fund managers’ culpability a step further than current standards if they don’t effectuate a greater standard of care. The rule
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Singapore’s so-called shophouses are a defining element in some of the city-state’s historic neighborhoods. Built in the early 1900s, they are usually found in the city center, blend traditional architecture with ornate details and display colorful facades. ADVERTISEMENT “Shophouses traditionally refer to two- or three-story terrace houses commonly found in Southeast Asia, particularly in countries
Bitcoin (BTC) will be the currency of artificial intelligence (AI) and could reach a price per coin of $760,000 in the process, Arthur Hayes says. In his latest essay titled “Massa,” the former BitMEX CEO concluded that the AI revolution would naturally gravitate toward BTC. Hayes: Bitcoin is “logical currency choice for AI” Despite fiat
“Mark Zuckerberg goes in for the kill.” “A hit to Elon Musk.” “Meta lands knockout blow on Twitter.” Headline writers reached for the age-old tropes this week as the owner of Facebook announced the launch of Threads. Who can blame them? Business is boring compared with violence. Hence why (mostly) men in suits love metaphors
By: Christos Makridis Dr. Doug Milburn, an innovator and executive chairman and founder of Advanced Glazings (AGL), thrives on solving problems. For over 35 years, he has brought his vision and passion to manufacturing, engineering, software development and process engineering. Across the leadership roles throughout his career, Dr. Milburn has helped create successful companies by
Google Cloud is the latest company to show interest in Bitcoin (BTC) Lightning. The $225-billion cloud and data service recently partnered with Voltage, an infrastructure provider specializing in the Bitcoin Lightning Network. The partnership will allow one of the world’s largest cloud computing providers to roll out Bitcoin-based services worldwide while assisting the expansion of
From thumbs-ups from friendly strangers to midnight police searches, a Bitcoin-themed van continues a whirlwind tour around Europe. Ariel Aguilar has been behind the wheel of Bitcoin (BTC) promotion efforts, driving across Europe in a BTC-themed van called La Bitcoineta. Speaking to Cointelegraph journalist Joe Hall at Plan B Summer School, the Argentinian Bitcoin proponent
Coin Stories host Natalie Brunell — who has 302,600 followers on Twitter — recalls feeling very tense before meeting with Salvadoran President and Bitcoin maximalist Nayib Bukele in March 2022. “It was very formal, there were guards outside his office. What is funny is it felt very formal outside of his actual office. Then you
The legal team representing the billionaire entrepreneur George Bachiashvili has issued a statement denying the criminal charges filed by the Prosecutor’s Office of Georgia, alleging that the businessman misappropriated Bitcoin (BTC) worth $39 million. On July 6, the prosecutor’s office charged Bachiashvili with the misappropriation of crypto and money laundering. In 2015, the office said
New York State Common Retirement Fund’s investment return was negative 4.14% for the state’s fiscal year that ended March 31, said state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. The fund is valued at $248.5 billion. The fund’s returns reflect retirement and death benefits of $14.7 billion, which were paid during the fiscal year. For the prior fiscal year,
Wealthy individuals who benefit from the UK’s non-dom rules paid record sums to the exchequer in the past tax year, in spite of tighter rules governing the regime. HM Revenue & Customs raised £8.5bn from non-domiciled taxpayers in 2021-22, it said on Thursday. Receipts were at their highest level since rule changes were introduced in
When the market is volatile, it’s important to be mindful of your other assets and think of your portfolio in a holistic way, said certified financial planner Lazetta Rainey Braxton, co-founder and co-CEO of virtual advisory firm 2050 Wealth Partners. “When we are thinking about market volatility, that means that there is uncertainty about what direction
The Biden administration has advanced a $6.88 billion grant for the bistate Hudson Tunnel project, marking the largest federal transportation grant in history and moving the long-awaited project into the next phase of construction. “We have to do this quickly because these are hundred-year-old tunnels,” Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., the project’s chief Congressional cheerleader, said
In this article BE BABA BIIB LEVI Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT The Levi Strauss & Co. label is seen on jeans in a store at the Woodbury Common Premium Outlets in Central Valley, New York, U.S., February 15, 2022. Andrew Kelly | Reuters Check out the companies making the biggest moves before the
Blockchain network Avail has launched a testnet data availability bridge to Ethereum, according to a July 7 announcement. Once testing is completed, the bridge will allow developers to easily create “validiums” or low-cost layer 2s that do not store full transaction data on Ethereum, the announcement stated. Avail was originally created by Polygon Labs, but
In this week’s episode of Market Talks, Cointelegraph welcomes Natalie Brunell, a podcast host, educator and media commentator in the Bitcoin space. Her podcast, Coin Stories, consistently ranks among the top 50 to 100 on Apple podcasts. She has over 300,000 Twitter followers, and is an award-winning TV journalist and former investigative reporter. Brunell explains how Bitcoin
U.K. homeowners and would-be buyers have been beset by rising borrowing costs over the past year as the Bank of England has sought to get a handle on stubbornly high inflation. Anadolu Agency | Anadolu Agency | Getty Images LONDON — U.K. house prices fell at their fastest annual pace in 12 years in June
It is a gloriously sunny day as I squeeze into the elevator of the cheery six-storey building that houses The Conduit, a trendy members’ club in London’s Covent Garden for self-appointed “changemakers”. The man I’m here to meet, Mark Malloch-Brown, has taken many guises during a protean career in which the one constant has been
BP is in talks over a landmark insurance deal for its £30bn final salary pension fund as rising interest gives companies the chance to shift billions of pounds of liabilities off their books. Trustees for BP’s UK defined benefit scheme, which has more than 60,000 members, are in talks with multiple insurers over a so-called
The news surrounding BlackRock’s application for a spot Bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (EFT) sent the asset’s price from its local lows in mid-June to a strong monthly close of +12%. To most observers, this was a sign that institutional investment into the cryptosphere is once again on the horizon. A future approval of a spot
Amid KuCoin exchange preparing to adopt mandatory Know Your Customer (KYC) checks, the company’s CEO argued that privacy is not the most important feature of Bitcoin (BTC). “When it comes to the purpose of Bitcoin creation, I think privacy is just one of its features,” KuCoin CEO Johnny Lyu told Cointelegraph in an interview on