On Wednesday, Reuters reported that Western sanctions on Russia and oil trading between Moscow and India have started to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade. The oil deals between India and Russia have been settled in other currencies, putting the U.S. dollar’s dominance in the oil trade under pressure. Sources Say Non-U.S.
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The 2023 board of directors for Women in Public Finance will be chaired by Kayla MacEwen, a partner at Masterson Advisors, the group announced recently. Women in Public Finance, a professional networking group for women working in the public finance sector, aims to increase the chances for women to hold leadership positions by fostering relationships
Voters in North Carolina may get to know a little bit more about the debt they will be taking on when they approve a bond referendum. A bill filed in the state Senate would mandate additional information be published with bond measures on the ballot. Senate Bill 99 was introduced in February by primary sponsors
According to a Mar. 7 announcement from the University of California San Diego (UCSD), the post-secondary institution has received a 15 million USD Coin (USDC) donation from the Balvi Filantropic Fund. The foundation is currently directed by Ethereum (ETH) co-founder Vitalik Buterin and “is a scientific investment and direct gifting fund for deploying quickly to
The Restaurant Group, owner of the Frankie & Benny’s and Wagamama chains, plans to close 35 of its worst-performing sites, as it comes under pressure from activist investors. It has also announced a new three-year plan to increase operating margins from 8.3 per cent to 11.8 per cent, but chief executive Andy Hornby told the
The Lloyd’s of London chief executive wants to “get Monday back” and see brokers and underwriters on the trading floor four days a week — in a push to ensure face-to-face trading continues to thrive following the Covid pandemic. “The building is busy,” said John Neal, CEO of the specialist insurance market made up of
Chinese social media platform Wechat has introduced support for the state-backed digital yuan in its popular payment app. Over a billion users will now ostensibly be able to take advantage of fast payments with the digital currency issued by the People’s Bank of China. Wechat Pay Follows Alipay in Integrating Payments With Digital Yuan The
Southern California’s Manhattan Beach is a city of neighborhoods, each with its own advantages and bragging rights. There’s the Tree Section, the Sand Section, the shop-filled downtown and the ocean-facing Strand. This custom-built home is in an affluent pocket called the Hill Section, known for grand homes and grander views. While residents in some parts
Bitcoin (BTC) fell to three-week lows on March 8 as stronger-than-expected employment data from the United States dampened risk assets. Employment stats boost Fed hawks, BTC price dips Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD dipping to $21,858 on Bitstamp. The pair was attempting to preserve $22,000 as support at the time of
In this article CRWD SFIX OXY Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT CrowdStrike IPO at the Nasdaq exchange June 12, 2019. Source: Nasdaq Here are the stocks making notable moves in premarket trading on Wednesday, March 8. CrowdStrike — Shares of the cybersecurity firm climbed more than 6% in premarket trading after a stronger-than-expected report
The ongoing global regime shift toward higher interest rates and less liquidity will drive significant transformations of business investment and the allocation of resources. Given structural inflation pressures, we expect central banks will be less able to intervene than they historically were when exercising monetary policy to extend expansions and shorten recessions. Disruptions and dislocations
Swati Dhingra, one of the external members of the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee, made the case on Wednesday for holding UK interest rates at 4 per cent. The vast majority of inflation had been caused by higher energy and import prices, she said, adding that the evidence of an impending wage price spiral was
Artist: Terrell Jones, MichiganDate minted first NFT: March 28, 2021Which blockchains? Ethereum, Tezos Influenced by classic gangster films, Terrell Jones has a distinctive style that captures imagination and nostalgia. He is about to auction a second piece at Sotheby’s and has a patented “soft-shell taco method” to garner the attention of notable collectors. Who is
I think it’s really important to discuss cause and effect, simply because it’s one of those things that allow you to look at the market in different ways, to see what’s going to happen in the future. Investing in the stock market is all about seeing and projecting the future. If you can’t predict what’s
Bitcoin moved below the $22,000 level on March 8, as markets continued to react to U.S. Fed Chair Jerome Powell’s testimony. Speaking in front of the Senate Banking Committee, Powell said he expected rates to be higher than initially anticipated. Ethereum has also slipped on the news. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) dropped below $22,000 on Wednesday,
Ordinals are here to stay. Ordinals, or the ability to permanently ink the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain with data, typically in the format of a picture or jpeg, are a controversial topic among some members of the Bitcoin and wider crypto community. Not so for the builders and the CEOs of Bitcoin-focused companies who were present at
The ongoing cryptocurrency winter and massive collapses in the industry do not mean that digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) are doomed to fail, according to a major European asset manager. Despite BTC failing to protect investors against rising inflation in 2021 and 2022, Bitcoin’s limited supply may still attract more attention if inflation remains above
Here is a thought experiment. If Taiwan did not exist, would the US and China still be at loggerheads? My hunch is yes. Antagonism between top dogs and rising powers is part of the human story. The follow-up is whether such tensions would persist if China were a democracy rather than a one-party state. That
The head of one of Britain’s largest insurers has decried the “perpetual drift” of companies away from London’s stock market, saying that a low-growth economy and political infighting had eroded the UK’s appeal. The decisions last week by CRH, the world’s largest building materials group, and UK chip designer Arm to shun London in favour
One of the oldest and most effective ways to earn a crypto passive income is by running masternodes, contributing the computer power necessary to drive a blockchain. A masternode is a type of full node in a blockchain network that performs additional functions beyond simply validating transactions. Masternodes typically require a significant amount of collateral
press release PRESS RELEASE. It is incredible to see the utilisation of AI in every industry in some shape or form, but above all else, companies such as ChatGPT or DALL-E that are able to respond to millions of requests within a matter of seconds provide a clear illustration of the amount of processing and