Anecdotal evidence suggests upscale buyers are as interested in big city pieds-a-terre after the pandemic as they were before Covid’s arrival. The difference? Purchasers are tending to seek not customizable residences, but homes that feature turnkey living. The change may flow from Covid-era supply chain uncertainties lingering longer than expected. Buyers don’t want to wait
The launch of BRC-20 tokens and Ordinals NFTs on Bitcoin has transformed the No. 1 blockchain overnight into a clunkier version of Ethereum. The core developers and miners who signed off on the network’s Taproot upgrade in November 2021 never envisaged this would be the result. Bitcoin now suffers from many of the same problems
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How is one to assess the possibility of a voluntary default by the world’s most important country? Is something as mad as this really likely to happen? What might be the consequences if it did? These questions are impossible to answer. This is not because it is a “black swan” — that is, unimaginable. A
Bitcoin consolidated below a key price floor on Tuesday, as markets were preparing for upcoming U.S. retail sales figures. Following two months of declines, sales in the United States are expected to rebound, as inflation cools off. Ethereum remains above the $1,800 level. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) consolidated in today’s session, as markets were preparing for
Soon after Jerry Springer died last month, another sandy-haired 70-something with a Germanic name continued his work. Where Springer’s platform was daytime television, Donald Trump’s was no less than CNN. Where Springer had to coax tasteless behaviour from his guests, Trump supplied it himself. (He variously called women “nasty” and “crazy” on May 10, to
Oxford university ended its relationship with the Sacklers on Monday after a Financial Times investigation into its continued ties with the wealthy family led academics and students to call for sweeping reforms. The decision to cut social ties and remove the Sackler name from buildings, spaces and staff positions comes at the end of a
sponsored The global crypto market is expanding steadily despite recent bearish sentiments. Over 119 million people worldwide started owning cryptocurrencies in 2022, marking a 39% rise in total ownership. It reflects a growing demand for alternative payment methods and investment instruments. More people now believe in the potential of futuristic asset classes like crypto. Particularly
Bangladesh and India have decided to conduct trade settlements in their own currencies, bypassing the dominance of the U.S. dollar. According to sources from the Bangladesh Bank, the decision was made due to the issues of liquidity in foreign currency that Bangladesh faces, which are disrupting the flow of imports to the country. Bangladesh and
OpenAI’s chief executive Sam Altman will tell US lawmakers on Tuesday that regulation of artificial intelligence must allow companies to be flexible and adapt to new technological developments, as the industry faces growing scrutiny by regulators around the world. Altman, whose company created AI chatbot ChatGPT, will say that “the regulation of AI is essential”
The now-defunct crypto lender Blockfi has recently filed a court document outlining its plans to liquidate the company. The firm has come to the realization that selling the company would not be beneficial to its creditors. As a result, Blockfi has decided to take matters into its own hands and proceed with a self-liquidating transaction.
“Outdoor luxury kitchens are a high growth category,” according to a new study just published this month by the National Kitchen & Bath Association. The reasons driving this surge include people entertaining more at home because of Covid, a desire to connect with nature for wellness, new products exciting homeowners, and a keeping up with
Disgruntled creditors of the bankrupt cryptocurrency lending firm BlockFi have submitted a new court filing in response to the company’s latest restructuring plan. On May 12, BlockFi outlined its Chapter 11 plan of reorganization in a filing with the United States Bankruptcy Court in Trenton, New Jersey. The firm said that selling BlockFi might not
Bitcoin (BTC) surfed $27,000 on May 16 as traders stayed buoyant about upside continuation. $24,000 BTC price still in play, says trader Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD still focusing on the $27,000 mark, having dipped to $26,870 after the daily close. Still lacking direction, traders hoped that the pair would either
In terms of sales volume, multifamily is the largest asset class in commercial real estate, followed by industrial, office, and retail, per data from Real Capital Analytics. The segment currently has a national vacancy rate of 6.7%, according to CoStar, which projects that rent growth will moderate during the next 12 months from 3.7% to
UK wage growth showed little sign of easing in the three months to March, according to official figures that will reinforce policymakers’ concerns over the pressures fuelling inflation. The Office for National Statistics said average private sector earnings, excluding bonuses, were 7 per cent higher than a year earlier, unchanged from an upwardly revised reading
The Bitcoin Cash (BCH) network underwent a major upgrade, allowing developers to create tokens with the same properties as BCH. These are called “CashTokens,” and they can be issued by anyone using the network. The network successfully upgraded the blockchain at the BCH block height of 792,772. According to BCH developer Jason Dreyzehner, the new
European stocks fell at the open on Tuesday as investors’ concerns resurfaced that interest rates in the eurozone would stay higher for longer to curb inflation. Europe’s region-wide Stoxx 600 fell 0.3 per cent, breaking its two-day winning streak, while France’s Cac 40 and Germany’s Dax were down 0.3 per cent and 0.2 per cent
The government of Iraq issued a ban on using the U.S. dollar for conducting business transactions on May 14. The ban, which is already in effect, is designed to bolster the usage of the Iraqi dinar, the fiat currency of the country, and to reduce the influence of the dollar and its exploitation in black
Vodafone plans to cut 11,000 jobs as new chief executive Margherita Della Valle seeks to revive profit growth at the telecoms group. Della Valle, who was made permanent chief executive last month, set out a strategy for the group on Tuesday, outlining the ways in which “Vodafone must change”. The cuts are part of plan
Peter Schiff, best-selling author and chief economist of Europac, has warned about the coming of a new great depression period in America. In an interview, Schiff stated that official Consumer Price Index (CPI) numbers were designed to mislead the public and that the country was going to face a depression worse than the one it