Private equity firm General Atlantic is teaming up with an Abu Dhabi state fund and the emirate’s largest listed company to launch a new investment group, underlining the continuing pull the oil-rich Gulf state holds for Wall Street. The new investment firm will manage a series of assets drawn from ADQ, Abu Dhabi Growth Fund
The writer is author of ‘Chip War’ When the US last week added several units of BGI Group, a Chinese genetic sequencing firm, to its entity list restricting technology transfer, the primary justification was that the company had been “contributing to monitoring and surveillance”, including of ethnic minorities. Yet the human rights implications of China’s
In recent times, Bitcoin’s hashrate has been consistently above 300 exahash per second (EH/s) as multiple mining pools dedicate significant hashpower to the Bitcoin blockchain today. Interestingly, some of the world’s top bitcoin mining pools are also using their hashrate to merge-mine other coins, and these networks have benefited from bitcoin’s increased hashrate. How Bitcoin’s
Ethereum classic remained near a two-month low on March 6, as a cloud of uncertainty continued to hover over markets. The global crypto market cap remained bearish to start the week, and is down 0.55% at the time of writing. Litecoin also moved lower on Monday. Ethereum Classic (ETC) Ethereum classic (ETC) started the week
In this article DPZ EMR RH BMRN SNAP AAPL CSG.N-CH Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. An Apple store on Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street in Shanghai, China, on December 16, 2022. CFOTO | Future Publishing | Getty Images Snap — The tech company’s shares gained almost
Texas is plowing ahead with a massive bond sale to recover extraordinary costs incurred by natural gas utilities during a fierce 2021 winter storm with a deal that allows for a redemption in the event the state’s overflowing coffers are tapped to ease the blow to customers who will be paying off the debt. The
Million-dollar-plus homes are making up a smaller portion of the housing pie than they did in the spring according to a recent survey. Just over 7% of homes in the U.S. are worth $1 million or more. The share has dropped from June 2022’s all-time high of 8.6% and remains essentially unchanged from a year
The two brothers who own the Daily Telegraph newspaper have been summoned to give evidence in a long-running battle at the High Court in London between their uncle Sir Frederick Barclay and his former wife over an unpaid £100mn divorce settlement. Judge Jonathan Cohen ordered Aidan Barclay, chair of the Telegraph Media Group and his
Taiwan’s president Tsai Ing-wen has convinced US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to meet in California rather than Taipei to avoid an aggressive Chinese military response, as tensions run high between Beijing and Washington. Several people familiar with the situation said Tsai and McCarthy had agreed to meet in the US because of Taiwanese security concerns.
Bitcoin (BTC) failed to react at the March 6 Wall Street open as consensus formed around a potential violation of $20,000. $19,000 BTC price is “breakdown target” Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a limp BTC/USD as it clung to $22,400 at the time of writing. Motionless throughout the weekend, the pair offered few
It has been 21 days since Paxos revealed that it would no longer mint the stablecoin BUSD. Since then, over 7 billion BUSD stablecoins have been redeemed. Prior to the announcement, BUSD was once a top-ten crypto asset. However, the top ten cryptocurrencies by market valuation have changed since the redemptions. Presently, there are only
There’s been little sunlight this crypto winter, so it may seem odd to present the “Bitcoin as legal tender” argument again. That is, will or should any country — other than El Salvador and the Central African Republic (CAR), which have already done so — declare Bitcoin (BTC) an official national currency? The International Monetary
AMZN (Amazon) stock will more than likely split sometime in the near future. Often, when the stock splits, it moves up as more buyers can come in at a lower more favorable share price. The question is what option strategy can we use to profit from an upside move in Amazon (AMZN) from the current
Starbucks has shelved plans to sell its owner-operated UK coffee shops and instead committed to opening 100 outlets this year, after a proposal to move to a fully franchised business model angered existing franchise partners. Duncan Moir, Starbucks president for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (Emea), on Monday said that despite being “cautious about
History shows that heavy spending on armaments may reduce rather than increase stability. Still, the two goals align nicely for delegates at China’s annual National People’s Congress. Within Chinese business, this will create winners among defence companies and losers across many other sectors. Chinese premier Li Keqiang mentioned the word “stability” 33 times in his
Bitcoin bear market builders convened in London for the Bitcoin-only conference Advancing Bitcoin, which ran from March 2–3. Common Bitcoin (BTC) conference vernacular like “macro,” “shitcoin” and “debt spiral” was absent from the debate, replaced by computer science terms like “OP_return,” “nonce” and “ordinals” dominating the discussion. The two-day developer conference was technical and thoughtful
Bitcoin consolidated for a third straight session, as markets prepared for a big week of U.S. economic data. Later this week, nonfarm payrolls will be posted, with Federal Reserve chair Jerome Powell also speaking in the coming days. Ethereum also fell marginally lower to start the week. Bitcoin Bitcoin (BTC) started the week in consolidation,
Signs are posted in front of homes under construction at a KB Home housing development on January 12, 2022 in Novato, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images Check out the companies making the biggest moves in premarket trading: Ferrari — Shares of the luxury automaker rose less than 1% early Monday after Morgan Stanley analyst
press release PRESS RELEASE. Dubai, United Arab Emirates, March, 2023 – MaskEX, a rapidly expanding third-generation crypto exchange, headquartered in Dubai, has announced the launch of its crypto-backed Virtual Card, enabling users to spend their crypto as fiat in more than 176 countries with over 50 million merchants worldwide. This new feature is now available
The Nigerian fintech Flutterwave has rejected reports suggesting that hackers have stolen as much as $6.3 million from user accounts. The fintech firm said a routine check of its transaction monitoring system helped to uncover “an unusual trend of transactions on some users’ profiles.” Motion to Freeze The Nigerian fintech unicorn, Flutterwave, has said reports
Xi Jinping has called Vladimir Putin his best friend. But now the Russian leader is in urgent need of help from China. Putin’s army is bogged down in Ukraine and running short of ammunition. Should Xi prove that he is a friend indeed by supplying Russia with weapons? China’s decision will say a lot about