Solana (SOL) has seized the spotlight as the leading blockchain of the year, commanding nearly half of global crypto investor attention in chain-specific narratives, according to CoinGecko. This dominance is fueled by SOL’s resurgence to 2021 highs, buoyed by the strong performance of key project tokens such as Pyth and meme coins like Dogwifhat (WIF)....
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) -A federal appeals court on Tuesday refused to hold five major technology companies liable over their alleged support for the use of child labor in cobalt mining operations in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In a 3-0 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia ruled in...
The Hong Kong stock market has moved higher in two of three trading days since the end of the two-day slide in which it had stumbled almost 400 points or 2.5 percent. The Hang Seng Index now sits just above the 16,540-point plateau, although it may hand back some of those gains on Tuesday. The...
In this latest Bitcoin price prediction, the cryptocurrency is trading at $62,900, a slight decrease of around 0.65%. Recent developments, including the conditional approval of Bitcoin and Ether ETFs in Hong Kong and escalating Middle East tensions, influence market dynamics. These factors, coupled with the upcoming halving event, are pivotal in shaping Bitcoin’s short-term financial...
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams wrote in an official statement following Judge Lewis A. Kaplan’s Thursday morning ruling that FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried’s 25-year prison sentence will send “an important message” to potential fraudsters everywhere. In addition to a quarter of a century in prison, Kaplan has ordered Bankman-Fried to forfeit over $11 billion. A Message...
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has edited its Tron lawsuit against Justin Sun and his crypto companies, Tron Foundation, the BitTorrent Foundation, and Rainberry, following his attempted dismissal of the litigation late last month, amended court docs filed on Thursday reveal. Tron Lawsuit Edited After Justin Sun’s Attempted Dismissal In the updated...
Jakarta (ANTARA) - Governor of Bank Indonesia (BI), Perry Warjiyo, emphasized on Tuesday the need for Indonesia to remain optimistic about domestic economic growth while staying vigilant due to uncertain global conditions. "Indonesia will continue to be one of the best-performing economies in the world this year and beyond," he said. "However, we still have...
U.K. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors reassessed the ability of Chinas stimulus to boost demand. The benchmark FTSE 100 was marginally higher at 8,287 after closing up 0.3 percent on Tuesday. Mining stocks traded mixed, while energy giants BP Plc and Shell were down around half a percent each. Property website Rightmove...
The European Union (EU) has formally passed a new anti-money laundering regulation (AMLR), applicable to all crypto-asset service providers (CASPs). The laws would provide more powers to Financial Intelligence Units (FIUs) to detect and combat money laundering and terrorist financing. Per a Wednesday’s announcement, the package of legislations would impact crypto exchanges, brokers, regulated under...
While reporting financial results for the second quarter on Friday, integrated payments company American Express Co. (AXP) raised its earnings guidance for the full-year 2024, while maintaining annual revenue growth outlook. For fiscal 2024, the company now projects earnings in a range of $13.30 to $13.80 per share, up from the prior forecast range of...