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Dollar dipped against a basket of currencies; Gold prices rose
December 29th, 2020
Gold prices rose on Tuesday as the dollar eased, while investors kept a close watch on a U.S. Senate vote on increased pandemic aid checks to individuals. Fundamentals Spot gold rose 0.5% to $1,880.06 per ounce by 0108 GMT, ...
Hacker steals $24 million from cryptocurrency service
October 29th, 2020
A hacker has stolen roughly $24 million worth of cryptocurrency assets from decentralized finance (DeFi) service Harvest Finance, a web portal that lets users invest cryptocurrencies and then farm the price variations for small profit yields. The hack took ...
The destruction of the euro
October 26th, 2020
The Eurozone is bust. The deterioration of TARGET2 imbalances have been hardly noticed, but in recent months it has been alarming. Despite official denials over the years that it is a matter of concern, it is increasingly obvious ...
China is killing the dollar
September 23rd, 2020
In the wake of the Fed’s promise of 23 March to print money without limit in order to rescue the covid-stricken US economy, China changed its policy of importing industrial materials to a more aggressive stance. In examining ...
The U.S. Dollar Index is down against a list of other major currencies
September 21st, 2020
The U.S dollar was trading lower in the latter part of Asia’s trading session on Monday. The slump was triggered on growing concerns about whether the safe-haven currency had found its footing after five straight months of declines, with ...
World Shares Update: World shares rose slightly on Monday
September 7th, 2020
World shares rose slightly on Monday after losing $2.3 trillion in the last two sessions in a technology stocks led rout as investors reassessed soaring valuations when the global economy is in a coronavirus-induced recession while oil prices dropped. ...
Here we go again
September 7th, 2020
For the past few years, the US financial system and the Fed have been playing a game of chicken in which the Fed tries to tighten (or at least stop easing) and the stock market behaves like an addict ...
Instagram users ripped off for £400k in a month in Forex scam
September 4th, 2020
Instagram users are being ripped off by investment con artists – with UK victims handing over nearly £400,000 in just one month. Britain’s national fraud reporting centre was bombared with 164 complaints in June alone, representing a total loss ...
GDPR fines mount
September 2nd, 2020
In the over two years since Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was implemented on the EU and EEA, a team of financial analysts from Finbold has studied the fines and penalties that data protection authorities have imposed within ...
Venezuela’s Bitcoin use soars amid hyperinflation: 3rd on Global Crypto Adoption Index
September 1st, 2020
Venezuelans have become increasingly interested in cryptocurrency as their country faces dire economic crisis and hyperinflation, a new study by blockchain data analytics firm Chainalysis shows. The firm’s Global Crypto Adoption Index ranks Venezuela third as “The country has ...
