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03.08 / 11:07

Adoption Lightning Network Bitcoin Oxford City Football Club to accept Bitcoin for matchday tickets

United Kingdom Bitcoin (BTC) payments adoption just recruited a new player. Oxford City Football Club looks to become the first National League football club to accept matchday payments in BTC when the season kicks off on Aug. 6.

02.08 / 23:13

cryptocurrency Crime Fraud Brazilian Cop Charged with Duping 23 Fellow Officers in ‘Crypto Pyramid Scam’

A military police officer in the Brazilian state of Goiás is being tried for allegedly scamming fellow officers with a cryptoasset-themed scheme.

02.08 / 20:55

wallet security UK Bitcoin Lost Man Pledges Some 18M of His Lost Bitcoin to Fund Newport Crypto Hub & USD 51 to Every Newportonian

James Howells, a computer engineer who claims he mistakenly threw away a hard drive that contained some 7,500-8,000 bitcoin (BTC) during house cleaning in 2013, has pledged to use 10% of this lost stash if/when recovered and turn Newport, UK, into a cryptocurrency hub.

02.08 / 17:29

Adoption Binance Bitcoin Rock on, Gibraltar: Pro-crypto regulation pulls Binance and big players

Gibraltar's 6.8km2 territory houses 35,000 people and several large international crypto companies. The British Overseas Territory of Gibraltar, ruled by the United Kingdom and an important gateway to Europe, is an attractive jurisdiction for distributed ledger technologies (DLT) or simply crypto.

02.08 / 16:57

MET HSBC HSBC execs try to assuage Hong Kong shareholders

Top executives of HSBC met with the bank’s shareholders in Hong Kong on 2 August and sought to convince small investors that splitting off its Asian business wouldn’t benefit them.

02.08 / 12:07

COST Digital Costs surges Fidelity digital asset revenue surges 1,800% but unit fails to turn a profit as staff costs triple

Revenue spiked at Fidelity's fledgling digital assets business in the UK last year, as more institutional investors flocked towards trading and holding crypto.

02.08 / 02:21

Citi Waves HSBC Meet four Black bankers making waves in the City

City firms have struggled to bolster the number of Black professionals in their ranks, despite ambitious pledges after the 2020 killing of George Floyd.

01.08 / 17:25

Adoption NFT Web3 Upcoming Muse NFT album becomes first new format added to charts in years

The upcoming Muse NFT album will be the latest chart-eligible album format since 2015. Prior to this album concept, the last format to be accepted by international charts was album streams. Nonfungible token (NFT) albums are now eligible for both United Kingdom and Australian charts.

01.08 / 16:35

regulation UK government NOT FCA cracks down on the ads of high-risk assets, but not crypto

British Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) demands clearer and more prominent risk warnings from the companies marketing high-risk investments. Certain investment incentives, such as refer a friend bonus, will be banned altogether.

01.08 / 16:15

Religion Pope Francis Forest fires Ukraine war: Pope Francis may meet the 'pro-war' leader of Russa's Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill

Pope Francis could meet Patriarch Kirill, the leader of the Russian Orthodox Church who the EU accuses of supporting the war in Ukraine.

01.08 / 15:39

Stocks market UBS Barclays hires Adrian Beidas from UBS to co-head UK advisory unit

Barclays has hired a senior UBS dealmaker to co-head its advisory business in the UK.

01.08 / 15:35

Adoption regulation Bitcoin Huobi gets green light as exchange provider in Australia

Crypto exchange Huobi can begin offering cryptocurrency exchange services in Australia after its registration as a digital currency exchange provider with the Australian Transaction Reports and Analysis Centre (AUSTRAC) on Aug. 1. This means Huobi can now offer fiat to cryptocurrency trading services in the country.

01.08 / 14:11

Women Forest fires England's Euro 2022 victory over Germany 'will change society'

England beat Germany 2-1 to win the European football championships on Sunday, their first major women's trophy.

01.08 / 09:05

UPS HSBC dealmaking HSBC investment bank bolstered by trading surge as dealmaking slips

Profit within HSBC's global banking and markets unit swelled by 37% in the second quarter as trading revenue surged, but fees from dealmaking more than halved during the period.

31.07 / 13:59

Royal Family bin Report: Prince Charles' charity got million pound donation from bin Laden family

Britain’s Prince Charles is facing more questions over his charities after a newspaper reported that one of his funds accepted a 1 million pound (€1.2 million) donation from relatives of Osama bin Laden.

29.07 / 19:57

Football Instagram Ukraine war: What you need to know this Friday

Russia and Ukraine accused one another on Friday of bombing a prison in separatist-held eastern Ukraine, which killed scores of Ukrainian prisoners of war.

29.07 / 16:51

Energy Gas Tieless Pedro Sánchez asks Spaniards to ditch the tie to save energy

Ditch the tie, save energy.

29.07 / 14:09

Energy European economy Russian missile strike on Mykolaiv kills at least five, injures seven

At least five people were killed and seven wounded in a Russian strike that hit a bus stop in the southeastern Ukrainian city of Mykolayiv, the regional governor said on Friday.

29.07 / 14:09

Prime Minister Energy Economy eclipses other issues in race to be UK PM

The UK's next prime minister will take office amid turmoil: soaring inflation, a war in Ukraine, souring relations with China, a changing climate.

29.07 / 13:23

Provident Digital Strategy Gemini UK to regulate stablecoins as part of Finance bill

It marks the first time that the UK’s licensing regime will cater specifically for a cryptoasset. While certain crypto businesses have to comply with the UK’s anti-money laundering rules, any issuer of stablecoins used for payment must now seek a licence from the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

29.07 / 12:41

Women Leaked report finds Frontex 'covered up' illegal migrant pushbacks by Greek authorities

The former head of the European Union's external border surveillance agency Frontex was aware of the illegal deportations of migrants by Greece and even co-financed some of the returns, according to a damning report published on Thursday by Der Spiegel.

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