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12.04 / 16:05

News Downing UK PM Boris Johnson fined over Downing Street lockdown parties

UK prime minister Boris Johnson has been fined over Downing Street lockdown parties.

12.04 / 15:37

economics inflation Bitcoin US Inflation Hits 8.5%, Slightly Higher Than Expected

US headline inflation for March came in at 8.5%, slightly above analysts’ expectations. The number is up markedly from February’s reading of 7.9%.

12.04 / 14:49

Rocketing Prices Test Europe’s Political Resolve in Confrontation With Russia

Surging food and fuel prices following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine are fueling discontent across Europe, testing Western democracies’ political resilience.

12.04 / 12:53

COST Inflation Seen Nearing New Four-Decade High in March

U.S. inflation is estimated to have surpassed an 8% annual rate last month, driven by strong consumer demand, supply-chain disruptions and skyrocketing energy costs related to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

12.04 / 12:01

Health Time France election: Five reasons why the Macron-Le Pen face-off will look very different this time

Emmanuel Macron goes into the French presidential run-off as the frontrunner ahead of Marine Le Pen, with his first-round lead over his rival slightly larger than it was in 2017.

12.04 / 10:57

markets inflation Bitcoin Bitcoin Price Bitcoin claws back $40K as 24-hour crypto liquidations near $500M

Bitcoin (BTC) attempted to reclaim $40,000 as support on April 12 after a troubling start to the week saw BTC/USD hit three-week lows.

12.04 / 09:49

Ukraine war: Austrian chancellor Karl Nehammer downbeat after face-to-face talks with Putin

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer said he urged Vladimir Putin to end the war in Ukraine in a face-to-face meeting on Monday.

12.04 / 08:37

UPS Lowe's Target Russia's war in Ukraine means there'll be no return to normality for Europe's economy

The war in Ukraine and the ensuing economic sanctions imposed on Russia will cause far bigger shifts for Europe's economy and markets than previous crises like the coronavirus pandemic, economists have said.

12.04 / 08:07

Marine Le Pen Ukraine war live: Nearly two-thirds of country's children have fled their homes, UNICEF says

The war in Ukraine is now in its seventh week, and taking on a new dimension with growing evidence of human rights atrocities by Russian troops as they retreated from the Kyiv region and other parts of the country.

12.04 / 04:43

Fallout Moscow’s Central Banker Dismantles What She Built

Elvira Nabiullina spent eight years modernizing Russian monetary policy and forging bonds with global markets. In the past six weeks, she took apart much of what she created for a new task: keeping President Vladimir Putin’s war economy humming.

11.04 / 22:51

Marine Le Pen France election: Macron and Le Pen battle for two separate visions of country's role within Europe

As the 2022 French presidential election enters a new stage, current President Emmanuel Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen are once again going tête-à-tête.

11.04 / 21:23

Law ETF regulation SEC Law Decoded: Crypto risks, imaginary and real, and creative ways of addressing them, April 4–11

Last week, there was a lot of regulatory talk about crypto-related risks. While this is very common in itself, some angles and proposed solutions to such risks came across as novel. In the United States, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) issued a letter to commercial and savings banks under its purview, or all federally chartered banks, asking financial institutions to notify the FDIC about all ongoing and planned crypto-related activities. Apparently, standardized guidance for all banks would not fit the bill since the risks seem to be unique in each case.

11.04 / 18:53

Blockchain Ethereum Binance Bitcoin Bitcoin and Ethereum Investment Outflows Accelerate, No 'Significant Stress Among Investors' + More News

Get your daily, bite-sized digest of cryptoasset and blockchain-related news – investigating the stories flying under the radar of today’s crypto news.

11.04 / 17:49

markets stocks Federal Reserve Bitcoin Bitcoin keeps falling as former BitMEX CEO gives $30K BTC price target for June

Bitcoin (BTC) saw a predictable fall into the Wall Street open on April 11 as bears took the market toward $40,000.

11.04 / 17:43

NATO debate Sweden's ruling party begins internal debate on joining NATO after Russia's invasion of Ukraine

Sweden's ruling Social Democrats have begun an internal debate about joining NATO following Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

11.04 / 14:53

Blockchain cryptocurrency Digital Metaverse Drop NFT Prices May Drop Sharply After Initial Surge, Say Experts

NFTs can be exotic and dangerous beasts.

11.04 / 14:37

Ethereum Trading Asia Bitcoin MEXC Supporting startups is essential for every crypto business: Q&A with VP of MEXC exchange

Exchanges have long been more than just trading platforms: they’ve been used for fundraising, marketing promotion, brand exposure and more. Cointelegraph talked to Katherine Deng, VP of MEXC and founder of MEXC Pioneer, about the true role crypto exchanges are playing in the current crypto market and what else they can be doing.

11.04 / 11:27

Booking stake Societe Generale faces €3.1bn hit on sale of Rosbank stake as it quits Russia

Societe Generale is stopping banking and insurance activities in Russia, as it sells its entire stake in Rosbank and the group’s insurance subsidiaries to Interros Capital.

11.04 / 10:29

Twitter Ukraine war: Austria's chancellor Nehammer to be first European leader to visit Putin since invasion

Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer is set to be the first European leader to hold face-to-face talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin since Moscow invaded Ukraine.

11.04 / 07:59

LGBT Ukraine war live: 'Next days crucial' Zelenskyy says, as defenders prepare for new Russian assault

10.04 / 19:19

business Pope Francis Live: France votes in first-round of presidential election

French voters took to the polls on Sunday in what's expected to be a tight race for the 12 presidential candidates.

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