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Ukrainian energy infrastructure 60 times in the last several weeks as winter approaches and temperatures drop, driving up public energy consumption, officials said on Wednesday. Ukraine fears Russia may have already begun a concerted campaign of attacks on the power grid for a second winter at war. Last winter, thousands of Russian drones and missiles targeted Ukraine's power sector, causing sweeping blackouts.

Coinbase said on Tuesday it had added four national security experts to its global advisory council as the cryptocurrency industry comes under intense regulatory scrutiny following the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's FTX. Mark Esper, Stephanie Murphy, Frances Townsend and David Urban are joining the council, which advises the company's executive leadership team.

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Truist Financial, the US commercial bank with an investment banking arm, likes to say it's a fun place to work. It prefaced its third quarter presentation with its values, which included being caring and happiness, with the latter defined as 'positive energy [that] changes lives.'

As the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) moves forward with its plans to enhance surveillance of cryptocurrency transactions, some worry that it might lead to a surge in crypto confiscations.

Josh Birenbaum, deputy director for the Center on Economic and Financial Power at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies, discusses why trading partners find it increasingly difficult to do business in and with Beijing.

rupee closed little changed on Wednesday, wedged between buoyant local U.S. dollar demand on one side and a retreat in crude oil prices and U.S.

Modi said on Wednesday that the rise in patent applications in India demonstrate the rising innovative zeal of its youths and is a very positive sign for the times to come. He was reacting to a World Intellectual Property Organization report which said patent applications by residents of India grew by 31.6 per cent in 2022, extending an 11-year run of growth unmatched by any other country among the top 10 filers. China, the US, Japan, South Korea and Germany were the countries with the highest numbers of patent filings in 2022, it said. While innovators from China continue to file nearly half of all global patent applications, the country's growth rate dipped for a second consecutive year from 6.8 per cent in 2021 to 3.1 per cent in 2022, it said, while noting India's growth. Modi said on X, «The rise in patent applications in India demonstrate the rising innovative zeal of our youth and is a very positive sign for the times to come.»

Switzerland-based crypto bank SEBA AG has become the latest crypto-centered firm to obtain a license from the Hong Kong Securities and Futures Commission (SFC).

Trading platform Robinhood has revealed its intentions to expand into Europe in the coming weeks. The company is exploring establishing brokerage operations in the United Kingdom. It made this decision known on Tuesday, Nov 7.

ByteDance, the parent of short video app TikTok, is offering to buy back shares from its employees outside the United States for $160 apiece, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday, a plan that the company confirmed. The price per restricted stock unit is in line with an offer it made to current and former US employees in October, according to a Reuters report which said the company was looking to buy at least $300 million worth of stock at $160 per share.

In the fluid realm of digital currencies, Bitcoin‘s valuation has taken a modest uptick, registering a 1.20% climb to reach $35,365 on Wednesday. Amidst this nuanced shift in market dynamics, notable developments have surfaced. Custodia Bank, spearheaded by the astute Caitlin Long, is pioneering a novel Bitcoin custody platform, poised to enhance security for Bitcoin holdings.

Crypto ATMs are continuing to expand globally with over 32,500 installed so far, Financial Times reported.

Robinhood has revealed plans to introduce cryptocurrency trading services in the European Union (EU) in the near future.

Kremlin said on Wednesday that the West had demonstrated its aggression towards Russia but said that when it came to nuclear weapons, Moscow had its nuclear doctrine and that this had not been changed. Russian Security Council Secretary Nikolai Patrushev said earlier on Wednesday that the «destructive» policies of the United States and its allies were increasing the risk that nuclear, chemical or biological weapons would be used. When asked about the remarks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said: «Patrushev is the secretary of the Security Council. He is part of the Kremlin.

fire. But administration officials have made clear, in a series of leaks, that they doubt Israel has a coherent exit strategy in Gaza. They complain that Mr Netanyahu is barely willing to discuss the topic, and say they want to put their concerns on the record now lest the war end badly.

RBI’s target band in July and August on account of higher food prices, which raised investor concern about whether RBI would have to hike rate again to bring inflation back under control. However, the vegetable prices that spiked and led to this acceleration in inflation were of a short-duration nature and their prices have since reversed. Over the coming quarters, MS India economist, Upasana Chachra, expects that headline inflation will remain within the target range.

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European cryptocurrency banking platform Bitwala, formerly known as Nuri, is coming back after ceasing operations and returning customer funds last year.

Crypto exchange Binance announced the launch of its new Web3 wallet at the Binance Blockchain Week conference in Istanbul, to be made available to all users via the Binance mobile app.