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Bitcoin pumped from under $28,000 to $30,000 within minutes earlier on Monday as unverified rumors that the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) had approved asset management giant BlackRock’s iShares spot Bitcoin Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) application began circulating across social media.

By Alexandra Valencia

By Joseph White and David Shepardson

In the lead-up to last week, the US Dollar Index experienced some weakening as the Federal Reserve adopted a more dovish stance. This trend coincided with escalating geopolitical risks in the Middle East, which were expected to intensify over the weekend.

Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange, has announced its exit from the Russian market, selling its business in the country to CommEX, a newly launched exchange. 

Former FTX engineering director Nishad Singh reportedly told a New York courtroom that former CEO Sam “SBF” Bankman-Fried had a habit of deciding on purchases through Alameda Research by himself.

Treasury yields edged higher on Monday as investors faced increased U.S. government debt issuance while an expected Israeli ground offensive in Gaza remained imminent, keeping the bond market in a tentative mood. Israeli forces kept up their bombardment of Gaza after diplomatic efforts to arrange a ceasefire to allow foreign passport holders to leave and aid to be brought into the besieged Palestinian enclave failed. Air strikes were the heaviest yet as the conflict entered its 10th day with an Israeli ground offensive of the densely populated coastal strip believed to be close at hand. «It's certainly wait-and-see mode.

The NSE Nifty 50 index settled 0.10% lower at 19,732, and the S&P BSE Sensex fell 0.17% to 66,167. Here's how analysts read the market pulse: «The daily and hourly momentum indicators provide divergent signals and in such a scenario a consolidation appears with high probability. Contraction of the Bollinger bands also supports our sideways outlook on the Index.

crypto exchange FTX, on Monday said he had a lot of admiration and respect for FTX Co-founder and CEO Sam Bankman-Fried but over time, that «eroded». According to Singh, Bankman-Fried's frequent dipping into customers' funds was at times done «unilaterally» and was often «excessive.» Singh, who has already pleaded guilty, testified as the third week of Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial began in the US, according to CoinDesk. Singh testified that he learned two months before the crypto exchange blew up that it was improperly using customers' money. He said he knew around $8 billion of FTX customers' money had gone missing. «I had a lot of admiration and respect for him, but over time that eroded,» Singh said of Bankman-Fried, his friend from high school, CoinDesk reported. Singh said he «learned of a hole» in the company finances in September 2022. The hole was «enormous,» Singh said, adding that the funds were used by Alameda Research which is Bankman-Fried's affiliated trading firm «for a variety of venture investments, political donations, real estate purchases and other expenditures». «I had a lot of admiration and respect for him, but over time that eroded,» Singh told the court. The Bankman-Fried trial resumed with more prosecution witnesses. Like previous witnesses Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison and FTX Co-founder Gary Wang, Singh has also pleaded guilty to fraud and conspiracy counts. Last week, Wang told the court that FTX used hidden Python code to misrepresent the value of its insurance fund. FTX claimed in 2021 on Twitter that «the 5.25 million FTT (FTX tokens) we put in our insurance fund in 2019 now makes the fund worth over 100 million USD». However, former chief technology officer Wang

China's foreign minister condemned Israel's actions for going "beyond the scope of self-defence" and called for it to "cease its collective punishment of the people of Gaza". "(Israel) should listen earnestly to the calls of the international community...

Click here! The 1-month premium is down to 8 paisa against 11 paisa last Tuesday. Meanwhile, the dollar/rupee cash swap rate fell today, suggesting the banking system is already facing a dollar crunch.

Crypto, the buzzword in the world of finance. There are currently around 31 million users of these digital assets in Europe, according to estimations from cryptocurrency payment gateway TripleA.

By Ankika Biswas and Shashwat Chauhan

By Philip Blenkinsop

U.S. chip stocks like Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA), and Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), among others, are trading lower early Monday following a Bloomberg News report that the U.S. will strengthen restrictions on China's access to advanced chip technology.

Two organizations representing financial services professionals are to merge into one association after their members voted in favor.

Gen Z and Millennials are used to the ‘on demand’ culture of today’s America, and they would rather not wait for retirement either.

An Israeli ground offensive in the Gaza Strip would further escalate the conflict raging since Hamas launched its unprecedented attack, killing hundreds of civilians.

While critics wrote off much of the initial hype surrounding the tokenized real-world asset (RWA) market, the sector has been on a tear over the past year or so. In fact, Boston Consulting Group expects the tokenization of global illiquid assets to be a $16 trillion industry by the end of the decade.

Daniel Noboa has managed to do what his father failed at five times: Getting elected as Ecuador’s president

Major U.S. pharmacy chain Rite Aid says it has filed for bankruptcy and obtained $3.45 billion in fresh financing as it carries out a restructuring plan while coping with falling sales and opioid-related lawsuits