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Popular messaging app Telegram has finally unveiled a crypto wallet nearly three years after it first revealed plans to build a Web3 ecosystem. The wallet was unveiled during the ongoing Token2049 event in Singapore.

₹7,405 per barrel on MCX. Crude oil price opened at ₹7,372 a barrel as compared to its previous close of ₹7,385 on the bourse. International crude oil prices rose, firming around a 10-month peak, as the market balanced supply concerns over Libya output and OPEC cuts with global macroeconomic headwinds.

BNB, USD Coin, XRP Dogecoin, Cardano and Solana fell up to 2%. ETH was trading at $1,580.67 while Dogecoin was at $0.06124. «In the last 24 hours, Bitcoin briefly lost its crucial support at $25,000 for the first time in almost three months. For BTC to not enter panic mode, $24,500 support remains sacrosanct. This is the level above which BTC has been trading for almost 6 months now. As for ETH, which fell 2.8%, the support of $1,600 has been breached and it is currently trading around $1,550,» Shubham Hudda, Senior Manager, CoinSwitch Markets Desk said. In Hudda's opinion, a major catalyst for SOL’s ($17.95) sell-off is still Wednesday's expectation of FTX unlock, pointing out that this cryptocurrency was already down by around 50% from its recent high in July. «Additionally, given that a majority of the SOL is time-locked for FTX, we could very well see a 'sell the rumor, buy the news’ event playing out on Tuesday,» he added.

Jessica Chastain and Peter Sarsgaard brought Hollywood glamour to the Toronto International Film Festival for their family drama "Memory" amid strikes that have kept most celebrities off the carpets. The film received an interim agreement from the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA), allowing the stars to promote their work at a festival that's been mostly star-less due to the ongoing writers' and actors' strikes. Sarsgaard joins the North American premiere of the film after taking the prize for best actor at the Venice Film Festival, which marks the start of the awards season and regularly throws up big favourites for the Oscars. «Memory» is a drama about Chastain's character, Sylvia, trying to overcome the abuse of her past while struggling to build a future. For director Michel Franco, the story is important because it centres on people who are often ignored in society. «It came from my need to shine a light on broken people,» he said.

Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse has described the United States as a bad destination for crypto startups due to the country’s uncertain policies around digital assets.

BNB, USD Coin, XRP gained up to 0.69%. Other crypto tokens such as Cardano, Dogecoin, and Solana fell up to 1.07%. ETH was trading at $1,582.98, up 0.33% while Dogecoin was at $0.06067, lower by 0.17%. Cryptocurrencies have an inverse relationship with the US dollar. The dollar index was trading at 104.67 with a slightly negative bias.

A net 32% of managers thought the European economy will go into a recession over the next 12 months.

American singer said in her acceptance speech. The show, held at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey, was Swift's from nearly the beginning. The night's first presenters were none other than NSYNC, who reunited to hand the Best Pop Video award to Swift, PTI reported.

iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15 Pro Max, Apple Watch Series 9, Apple Watch Ultra 2 and AirPods Pro 2 with USB-C charging support. Pre-orders for the iPhone 15 series will begin from September 15 while the flagship phones will start shipping from September 22.

U.S. Congressman Tom Emmer, with the support of 49 Republican lawmakers, reintroduced the CBDC Anti-Surveillance State Act. 

The head of Binance.US, the US offshoot of the largest crypto exchange Binance, has left the digital assets giant as the company is reportedly cutting its workforce by one-third.

rupee witnessed a range-bound trading against the US dollar in early trade on Wednesday, as the support from positive macroeconomic data was negated by elevated crude oil prices and a firm American currency. Forex traders said domestic retail inflation data and industrial production figures were better than market expectations and supported investors' sentiments. However, investors are awaiting cues from the CPI data from the US to know the path the US FED will tread in its fight for lower inflation. At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee was trading in a narrow range.

Kim Jong Un told Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday that his country offers its “full and unconditional support” for Russia’s “sacred fight” to defend its security interests, in an apparent reference to the war in Ukraine, and said Pyongyang will always stand with Moscow on the “anti-imperialist” front. Through a translator, Kim called North Korea’s relations with Russia “the first priority.” Putin in his opening remarks welcomed Kim to Russia and said he was glad to see him. Putin listed economic cooperation, humanitarian issues and the “situation in the region” among the agenda items for their talks. Talks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un began on Wednesday at the Vostochny cosmodrome, Russian state news agency Tass reported. The talks, which included their delegations, began shortly after Putin and Kim toured various facilities at the cosmodrome, including two launch pads. The leaders met at the remote Siberian rocket launch facility for a summit that underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The two men began their meeting with a tour of a Soyuz-2 space rocket launch facility, at which the North Korean leader peppered a Russian space official with questions about the rockets. Kim's meeting with Putin came hours after North Korea fired two ballistic missiles toward the sea, extending a highly provocative run in North Korean weapons testing since the start of 2022, as Kim used the distraction caused by Putin’s war on Ukraine to accelerate his weapons development. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff didn’t immediately say how far the North Korean missiles flew.

RVNL), Indian Railway Finance Corporation (IRFC), RailTel Corporation of India, RITES and Ircon International plunged 11-17% over the two sessions, while private firms Texmaco Rail & Engineering and Titagarh Rail Systems shares have tanked up to 20%. Extending their Tuesday losses, railway stocks fell sharply today with Titagarh as the top loser in the pack declining 10%. Meanwhile, RVNL (5%), IRFC (8%), RailTel (7%), Ircon (6%), RITES (1.4%) and Texmaco (6%) were also notable losers. The correction comes on the back of a strong rally in these stocks which have hit their 52-week highs over the last one month. The profit booking in the stocks was accompanied by large volumes with over 13.80 crore shares changing hands for IRFC while over 6.56 crore shares in the case of RVNL.

The United States is one of — if not the worst — place to launch a cryptocurrency startup in the world right now, according to Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, whose firm is in a legal battle with the U.S. securities regulator.

iPhone model you purchase on launch day may be manufactured in India. As per reports, Apple intends to make the India-built iPhone 15 available here and in a few other areas on the first day of worldwide sales on September 15. When will the iPhone 15 sale start in India?Apple will begin collecting preorders for the next iPhones on September 15 in over 40 countries, including the US, India, China, the UK, and Canada.

UN General Assembly President Dennis Francis has said it is «incongruous» that only five countries can exercise certain powers within the UN Security Council, underlining that the thrust of reform has to be to «democratise» the powerful UN organ, making it more fit for purpose in the 21st century. «It's not untrue that the architecture of the Security Council was designed a very long time ago, decades ago when geographically and geopolitically the world was a very different place,» Francis, President of the 78th session of the UN General Assembly, told PTI in an exclusive interview. Francis said many countries did not exist at the time when the UN Security Council was formed more than seven decades ago, particularly developing countries in the Global South and «countries like my own Trinidad and Tobago. We would at that time have been represented by the British. »But the world has changed.

Vladimir Putin said on Wednesday that Russia would help North Korea build satellites and, when asked if he and Kim Jong Un would talk about weapons supplies, replied that the two leaders would discuss all issues. When asked by reporters if Russia would help Kim build satellites, Putin replied: «That's why we came here. The leader of the DPRK shows great interest in rocket engineering, they are also trying to develop space.» Putin showed Kim around Russia's most modern space rocket launch site, the Vostochny Cosmodrome, which is nestled among the forests of eastern Russia not far from the Chinese border. Kim arrived at Vostochny by train, after crossing into Russia early on Tuesday. «I am glad to see you,» Putin said as he shook Kim's hand for around 40 seconds at Vostochny. «This is our new cosmodrome.»

President Vladimir Putin. That meeting underscores how the two leaders’ interests are aligning in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States. The launch extended a highly provocative run in North Korean weapons testing since the start of 2022, as Kim used the distraction caused by Putin’s war on Ukraine to accelerate his weapons development.

global market as investors await US inflation data, expected later today, which could influence expectations around the interest rate trajectory in the US. "While the Fed is expected to leave interest rates unchanged at its September 19-20 policy meeting, the US central bank will probably wait until the April-June period of 2024 or later before cutting it," Reuters reported quoting a poll of economists. MCX Gold for October 5 contract traded 0.09 per cent lower at ₹58576 per 10 grams around 10:25 am.

North Korean missiles flew. Japan’s Coast Guard, citing Tokyo’s Defence Ministry, said the missiles have likely already landed but still urged vessels to watch for falling objects. Putin's meeting with Kim is an opportunity to refill ammunition stores that the 18-month-old war has drained.