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The US Federal Reserve announced its interest rate decision after a two-day FOMC meeting and left the benchmark interest rates unchanged at 5.25% — 5.50%. But Fed officials also signalled that they expect to raise rates once more this year. Bitcoin (BTC) fell 0.42% to $26,997, whereas Ethereum (ETH) was just above the 1,600 level. Meanwhile, the global cryptocurrency market cap was trading lower, around $1.07 trillion, falling 0.56% in the last 24 hours. «Bitcoin is staying afloat around $27,000 in spite of declines in stock indices after the US Fed's press conference. While the Fed held its interest rates, it signalled an upcoming increase before the end of the year. US Dollar index, DXY, continues to showcase strength which can negatively impact crypto asset prices in the near term,» said Vikram Subburaj, CEO of Giottus Crypto Platform.

Here is a list of few industry leaders from all walks of life and their immensely inspiring journey as leaders and their contributions towards their work and growth. 

Cars 24 India Kunal Mundra has partnered with digital investment platform, Grip, to kickstart EV asset management and leasing company, Electrifi Mobility, founded in June 2023, to boost mobility electrification in India, Electrifi Mobility announced on Thursday. The company looks to provide an end-to-end asset management solution while covering asset selection, leasing, maintenance, post-sales support, refurbishment and redeployment of EV assets. In a release, Electrifi informed that in the last two months the company has deployed assets worth Rs 10 crore with more deals worth Rs 30 crore in the pipeline. Co-founder and CEO of the company explained that there are several snags in India's road to net zero and it hovers around electrification of transportation. He highlighted that Fleet Operators have a significant interest in EV deployment however struggle with assessing the right asset and accessing capital to deploy the same. «However, financial institutions hesitate their inability to assess residual value given the pace of technology evolution in this space and the lack of a secondary market,» Mundra added. Electrifi Mobility’s aims to cater fleet operators and help them choose the right OEM products for their use case.

This registration will allow eToro to offer regulated crypto services to all EU countries on a cross-border basis from one single entity, once the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation (MiCA) comes into effect.

Grip Invest founder Nikhil Aggarwal and former Cars24 India chief executive Kunal Mundra have joined hands to set up Electrifi Mobility, a full stack commercial electric vehicle (EV) solutions provider. The new entity offers planning, acquisition, asset selection, deployment, utilisation, maintenance, optimisation, renewal, decommissioning and disposal-related services. It partners with lenders, fleets and original equipment manufacturers to carry out these services.

non-tariff measures (NTM) including the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM). Some of the recent regulations that can prove to be NTMs include the EU’s CBAM and Deforestation-free Regulation (EUDR), and the United States’ Inflation Reduction Act, it said.

₹130 should be reviewed and if distribution platform owners (DPOs) should be allowed to have variable NCF for different bouquets or plans within the same location.

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Paytm, Acko, Swiggy and Mintifi, is increasing its focus on the sector." In an interview, Elevation Capital partner Mridul Arora spoke about his fintech portfolio and upcoming IPOs, besides sharing Elevation’s overall fintech investment strategy. Edited excerpts: We are kind of done for this year. As a focused investor, we do usually 2-3 investments across sectors in a year, but it’s not a hard cap.

Google has clarified its stance on advertising for blockchain-based games involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Effective from September 15, 2023, the tech giant announced,

Incoming Transurban chief executive Michelle Jablko faces a more difficult task expanding the tollroad group after the competition watchdog blocked it from buying Melbourne’s EastLink motorway.

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Amid soaring tensions between India and Canada, the High Commission of Canada on Thursday said, it expects India to provide for the security of its accredited diplomats and consular officers in India in light of the current environment where «tensions have heightened.» «In the context of respect for obligations under the Vienna conventions, we expect India to provide for the security of our accredited diplomats and consular officers in India, just as we are for theirs here,» said High Commission of Canada in India. It said the actions to ensure safety of the Canadian diplomats in the country was «in light of the current environment where tensions have heightened.» It further added, that with some diplomats having received threats on various social media platforms, Global Affairs Canada is assessing its staff complement in India. «As a result, and out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to temporarily adjust staff presence in India.» The Canadian High Commission assured, «Our High Commission and all consulates in India are open and operational and continue to serve clients.»ALSO Read: BLS Intl says India halts visa services in Canada for operational reasons Earlier today, BLS International Services said that Indian visa services in Canada have been suspended until further notice with effect from September 21. «Important notice from Indian Mission: Due to operational reasons, with effect from 21 September 2023, Indian visa services have been suspended till further notice.

Destiny 2, the popular online multiplayer game, has recently found itself in a double bind. Developer Bungie is grappling with a significant crafting glitch, allowing players to create overpowered weapons, and a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks affecting the game's stability.

insurance sector. Bima Sugam aims to simplify the process of purchasing insurance for consumers. This online platform is where customers can choose a suitable scheme from multiple options given by various companies.

Hindustan Times report. “With some diplomats having received threats on various social media platforms, Global Affairs Canada is assessing its staff complement in India. As a result, and out of an abundance of caution, we have decided to temporarily adjust staff presence in India," the spokesperson said as quoted by HT. Besides this, Canada has also demanded increased security for its embassies, consulates, and high commissions, including those in Mumbai, Chandigarh, Bengaluru, and New Delhi.

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Amitabh Mohanty, MD and CEO of JM Financial Mutual Fund believes India is on a multi-decade growth path and the impact of global economic slowdown could be limited on the country. In an interview with Mint, Mohanty shared his views on markets, the economy and the sectors he finds promising. The process of investment remains the same for most investors. Disciplined asset allocation after proper analysis of risk appetite and time horizon of investment, could deliver results.

Instacart co-founder, Apoorva Mehta, separated from the start-up after generating a whopping $1.1 billion of fortune from its IPO launch, reported Bloomberg. However, Apoorva Mehta will continue to be the largest shareholder in the company. He had stepped down as the CEO of the firm in August 2021.Later, he took over his board position as executive chairman as part of the IPO proceedings.

OpenAI in Manhattan federal court on behalf of prominent writers including John Grisham, Jonathan UFranzen, George Saunders, Jodi Picoult and «Game of Thrones» novelist George RR Martin, accusing the company of unlawfully training its popular artificial-intelligence based chatbot ChatGPT on their work. The proposed class-action lawsuit filed late on Tuesday by the Authors Guild joins several others from writers, source-code owners and visual artists against generative AI providers. In addition to Microsoft-backed OpenAI, similar lawsuits are pending against Meta Platforms and Stability AI over the data used to train their AI systems.