Bitcoin (BTC) fell 2% Friday, the most in three weeks, after the market was spooked by the announcement that the cryptocurrency exchange OKEx had suspended withdrawals because founder Mingxing “Star” Xu was reportedly taken into police custody. The executive is the holder of a private key needed to authorize withdrawals, and that became impossible since he was out of touch, the exchange wrote in a notice published early Friday morning. Officials with […]
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https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/0a/07/1080690185_0:229:3072:1957_1200x675_80_0_0_06d8c79fd2c4579195917cf08e091f0b.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Daria Bedenko. Sputnik International https://sputniknews.com/uk/202010071080690215-uk-coronavirus-hospital-admission-rises-by-25-in-one-day/ The United Kingdom appears to be bracing for the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, as the country introduces stricter coronavirus-related restrictions, prohibits large social gatherings and encourages the wearing of face masks. As the UK has recorded a fresh 14,542 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, the amount of hospitalization rose by 25% in a single day, hitting a four-month high. […]
The UK and France have both reported their highest-ever daily total of coronavirus cases since the beginning of the pandemic, confirming that the ‘second wave’ of the deadly virus is well and truly in full swing. The UK recorded some 6,634 new coronavirus cases on Thursday, the highest daily figure yet. The country’s total Covid-19 tally has surpassed 400,000 cases, with nearly 42 thousand deaths. The […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/105739/28/1057392872_0:104:2048:1256_1200x675_80_0_0_957977e5b1ab42b73eacbc2af0d5d6d0.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202009011080332897-british-pounddollar-rises-to-highest-price-since-december-2019/ The dollar fell not only against major currencies but also against emerging Asian ones, as analysts project it will remain extremely low in the near future. The British pound hit $1.3402, its highest price since December 2019, after the Japanese foreign minister said that the UK and Japan are close to signing a trade deal. The dollar was at […]
During the year, media reports circulated that raised concerns over the health of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Since spring, conspiracies have emerged suggesting that he was in “grave danger”, close to a “vegetable” state or even dead. Speculation stopped after the leader made a public appearance, and then returned again. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is said […]
Prices for ren, the token for the RenVM DeFi network, surged by more than 100% over the past week. That’s because the total amount of renBTC, a tokenized bitcoin that is locked in RenVM, broke 10,000 on Monday, according to data collected by DeFi Pulse. Source link
Bitcoin is again acting like a macro asset, drawing bids amid record rally in gold and broad-based U.S. dollar sell-off. Source link
The seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for the euro area inched higher in June, reaching 7.8 percent, as Covid-19 containment measures started being phased out in most EU member states. That’s worse than the 7.7 percent rate which had been expected by EU statistical office Eurostat. According to its data, the unemployment rate across the European Union also grew from 7.0 percent in May to 7.1 percent […]
Huge crowds calling for the resignation of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu rallied outside his home Saturday in Jerusalem on growing discontent over the government’s Covid-19 response, high unemployment and corruption. More than 5,000 people gathered on Balfour Street, now a frequent site of anti-government demonstrations, according to Haaretz newspaper, making it the biggest of several protests this week. Demonstrators also rallied elsewhere in Israel. Protesters’ […]
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. Jorge Silva/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Jorge Silva/AFP via Getty Images Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un, attends a wreath-laying ceremony at Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, March 2, 2019. […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/0c/1079864849_0:86:2800:1661_1200x675_80_0_0_45a40ac07537561fc8edd7c582dd1dac.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007121079864879-death-toll-after-week-of-heavy-rain-in-japan-rises-to-70-13-still-missing–reports/ TOKYO (Sputnik) – The death toll in Japan after a week of torrential downpours that caused severe floods and landslides has risen to 70, the country’s media reported on Sunday, adding that 13 people are still missing. According to the NHK broadcaster, the death toll from the rains in the region has risen to 70, with the bulk of […]
If pregnancy is God’s will, so is erectile dysfunction, argued critics of the new US Supreme Court ruling that allowed employers to exclude birth control from health insurance plans on religious or moral grounds. On Wednesday, the court upheld a Trump administration rule which allows employers to opt out of an Obamacare mandate to cover birth control in their insurance plans. Amid an impassioned social media […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107971/39/1079713972_0:0:3072:1729_1200x675_80_0_0_b5a7f7b06731b82da839ede37a2420e1.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/latam/202006251079714001-death-toll-in-mexicos-23-june-earthquake-rises-to-10/ MEXICO CITY (Sputnik) – Army units involved in rescue operations in Mexico’s Oaxaca state have recovered the bodies of three people from under the rubble, the Mexican Security and Civil Protection Secretariat said in a press release. “At the moment 97 municipalities with affectations are reported in the states Oaxaca, State of Mexico, Mexico City and Veracruz. Unfortunately … ten […]
Bitcoin has risen above $10,000 for the first time in almost a month as protests in U.S. cities continue to intensify. At around 23:05 UTC (7:05 p.m. Eastern Time), bitcoin (BTC) rose from $9,895 to around $10,429 over the course of 30 minutes as a new wave of volatility greeted the end of the daily closing period for June 1. The large spike in BTC’s price […]
Business 22:56 GMT 17.05.2020Get short URL The oil market has been extremely volatile since early March, as the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared the novel coronavirus outbreak a pandemic. Investor optimism has risen after several countries announced plans to ease their coronavirus lockdowns and allow businesses to reopen, driving up oil demand. The price of futures contracts for West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude with delivery in […]
The clock is ticking down to the expected halving event on Monday and bitcoin is capturing the interest of investors who may not normally follow the cryptocurrency markets. At press time, bitcoin (BTC) was trading up less than 1 percent over 24 hours at $9,966 and above its 10-day and 50-day moving averages, bullish technical indicators. The cryptocurrency has spent much of its U.S. trading hours with […]
US 18:44 GMT 07.05.2020Get short URL In March, the official unemployment rate in the US was 4.4%, close to a 50-year low, but economists predict it could now be as high as 20%, a level unseen since the 1930s Great Depression. A further 3.2 million Americans sought unemployment benefits last week as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll on the US economy. This brings […]