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Binance, the world’s biggest crypto exchange, said on Tuesday it had “temporarily paused” withdrawals of the major stablecoin USDC. “On USDC, we have seen an increase in withdrawals,” Binance’...

Plucky bitcoin’s been holding steady since seeing off the chaos of the FTX collapse, gathering its strength to rally towards the dizzy heights of $30,000 in 2023. Battered bitcoin’s been ...

Britain’s jobless rate rose for a second month and there were other signs in data on Tuesday that some of the inflationary heat in the labour market is cooling ...

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) said on Tuesday it had invested more than $100 billion in its Japanese supply network over the last five years, as its Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook ...

Splits between US Department of Justice prosecutors are delaying the conclusion of a long-running criminal investigation into the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange Binance, four people familiar with the matter ...

Cypriot fintech Ask WiRE on Monday released its latest property market report, concerning the third quarter of 2022, during which time real estate prices continued to rise, with the Paphos district ...

Government employment in Cyprus experienced a 1 per cent increase year-on-year in November 2022, according to a report released on Monday by the Cyprus Statistical Service (Cystat). The increase has been primarily ...

Oil prices steadied on Monday after several weeks of declines as a weakening global economy offset supply woes stemming from the closure of a key pipeline supplying the United States ...

Cyta on Monday announced the signing of an agreement with the Lebanese Ministry of Telecommunications for the construction and maintenance of a new subsea telecommunications connection between Cyprus and Lebanon. ...

The European Central Bank’s Single Supervisory Mechanism (SSM) on Monday announced its intention to focus on credit risk provisions and, more broadly, new lending procedures, due to the deterioration ...

Hellenic Bank CEO Oliver Gatzke returned to his duties today following a recent decision by the bank’s board of directors after an investigation into allegations of statements and actions ...

The vision of the startup and innovation ecosystem in Cyprus should be about changing the ‘DNA’ of the people living in Cyprus. People should start to think differently and find ...

The dollar climbed on Monday after data on Friday showed US producer prices had risen more than expected last month, pointing to persistent inflationary pressures and a chance the Federal ...

Britain’s economy rebounded in October a little more strongly than expected from September when output was affected by a one-off public holiday to mark the funeral of Queen Elizabeth, ...

Microsoft (MSFT.O) is to take a 4 per cent equity stake in London Stock Exchange Group (LSEG.L) as part of a 10-year commercial deal to migrate the exchange operator’...

TotalEnergies (TTEF.PA) on Monday said it was working towards exploiting its new Lebanon Block 9 offshore gas project from next year, adding that it would likely select the vendor for ...

Investments through Portugal’s “golden visa”, which gives wealthy foreigners residence rights, jumped nearly 50 per cent last month, data showed on Sunday, as the government considers whether to scrap the ...

Air India is close to placing landmark orders for as many as 500 jetliners worth tens of billions of dollars from both Airbus and Boeing as it carves out an ambitious ...

Twitter Inc will relaunch a revamped version of its subscription service Twitter Blue on Monday at a higher price for Apple users, the company said in a tweet on Saturday. ...

Saudi Arabia’s economy grew by 8.8 per cent in the third quarter of 2022 compared to the same period a year earlier, mainly due to a sharp increase in oil-related activity, ...

Turkey’s BDDK banking watchdog has set the foreign currency net position to standard capital ratio for banks at a maximum 5 per cent according to a regulation published in the ...

By Maryna Chernenko Women have become a considerable force in the financial world. According to BCG’s data, they are adding $5 trillion to the global wealth pool every year at ...

From oxen to horses to tractors to robots: the European farm industry is poised to undergo another innovative disruption – this time brought about by artificial intelligence. By SOFIA STRODT In ...

Sony Interactive Entertainment (SIE) content communications manager Tim Turi this week announced that the company will be bringing together two major studios, Bungie and Ubisoft, allowing them to create new ...