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Crypto Firms Will Develop ‘Offshore’ Without Clear Us Rules, Coinbase Chief Says

The U.S. and Britain should make their rules for the crypto industry much clearer to prevent firms from developing in “offshore havens”, the chief of U.S. crypto exchange Coinbase Global Inc, Brian Armstrong, said on Tuesday. The failure last year of the Bahamas-based FTX exchange has highlighted the importance of major economies developing clear crypto […]

G7 Ministers Stress Unity Amid Tensions with China and Russia

The Group of Seven industrial powers drew together on Tuesday to criticise China’s coercion of Taiwan and Russia’s threat to station nuclear weapons in Belarus, promising to intensify sanctions on Moscow for its war on neighbouring Ukraine. “The strength of the solidarity between the G7 foreign ministers is at a level not seen before,” Japan’s […]

SpaceX postpones debut flight of Starship rocket, citing frozen valve

Elon Musk’s SpaceX called off the highly anticipated debut launch of its newly combined Starship cruise vessel and Super Heavy rocket in the final minutes of countdown due to a frozen valve, delaying the uncrewed test flight for at least two days. The two-stage rocketship, standing taller than the Statue of Liberty at 394 feet […]

Cryptoverse: Bitcoin Miners Escape the Bear Trap

Beleaguered bitcoin miners are finally feeling the spring sunshine after a cold, hard crypto winter. The power-hungry companies that pump new bitcoin into circulation have been thrown a lifeline by the cryptocurrency’s rally to above $30,000 this year, which has conspired with falling electricity prices to boost their profitability. The 30-day average of mining revenues […]

Dollar Pauses for Breath as China GDP Beats Estimates

The dollar slipped on Tuesday after a sharp rise overnight as strong U.S. economic data reinforced expectations that the Federal Reserve will hike interest rates in May, while China’s economic recovery gathered pace in the first quarter. The dollar index, which measures the currency against six major rivals, eased 0.078% to 102.01, after rising 0.5% […]

India boosts Ericsson's quarterly profit as US dials down

Sweden’s Ericsson on Tuesday reported first-quarter core earnings that beat expectations, supported by stronger sales of 5G equipment in countries such as India, but sales in more established markets fell and eroded margins. The company has cut costs to mitigate lower spending by telecom operator customers in several regions and expects the slower pace of […]

The Dark Side of the Technological Development

Technological development should never be at the expense of living beings, animals, or humans. Or at least that’s what morality and ethics dictate. But we all know reality differs greatly from the ideal. In 2016, Elon Musk and Max Hodak founded Neuralink Corporation, a neurotechnology company concerned with the development of implantable brain-computer interfaces (BCI). […]

Volkswagen Plans 10 More EV Models by 2026

Germany’s Volkswagen AG said on Tuesday it plans to introduce 10 more electric vehicle (EV) models by 2026 and it remained committed to China, where established foreign brands are losing ground to nimble local rivals. “As VW, we remain firmly committed to China … Our guiding principle is development in China, for China at full […]

Chinese EV Makers Should Brace for Protectionist Policies Abroad - NIO CEO

 Chinese electric vehicle makers should brace for the possibility of protectionist policies being leveled against them by foreign governments as they seize on their cost advantages to expand exports, the founder of Chinese EV maker Nio said. William Li told reporters on the sidelines of the Shanghai Autoshow that he estimated his firm and peers […]