Crypto Moves – Bitcoin and Ethereum rise; DAMAC completes $50 million in crypto deals

A Dubai-based real estate developer, DAMAC Properties, has completed cryptocurrency deals worth SAR1.8 billion since the beginning of the year, according to its Chief Operating Officer, Ali Sajwani. Cypher Capital’s support, according to Iomob CEO Boyd Cohen, helps fuel the development of new, decentralized, interoperable global mobility networks, which will be the cornerstone of the […]

Crypto Moves – Bitcoin and Ethereum fall; Binance Labs raises $500m investment fund

“Fighting poverty has always been at the core of our partnerships & engagements with our member countries. Nonfarm productivity, which measures hourly output per worker, tumbled at a 7.3 percent annualized rate last quarter, the deepest since the third quarter of 1947, the Labor Department said on Thursday. The central bank data further revealed that […]

Crypto Moves — Bitcoin, Ether down; Gucci begins accepting crypto payments – Arab News

The purchase was made with the help of real estate agency Zome, the law firm Antas da Cunha Ecija, and partners from Switzerland’s Crypto Valley. Moreover, while some firms such as Iraq’s Halfaya oil field are seeking expansion, others such as Libya’s National Oil Corporation are anticipating a favorable budget allocation that will help boost […]

Commodities Update — Corn, soybean futures slide; Malaysia aims to regain palm oil market share

DUBAI: It is not just holidaymakers that have contributed to the boom in the luxury holiday-home market. Sultan is a veteran of the luxury hospitality industry, specializing in high-level conferences and VIP travel arrangements since 2004. His company spotted an urgent need in the market for short-term, high-end vacation rentals. “We see a lot of high-net-worth […]

Arab-developed Bitcoin trading bot set to revolutionize the way people invest

Other issues that crypto investors face include how to get started in trading and convert traditional currencies into crypto, he added. He worked with local and international developers but to no avail until, in January 2020, he began collaborating with Naje Isleem, who is now his chief technology officer. AYMBot started off with three clients […]

Crypto Moves — Bitcoin, Ether down; Robinhood cuts workforce – Arab News

Cynndy earned an associate degree in commercial aviation at North Dakota University in the US. Since 2019, Cynndy has been a part-time vice chairman of the Helicopter Company, established in 2018. “The tourism sector lost an estimated 62 million jobs globally during the global pandemic,” he said. “Addressing climate change is at the heart of […]

US stocks open flat as market eyes Fed, Ukraine: AFP | Arab News

“Today, VARA joins the metaverse to become Dubai’s — and the metaverse’s — first government authority, ushering in a new era in which Dubai government utilizes modern innovations to extend its services and regulatory power to audiences in an open technological expanse, without constraints or borders,” said Crown Prince Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid […]

Swiss National Bank opposed to holding Bitcoin as a reserve currency: Reuters | Arab News

“Buying bitcoin is not a problem for us, we can do that either directly or can buy investment products which are based on bitcoin,” Jordan said. “We can arrange the technical and operative conditions relatively quickly, when we are convinced we must have bitcoin in our balance sheet. The share of claims on the government […]

Bitcoin, Ether down; Coinbase CEO says Apple unfriendly toward virtual assets industry | Arab News

Shares of Future Supply Chain Solutions, Future Retail, Future Lifestyle Fashions, Future Consumer and Future Enterprises fell between 5 percent and 20 percent. The Reserve Bank of India earlier this month raised its inflation forecast for the current fiscal year to 5.7 percent, 120 basis points above its forecast in February, while cutting its economic […]

Crypto Moves — Bitcoin up, Ether down; Twitter pilots virtual currency payments | Arab News

“Higher commodity prices are a challenge to importers like Turkey, Egypt and India, as their external balances worsen,” he said. Asked about the outlook for the Gulf Cooperation Council, he said this is an interesting point in time for the GCC and certainly for Saudi Arabia as well. Talking about the global context where energy […]

Energy-hungry Bitcoin moves into sights of US environmental movement: Reuters | Arab News

“To convince the market in the long term, all ECB members have to pull together. There will likely be occasional swings, but these will lead back to USD strength,” Moritz Paysen, forex and rate adviser at Berenberg, said in a research note. The project is a collaboration between the Ministry of Electricity, the General Authority […]

No let-up in Shanghai’s lockdown as COVID-19 infections trend lower | Arab News

Offering a glimmer of light, the city government said on its official WeChat account that infections were showing a “positive trend” and that life could return to normal soon as long as people stuck to strict rules to curb the spread of COVID-19. Yet some Shanghai districts tightened restrictions on movement, and even in neighborhoods […]

Crypto Moves — Bitcoin, Ether edge up; Iran tightens penalties on unauthorized crypto mining

RIYADH: On a macro level, European countries like Denmark are getting out of their way to help the continent reduce its dependence on Russian energy. On a micro level, however, firms such as multinational SSE plc and power producer Quantum are taking initiatives to guarantee a green future. “For now, we intend to get alternatives […]

Crypto Moves — Bitcoin, Ether edges up; India says crypto behind money laundering | Arab News

The main index, TASI, began Tuesday 0.21 percent higher to 13,761, while the parallel market, Nomu, opened 0.09 percent higher at 24,200, as of 10:09 a.m. Sipchem attributed the results to revenue growth of 18 percent, a decline in finance costs, as well as an increase in share of profit from joint ventures. Gold climbed […]

Bitcoin, Ether fall; Expert warns of North Korean hackers — Crypto Moves | Arab News

Lawyers for stockholders of the Austin, Texas-based company also say in court documents that the judge in the case has ruled that Musk’s tweets about having “funding secured” to take Tesla private were false, and that his comments also violate a 2018 court settlement with US securities regulators in which Musk and Tesla each agreed […]