I am now the ambassador of a city-state. No, not a real country like Singapore, but a metaverse game and virtual city-state built entirely on the blockchain: Cryptopia. As the recently appointed Cryptopia Ambassador for the Philippines, I represent our city-state to the outside world — in particular, the Filipino …
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Inflow in gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) plunged by 90 per cent to Rs 459 crore in 2022 due to rising prices of yellow metal, increasing interest rate structure coupled with inflationary pressures. This was way lower than an inflow of Rs …
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. Following FTX’s demise, the DeFi space is up for a complete remodel as crypto users demand better security and compliance practices. SushiSwap’s roadmap for …
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A broad majority of businesses in Singapore said that they expect a major or moderate impact from key areas of fintech that include embedded finance (81 per cent); environmental, social and governance (ESG, 81 per cent), cryptocurrencies (69 per cent); DeFi (76 per cent) and the metaverse (82 per cent), …
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DUBLIN — Could a failure to report election expenses worth less than €5,000 claim the political scalp of Ireland’s finance whiz Paschal Donohoe, the Eurogroup president? The Dubliner, who until now has barely put a foot wrong as a Cabinet minister since 2016, faced a parliamentary grilling Wednesday over his …
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LONDON: Democratic Republic of Congo expects to reach an agreement on overhauling US$6 billion of an infrastructure-for-minerals deal with Chinese investors this year, Finance Minister Nicolas Kazadi told Reuters in an interview. The government is in active talks with representatives of Sicomines, a cobalt and copper joint venture with Chinese …
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Place/Date: Kyiv, Ukraine – January 18th, 2023 at 4:45 pm UTC · 3 min read Contact: Anton Demenko, CMO, Source: PrimexLabs OÜ Cross-chain prime brokerage protocol Primex Finance rolls out a major update to its application. Launching in two stages, Beta 0.3.0 introduces a variety of new features, as well …
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In the last seven days, the Ethereum-based project Frax Finance is the second biggest winner within the top 100 cryptocurrencies by market cap. With a price increase of 64%, the FXS token is only behind Decentraland (MANA), which has surged 76% within the same period. With the massive pump, Frax …
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Finbox Co-Founder and CEO Rajat Deshpande The demand for embedded finance is unlikely to be affected by the rise of digital-only/neo-banking, and they can beautifully co-exist, according to Rajat Deshpande, Co-Founder and CEO of Indian embedded finance startup Finbox. “Neo-banking may transform banking in terms of convenience and experience. However, the …
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DUBLIN : Financiers at the centre of a $200 billion industry underpinning airline fleets are meeting in Dublin this week, gambling that China’s decision to free travel will accelerate their recovery from a pandemic downturn, while warning of a shortage of jets. Three years after the spread of COVID-19 grounded …
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Welcome to Finance Redefined, your weekly dose of essential decentralized finance (DeFi) insights — a newsletter crafted to bring you significant developments over the last week. The DeFi ecosystem started 2023 on a bullish note, similar to the broader cryptocurrency market. However, the bullish start to the year didn’t diminish …
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NEW DELHI: The CBI has filed an FIR against former Union finance secretary Arvind Mayaram and conducted searches at his residence for allegedly providing undue favours to De La Rue International, a UK-based firm engaged in supply of exclusive colour shift security thread for Indian bank notes. This marks a …
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