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Despite a few headwinds Wise has recently faced, the company’s stock jumped after revealing a spike in profits and revenue. British fintech online money transfer firm Wise’s (LON: WISE) stock jumped almost 18% on Tuesday in reaction to a rise in company profits. In a recent statement, the London-based fintech noted that its profit before tax tripled to £146.5 million ($186.5 million). The company also reported that its earnings per share tripled to 11.53 pence. According to data from...

The Bank of England (BoE) has made extensive research on the best format for developing a digital pound to supplement the fiat system. The Bank of England (BoE) is working on re-establishing the pound as the preferred global reserve currency through a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC). The rise of the digital economy post-Covid-19 global pandemic through the cryptocurrency market has most governments thinking about moving to decentralized ledger technologies (DLTs). Moreover, the use of...

The state-owned Aramco believes that the oil demand forecast for the rest of 2023 is solid even though metrics point to a dwindling economy. Saudi-owned oil and gas firm Saudi Aramco has a strong outlook on oil for the rest of the year as it anticipates healthy demand from India and China. Saudi Aramco predicts strong demand from both countries regardless of an economic retraction expected in global markets. Speaking at the Energy Asia conference in Kuala Lumpur, Aramco CEO Amin Nasser...

In conjunction with its decision to allow Bitcoin and Ethereum ETF trading, HSBC has launched the Virtual Asset Investor Education Centre. HSBC Holdings plc (LON: HSBA), the largest bank in Hong Kong, has made history by becoming the first bank in the region to offer crypto trading services to its customers. As revealed by Independent Chinese Journalist, Wu Blockchain, customers can now buy and sell Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) listed on the Hong Kong...

Berkshire Hathaway purchased 225 million of the EV maker’s shares for $230 million in 2008. American multinational conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) sold 2.52 million shares of Chinese EV maker BYD listed in Hong Kong on the 19th of June. A stock exchange filing revealed that the investment company sold the shares for HKUS$ 675.80 million, equaling $86.3 million. Berkshire Cuts China’s BYD Shares Holdings Following the sale of the BYD share, Berkshire Hathaway’s holdings in the...

As per Bernstein research, there is the “headroom for a compliant ETF to grow its share as a bitcoin on-ramp solving the pain of custody”. In its latest research report on Monday, June 26, private wealth management giant Bernstein stated that Grayscale‘s dominant position in the crypto market could be under threat following BlackRock‘s recent filing of the spot Bitcoin ETF with the US SEC earlier this month. Currently, Grayscale is the world’s largest crypto asset manager running a $19...

The BITX being a 2x leveraged ETF can help investors to increase their profit two times faster than they would do without the leverage. The first leveraged Bitcoin futures exchange-traded fund (ETF) has received approval from the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ETF, the Volatility Shares 2x Bitcoin Strategy (BITX), will be launched on the Chicago Board Options Exchange (CBOE) BZX Exchange on Tuesday, June 27th. ETFs can be traded on exchanges like stocks, and their...

Siemens Energy CEO Christian Bruch said that “too much had been swept under the carpet” concerning Siemens Gamesa. Shares of Siemens Energy declined 35% earlier today as the company discarded its profit prediction and mentioned lasting wind turbine issues. Following a review of concerns at its subsidiary Siemens Gamesa, the company announced its findings of a “substantial increase in failure rates of wind turbine components”. However, its shares plunged as the market reacts to the...

There is a recorded plunge in business activity as Europe reels from rising inflation and a consistent increase in interest rates. Business activity in Europe is waning as the region suffers slow economic growth. Recent data shows that the euro zone’s flash composite Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) fell from 52.8 in May, to 50.3 in June. Although analysts had predicted 52.5, any score above 50 represents growth, while scores less than 50 points to shrinkage. In a conversation with...

Now, wholesale payment clients including renowned multinationals can choose to transfer either dollar or euro to/from their JPMorgan accounts anywhere in the world.  American multinational investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co (NYSE: JPM) has introduced euro-dominated payments for its corporate clients as unveiled by Basak Toprak, JPMorgan’s head of Coin Systems for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. This was delivered as part of the investment giant’s plan to expand one of the most...