Ethereum is battle-tested and has successfully stood through the test of time. After navigating through scaling challenges, the first smart contract platform now anchors decentralized finance (DeFi), securing billions. After years of high fees, Ethereum is turning the corner, taking on competing platforms like Solana, attractive because it is very cheap to transact on the […]
Here is a roundup of stories from The Canadian Press designed to bring you up to speed… Carney heading to Switzerland to take part in World Economic Forum Prime Minister Mark Carney heads to Switzerland today for a meeting of the World Economic Forum in the ski resort town of Davos. Carney is set to […]
Statistics Canada is slated to release inflation figures for December today. A Reuters survey of economists has predicted the annual inflation rate to hold steady at 2.2 per cent in December, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. Economists at RBC are among those expecting inflation to remain unchanged in December. RBC also expects overall food […]
MOSCOW (AP) — A Russian court convicted and sentenced an American on charges of illegally transporting weapons, court officials said Monday. The U.S. citizen, identified as Charles Wayne Zimmerman, was handed a 5-year sentence by the court in Russia’s Black Sea resort of Sochi after a rifle was found on his yacht in June. Russian […]
Why is crypto down today? BTC USD drifted to the $92,000 area, and ETH USD got hit harder, now under $3,200. The mood and sentiment changed fast as liquidations broke this year’s record, screens turned red, and we got caught off guard. Close to $800 million in leveraged long bets disappeared as pressure builds. (source […]
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A man and boy were critically injured and another boy had his surfboard bitten during three separate shark attacks in Sydney in just over 24 hours, police said on Monday. A surfer in his 20s was bitten on a leg by a shark off North Steyne Beach on the Pacific Ocean […]
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) — Corporate chiefs and government leaders including U.S. President Donald Trump swarm into Davos, Switzerland, this week, joining an elite annual meeting that promotes dialogue and economic progress — even as a domineering tone from Washington has upended the global order and billionaires have reaped trillions in new wealth as the poor […]
KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — Rescuers work to recover more bodies after a massive fire at a shopping plaza in Pakistan’s largest city, Karachi. This is a photo gallery curated by AP photo editors. Ali Raza And Mohammad Farooq, The Associated Press
Statistics Canada is slated to release inflation figures for December today. A Reuters survey of economists has predicted the annual inflation rate to hold steady at 2.2 per cent in December, according to LSEG Data & Analytics. Economists at RBC are among those expecting inflation to remain unchanged in December. RBC also expects overall food […]
BANGKOK (AP) — European shares and U.S. stock futures skidded Monday after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap a 10% extra tariff on imports from eight European countries because they oppose having America take control of Greenland. Germany’s DAX lost 1.1% to 25,020.35 and the CAC 40 in Paris shed 1.3% to 8,150.78. Britain’s […]