Month: September 2020

New York-based blockchain analytics firm Chainalysis has published new research highlighting there have been up to 200,000 crypto transactions in the past year, worth more than $1 billion between Latin America and Asia. The study Latin America Mitigates Economic Turbulence with Cryptocurrency, analyzed crypto trends in Latin America between July 2019, and June 2020, and
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Gold prices fell to a near one-week low on Thursday, as a stronger US dollar and an uptick in risk appetite following better-than-expected economic data dented demand for the safe-haven metal. Spot gold was down 0.5% to $1,933.06 per ounce by 0723 GMT, after falling to its lowest since Aug. 28 at $1,926.99 earlier in
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The U.S. economic recovery has been held back because Americans lack trust with one another over the coronavirus, Mohamed El-Erian told CNBC on Thursday.  “It is very difficult for any individual to be certain whether the other person is healthy or not, and that other person is not certain whether you’re healthy or not,” El-Erian said in
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Financial services giants Visa and Mastercard have shown an increased interest in the trillion-dollar digital payment sector through their recent acquisitions of innovative fintechs.  In January this year, Visa acquired fintech firm Plaid for $5.3 billion. The San Francisco-based firm enables data sharing of financial information between different fintech apps like Venmo and Chime, supporting
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Latest data released by the Federal Statistics Office – 3 September 2020 Prior -0.9% Core CPI -0.4% vs -0.4% y/y expected Prior -0.4% Swiss inflation continues to stay more subdued – no change to July – and this just reaffirms the narrative that the SNB will keep intervening in the market in order to limit
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NEW DELHI: Gold and silver prices gained in Thursday’s session after the United States said its jobless claims did not go down as was expected. Meanwhile, India continues to report the highest number of daily cases in the world lifting bullion’s appeal. US private employers hired fewer workers than expected for a second straight month
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Crude oil prices plunged more than -2% on profit-taking. The front-month WTI contract settled at US$41.51/bbl, lowest since August 7. The front-month Brent contract fell to US$44.43/bbl, lowest since August 21, at close. WTI-Brent spread widened to US$ 2.92/bbl. The correction came in despite sharp draw in US inventory. Traders were concerned about falls in
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