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Bitcoin Daily: Turkey To Test Digital Currency In 2021; Japan Prepares To Issue CBDC; Bitcoin Crests $28,000

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After the closure of the exchange, the Binance KR team plans to look over its strategy. 10, 2021 at 1 p.m., With the surprise announcement, Turkey now joins Sweden, China and the Bahamas in some of the lone countries progressing to a pilot phase for CBDC. That resulted in limited liquidity for users, a company blog says.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Note, though, that while sovereign CDS spreads increased almost 51% between January 1, 2022 and March 16, 2022, in these countries, the overall riskiness of the region remains low, the average spread at 1.30%. There are no surprises in this table, with the effects on spreads being greatest for East European countries.

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Russia in Ukraine: Let Loose the Dogs of War!

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Note, though, that while sovereign CDS spreads increased almost 51% between January 1, 2022 and March 16, 2022, in these countries, the overall riskiness of the region remains low, the average spread at 1.30%. The increase in default spreads was not restricted to foreign markets, as fear also pushed up spreads in the corporate bond market.

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Uber Ups Its Game With Scooters

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For instance, Chinese bikesharing company Mobike , which once attracted billions from big-name investors, said it is closing down all of its operations around the world, to focus solely on China. The Asia Pacific region has the most employees outside of China, so job cuts there were the first step in the consolidation process.

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Euronet Prepares To Battle For MoneyGram

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government to take a closer look at the competing bid from Ant Financial, a company based in China, stating that it raises “significant national security risks.”. per share in cash, a $1 billion bid. As the bidding war continues to heat up, strategies from both sides have emerged. In a new report , Euronet has urged the U.S.

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Alibaba Is Taking On Alexa, Google Home, DingDong and Little Fish With New Smart Speaker

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It’s not just the “Amazon of China.” Still, it has the potential to disrupt sales for American companies such as Apple, which sells its products in China and may have been planning to release its HomePod smart speaker there (though no such plan had yet been unveiled at the time of Alibaba’s announcement). Alibaba isn’t just a copycat.

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Transcript: Jenny Johnson, Franklin Templeton

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I always assumed people would see, oh, a 5% front load on a C-share or a 2 1/2% annual. RITHOLTZ: And then this year you acquire Putnam for almost $1 billion. JOHNSON: So let me step back and just say sort of what our strategy is in acquisitions. RITHOLTZ: I always thought that the marketplace would fix that on its own.