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This Crypto Investment Firm Plans To Go Public In May
Tuesday, April 20, 2021 - 5:06pm | 446Read More...Crypto asset investment firm Pluto Digital Assets plans a stock market flotation on the Aquis Stock Exchange in London. What Happened: Pluto Digital Assets was only incorporated in January but raised $40 million in March, and is currently in discussions with Aquis about...
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Why Uniswap (UNI) Cryptocurrency Is Up Over 20%, And What UK Bank Has To Do With It
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 4:29pm | 412Read More...Uniswap's (CRYPTO: UNI) price increased by over 20% as a United Kingdom challenger bank decided to offer exposure to it to its customers. What Happened: The price movement follows an April 8 announcement by bank Revolut that it will offer exposure to the token to all of its...
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Newport Resident Offers $74M To City Council To Find Hard Drive With 7,500 Bitcoins
Thursday, January 14, 2021 - 8:48pm | 375Read More...A Newport, Wales resident has promised to pay 52.5 million pounds (over $74 million) to local authorities if they help him find a hard drive he had thrown away with 7,500 Bitcoins on it. What Happened: James Howells, a Newport-based software engineer, is asking the local authorities to provide...
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New COVID-19 Strain Registered In Japan: Nikkei Asia
Sunday, January 10, 2021 - 2:29pm | 289Read More...Japan has registered a new COVID-19 strain, not seen anywhere else. What Happened: Japan has found a new COVID-19 strain, different from those registered in the UK and South Africa, Nikkei Asia has reported. Four people — women and men of different age groups — who arrived at...
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PlayStation 5 Is So Hard To Get, People Are Robbing Moving Delivery Trucks
Monday, December 7, 2020 - 6:01pm | 309Read More...Like something straight out of “The Fast and The Furious” movie franchise, thieves are targeting moving delivery trucks to steal PlayStation 5s. What Happened: The Times is reporting gangs in the United States have increased the “rollover” technique used to steal items like...
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Fintech Focus For December 7, 2020
Sunday, December 6, 2020 - 8:02pm | 1605Read More...Quote To Start The Day: Robinhood’s revenue model could easily disappear. They’ve made it clear that they are comfortable living on this regulatory edge. Source: Tyler Gellasch One Big Thing In Fintech: Congresswoman Maxine Waters has released a wide array of recommended policy changes...
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UK Braces For Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout, Calls It 'Biggest Civilian Logistical' Effort
Friday, December 4, 2020 - 10:17am | 1051Read More...The UK has become the first country to approve US Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine, which will be rolled out to the public early next week. Following the emergency approval, the rollout will initially be focused on hospitals rather than community settings. On Thursday,...
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UK To Approve Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine 'Within Days,' Secures 2M More Doses From Moderna
Sunday, November 29, 2020 - 11:10am | 369Read More...The U.K. has secured two million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Moderna Inc (NASDAQ: MRNA) and is expected to approve the vaccine made by Pfizer Inc (NYSE: PFE) and BioNTech SE - ADR (NASDAQ: BNTX) this week. What Happened: Moderna is to provide...
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Ferrari Unveils Hybrid SF90 Spider That Uses Electric And Combustion Motors
Sunday, November 15, 2020 - 7:16pm | 326Read More...Ferrari N.V. (NYSE: RACE) presented its new SF90 Spider model this past week. What Happened: The Italian luxury carmaker is releasing the convertible version of its SF90 Stradale hybrid, the second vehicle in its electrified model lineup, the company announced. The retractable hard top...
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Fintech Focus For October 12, 2020
Sunday, October 11, 2020 - 8:33pm | 1989Read More...Quote Of The Day: The only impossible journey is the one you never begin. - Tony Robbins Fintech Movers: The Science and Technology (S&T) Directorate, the research and development wing of the United States Department of Homeland Security, has given close to a million dollars to five blockchain...
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Fintech Focus For September 28, 2020
Sunday, September 27, 2020 - 6:42pm | 2058Read More...Quote Of The Day: If everyone fought for their own convictions there would be no war. - Leo Tolstoy Fintech Movers: Both fintech and big tech credit seems to complement other forms of credit, rather than substitute for them, and may increase overall access to credit. - BIS Russia’s...
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Fintech Focus For September 25, 2020
Thursday, September 24, 2020 - 6:18pm | 2049Read More...Quote Of The Day: War is what happens when language fails. - Margaret Atwood Fintech Movers: NYCE, a fintech geared towards real estate investing, formally announced it became the fastest real estate company to raise $1 million through the Regulation CF, on the Wefunder and Republic investing...
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Fintech Focus For September 8, 2020
Monday, September 7, 2020 - 9:28pm | 1856Read More...Quote Of The Day: People love watching fire burn. - Disclosure Fintech Movers: While challengers might not be making a similar profit in comparison to big banks, it must be noted that large institutions are reportedly seeing their revenues slashed as a result of the emergence of neobanks. -...
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UK Supply Chain Startup Beacon Raises $15M From Amazon CEO, Others
Monday, June 1, 2020 - 4:21am | 272Read More...United Kingdom-based logistics startup Beacon has raised $15 million in a Series A funding round, it told Reuters in a statement Sunday. What Happened Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Chief Executive Officer Jeff Bezos was one of the lead participants in the funding round, along with venture capital...
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson In Intensive Care, Foreign Secretary To Take Charge 'Where Necessary'
Monday, April 6, 2020 - 11:48pm | 357Read More...Boris Johnson, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, is now in intensive care with COVID-19. What Happened The prime minister, age 55, was admitted to hospital yesterday and was expected to stay overnight for routine tests after being diagnosed with COVID-19 on March 27. Johnson has now...
