Digital currencies like Bitcoin face new challenges, while countries' regulators either seem to love them or loathe them. In Part 2 of a two-part series, Al Majalla asks: will it be boom or bust?
The currencies now have a fan in the White House. His promise of more regulatory flexibility has fuelled investor appetite and sent the price soaring. In Part 1 of a two-part series, we ask: what now?
As of 2024, global cryptocurrency ownership is estimated at an average of 6.8% of the world population, with over 560 million people owning cryptocurrency, according to Triple-A, a cryptocurrency…
Bitcoin rose on Saturday above $20,000 for first time in over two months.
Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, rose 4.6% to $20,853 at 01:01 GMT on Saturday, adding $922 to…
Hong Kong securities watchdog will propose a subset of tokens it would allow for retail investors' trading, its chief executive said on Wednesday, as it presses on with a new regulatory regime that…
The former CEO of failed cryptocurrency firm FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried, has been arrested in the Bahamas at the request of the U.S. government, U.S. and Bahamian authorities said Monday.
The arrest…
Ever since Bitcoin exploded onto markets, governments around the world have been exploring how to digitize their currencies. A total of 87 countries representing over 90 percent of global GDP are…
We often seek movies and TV series and engross ourselves in virtual worlds to escape our undramatic monotonous world, but sometimes the real world pulls a rabbit out of a hat. One of these is the…
Having served up months of entrées, the US president 'paused' his most onerous levies on most countries after the markets choked on the main course. What now for consumers and food producers?
An informed Yemeni military source says a US-backed Yemeni government assault is likely to begin "between mid and late May" after US air strikes have crippled key Houthi military assets
Featuring a production market, workshops, discussions, and international collaborations, this year's festival shows that the event has evolved into a space that shapes films before they are made.
In the past year, the prime minister has cast aside his army chief, defence minister, intelligence head, and attorney-general, while subordinating the judiciary to his office and crushing dissent