Scorching weather has baked Europe in more days of “extreme heat stress”
Global asset management firm Alliance Bernstein has explained that bitcoin’s bullish trajectory should resume after the upcoming halving event. The firm’s analysts described: “We believe it is always new demand catalysts that lead to bitcoin price appreciation in every cycle.” Bernstein’s Analysts on Bitcoin’s Price Post-Halving Global asset management firm Alliance Bernstein’s analysts Gautam Chhugani […]
On Monday evening, Taproot Wizards co-founder Udi Wertheimer unveiled a Bitcoin Improvement Proposal (BIP) that reintroduces the OP_CAT opcode to Bitcoin. This opcode could facilitate more streamlined and efficient decentralized file hosting systems, payment channels, and sophisticated Bitcoin smart contracts by minimizing reliance on intricate cryptographic techniques. However, Bitcoin developer Luke Dashjr has labeled the […]
On April 12, bitcoin briefly reached above the $71,000 threshold, but its value plunged by more than $3,000 after a substantial sell-off at 2:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The price of bitcoin in USD tumbled to an intraday low of $65,230. Over the past 24 hours, leveraged crypto positions totaling $871.88 million were eradicated. Liquidations Near […]
Forecast: Tonight: Isolated showers through the evening. Mostly cloudy and mild. Lows: 60. WeatherWise Alert Thursday: Sunny and hot! Highs in the upper 80s – pushing 90! WeatherWise Alert Friday: Another warm day. Isolated storms could be strong to severe. Highs in the mid 80s. Saturday: Isolated showers. Highs: Low 80s. Sunday: Scattered showers. Much cooler. Highs: Mid 60s. Have
Traders flocked to the crude oil options market last week, trading record numbers of call options that Brent would hit $100 per barrel in the coming months, data compiled by Bloomberg showed on Monday. As tensions in the Middle East escalated earlier this month, traders moved to the options market, betting on higher oil prices as a hedge against spiking futures prices. The call options give traders the right—but not the obligation—to buy assets at a certain price, the so-called strike price, by...
KANSAS (KSNT) - The Kansas Hospital Association (KHA) released its annual Health Care Workforce Report, the report found employee turnover is still at record-high levels. Over 100 hospitals participated in the survey, the largest number of participants in 10 years. According to the report, vacancy rates were the highest for sonographer/ultrasound technologists, nursing assistants and []
Prices for luxury homes in the United States have reached a record high, rising nearly nine percent in the first quarter of 2024, twice as much as the prices of non-luxury homes.
For the first time, government military spending increased in all five geographical regions, Sipri thinktank findsGlobal military expenditure has reached a record high of $2440bn (£1970bn) after the largest annual rise in government spending on arms in over a decade, according to a report.The 6.8% increase between 2022 and 2023 was the steepest since 2009, pushing spending to the highest recorded by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (Sipri) in its 60-year history. Continue...
Pent-up demand, an aging population and a lack of funding are being blamed for elective surgery wait times blowing out to the longest on record following the release of a damning report. The latest Public Health Report Card, released on Friday by the Australian Medical Association, shows the median wait time for elective surgeries was […]
The Only Market Traders Followed During Saturday's Attack On Israel Was Bitcoin By Eric Peters, CIO of One River Asset Management The Iranian attack on Israel appeared as an iPhone price alert well before any news service would run the story. That’s how markets work. Crypto is the only liquid asset class that trades on Saturday, so those of us who never really turn off learned something big happened right around 3:45pm ET on Saturday (ZH: which is precisely when we noticed this...
The FTSE 100 set a new record closing price at the beginning of the week, although it fell narrowly short of its all-time intra-day high set last February.