TALLINN, Estonia — A journalist on a reporting trip in a Ural Mountains city. A corporate security executive traveling to Moscow for a wedding. A dual national returning to her hometown in Tatarstan to visit her family. All of them are U.S. citizens, and all are behind bars in Russia on charges of varying severity. … Read more
During the Staking Summit in Istanbul, a conference attended by hundreds of individuals involved in the staking practice of the crypto ecosystem, two exhibition booths stood out. They belonged to Tencent and Huawei. Amidst a backdrop dominated by twenty-somethings clad in trendy company hoodies and giving out well-designed merchandise, the two Chinese tech giants appeared … Read more
Coinbase, the second-largest crypto exchange by trading volume, released its Q3 2023 earnings on Thursday, giving shareholders and market participants an opportunity to see what’s going on under the hood. In response to the report, the company’s stock is down about 5.5% in after-hours trading. In the third quarter of 2023, Coinbase generated $674 million … Read more
African startups’ fundraising trends have reverted to what we might call pre-COVID norms. In a nutshell: Startups on the continent raised less money in the third quarter of 2023 than they have since the end of 2020, according to The Big Deal. The continent’s startups are not alone in their fundraising struggles. Canadian startups have … Read more
People walk outside of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in the financial district in Manhattan on June 14, 2022 in New York City. Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images This report is from today’s CNBC Daily Open, our new, international markets newsletter. CNBC Daily Open brings investors up to speed on … Read more
The 2023 MLB draft started final evening in Seattle at Lumen Area, the house stadium of the NFL’s Seahawks. Not like the NFL draft or the NBA draft, MLB groups are allowed to select gamers proper out of highschool after which convey them up slowly—or, typically, quickly—via their respective farm programs. Listed here are the ten … Read more
BEIJING — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has launched into a high-stakes diplomatic journey to China to attempt to settle down escalating tensions between the 2 powers which have set many world wide on edge. Blinken would be the highest-level American official to go to China since President Joe Biden took workplace, and the … Read more