BANKRUPT crypto exchange FTX said in a report to creditors on Tuesday that about US$415 million in cryptocurrency had been stolen as a result of hacks.
BITCOIN on Tuesday (Jan 17) rose to its highest in more than four months, extending a new year rally fuelled by hopes that a potential end to central bank policy tightening will benefit the volatile asset.
SAUDI ARABIA is open to discussions about trade in currencies other than the US dollar, according to the kingdom’s finance minister, in what could be another challenge to the greenback’s hegemony.
GOLDMAN Sachs Group on Tuesday (Jan 17) reported a bigger-than-expected 69 per cent drop in fourth-quarter profit due to heavy losses in its consumer business and a slump in dealmaking that hit its investment banking unit.
BLACKROCK’S chief executive officer Larry Fink said that the narrative around environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has become ugly, and is creating “huge polarisation”.
