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BitMEX announced an ether quarterly futures product Friday, which it described as “the only one of its kind available in the market.” Settled in bitcoin, the contract trades the ether-dollar pair, and expiry is in June. This coincides with the.

Central banking mandates could be permanently refocused away from inflation after the coronavirus crisis, economists have told CNBC. The new coronavirus — which has infected 2.9 million people worldwide and killed more than 206,000 — is expected to spark a.

Market overview Futures on the SP500 add 1% before the start of the New York trading session after rising 1.4% on Friday. Positive dynamics are provided by optimism on a new package of measures to support small and medium-sized businesses.

Oil tankers — 27 of them — have been spotted lurking off the coast of southern California. The footage was taken by the U.S. Coast Guard, as the Coast Guard is monitoring the “increased presence” of oil tankers that are.

Bitcoin (BTC) has consolidated gains nearer $8,000 — but does the coming week have in store for the asset leaving stocks in the dust? After jumping 10% in a day last week, BTC/USD has managed to keep hold of its.

North Korean defector and activist Park Yeon-mi claims her source says Kim Jong-un is not dead, sick, or in a vegetative state. The country’s Supreme leader is reportedly in hiding, fearing a possible coronavirus infection. Park escaped North Korea in.

Investors are pinning their hopes for the reopening of the U.S. economy on the potential for wider availability of testing for COVID-19 cases and on drug trials for treatments of the deadly disease but said, until there is concrete progress.

The U.K.’s Prime Minister Boris Johnson said there would be no quick lifting of restrictions in the country, as he made his first public statement since returning to work after recovering from a coronavirus infection. “We are passing through the.

As international oil companies (IOCs) grapple with a historic plunge in crude prices, a rise in piracy is also poised to threaten supply chains. The first quarter of 2020 saw a spike in piracy around the world, with 47 attacks.

Asian indices start a new week with growth, encouraged by further policy easing from the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 index adds 1.5%, returning to this month’s high. It happened on the background of announcements that the country’s central.

The global economy has taken a massive hit as countries around the world implement strict lockdown and social distancing policies. The International Money Fund expects the global economy to contract by 3% in 2020 as the pandemic shuts down economic.

The Bank of Russia on Friday cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 5.5% and left the door open to further reductions at future monetary policy meetings. The move comes as the spread of the coronavirus pandemic.