Author: Charlotte

People walk past Bithumb’s customer lounge in Seoul, March 4. YonhapKorea’s crypto market was long defined by retail-led speculation. Now, the center of gravity is shifting to banks, brokerages and tech platforms as they race to secure an early foothold in the institutionalized market before the regulatory framework is finalized.According to Tiger Research, which tracked 196 partnerships across 150 institutions, the Korean market is seeing competition intensify on three key fronts: stablecoins, security token offerings (STOs) and custody.”The current race for partnerships is less about gaining a first mover advantage and more about shaping the regulatory landscape,” said Kim Jeong-ho,…

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The Tendamba Primary School in Sokpayiri, a suburb of Wa in the Upper West Region, has finally been demolished to clear the way for the construction of Wa Municipal’s segment of the proposed 24-hour economy market.The demolition, carried out in the early hours of Saturday, 13th June 2026, marks the culmination of months of public disagreement, legal action, and traditional mediation over the use of the site.The Wa Municipal Assembly had earlier earmarked the 1956-established school for demolition as part of land acquisition processes for the flagship market project.The school, which is widely regarded as part of Sokpayiri’s historical identity…

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DENVER–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Royal Gold, Inc. (NASDAQ: RGLD) (together with its subsidiaries, “Royal Gold,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “our”) announced today the restructuring of our ownership in Artmin Madençilik (“Artmin”), the joint venture company that owns 100% of the Hod Maden Project (the “Project”). The restructuring includes a 50% reduction in Royal Gold’s direct equity ownership in Artmin (from 30% to 15%), the grant to Royal Gold of a new effective 2.5% net smelter return (“NSR”) royalty interest over the Project (the “New RG Royalty”), and certain rights pertaining to a new royalty interest being granted to SSR Mining, Inc. (“SSR”)…

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Altcoin season is warming, with the index climbing to 51, yet the most speculative tier of the market is being sold harder than the rest. The Solana network, which out-trades every chain on meme coins, confirms the drag as even its own volume fades.The split is between intent and fuel. Capital is rotating off Bitcoin into altcoins, but the riskiest corner is lagging. It is an early risk-off tilt rather than a broad run.Altcoin Season Is Warming Toward NeutralThe starting point is the Altcoin Season Index, which tracks how many top altcoins outperform Bitcoin over 90 days. A reading above…

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By Susan Wells, director of EV and solar at Hive Fleet electrification plans depend not only on the vehicles operators choose, but on charging infrastructure drivers can realistically access. For operators with depot-based vehicles or drivers who can charge at home, the transition to EVs is relatively straightforward to model. The more complex question is how to support employees who park on terraced streets, live in flats, or operate in areas where public charging is still developing. For those drivers, access to reliable local charging will play an important role in whether an EV policy works consistently in practice. That’s…

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By Olusola Aliu, Olajumoke Familoni and Oyewole Sarumi Over the past ten weeks, this series has provided a rigorous, dispassionate dissection of the macroeconomic adjustment programme we have termed “Tinubunomics.” We have traversed the Fiscal Shock of subsidy removal, the Monetary Reset of the FX float, the Sovereignty Play of Naira-for-Crude, and the Financial Fortress of banking recapitalisation. What has emerged from our forensic inquiry is a picture of a reform agenda that is theoretically coherent but operationally brutal. The model is a high-stakes, sequenced attempt to transition Nigeria from a Consumption/Rentier economy to a Production/Industrial economy. We established that…

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Precious metals are seeing a good start to the new week with the mood music helped by the US and Iran agreeing to a memorandum of understanding (MOU) deal. The final details are yet to be confirmed but they are likely to reflect the speculated terms from last week here.That is seeing risk trades perk up to start the new week, with US futures also helped by the more positive showing from SpaceX’s debut on Friday.But as oil prices drop back amid hopes of the Strait of Hormuz reopening, that is seeing gold price climb higher on hopes that the…

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TOKYO – Tokyo stocks ended at record highs Monday, with the Nikkei stock index closing above 69,000 for the first time after briefly surging over 5 percent, as investor sentiment was lifted after both the United States and Iran said they have agreed on a memorandum of understanding to end their war. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average ended up 3,297.46 points, the second largest rise on a closing basis, or 4.99 percent, from Friday at 69,317.50. The index extended gains briefly to 3,662.19 points, the biggest-ever gain during trading, to an intraday high of 69,682.23. The broader Topix index finished…

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