Author: Charlotte

As we step into 2026, India’s digital economy has evolved dramatically, with NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens) now deeply woven into everyday finance and culture. No longer limited to digital art, NFTs are fueling innovation across sectors like gaming, real estate, and entertainment. India, propelled by the world’s largest youth population and a dynamic middle class, has become a global leader in real-world NFT adoption. Recent data from the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) in its “India Web3 Report 2025” reveal a 22% year-on-year surge in local blockchain asset ownership. This comprehensive guide is tailored for beginners and intermediate users…

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From left: Trinh Viet Hung, business development director at Phu Thai Holdings, Namyang Dairy CEO Kim Seung-eon, Phu Thai Holdings Chairman Pham Dinh Doan and Lee Dong-chun, vice chairperson of Hahn & Co., pose for a photo during the Korea-Vietnam Business Forum in Hanoi, Vietnam, Thursday. (Hahn & Co.) Hahn & Co. has become the first Korean private equity firm to join a presidential business delegation, signaling a shift in how buyout firms are viewed in the corporate ecosystem.According to industry sources Friday, Vice Chairman Lee Dong-chun joined President Lee Jae Myung’s state visit to Vietnam as part of the…

As The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported, the nonprofit standard-setter for accounting voted Wednesday (April 23) to propose that all companies each year reveal the dollar amounts of the significant components of their cash equivalents, which includes stablecoins as well as assets like money-market funds and Treasury bills. “We can’t turn a blind eye to the fact that stablecoins are a new asset class,” said board member Christine Botosan, per the report. “They exist in evolving regulatory environments. In light of that, it is perfectly reasonable for investors to say that they need to understand whether stablecoins are included among…

Mice numbers are surging in parts of the country. Photo of a plague at a farm near SA’s Kadina in 1993. Picture: Oliver Townsend. Mouse bait allocated to South Australia has instead been sent to Western Australia, causing concern there may not be enough product locally to control surging rodent numbers. Wilhelm Rural managing director Brenton Wilhelm confirmed 100 tonne of mouse bait has been sent to the Esperance region in the past fortnight, potentially straining supplies for SA farmers. Mr Wilhelm, SA’s only importer of the ingredients required to manufacture mouse bait, said he currently had enough product to…

Bitcoin (BTC) traded near $78,000 on Thursday but continued to face resistance at the $80,000 level as fresh US-China friction weighed on risk sentiment.The White House accused Chinese entities of running deliberate campaigns to steal American AI technology, adding to geopolitical uncertainty weeks before a planned Trump-Xi summit.White House Escalates AI Dispute With ChinaIn a Thursday memo Michael Kratsios, Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, said foreign entities based in China are conducting “industrial-scale campaigns to distil US frontier AI systems.”The campaigns allegedly use tens of thousands of proxy accounts and jailbreaking techniques to extract…

The Tesla and SpaceX CEO headed off concerns that doling out big checks would drive up prices: “AI/robotics will produce goods & services far in excess of the increase in the money supply, so there will not be inflation.” In other words, Musk believes that AI and robotics will supercharge production and push down prices, offsetting the inflationary impact of the government boosting the money supply when it pays large incomes to all. Steve Hanke a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins known as the “Money Doctor” because of his experience helping governments solve inflation and…

Talon.One, a German promotions software company, showing buyers will still pay up for specialized tools that deepen their products. And in data centers, Bain Capital, a private equity firm, is looking to sell at least 40% of Bridge Data Centres at an implied valuation of about $5 billion, as investors circle the “picks-and-shovels” of artificial intelligence and cloud computing. Why should I care? For markets: Infrastructure money is back, but it’s picky. A run of stake sales suggests investors are reopening their wallets for cash-generative assets that are hard to replicate – especially in power networks, data centers, and operating…

Claim 30% Off TipRanksCGN Mining Co ( (HK:1164) ) just unveiled an update. CGN Mining reported that uranium deposits in which it holds interests produced 580.9 tonnes of uranium in the first quarter of 2026, achieving 97.1% of the quarterly production plan. Output was led by its 49%-owned Kazakhstan associate Ortalyk at 426.4 tonnes, while Semizbay-U produced 154.5 tonnes, with a sulfuric acid shortage temporarily weighing on the Semizbay mine but not expected to affect full-year production. On the trading side, the group held 967 tonnes of uranium inventory at the end of March 2026 at an average cost of…

By Sumit Saha April 23 (Reuters) – beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Thursday as record prices helped offset lower production, though the world’s largest gold miner warned of a slightly lower output and elevated costs in the current quarter. Newmont expects to generate 23% of total attributable production in the second quarter of 2026, slightly below the first quarter, while unit costs are set to rise on higher sustaining capital spending, lower silver output and increased costs at the Boddington, Tanami, Lihir and Penasquito mines. Costs may also be affected by higher oil prices and the impact…