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Circulația cu mașinile personale în timpul iernii pe șoselele din România anilor '80 devenise un lux pentru numeroși români. Se confruntau cu lipsuri și restricții și erau încurajați „din motive practice” să renunțe la folosirea automobilelor cel puțin trei luni pe an.

Metaplanet might be underwater, but it’s doubling down on Bitcoin — plus a new survey shows 6 in 10 Singaporeans hold crypto. Asia Express. Japans largest corporate Bitcoin holder, Metaplanet, plans to raise approximately $135 million to accumulate more BTC, despite the assets price currently trading below $90,000. The company is choosing to raise capital by issuing preferred shares instead of common stock, which appears to be aimed mainly at protecting the stock price from further decline. Metaplanets share price has already plummeted nearly 60% in the past six months, now standing at 387 yen (approximately $2.46), according to Google Finance. To mitigate further volatility, the company will issue preferred shares with a 4.9% dividend yield instead of common shares, as announced in a statement published on Thursday. Read more

Metaplanet might be underwater, but it’s doubling down on Bitcoin — plus a new survey shows 6 in 10 Singaporeans hold crypto. Asia Express. Japans largest corporate Bitcoin holder, Metaplanet, plans to raise around $135 million to accumulate more BTC, even as the assets price continues to trade below $90,000. The company is choosing to raise capital through issuing preferred shares instead of common stock, which seems to be largely to protect the stock price from tanking any further. Metaplanets share price has already plummeted nearly 60% in the past six months, now standing at 387 JPY (approximately $2.46 USD), according to Google Finance. To avoid further volatility, the company will issue preferred shares with a 4.9% dividend instead of common shares, as per a statement published on Thursday. Read more

The office has begun probing Basis Markets, a defunct crypto project accused of misappropriating investor funds.

De gemeenteraad van Utrecht heeft donderdagavond ingestemd met een opvanglocatie aan de Europalaan voor 385 asielzoekers. Daarmee wordt op de locatie in het zuiden van de stad afgeweken van het Utrechtse maximum van 300 asielzoekers per azc.

Crypto’s recent slump could be the result of a market maker liquidity crisis triggered by the crypto crash in October, speculates BitMine’s Tom Lee. The recent downward pressure on the cryptocurrency market could be the result of deep holes in the balance sheets of market makers, according to Tom Lee, chairman of Ether treasury company BitMine. Speaking with CNBC on Thursday, Lee suggested that the Oct. 10 market crash, which saw a record $20 billion liquidated from the market, ultimately caught some market makers off-guard, causing severe liquidity issues. With less capital to operate, combined with reduced capital from traders as their primary source of revenue, it’s a tough time for market makers, Lee said. As a result, this has also led them to shrink their “balance sheet further” in a bid to free up more capital. Read more

Intenția guvernului de reducere a bugetelor pentru cheltuielile de personal, după ce inițial în spațiul public s-a vorbit despre reduceri salariale și chiar disponibilizări, este criticată de experți. Generalul (r) Dan Grecu și chestorul Lucian Guran avertizează asupra problemelor ce urmează

Женщина по имени Джас купила старый двухэтажный автобус и решила сделать из него Airbnb для гостей, при этом уложившись в минимальный бюджет. В соцсетях она показала фото "до" и "после", и пользователи были поражены масштабами трансформации.

Duitsland neemt het zaterdag in de halve finale van de Davis Cup op tegen Spanje, na een bijzonder spannende kwartfinale tegen Argentinië donderdagavond in het Italiaanse Bologna. De andere halve finale gaat tussen België en gastland Italië.

Количество часов в сутки, во время которых в домах украинцев отсутствует электроэнергия, увеличилось, поскольку российские оккупанты бьют не только по станциям, но и по электросетям.

Google has faced criticism after a buried setting allowed Gemini to scan inboxes and calendars without clear notice to users.

Duduzile Zuma, fiica fostului președinte sud-african Jacob Zuma și actual parlamentar, este acuzată că ar fi recrutat aproximativ 20 de tineri din Africa de Sud și Botswana, care au sfârșit pe frontul din Ucraina după ce li s-au promis locuri de muncă

Analysts from the investment banking giant wrote in a note Thursday that removal from MSCI indices could lead to $2.8 billion in outflows.

Warsaw has sent Minsk a diplomatic note requesting the extradition to Poland of two Ukrainian citizens who committed terrorist acts on the Polish railway last weekend.

Începând cu data de 13 decembrie, Lukoil nu mai are voie să vândă carburanți în România în formula actuală a acționariatului, putând însă să își desfășoare activitatea sub o altă structură a proprietății.

De San José, een Spaans galjoen dat in 1708 zonk voor de kust van Colombia, heeft zijn eerste schatten prijsgegeven. De Colombiaanse regering toonde donderdag enkele voorwerpen die uit het wrak zijn gehaald: drie gouden muntstukken, een kanon en een porseleinen kop.

La un an de la anularea alegerilor prezidențiale din 2024, efectele „fenomenului Călin Georgescu” continuă să influențeze întregul sistem politic.

Kalshi has joined predictions market rival Polymarket in the $10 billion-plus valuation club after reportedly raising another $1 billion from Sequoia Capital and CapitalG. Predictions market platform Kalshi has reportedly raised an additional $1 billion from at least two venture capital firms, increasing its valuation to $11 billion. Kalshi’s latest funding round was led by Sequoia Capital and CapitalG, according to a report on Thursday from TechCrunch that cited a person familiar with the matter. Andreessen Horowitz (a16z), Paradigm, Anthos Capital and Neo were among the other Kalshi investors that sat out on the latest $1 billion funding round. Read more

Cotroversatul influencer Andrew Tate a fost descrisă de analiști drept „unul dintre cei mai slabi traderi din crypto” după ce a fost complet lichidat pe platforma Hyperliquid, pierzând în total peste 800.000 de dolari.