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Hackers return portion of record crypto heist haul

SAN FRANCISCO: A firm specializing in transferring cryptocurrency said that hackers have sent back a portion of the...

Published 12 Aug, 2021 04:34am

Markets

Record cryptocurrency heist valued at $600mn

Poly Network threatens police involvement, but also offers hackers the chance to 'work out a solution'

Published 11 Aug, 2021 10:00am

Business & Finance

Dollar edges lower with Fed in focus

NEW YORK: The dollar edged lower on Monday against a basket of other currencies as investors’ focus turned to this...

Published 27 Jul, 2021 04:40am

Markets

Amazon job posting hints at potential plan to accept cryptocurrencies

Speculation over what it could mean causes Bitcoin to surge to near $40,000, with the coin up as much as 15% on Monday

Published 26 Jul, 2021 08:35pm

Markets

Asian markets extend global rally as earnings trump virus worries

Observers said about 85 percent of US firms that have reported so far have beaten expectations

Published 22 Jul, 2021 10:43am

Markets

Bitcoin posts outflow for 2nd straight week

The world's largest cryptocurrency in terms of market capitalization was down 12.1% in price this month. On Monday, it was testing a key support of $30,000 and was last down 3.4% at $30,694

Updated 19 Jul, 2021 09:39pm

Markets

China’s share of bitcoin mining slumped even before Beijing crackdown

LONDON: China’s share of global bitcoin production power fell sharply even before a recent crackdown by its...

Published 19 Jul, 2021 06:17am

Business & Finance

Pakistan moves to bring cryptocurrency boom out of the dark

Pakistan has seen a boom in trading and mining cryptocurrency, with interest proliferating in thousands of views of related videos on social media and transactions on online exchanges

Published 16 Jul, 2021 01:32pm

Markets

Crypto exchange Binance unauthorised, says Italian regulator, as crackdown widens

Binance not authorised in Italy – regulator.
Scrutiny of platform growing across world.
UK, Thailand, Japan and Germany among others to target Binance.

Published 15 Jul, 2021 05:09pm

Business & Finance

Cryptocurrency trading volumes slump 40pc in June

LONDON: Trading volumes at major cryptocurrency exchanges fell by more than 40% in June, research showed on Monday,...

Published 13 Jul, 2021 03:22am

Business & Finance

China deepens crypto crackdown with central bank warning

Cryptocurrency trading is banned in China, and authorities have recently closed mines and warned banks to halt related transactions.

Updated 06 Jul, 2021 04:51pm

Business & Finance

Indian crypto exchanges flounder

MUMBAI: Indian cryptocurrency exchanges are scrambling to secure viable, permanent payment solutions to ensure...

Published 02 Jul, 2021 04:19am

Business & Finance

Britain curbs cryptocurrency exchange Binance

The ban affects options and futures contracts related to bets on price movements of cryptocurrencies.

Published 28 Jun, 2021 06:18pm

Business & Finance

China's crypto-miners look abroad as regulators tighten noose

BEIJING: When a prefecture in northwestern China's Xinjiang region ordered a halt on cryptocurrency mining projects...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

Business & Finance

Britain bans Binance in latest cryptocurrency crackdown

LONDON: Britain's financial regulator has ordered Binance, one of the world's largest cryptocurrency exchanges, to...

Published 28 Jun, 2021 04:38am

World

British police seize 'record' haul of cryptocurrency

LONDON: London police have seized a trove of cryptocurrency worth £114 million ($159,000) that criminals were...

Published 27 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Markets

China's ban forces some bitcoin miners to flee overseas, others sell out

BIT Mining has also invested in cryptomining data centres in Texas.

Published 25 Jun, 2021 09:42am

Markets

Bitcoin drops below $30,000 as relentless China crackdown weighs

Bitcoin tumbled 11% on Monday, its largest one-day drop in over a month, with losses of nearly 30% in the last week alone almost wiping out gains for the year-to-date.

Published 22 Jun, 2021 11:28pm

Markets

US and European stocks steady, bitcoin retreats

Oil prices hit new two-year highs above $75 on demand optimism.

Published 22 Jun, 2021 06:50pm

Markets

Bitcoin tumbles under China’s renewed cryptocurrency crackdown

Slides to $32,240 as world's second largest economy remains committed to push back

Published 22 Jun, 2021 04:19pm

Markets

Bitcoin steadies in Asia trading after Monday's plunge

Last month, three industry associations issued a ban on crypto-related financial services, but the bodies are much less powerful than the PBOC.

Published 22 Jun, 2021 09:38am

Business & Finance

Bitcoin falls 7pc to $35,431.15

Bitcoin, the world's biggest and best-known cryptocurrency, is down 45.4pc from the year's high of $64,895.22 on April 14.

Published 19 Jun, 2021 03:33am

World

McAfee tells extradition hearing he faces politically-motivated charges

McAfee linked the charges filed by the Internal Revenue Service to his failed bid to run as a Libertarian Party candidate in the 2020 US presidential election, a second such attempt.
"I am hoping that the Spanish court will see the injustice of this," he said, adding "the United States wants to use me as an example."

Published 15 Jun, 2021 07:19pm

Markets

Bitcoin climbs near $40,000 after Musk says Tesla could use it again

Musk flags Tesla may resume BTC transactions
Musk says Tesla sold about 10% of BTC holdings as liquidity test
BTC price jumps close to $40k

Published 14 Jun, 2021 05:51pm

Business & Finance

China's cryptocurrency-mining crackdown spreads to southwest

SHANGHAI: China's crackdown on cryptocurrencies has spread to the country's southwest with a campaign against misuse...

Published 13 Jun, 2021 03:56am

Business & Finance

Bank regulators plot toughest capital rule for bitcoin

Regulators plan first global crypto capital rule.
Cryptocurrencies face toughest treatment.
Central bank digital currencies excluded from plan.

Updated 10 Jun, 2021 04:53pm

World

El Salvador first country to approve bitcoin as legal tender

El Salvador's main currency is the US dollar
It remains unclear how the country plans to implement bitcoin as a functioning currency

Published 09 Jun, 2021 05:31pm

Business & Finance

Bitcoin outflows hit record high

NEW YORK: Bitcoin funds and products posted record outflows last week as investors continued to cast a cautious eye...

Published 09 Jun, 2021 03:29am

Business & Finance

China blocks several cryptocurrency-related social media accounts amid crackdown

SHANGHAI: A slew of crypto-related accounts in China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform were blocked over the weekend,...

Published 08 Jun, 2021 04:09am

Markets

Cryptocurrency firms not meeting anti-money laundering rules, UK regulator says

While standards are widely seen to have improved, global regulators and policymakers have in recent months voiced concerns over the illicit use of crypto.

Published 03 Jun, 2021 12:36pm

Gainers
Losers
Leaders

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Price
786 Invest Ltd / Jul 3 786 Investments Limited(786)	5.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abbas Sugar / Jul 3 Al-Abbas Sugar Mills Limited(AABS)	272.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Agro Allianz / Jul 3 Agro Allianz Limited(AAL)	16.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
AL-Abid Silk / Jul 3 Al-Abid Silk Mills Limited(AASM)	3.49 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Ali Asghar / Jul 3 Ali Asghar Textile Mills Limited(AATM)	2.07 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Allied Bank / Jul 3 Allied Bank Limited(ABL)	69.05 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abbott Lab. / Jul 3 Abbott Laboratories (Pakistan) Limited(ABOT)	666.00 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Abson Ind. / Jul 3 Abson Industries Limited(ABSON)	2.50 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Alfalah ETF. / Jul 3 Alfalah Consumer Index ETF.(ACIETF)	7.84 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)
Attock Cement / Jul 3 Attock Cement Pakistan Limited(ACPL)	67.13 ▼ 0.00 (0.00%)

Stock	Volume

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Forex
World
Commodity

Currency	Rate
USD PKR Interbank Selling / Jun 30	204.90
USD PKR Interbank Buying / Jun 30	204.70
USD to Japanese Yen / Jul 1	135.21
USD to Swiss Franc / Jul 1	0.96
Pound Sterling to USD / Jul 1	1.21
Euro to USD / Jul 1	1.04
UK LIBOR % / Jul 1	1.58

Stock	Volume
S&P 500 / Jul 1	3825.33
India Sensex / Jul 1	52907.93
Tokyo Nikkei / Jul 1	26935.62
Nasdaq / Jul 1	11127.84
Hang Seng / Jul 1	21859.79
FTSE 100 / Jul 1	7168.65
Dow Jones / Jul 1	31097.26
Germany DAX 30 / Jul 1	12813.03
France CAC40 / Jul 1	5931.06

Item	Value
Crude Oil USD/Barrel / Jul 1	108.43
Karachi Cotton PKR/37.32 KG / Jul 1	17380.00
Gold 10 Grams PKR / Jul 1	119100.00
Gold Spot USD/Ounce / Jul 1	1811.43
Cotton US¢/pound / Jul 1	97.48

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