Dollar rises as China COVID worries spur safe-haven buying

The U.S. dollar was firmly higher against major currencies on Monday, as rising COVID-19 cases in China led to new restrictions there and weighed on global investor sentiment.
Dollar edges up as Fed’s Waller cautions on inflation

The U.S. dollar steadied on Monday amid fading expectations of a less aggressive Federal Reserve interest rate hike after Governor Christopher Waller said the central bank was not softening its fight against inflation.
Crypto.com gets UK regulatory approval

Singapore-based cryptocurrency platform Crypto.com has registered with Britain’s financial services regulator, the company said in a statement on Wednesday.
Buckle Up: How investors can deal with crypto turbulence

When Doug Milnes started buying cryptocurrencies in January of this year, he felt like it could become an entirely new asset class for investors.
Cryptoverse: Crypto lenders face a DeFi drubbing

Crypto lenders have boomed over the past two years, attracting tens of billions of dollars in bitcoin, ether and other coins which they in turn lent out or invested, often in decentralized finance (DeFi) projects with sky-high returns.
European shares rise, dollar slips as market selloff pauses

European shares opened higher on Tuesday, recovering slightly from last week’s 17-month lows as the selloff paused, but major central banks’ rate hike plans and global recession risks kept investors cautious.
Cryptoverse: Venture capitalists catch crypto fever

Venture capital is making a big move on crypto in 2022.
Cryptoverse: Gold coins glimmer amid the global gloom

A fledgling class of crypto that feasts on risk is outshining a wider market paralyzed by war and inflation.
Cryptoverse: 10 billion reasons bitcoin could become a reserve currency

A crypto platform’s pledge to amass $10 billion worth of bitcoin to back its own “stablecoin” is firing up the market. It’s part of a wider movement to crown bitcoin as the reserve currency of a new age.
Crypto and gaming collide in high-risk ‘play-to-earn’ economies

Jarindr Thitadilaka says he made as much as $2,000 a month last year from his collection of digital pets, which he would breed and send into battle to win cryptocurrencies.