Investors and the crypto initiated already know that the blockchain industry is so much more than just Bitcoin trading. From amazing projects that can facilitate users in their everyday lives, to investing protocols that can bring much greater passive returns than the conventional banking and savings arenas, to offering banking services to the unbanked. Now it’s time for the consumer ...
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Investors ‘frustrated’ by Govt intervention in property
CBRE says that despite despite regulatory and policy changes the multifamily sector showed remarkable resilience last year It is critical that further Government intervention in the multifamily accommodation sector is now curtailed to avoid large amounts of investor capital opting to move into other sectors. That’s according to commercial property firm, CBRE, which claims investors in residential apartment and other ...
Read More »AIB to raise negative rates for some business customers
Around 3,000 corporate customers will be impacted by the move AIB has begun writing to business customers with balances in excess of €1m to inform them that it intends to increase the negative rate they will be charged on their deposits to -0.75%. The change will take effect from the end of March and will see the negative rate increased ...
Read More »Has the pandemic permanently changed our spending ways?
Everything from shopping online to food deliveries and the acceleration in the decline in the use of cash have been features of the pandemic Covid-19 has undoubtedly changed many aspects of our lives, some of which we would hope to return to as soon as the clouds of the pandemic lift. However, there are some areas where our habits may ...
Read More »How to achieve your financial goals for 2022
There are some simple steps you can take to help manage your day-to-day finances and achieve your long-term goals While the ‘new year, new me’ approach isn’t for everyone, many people will be looking to sort out their finances for 2022. That task may seem daunting, but there are some simple steps you can take to help manage your day-to-day ...
Read More »Aldi to create 600 jobs nationwide this year
Aldi’s new corporate offices in Naas, Co Kildare were officially opened today by Tánaiste Leo Varadkar Aldi has said it is to create 600 new jobs in stores across the country this year. The roles will include positions such as store assistants, assistant store managers and store managers. It follows the supermarket chain’s announcement last November that it intends to ...
Read More »BlokForge Acquires Cryptouniverse to Expand Distribution of Bitcoin Mining Hardware in Europe
Crypto mining equipment and accessories company, BlokForge, has announced its acquisition of Cryptouniverse, a major online mining distributor for Europe. The business expansion will broaden Bitcoin mining on a global scale. This is good news for the digital coin, as China recently announced it will be clamping down on Crypto mining within China. The country currently accounts for more than ...
Read More »World Bank sees sharp world growth slowdown
Global growth is expected to decelerate ‘markedly’ to 4.1% in 2022 from 5.5% last year, the World Bank said today The World Bank has today cut its forecasts for economic growth in the US, the euro zone and China and warned that high debt levels, rising income inequality and new Covid-19 variants threatened the recovery in developing economies. It said ...
Read More »NFT ecosystem DoinGud, Announces Debuting Creators-Activists, Focused on Positive Social Impact Through Art
NFT sales exploded this month, totalling $896 million dollars in sales which is more than triple the previous best month for NFT sales in May. One of the most popular NFT collections, Cryptopunks, a project that inspired the modern CryptoArt movement with 10,000 unique collectible characters with proof of ownership stored on the Ethereum blockchain movement accounted for nearly $400 ...
Read More »El Salvador Unfazed by Bitcoin’s Recent Price Drop
The price of Bitcoin went down sharply on Tuesday, plunging 19% from $52,956 to $42,900 yesterday, undoing the gains it made recently and wiping out more than $180 billion in market value. El Salvador, the country that officially adopted bitcoin as legal tender yesterday, appeared unfazed by the dip, and capitalized on it instead. The country simply purchased another 150 ...
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