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Boris Johnson elected Prime Minister: is the UK headed towards a no-deal Brexit?
Winning 92,153 votes to Jeremy Hunt’s 46,656, frontrunner Boris Johnson was elected new Conservative leader and UK prime minister on Tuesday 23 July.
Bitcoin vs. Libra: What should you invest in ?
You’d have to be living off-grid to not have heard: Facebook is launching, along with around thirty other strategic partners, a new digital currency called LIBRA. Or at least, that is the plan. Libra should officially be out in 2020.
Why are investors rushing into gold?
The price of gold recently jumped to a 6-year high. According to experts, there are several reasons for the surge, including the likelihood of lower interest rates, a slowing global economy and heightened geopolitical tensions.
Hunt v Johnson: everything you need to know about the race to Tory leadership
The race to take over from Theresa May on July 24th, 2019 is at full speed. After eight conservative candidates including Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Dominic Raab were kicked out of the competition, only two contenders for the PM position remain: Foreign secretary Jeremy Hunt and backbencher Boris Johnson.
Libra: Is it worth investing in Facebook’s new cryptocurrency?
Facebook was pulling no punches and thinking big earlier this week as it gate-crashed the blockchain and cryptocurrency world with its own crypto, Libra. So, what do we know about it?
Globalcoin: the need-to-know on Facebook’s future cryptocurrency
Although Facebook’s cryptocurrency is shrouded in mystery, some snippets have filtered through about Mark Zuckerberg’s pet project.
What is behind Bitcoin’s recent rise in value?
A mere two months ago, the most established and well-known of the cryptocurrencies was trading at barely $4000.
Renewed restrictions on CFDs
The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has agreed to renew the restrictions on the marketing, distribution or sale of contracts for differences (CFDs) to retail clients, in effect since 1 August.