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Oil prices rise slightly in anticipation of Powell’s speech today

Saudi's statements are supported by the UAE, Sudan

The Ethereum Merge has an official kick-off date

The Merge will be completed at some point Sept. 10-20

Everdome’s metaverse to launch a Martian colonization competition

Approach combines deep knowledge of space architecture

The results are in: CBDCs are the way of the future

It’s the biggest evolution in digital money

Ozen Life Maadhoo brings back tradition with LONU

LONU brings back age-old recipes to life

AudioSwim heats up ‘Crypto Winter’ with new NFT music track

NFTs set for long-term recovery following current winter of cryptos

Oil slips as fears of imminent OPEC+ output cut fade

Output cuts likely to coincide with Iran’s possible return to oil markets

White House shaves off 2.4% from US economic growth in 2022

With Omicron's return, the Ukraine war, inflation, and interest rate hikes

Global macro-economics dominating this week’s commodity trading

There is an increased risk that the world economy will slow down

Cotton enters the global crises arena  

US Department of Agriculture expects production to fall to the lowest level since 2009-2010

Awaiting Powell’s speech at “Jackson Hole” … No end in sight to extreme measures

Poll: The Fed will raise interest rates by 50 basis points in September

TotalEnergies, ENI, make major gas discovery offshore Cyprus

Exploration contributes to energy security, additional gas supply to Europe

Can UK’s Truss tax treatment cure Britain’s sickly economy?

Proposed solutions will not avoid a recession soon to show signs of stagnation

Global Financial Markets in Brief Week August 15

A volatile week on Wall Street with widespread drop in stocks at week’s end

China trims lending rates again

One week after surprise cuts in key rates

Tornado Sanctions and the centralization in DeFi

Does the move thwart crime, or individual’s privacy?

World’s largest sovereign wealth fund loses $174 bn in H1

Led by a 28 percent drop in the value of technology stock holdings

UK inflation rises to its highest level since 1982

BOE: High energy prices in Europe are the main driver behind inflation

People’s Bank of China going against global trend, cuts interest rates

Based on economic data that showed lackluster momentum