Revolut is so much more than just a sort-of-bank. It’s also an educational facility where punters can “level up [their] knowledge and earn crypto while doing it”. All the fun’s to be had on Revolut’s app, where users are invited to take four short “lessons” on crypto basics before being tested on what they’ve learned. …
As households brace themselves for soaring energy bills this winter, some are taking action to try to reduce their energy use right now. For more than a quarter (28%), this is the first summer they’ve taken steps of this nature, after typically paying less attention to bills during the warmer months, according to a survey …
The first Royal Mail strike in 13 years will bring the postal service to a standstill in two weeks time, jeopardising medical deliveries and isolating the elderly. Roughly 115,000 Royal Mail workers will launch four days of industrial action on Friday August 26 and Wednesday 31, and again on Thursday September 8 and Friday 9 …
In the context of a continually falling overall auto market, down 18% year over year (YoY) in July, the Dutch plugin vehicle (PEV) market has nonetheless continued to grow … even if only by 1% last month. That’s mostly thanks to pure electrics (22% of all new vehicle sales), which grew 13% year over year …
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Big-name money managers are stampeding into digital assets, finding new ways to monetise investor interest even as trading volumes and prices for bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies have slumped. FTSE 100-listed Abrdn this week became the latest investment house to take the plunge, by buying a stake in a regulated UK digital assets exchange Archax. The …
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Kwasi Kwarteng says bringing wood pellets halfway across world to burn them in Yorkshire isn’t sustainable in contradiction of Tory policy Biomass is classed as ‘renewable’ because the trees used are replaced This is controversial because Drax power plant is the UK’s biggest CO2 emitter The UK taxpayer subsidises the plant to the tune of …
The government has been accused of “washing its hands of responsibility” after a major train operator slashed its intercity timetable and suspended ticket operations over summer. Labour’s shadow transport minister Louise Haigh told Sky News it is a “disgrace major cities are being cut off” after Avanti West Coast reduced its routes connecting London to …
Ether’s (ETH) impressive 85% gain in the past 30 days has surprised even the most bullish investors, and it makes the $800 range seen in mid-July seem like ages ago. Bulls now hope to turn $1,900 to support, but derivatives metrics tell a completely different story, and the data suggests that professional traders remain highly …
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BlackRock has announced the launch of a spot bitcoin private trust, deepening a push into digital assets as the crypto industry is recovering from the fallout of a credit crisis. The world’s largest asset manager said in a blog post on Thursday that the private trust would be available only to institutional clients in the …
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It might have taken the Walt Disney company less than three years to overtake Netflix in streaming subscribers, but its road to domination started more than 15 years ago with a carefully planned $100bn (£81bn) strategy to reinvigorate its empire for 21st century viewers. The combination of Netflix priming a global audience for the streaming …
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