OPINION/EDITORIAL

Africa’s Growing Crypto Market Needs Better Regulations

Credit: Lucadp/AdobeStock November 22, 2022/IMF Habtamu Fuje, Saad Quayyum, Tebo Molosiwa CHART OF THE WEEK Fintech The risks from crypto assets are evident—it’s time to regulate The collapse of the world’s third largest crypto exchange FTX, and subsequent plunge in the prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other major crypto assets, […]

Empowering small-scale food producers with fintech

November 22, 2022/EBRD By Cecilia Calatrava Image Credit: EBRD With Taiwanese support, start-up HeavyFinance is changing Europe’s agricultural landscape Intuitively, large-scale, industrial agriculture might seem like the easiest solution to feeding the world’s growing population, but this would be somewhat short sighted. Small farmers not only produce around one-third of the […]

Oil Recovers After Volatile Start Of The Week

November 22, 2022/OilPrice.com Josh Owens Editor, Oilprice.com Chart of the Week Not Since the April 2020 Price War Were Freight Costs This Crazy  – Earnings on the US Gulf Coast-to-China shipping route have soared above $100,000 per day, equivalent to $7 per barrel, demonstrating the shrinking availability of crude tankers […]