Cameron Winklevoss, one of the twin co-founders of the American crypto exchange Gemini, called for the resignation of the CEO of Digital Currency Group (DCG) Barry Silbert. In an open letter posted on Twitter (the social network is blocked in Russia), Winklevoss, on behalf of Gemini and 340,000 users of its Gemini Earn service, asked the DCG board to remove Silbert, citing the inability of DCG under his leadership to ensure payments to creditors. Billionaire and longtime crypto advocate Barry Silbert founded the Digital Currency Group, a group of companies focused on digital assets, in 2015. DCG’s largest source of income is the Grayscale fund. According to Coinglass, the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust holds 631.7 thousand bitcoins ($10.8 billion), which is about 3% of all available coins. On Nov. 16, DCG-owned lending company Genesis Global Capital notified clients of a temporary suspension of repayments and new lending due to market turmoil and the collapse of FTX. Because of this, the Genesis partner, the Gemini exchange, was forced to limit payments to customers using the special Gemini Earn program. Genesis owes $900M to a group of these customers on the Gemini platform. @banksta
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US Department of Energy: liquid hydrocarbon production in Russia may drop to 9.5 million b/d in 2023. The US Department of Energy lowered its Brent oil price forecast for 2023 to $83.1 from $92.36 per barrel, the forecast for 2024 is $77.57. @banksta
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For the first time, it became possible to obtain citizenship for cryptocurrency. On the Huobi crypto exchange, you can get a “decentralized identity” for Dominica, an island nation in the Caribbean. In fact, this is a virtual passport, for which you need to pass KYC verification to the maximum level. In the future, the holders of these Dominica Coin tokens are promised regular paper passports from the Government of Dominica. @banksta
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France will raise the minimum retirement age from 62 to 64 from 2030. The authorities will begin raising the age for receiving a pension gradually, starting from September 1, 2023. @banksta
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The head of the private banking division of Sberbank, Evgenia Tyurikova, is leaving the bank. She announced her departure in December, writes Frank Media. In mid-May, three members of the board quit Sberbank at once: financial director Alexandra Buriko, head of the Sales Network block Sergey Maltsev, and curator of the Welfare block Natalia Alymova. In addition to them, the senior vice president, the technical director of group David Rafalovsky who supervised technologies, and the head of SberX Andrey Vanin, and also the senior vice president supervising strategy and HR, Yulia Chupina left the largest bank in Russia. Andrey Shemetov, head of Sberbank CIB Investment Bank, also resigned in May. @banksta
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Reuters has found an explanation for the fall in the flow of Russian gas through Ukraine. Record-breaking winter weather allowed Europe to reduce the use of gas storage, and therefore there was no need to pump large volumes from Russia, experts say. The vaults are now 83% full versus 51% a year earlier. @banksta
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The oil price ceiling is costing Russia $172 million in lost revenue per day. After expanding the “ceiling” for petroleum products, its “price” will reach $280 million per day, writes Bloomberg. The G7 is studying the introduction of two price ceilings for kerosene, diesel and fuel oil from Russia. @banksta
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Yaroslav Kaczynski, chairman of Poland’s ruling Law and Justice party, announced Poland’s plans this month to present a plan to seize the assets of German companies and transfer them to Poland as part of compensation for damages for World War II according to the “Russian” scenario. @banksta
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NATO military-industrial corporations have risen in price by 22% over the year. The leaders of growth are the German weapons manufacturer Rheinmetall (+122%), the French Thales, which produces drones and missiles (+54%), and the American Lockheed Martin (+42%) and Northrop Grumman (+44%). @banksta
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There are 2 ways to buy real estate for investment in Dubai. The first is to surf the Internet yourself, choose an illiquid asset in a shady location with low demand and tourist flow, nervously wait for the project to be completed, looking with envy at fresh towers with a minimum price, and in the end go to zero or freeze money for 6-12 months. Second: subscribe to the Whitewill Dubai channel and buy a lot at the very start in a hot location with a crazy demand for rent or purchase, and then follow the annual price increase by 15-20% and exit the project, multiplying investments by 2 times. What will you find on the channel? ???? sales starts in top projects ???? useful articles for investors selections of liquid apartments ???? obscure Dubai market terms Go to the @whitewilldubai channel and subscribe to stay up to date with the best news in Dubai.
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The Ministry of Finance will send foreign currency worth 3.2 billion rubles for sale daily. The Central Bank and the Ministry of Finance will start selling yuan amid falling oil and gas revenues. @banksta
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Banksters of Gazprombank give premium customers a free subscription to World Class. There are 42 World Class premium fitness clubs to choose from in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Sochi. They can be visited free of charge by those who have a total of 4 million rubles on accounts in the GPB, including investment ones. and the Sport privilege program from Gazprombank. Premium. And this means that non-financial services from banks continue to move forward by leaps and bounds. So, in “Sport” from GPB, in addition to the subscription, there are discounts on check-up, healthy food and sportswear, 20% cashback for the purchase of Ironstar slots, ski passes and walks at the Gazprom resort. Details at the link.
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The ruble is growing after the Central Bank reports on operations under the budget rule: the dollar is trading at 68.5 rubles, the yuan fell to 10.04 rubles. @banksta
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We do not recall that the Central Bank issued new banking licenses recently, usually banksters bought an “old” bank and rebranded it. And now, the first license after stripping the sector in 2014: the Central Bank approved the Tochka fintech bank to obtain its own banking license. Tochka cheerfully passed the turbulent 2022, increased profits and turned into an ecosystem of business services. Own banking license is a logical step in the development of your own bank. Now Tochka itself will be able to carry out banking operations with funds in rubles and foreign currency, including attracting deposits from individuals, and conducting operations with precious metals. The licenses of the Central Bank have been approved, we are waiting for inclusion in the register and congratulations!
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Rabbit from Neglinnaya is happy that Ksenia Yudaeva will come to visit Tinkoff Private Talks, but is upset that the questions will not be from ordinary people (read us). In vain he gets upset – Teaneck collects questions in his Pulse and there is every reason to think that they will be asked on the air, because users are even promised prizes for the best questions. Firstly, the main prize here is clearly Yudaeva’s opinion on the most pressing issues, and secondly, it is worth praising the banksters from Tinkoff for such an open and not quite familiar format in our realities. @banksta
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Evolution of finishes from DonStroy It would seem that nothing surprises the modern consumer…. But DonStroy continues to look for ways to achieve WOW-effect and WOW-reaction with fashionable solutions in decoration. Natalya Bunina, the head of the company’s project support department, spoke about them in an interview, and we, from her words, are passing everything on to you. Cool features that can already be found in the business and premium class from the developer: ▪️ Doors with hidden boxes in the ceiling, visually lightening the space and adding height to the rooms. ▪️ Finishing bathrooms with large-format porcelain tiles measuring 3 × 1 m. ▪️ Oversized showers, washbasins with cabinets, and instead of a heated towel rail – a warm wall. ▪️ The technology of “floating” walls with special joints and finishing materials, which allows to reduce the number of shrinkage cracks. ▪️ Italian kitchens from the latest collections, complemented by a wine cabinet. And that’s not all. You can read more about all the bells and whistles, features and differences between the finishes in the “business” and “premium” classes here.
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The Central Bank of Ukraine demanded that international banks leave the Russian market. The appeal was sent to Raiffeisen Bank International, Intesa Sanpaolo, OTP Bank, ING Bank, Credit Agricole. @banksta
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All planes in the sky over the US are forced to land due to a global glitch and wait until 9 am. About 760 domestic and international flights have been delayed, and another 90 flights have been cancelled. @banksta
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Belinvestbank stopped accepting transfers from Tinkoff Bank, writes Frank Media. Now the Russians, who opened the cards of the Belarusian bank, cannot replenish them with transfers. @banksta
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Saudi Arabia has offered Pakistan $11 billion in “aid” as the country is on the brink of default due to unprecedented floods last year that destroyed infrastructure. @banksta
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Greece and Malta have frozen Russian assets for significantly less than other EU members, Reuters writes, citing accusations by an EU official and an internal document from the bloc. Of the 20.3 billion euros frozen by EU countries so far, Ireland, France, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg and Austria each reported seizing more than a billion euros. Greece has notified the freezing of 212 thousand euros, and Malta – 147 thousand euros. @banksta
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In 2022, 60% more overdue bank debts were put up for auctions for collectors than a year earlier. But the volume of transactions grew by only 9%. @banksta
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Warren Buffett made billions from the energy crisis by investing in Japanese commodity trading companies beforehand. Back in 2020, Berkshire Hathaway acquired stakes in five Japanese companies involved in natural resource projects around the world and trading in raw materials produced. The billionaire invested in these companies after many other investors turned their backs on them due to a long period of stagnant earnings and weak market performance. Until 2020, their combined net profit remained at the level of about 1.5 trillion yen ($11.2 billion) for more than a decade, and against the backdrop of the energy crisis, it grew by more than 50%. @banksta
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Russian oilmen managed to sharply increase oil exports in January after a December collapse that dropped supplies by about 20%. Oil shipments from the Baltic Sea ports on January 1-20 will increase by 1.5 times compared to the previous month, Reuters reports citing sources among traders. From the ports of Primorsk and Ust-Luga, according to the plan of shipments, tankers will take out 4.1 million tons against 2.7 million for the same period in December. By the end of the month, exports may increase to 6.5 million tons, although in December it did not exceed 5 million. In the meantime, buyers’ interest is fueled by discounts: the price of the main Russian grade Urals, which accounts for almost two thirds of exports, fell below $40 per barrel at the end of last year. weeks. Shipments from Primorsk were shipped at $38.7 per barrel, a record low since the summer of 2020. @banksta
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According to the results of the year, 341,000 sq. m of new office space is 42% less than last year, and more than two times less than the plans announced at the beginning, the consulting company IBC Real Estate calculated. @banksta
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Aides to US President Joe Biden have discovered a new batch of classified documents at the location Biden used to work after leaving the administration of former US President Barack Obama, NBC reported, citing a source. @banksta
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