Amazon’s ruthless move to block Visa credit cards forces anxious businesses to make stark choices December 9, 2021 Amazon’s recent decision to block Visa credit cards in the UK caught millions of businesses and consumers in between. As a result, many firms have some serious and fairly urgent choices to make, as industry insiders explained to Morning Wire today. Amazon announced in November that it will no longer accept payments made with UK-issued [...]
Falling prices won’t put people off investing in cryptocurrency December 9, 2021 Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies’ tumbling values earlier this week will not spook smart investors, says Nigel Green.
Mr Bitcoin goes to Washington December 9, 2021 The Bitcoin price yesterday failed to hold above the $50k mark at all, falling as low as $48k before rebounding somewhat to just above $49,000.
Morning Wire PA Awards: This year’s pandemic-era winners December 9, 2021 Morning Wire’s PA Awards crowned five winners on Wednesday, who were recognised for their dedication and effort to their businesses after a turbulent year. There was around eight times more nominations than in previous years, after personal assistants (PA) were among the “hardest hit” amid the pandemic, awards judge and founder of C&C Search Lucy [...]
MELD to donate ADA to Cardano’s global tree challenge December 8, 2021 MELD - launched in July with enough success to have to create up to 10 stake pools to accommodate its entire ISPO - has teamed up with the Cardano Foundation to assist with its 'Global Impact Challenge'.
Team of ex-Neobank execs launch Gro Labs to bring automated trading to DeFi December 8, 2021 Gro, the stablecoin yield farming protocol, has announced the launch of its first automated leveraged yield farming product, as part of its new ‘Labs’ offering.
GB news plots international expansion as viewers tail off December 8, 2021 Right-leaning broadcaster GB News is reportedly plotting an overseas expansion after its UK launch was beset by difficulties.
London backers behind new NFT game sensation December 8, 2021 An NFT game developed by London's Kodoku Studios has launched with the backing of other city-based venture capital firms.
Crypto AM shines its spotlight on Inspira December 8, 2021 Crypto AM shines its spotlight on Inspira - the world’s first DeFi 2.0 wealth club.
Tax disadvantage affecting Scottish partnerships to be removed December 8, 2021 | City Talk In 2020 ICAS called for a tax disadvantage affecting Scottish partnerships to be removed, so we were pleased to see the recent government announcement that the relevant legislation will be amended. What’s the problem? The UK capital gains tax regime allows a roll-over style relief for CGT where joint owners of land exchange their interests [...]