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The Spanish crypto exchange player Bit2Me says that it has launched an API for banks and companies looking to get into the crypto space.An API is an Application Programming Interface, in essence, a software-based intermediary platform that lets two applications communicate with one other. For instance, a crypto exchange’s API could allow the trading platform’s app to “talk” to a banking app – or vice versa.In a press release shared by Bit2Me on Twitter, the exchange explained that the API would effectively allow banks “to offer the purchase and sale of [cryptoassets] to clients without the need to create an…

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Hungary’s central bank has launched a series of measures, including a 9.5 percentage point rise in one of its key interest rates, to stem the fall in the forint and shield the currency from further speculative attacks. The National Bank of Hungary raised the interest rate on its overnight collateralised loan facility, through which it lends money to banks, from 15.5 per cent to 25 per cent on Friday. The central bank also launched a one-day foreign exchange swap, aimed at lowering volumes of forint trades, with an interest rate of 17 per cent. The interest rate on a one-day…

Phil Mickelson is in Saudi Arabia and causing a stir. Mickelson, playing in LIV Golf’s event at the Royal Greens Golf & Country Club in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, discussed the ever-changing world of golf brought on by LIV. “I think going forward you have to pick a side. You have to pick what side do you think is going to be successful. And I firmly believe that I’m on the winning side of how things are going to evolve and shape in the coming years for professional golf,” Mickelson said Thursday. DUSTIN JOHNSON HAS WITTY QUIP ABOUT TIME WITH LIV GOLF AS…

A pair of climate protesters in hurled tomato soup on a Vincent Van Gogh painting at London’s National Gallery Friday — the latest in a series of attempts to vandalize famous artwork to speak against oil.London’s Metropolitan Police said officers arrested two people on suspicion of criminal damage and aggravated trespass.The duo were supporters of the activist group Just Stop Oil, which engages in publicity stunts to bring the public’s attention to climate change. UK CLIMATE ACTIVISTS GLUE HANDS TO VINCENT VAN GOGH PAINTING AT LONDON MUSEUMVideo shows the pair dropping an outer layer of clothing, revealing their Just Stop Oil…

A tennis official has spilled details on the moment Stan Wawrinka accosted Nick Kyrgios inside the dressing rooms of the Canadian Open. In one of the most explosive tennis scandals in recent years, the Australian infamously made a disgusting comment to the tennis veteran about his then-girlfriend Donna Vekic in the middle of a match in 2015. Kyrgios, who won the match in three sets, was fined for telling Wawrinka, “(Thanasi) Kokkinakis banged your girlfriend. Sorry to tell you that, mate”. The two players’ versions of the altercation have differed in comments the pair have made in public in recent…

Indonesia is launching Southeast Asia’s first high-speed rail service next year, with trains set to race up to 350km per hour.The railway line will connect Indonesia’s capital Jakarta with Bandung, the busy capital of West Java province from June 2023. Journey times between the two cities will be cut from three hours to about 40 minutes.The bullet train is largely funded under China’s Belt and Road (BRI) infrastructure initiative; an ambitious plan by the superpower to develop new trade routes with the rest of the world.Speaking as the Jakarta-Bandung portion of the rail project nears 90 per cent completion today,…

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Wall Street chic might be trending, but Jennifer Lopez’s take on pinstripes is more risky business than buttoned-up. Where Penélope Cruz, Irina Shayk, and Bella Hadid have all worn shirts and ties on the red carpet in recent weeks, there was nothing androgynous about the newlywed singer’s look for the Ralph Lauren spring 2023 show in LA: a charcoal pinstripe wrap dress with her signature plummeting neckline. The twist? A matching fedora. Think ’20s mobster, but make it Lopez-level sexy. Jennifer Lopez with husband Ben Affleck at the Ralph Lauren show in LA.  Michael Buckner/Getty ImagesIt was the first joint appearance…

Activists of “Just Stop Oil” glue their hands to the wall after throwing soup at a van Gogh’s painting “Sunflowers” at the National Gallery in London, Britain October 14, 2022. Just Stop Oil | ReutersLONDON — Two activists from campaign group Just Stop Oil were arrested Friday after throwing tomato soup on Vincent Van Gogh’s famous “Sunflowers” painting, which hangs in the National Gallery in London.The protesters then glued themselves to the wall next to the painting.”What is worth more, art or life? Is it worth more than food? Worth more than justice? Are you more concerned about the protection of…