The new offerings are Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending. Spark, an on-chain capital allocator incubated by Sky (formerly MakerDAO), on Wednesday, Feb. 11, launched Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending, two products aimed at institutional borrowers. The products target the off-chain crypto lending market, which Spark estimates at about $33 billion as institutional participation [...]
McKillens footwear will be closing its shutters for the final time on Wednesday after 100 years in business.
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Global markets and corporate developments offered a mixed picture on Wednesday as investors balanced resilient Asian equities against political tensions in Washington and mounting corporate upheaval across technology and media sectors. A rally in Asia came despite soft US consumer data and artificial-intelligence concerns on Wall Street, while Elon Musk’s artificial-intelligence startup lost key founders, [...]
BitcoinWorldUS Nonfarm Payrolls Forecast: A Crucial 70K January Rise Could Shape Fed’s Next MoveWASHINGTON, D.C., January 2025 – The financial world’s attention now focuses intently on the upcoming US Nonfarm Payrolls report for January, with economists forecasting a pivotal increase of approximately 70,000 jobs. This critical data point arrives at a complex juncture for the American economy, potentially signaling the trajectory of monetary policy and labor market stability [...]This post US Nonfarm Payrolls Forecast: A Crucial 70K January Rise Could Shape Fed’s Next Move first appeared on BitcoinWorld.
Riyadh Air and Mastercard have launched a strategic alliance to build a digital-first travel ecosystem, featuring the world's first airline-branded B2B virtual card program and a joint Center of Excellence.The post Riyadh Air and Mastercard Forge Strategic Alliance to Launch ‘Digital-First’ Payment Ecosystem appeared first on The Fintech Times.
Department of Defence has prepared the draft ‘Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)-2026’ to propel Jointness, Atmanirbharta & Integration, Force Modernisation, and Speed of acquisition with scaling of production, leading to the growth and development of defence ecosystem in the country. The proposed draft aims to align India’s defence acquisition with the rapidly evolving geo-strategic landscape, growth of the Indian economy, skilling of human capital, growth of the private defence industry in the country and the technological imperatives of modern warfare. Once approved, it will replace the Defence Acquisition Procedure-2020 in vogue now. DAP, the cornerstone for the ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’ initiative in defence, focuses on institutionalised preference for ‘Buy (Indian-IDDM)’ (Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured) category for procurement, thereby boosting domestic manufacturing and effective reduction of imports. The proposed draft will ensure categorisation and procurement strategy based on technological availability and manufacturing readiness, exclusive procedures for faster acquisition of equipment with short technological cycle, spiral designing & procurement of major platforms, exploitation of modern technology before bulk procurement, pragmatic Indigenous Content (IC) and Indigenous Design (ID) content evaluation, and utilisation of indigenous military material, among others. Also Read: Rajasthan: Christian Ganj Police Station in Ajmer officially renamed Krishna Ganj after public demand The new DAP proposes to ease financial and experience criteria for inclusive participation, delegation of decision making for quicker acquisition, revamping of trials and quality assurance processes, aggressive infusion of digitisation & automation in acquisition procedures and processes, Atmanirbharta with focus on indigenous designing & retention of IPR, along with incentives for innovations. The DAP would boost defence manufacturing and exports, along with restrictions on import to domestically non-available and critical equipment only. The draft DAP-2026 document, including the Handbook on Guidelines & Annexures, has been uploaded on the website of MoD (https://mod.gov.in). Ministry of Defence seeks comments / suggestions on the draft DAP-2026 from stakeholders through email at secy-dap2025[at]gov[dot]in or tmls-mod[at]nic[dot]in, in pdf or MS Word format, within a period of three weeks, i.e., latest by 03.03.2026, as per the prescribed format hosted at the website. While the Defence Procurement Manual (DPM) 2025 deals with maintenance & sustenance of defence equipment / platforms / systems, etc. under the Revenue head of expenditure, the Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP) deals with the capital procurement of equipment / platforms / systems, etc. under the Capital head of expenditure. The DAP-2026 intends to weave the security of the nation and technological growth in a single thread and create the canvas for Viksit Bharat-2047.
Emissions have plunged 75% since communist times in the birthplace of big oil – but for some the transition has been brutal Once the frozen fields outside Bucharest have thawed, workers will assemble the largest solar farm in Europe: one million photovoltaic panels backed by batteries to power homes after sunset. But the 760MW project in southern Romania will not hold the title for long. In the north-west, authorities have approved a bigger plant that will boast a capacity of 1GW.The sun-lit plots of silicone and glass will join a slew of projects that have rendered the Romanian economy unrecognisable from its polluted state when communism ended. They include an onshore windfarm near the Black Sea that for several years was Europe’s biggest, a nuclear power plant by the Danube whose lifetime is being extended by 30 years, and a fast-spreading patchwork of solar panels topping homes and shops across the country. Continue reading...
EMB: Feb. 11, 06:00 UTC STORY CONTINUES BELOW Decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol Spark is pushing one of DeFi’s deepest pools of stablecoin liquidity further into institutional markets, unveiling new lending infrastructure designed to connect on-chain capital with off-chain borrowers that have largely stayed outside DeFi. The protocol introduced Spark Prime and Spark Institutional Lending in [...]
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Coins.ph enhances user experience with Google Sign-In, offering faster, secure logins for millions and bridging traditional finance with digital assets.The post Coins.ph enables simpler, faster, and more secure account log-in for millions of users with Google Sign-In update appeared first on CoinGeek.
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