Author: Steven Sahiounie

“If we’re speaking not about the Western world, but about the countries of the so-called Global South, I’m sure that the situation there will be quite the opposite to the expectations of the Western capitals,” Sergey Naryshkin continued Russian Foreign Intelligence Service Director Sergey Naryshkin slammed as ‘shameful’ the decision of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue a warrant for the arrest of Russian President Vladimir Putin. “This, of course, is a shameful decision on the part of this ‘kangaroo court’-style justice that is under the thumb of the West. This decision, in my opinion, has turned the International…

The quadripartite meeting of the assistant foreign ministers of Syria, Russia, Iran and Turkey began on Tuesday in the Russian capital, Moscow, in the presence of Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov . SANA’s correspondent in Moscow reported that the Syrian delegation will focus in the meeting on three main points: “the need to end the illegal Turkish presence on Syrian territory, non-interference in the Syrian internal affairs, and combating terrorism in all its forms.” The Syrian delegation arrived in Moscow yesterday to participate in the quadripartite meeting and held talks with Mikhail Bogdanov, Special Representative of the Russian President and…

Trading volumes and prices for the two tokens have surged in the past few days on local exchanges. Solar (SXP) and icon (ICX) tokens seem to be the new bets for South Korean traders. Both tokens have rallied by as much as 40% in the past 24 hours with hundreds of millions of dollars in trading volumes on local crypto exchanges. The ICX-Korean won token pair saw over $420 million in trading volume on UpBit, a prominent South Korean exchange, CoinGecko data shows. The SXP-won trading pair saw over $490 million in volume, more than either bitcoin or ether trading…

The warning was sent in a recent memo to the top brass and the key decision-makers in the Israeli occupation. The Israeli occupation’s military Intelligence Directorate’s Research Division warned that over the past several months, “Israel” has seen its overall strategic situation worsen, “Israel” Hayom exclusively reported on Tuesday. According to the newspaper, the warning was sent in a recent memo to the top brass and the key decision-makers in the Israeli occupation, including Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Security Minister Yoav Gallant. “Israel” Hayom indicated that “this assessment may have been what prompted Gallant to issue the strong warning just several days ago,…

The Kremlin Spokesperson calls Finland’s accession to NATO another aggravation of the situation. Finland becomes the 31st member of NATO on Tuesday, in a historic strategic shift that began after the war in Ukraine erupted. Last year, the start of the Ukraine war prompted Finland and its neighbor Sweden to drop decades of military non-alignment. Turkey and Hungary, for different reasons of their own, delayed Finland’s bid to come under the NATO umbrella — and Stockholm’s progress remains blocked. But last week, the Turkish parliament voted to clear Finland’s final hurdle. Completing the ratification in well under a year still makes…

It fell to 54%. In the U.S., Coinbase lost business while Binance.US saw a big jump. Binance remains the world’s largest crypto exchange by volume, but it’s seen a dramatic drop in market share after a U.S. regulator accused it of fraud and the exchange eliminated zero-fee trading for some trading pairs. Its market share relative to other crypto exchanges has sunk to 54% from 70% two weeks ago, according to data from research platform Kaiko. That’s the lowest since Nov. 5 and the lowest sustained market share since August, Kaiko said. The U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) sued the exchange and…

The positive correlation between bitcoin’s market value and its implied volatility means faster price appreciation for call option holders. Crypto options exchange Deribit’s forward-looking bitcoin volatility index (DVOL) offers clues about the market’s expectations for price turbulence over the next 30 days, just as CBOE’s volatility index, VIX, does for equities.A key difference has emerged this year. While the VIX continues to serve as Wall Street’s fear gauge, rising during bouts of risk aversion, the DVOL has developed a positive correlation with the cryptocurrency’s price. The 30-day correlation coefficient between bitcoin’s price and the DVOL index flipped positive in early…

Nine aircraft crossed the so-called midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island’s air defense identification zone, as per Taiwan’s Defense Ministry. As tensions remain high between Beijing and Taipei’s main backer Washington, China sent 20 warplanes and three warships toward Taiwan over the past 24 hours, the island’s Defense Ministry said. “20 PLA aircraft and 3 PLAN vessels around Taiwan were detected by 6 a.m. (1 a.m. Moscow time – TASS) today,” the statement said. The Ministry claimed that nine aircraft crossed the so-called midline of the Taiwan Strait and entered the island’s air defense identification zone. “The vehicles…

The Egyptian economic researcher, Ahmed Saeed, expected a resounding collapse of the dollar after the inflation that occurred in America, with expectations of a significant rise in global oil prices. The Egyptian researcher indicated in statements to RT that “the inflation in America and the West today is expected to increase with indications that a barrel of oil will reach one hundred dollars, and this means that there will be a 30% reduction in the value of the dollar. When the price of a barrel of oil rises from $75 to $100, it means a multiplication.” dollar.” And he continued:…

The World Bank announced that it will grant Morocco a $450 million loan to promote financial and digital inclusion. Yesterday, Monday, a statement by the World Bank stated that its Board of Executive Directors approved, on March 31, a third financing “for development policy purposes, at a value of $450 million, with the aim of enhancing financial and digital inclusion, in addition to the previous two financing.” The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund also approved a two-year agreement with Morocco under the flexible credit line, which is designed for crisis prevention purposes, at a value of about $5…