2021-06-16 10:00:06
What you need to know about the markets today:
World champions France beat Germany in a blockbuster Euro 2020 clash on Tuesday, after Cristiano Ronaldo became the all-time top European Championship goal-scorer as holders Portugal started their campaign with a 3-0 win over Hungary in Budapest.
In Munich, a 20th-minute Mats Hummels own goal proved enough for 2018 World Cup winners France to beat 2014 World Cup winners Germany in Group F.
Listed companies, trusts and ETPs now control almost 7% of the Bitcoin supply
More publicly traded firms added Bitcoin to their treasuries during the first four months of 2021 than during the entirety of last year.
More than $6.5 billion worth of BTC — or close to 1% of the crypto asset’s entire capitalization — is held by 19 publicly-listed companies. A further 5.75% of Bitcoin’s market cap is held by exchange-traded products and closed-ended trusts.
Cristiano Ronaldo snub wipes billions off Coca Cola’s market value.
Portugal captain rejects bottles in Euro 2020 press conference and soft drink company’s share price drops by 1.6%. Cristiano Ronaldo’s removal of two Coca-Cola bottles during a press conference at the Euros has coincided with a $4bn fall in the share price of the drinks giant.
Two former PayPal leaders have launched the first international payment network that uses regulated stablecoins to power global transfers between banks, merchants and payment providers.
Six Clovers, founded by Jim Nguyen and Nas Kavian, connects fiat and digital currencies built on the Algorand blockchain. It allows organizations to integrate and enable instant payments using digital currencies across borders.
The new company looks to offer an alternative to the widely used SWIFT protocol, which the firm said relies on transfers between several intermediaries that can take a few days.
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