PK Press Club — Intesa Sanpaolo (OTC:) SpA, Italy’s largest banking group, bought in a spot transaction for the first time. The bank purchased around €1 million ($1 million) worth of cryptocurrency, marking its deeper foray into the asset class. The purchase was made on Monday, with the bank acquiring 11 Bitcoins, according to Niccolò […]
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In a video circulating on social media, Coldplay’s Chris Martin invited a Pakistani fan on stage during a concert. He also won hearts by acknowledging tragedies across the world and dedicating the next song to all those affected by them. “You have traveled 10,000 kilometers,” he admitted, addressing the supporter. “I traveled yesterday from Los
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Sigma Capital, an early-stage venture capital firm, has unveiled a $100 million fund focused on Web3 startups. The Dubai-based company is trying to capitalize on the United Arab Emirates (UAE)’s reputation as a crypto hub, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The fund will focus on decentralized finance (DeFi), tokenization and blockchain infrastructure by
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Samsung Galaxy S25 pre-orders could be delivered on February 3 or even earlier If you don’t pre-order, you might wait until February 7 or 9 Colors and configurations have leaked again, which largely matches what we’ve heard before. We’ve known for a while that the Samsung Galaxy S25, Samsung Galaxy S25 Plus, and Samsung Galaxy
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Listen to the article Justice Hasan Azhar Rizvi of the Supreme Court said the intrusion of individuals into the corps commander’s house in Lahore on May 9, 2023 was undeniably a “security lapse”. In his remarks on Tuesday, Justice Rizvi asked: “Did the people manage to reach the corps commander’s house on May 9? The
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Listen to the article The Senate Standing Committee on Interior met to discuss a bill to punish individuals involved in black magic and charms. The meeting was chaired by Senator Faisal Saleem and the bill, introduced by Senator Samina Mumtaz, focuses on punishing those involved in black magic and promoting it. The bill proposes a
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Listen to the article Security forces killed eight terrorists in two separate operations across Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (KP), according to a statement issued by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) on Tuesday. Military media reported that the operations took place between January 12 and 13. The first operation was an intelligence-led raid in Tank district, where security forces
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Few other communication tools have as much reach as SMS. Even though we only sporadically check emails and instant messages from our WhatsApp groups and other channels, the simplicity and universal nature of SMS means it offers a wide range of use cases for businesses. Communicating about appointments, reservations or the delivery status of an
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The demand in the United States for regulated crypto products is real. US SEC-approved options linked to BlackRock’s spot bitcoin (BTC) exchange-traded fund (IBIT), which debuted on November 19, are already nearly half the size of Deribit’s bitcoin options market , eight years old. As of Monday, there were 2.16 million open or active IBIT
The crypto industry has a new “unicorn” in digital asset bank Sygnum, which just closed a $58 million funding round. The Zug, Switzerland and Singapore-based lender has closed an oversubscribed “strategic growth round” led by BTC-focused venture capital firm Fulgar Ventures, according to an emailed announcement on Tuesday. The round gave Sygnum “unicorn” status, a
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