Raising legal drinking ages: An opportunity to improve European educational outcomes
Teenage drinking remains widespread in Europe. To address concerns about its negative effects on health and cognition, many European countries have raised their minimum legal
Learning from the past: How history education shapes support for extreme ideology
Democracies around the world are seeing substantial increases in support for radical populist parties. This column uses a natural experiment in Germany from 2009 to
A monitoring framework to strengthen the EU semiconductor supply chain
The EU depends significantly on third markets for specific products and technologies in the semiconductor industry. This column describes a comprehensive approach to monitor the
Bitcoin buyer MicroStrategy ends flat after getting Nasdaq 100 nod
MicroStrategy shares briefly surged on Monday before faltering to end nearly unchanged, after the software company and bitcoin stockpiler was selected to join the tech-heavy Nasdaq
Swiss central bank faces call to hold bitcoin in reserves
A proposal to oblige the Swiss National Bank (SNB) to hold bitcoin was set in motion in an initiative published by the Swiss federal chancellery
US regulator warned banks on crypto but did not order halt to business
A U.S. bank regulator told banks to pause dabbling directly in crypto in 2022 and 2023, but did not order them to stop providing banking
Dubai developer DAMAC signs $1 bln deal with blockchain platform MANTRA
MANTRA, a blockchain platform focused on real-world assets (RWAs), has signed a deal with Dubai developer DAMAC Group to tokenise assets in the Middle East
TikTok preparing for U.S. shut-off on Sunday, The Information reports
TikTok plans to shut off its app for U.S. users on Sunday, when a federal ban on the social media app could come into effect,
Oil inches up, but uncertainty over sanctions impact caps gains
Oil prices rose on Wednesday trimming losses from the previous day, as the focus turned back to potential supply disruptions from sanctions on Russian tankers,
A ‘Trump conundrum’ and foreign official demand for US Treasuries
Reminiscent of the ‘Greenspan conundrum’, since 18 September 2024 the Federal Reserve has cut short-term interest rates by 100 basis points, while 10-year interest rates
