• Feb 27, 2025

2 Top Cryptocurrencies to Buy Before They Soar 120% and 190%, According to Certain Wall Street Experts

The overall cryptocurrency market has climbed 24% since the presidential election in November. Donald Trump embraced digital assets during his campaign and, while upward momentum has stalled in recent weeks, some Wall Street experts still anticipate big gains in XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Dom Kwok, former Goldman Sachs employee and co-founder of blockchain education company EasyA, earlier this year said XRP had a good shot at replacing Ethereum as the second most valuable cryptocurrency.

  • Feb 27, 2025

Crypto prices tumble as Trump-fuelled euphoria fades

Cryptocurrency prices are down sharply in recent weeks and not expected to rebound soon, with some of the biggest digital currencies erasing nearly all of the gains they made after Donald Trump's election win triggered a wave of excitement across the industry. Some analysts said the market is likely to remain subdued while waiting for a bullish signal, such as indications that the U.S. Federal Reserve plans to cut interest rates or a clear pro-crypto regulatory framework from the Trump administration. Bitcoin, the biggest cryptocurrency, has fallen 21% from a January 20 peak and is back to levels seen shortly after Trump's U.S. presidential election victory in November, as hopes for a strategic bitcoin reserve fade and tariff threats weigh on demand for speculative assets.

  • Feb 27, 2025

Foreign workers help Spain's economic growth outpace the US and the rest of Europe

Inside a cavernous production plant in Spain, people from 62 nationalities work side by side to keep a food company humming as millions of legs of ham travel on hooks along conveyor belts. Foreign workers have helped to make Spain’s economy the envy of the industrialized world, even as anti-immigration sentiments grow elsewhere in Europe and in the United States. Tapping into foreign labor helped Spain’s economy grow by about 3% last year, smashing the euro zone average of 0.8%, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.

  • Feb 27, 2025

Wild Cocoa Markets Push Europe’s Historic Chocolatiers to the Brink

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