Business / Finance
Why Andy Burnham will find it so tricky to unite Britain
Is there any common ground left?
Craft and keyboard: The trainees mastering tech and age-old skills
Firms have to balance hi-tech and age-old skills when training up young workers.
'I made £100,000 of TikTok sales in one day': The business of live shopping
Buying on social media live streams is fast becoming regular consumer behaviour for many.
Trump imposes 50% tariff on Canadian imports
The duties take effect within 30 days and mark a major escalation in trade tensions between the North American neighbours.
Merger deal between Paramount and Warner Bros paused by judge
US court temporarily stops Paramount and Warner Bros merging after 12 states launched legal action.
John Healey becomes chancellor weeks after shock resignation from defence job
The former defence secretary is seen as a safe pair of hands - and is now in charge of the government's finances.
Healey seen as 'safe pair of hands' as he is appointed chancellor
The BBC's Economics Editor Faisal Islam outlines the challenges facing the new chancellor.
Burnham has big ideas - but what will they cost?
Every tricky decision and trade off is being watched by the country and the markets at the same time
Inside Cardano's 'Van Rossum' hard fork, and what it means for users
The Van Rossem hard fork moved Cardano to version 11 on Saturday. And for the first time, Cardano's community voted in the upgrade, not the company that built it.
Exodus to cut 25% of global workforce in payments shift
This restructuring is part of a strategy to build a full-stack payments platform following the company's acquisitions of Monavate and Baanx.
Hut 8 surges on $9.8 billion AI data-center lease, lifting compute sector
The long-term deal sparked a rebound in AI compute stocks after investors questioned demand for new data center capacity.
AliExpress fined record €550m by EU for allowing sale of illegal goods
The Chinese retailer allowed unsafe toys and counterfeit clothes to be sold on its site, says the EU.
South East Water hosepipe ban to affect 2.4 million people
South East Water says customers in Sussex, Surrey, Hampshire and Berkshire will face a ban.
Tom Lee's Bitmine slowed ether purchases as it bought back $86 million in stock.
The company added just 7,430 ETH, worth about $14 million, last week as it nears its goal to corner 5% of Ethereum's supply.
Saylor's Strategy raises cash reserves to $3.225 billion, leaving bitcoin holdings unchanged
For the second consecutive week, the firm kept bitcoin holdings steady, choosing to use the raised capital to boost cash for paying dividends on its preferred stock.
What does a Burnham-led government mean for your money?
New Prime Minister Andy Burnham says he wants life to be more affordable, but how could he do it?
Brazil’s securities regulator sets up task force with 60-day deadline for tokenization proposal
The framework will address critical issues like official ownership records, private key custody, transaction reversibility and system liability.
A bitcoin 'volmageddon' may be brewing, key indicator suggests
Your day-ahead look for July 20, 2026
Bank of Korea prepares for live CBDC transactions with 9 banks in September
Major banking heavyweights join a massive blockchain network test that will allow retail consumers to trade tokenized won freely across commercial lines.
Crypto market slips even as equities advance. Pump surges on social-media chatter
With a Fear and Greed index pointing solidly at "fear," crypto prices drifted lower even as stock index futures rose. PUMP's 20% surge was the only real headline in an otherwise q…
Hyperliquid plans to add decentralized prediction markets in upgrade to HIP-4
Permissionless prediction markets will become available first on testnet and later on mainnet, Hyperliquid said.
Cross-chain protocol Allbridge halts after $1.65 million flash loan exploit
The attacker used a $1.12 million flash loan from Kamino to manipulate pool ratios, enabling them to withdraw assets at favorable rates before bridging funds.
U.S. regulatory developments and earnings, ECB rate decision: Crypto Week Ahead
Your look at what's coming in the week starting July 20.
Amazon Japan supplier AZ-Com Maruwa to adopt yen stablecoin JPYC for payments
The Japanese logistics firm plans to pay 2,300 partners, including truck drivers, using JPYC in Japan’s first large-scale corporate stablecoin rollout.