UK house prices have dropped by the largest amount in 14 years, according to fresh data from Nationwide. Prices for July fell 0.2 per cent on the previous month and 3.8 per cent on the same month last year, the largest fall since 2009, the Nationwide house price index showed. The average cost of a home in the UK is now
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Decentralized finance (DeFi) platform SushiSwap is set to integrate with the growing blockchain protocol, Core, tapping into the protocol’s unique consensus mechanism to provide a broad set of DeFi services to its cross-chain functionality. The integration is touted to increase the possibilities for developers building within the Core ecosystem, with decentralized applications built on the
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Municipals were lightly traded and mostly steady Monday while U.S. Treasuries were slightly firmer from Friday’s levels and equities closed in the black. With muni returns in positive territory to end the month and supply down 8% for the month and 16% for the year, the calendar flips to the final month of the muni
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UK mortgage approvals rose unexpectedly in June, despite further increases in interest rates. Bank of England statistics showed net mortgage approvals for house purchases rose to 54,700 from 51,100 the previous month, while approvals for remortgaging rose to 39,100 from 34,100. Analysts had expected the housing market to slow in a month when stubbornly high
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Authorities in the town of Miri on the island of Borneo shut down an illegal cryptocurrency mining operation and seized equipment following a tip-off from the public. According to local news outlet The Borneo Post, Sarawak Energy discovered the operation, which included 34 cryptocurrency mining servers operating using stolen electricity through cable tapping. Authorities seized all
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The Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board has voted to move ahead with its controversial amendments to Rule G-14 on trade reporting, changing the trade reporting window to one minute from 15 minutes. That was approved during its quarterly board meeting that took place July 26-27, during which the board also approved a new $47 million budget
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