Tag: economy

China’s Crackdown: Singapore’s Ascent to a Cryptocurrency Powerhouse

By Aikana Williams Following Beijing’s announcement in May 2021 that the Chinese government will enforce a crackdown on cryptocurrency transactions, Singapore has experienced an unprecedented rise in firms relocating their operational headquarters to the city-state. The new Chinese regulations have already come into effect, with the People’s Bank of China having made all cryptocurrency-related transactions…

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An Interview with Ian Blackford: Scotland’s Place in the UK Summit

As the second instalment of our ‘Scotland’s Place in the UK Summit’, Editor-in-Chief Ross Alexander Hutton interviewed the Westminster Leader of the Scottish Nationalist Party Ian Blackford MP. The conversation starts with Ian’s upbringing and early life influencing his politics, moving briefly to devolution then to Ian’s investment banking career to the 2014 referendum and…

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‘All Is Well’- Says Who?

While a benighted government is still in denial mode, economic data reflect that India is staring at a severe economic crisis.