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Analytics Insight has listed the top 10 current cryptocurrency prices for March 20, 2023 In an order released on March 17, Venezuela’s president, Nicolás Maduro, declared the restructuring of the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets. Analytics Insight has listed the top 10 current cryptocurrency prices as of March 20, 2023. Bitcoin- US$27,452.61 (Up by 0.86%) Ethereum- US$1,756.75 (Down by 1.44%) Tether- US$1.00 (Up by 0.03%) BNB- US$334.97 (Up by 0.48%) USD Coin- US$0.9999 (Up by 0.05%) XRP- US$0.3828 (up by 1.11%)…

The war in Ukraine has made munitions maker Rheinmetall AG RHM -4.01% a key player in the global arms trade, catapulting the once low-profile German manufacturer into one of Europe’s most important weapons suppliers.Since Russia’s invasion last year, Rheinmetall’s shares have risen 150%, and the company has reported record earnings and orders, with the conflict’s artillery-heavy nature pointing to strong future demand for its shells. The company also has begun talks with…

YouTube said it reinstated Donald Trump’s channel, following other social-media companies that have removed bans on the former president’s account. “Starting today, the Donald J. Trump channel is no longer restricted and can upload new content,” YouTube said in a tweet Friday. “We carefully evaluated the continued risk of real-world violence, while balancing the chance for voters to hear equally from major national candidates in the run up to an election.”…

PARIS—French President Emmanuel Macron’s government bypassed Parliament and invoked special constitutional powers on Thursday to raise the country’s retirement age, a step that places him at odds with France’s legislative branch and millions of protesters.By requiring workers to stay on the job until they are 64 years old, rather than 62, Mr. Macron is rolling back an entitlement that lies at the heart of France’s social model. Long and cushy retirements are weighing on national finances…

A group of Silicon Valley executives, including investor Peter Thiel, and Washington lawmakers are quietly mobilizing against China’s involvement in the U.S. tech industry ahead of TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew’s Capitol Hill testimony next week.They plan to meet for a private dinner on Wednesday to discuss China, national security and the intensifying competition between the tech sectors of the U.S. and China. Mr. Chew is scheduled to testify the following day.…

Uncertainty in the international financial sector hung a question mark over Colorado’s financial outlook Thursday. The legislature’s Joint Budget Committee, which sets the state’s budget, heard economic forecasts from both legislative economists and the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting on Thursday. The quarterly forecast is the last before the legislature sets the budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Presenters highlighted overall uncertainty due to continuing inflation and attempts to rein it in via…

Tucker Carlson was worried. Fox FOX 0.91% News had declared late on Nov. 7, 2020, that Joe Biden had won the presidential election, and Mr. Carlson, one of the network’s star opinion hosts, was concerned about alienating Fox News viewers. They might turn to Newsmax, he said, a small channel that had taken a hard-line stance, questioning whether Donald Trump had lost the election. “We’re playing with fire, for real,” Mr.…

WASHINGTON—The Biden administration is demanding that TikTok’s Chinese owners sell their stakes in the video-sharing app or face a possible U.S. ban of the app, according to people familiar with the matter. The move represents a major shift in policy on the part of the administration, which has been under fire from some Republicans who say it hasn’t taken a tough enough stance to address the perceived security threat from TikTok, owned by Beijing-based ByteDance Ltd.  The Committee on Foreign Investment in the U.S., or…

Small drones have provided an opening for lesser-known firms to compete, and at least one has succeeded. Cyberlux Corp. , a penny-stock company traded on the over-the-counter market, recently made a foray into drone production and had pitched the Pentagon for Ukraine business without luck.…

3. Hundreds of Baidu employees are working around the clock and borrowing computer chips from other departments to get ready for the launch of Ernie Bot, Baidu’s answer to ChatGPT, this coming Thursday. (Wall Street Journal $) 4. Shou Zi Chew, TikTok’s CEO, has sought closed-door meetings with at least half a dozen lawmakers in Washington, DC. He is scheduled to appear before a congressional hearing regarding privacy and national security concerns about TikTok later this month. (Forbes $) 5. China may control 32% of…