IRFC’s bond plans grind to a halt
Indian Railway Finance Corp postponed its dual-tranche dollar bond offering on Monday when faced with a volatile market backdrop that ‘bamboozled’ the banks running the deal.
Korean Air takes off with $2.2bn rights offering
South Korea’s flag carrier Korean Air has topped up its coffers with W2.5tr ($2.19bn) in fresh equity after sealing a jumbo rights issue.
#RIPElon Oddities, Volkswagen News, Xpeng P7’s Rapid Sales Growth — CleanTechnica Top 20
The top 20 articles on CleanTechnica last week were led by an odd bunch, starting with the super weird origins of the #RIPElon tag on Twitter. A news roundup of Volkswagen stories was also a hot topic. And then there was the Xpeng P7’s record-fast rise to 20,000 cumulative sales. For those stories and more,…
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South African crypto firms warn opaque regulations are harming the industry
South African crypto firms are threatening to move operations abroad if lawmakers don’t provide clear regulatory guidelines.
NuCypher and Keep Network propose ‘world’s first decentralized protocol merger’
Data encryption and protection protocols Keep Network and NuCyper have announced plans to integrate around a new network dubbed “Keanu.”
Southeast Asia’s first Bitcoin fund launches to meet local institutional demand
The BCMG Genesis Bitcoin Fund-I will be available to accredited Asian investors.
Former DC comic book artist fetches $1.85M auctioning Wonder Woman NFTs
Former DC comic artist, José Delbo, made $1.85 million in four days auctioning 914 NFTs depicting the popular fictional heroine Wonder Woman.
Glassnode: $47k showed strongest on-chain support since BTC broke $11k
Approximately 6.5% of Bitcoin’s circulating supply moved on-chain while the markets found support at $47k, representing “one of the largest on-chain BTC accumulation levels” ever.
U.S. DOE’s ARPA-E Releases $10M of Electric Airplane Funding to GE, Others
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) recently announced the release of funding to several organizations working on electric aircraft, including General Electric, as part of its Connecting Aviation By Lighter Electric Systems (CABLES) program. “Future all-electric, twin-aisle aircraft will require more than 50 MWs of power distribution capability,” the agency said…
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In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings (Kif Leswing/CNBC)
Kif Leswing / CNBC:In an interview, Mark Zuckerberg discusses AR/VR and says that by 2030, he expects people with smart glasses to “teleport” to locations for in-person meetings — – Mark Zuckerberg said on Monday that by 2030, people could use advanced smart glasses to “teleport” to other people’s homes …