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Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin pushed back on the claim ether is a security Wednesday, saying he was "very confident" it wasn't one.

Protesters marched around the country and strikes hit various sectors as Emmanuel Macron's televised interview failed to calm tensions.

The predictions of new record highs mark a more optimistic outlook than in January when industry executives told CNBC they expected 2023 to be a year of caution.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says the company fixed a vulnerability that meant some users were able to see the titles of chats from other users.

TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify before the House Energy and Commerce Committee this morning, as his company fights to stave off a potential ban in the U.S.

The Bank of England on Thursday hiked interest rates to their highest level since 2008 as it grapples with persistent high inflation.

The Swiss central bank has increased rates by 50 basis points, taking its policy rate to 1.5%.

Swiss regulator FINMA on Thursday defended its decision to instruct Credit Suisse to write down its AT1 bonds — a controversial part of the lender's emergency sale to UBS.

Switzerland has approved plans to legalize the sale and consumption of cannabis in Zurich in a trial designed to assess the economic and social benefits of regulating the drug.

Analysts say Kyiv could be wasting its time looking to Beijing for support as Russia's invasion continues into a second year.

The SEC issued crypto exchange Coinbase a Wells notice, warning the exchange that it identified potential violations of U.S. securities law.

Several European countries have announced new LNG projects or the expansion to existing ones in response to shutdown of Russian gas pipelines.

Gold prices have room to run as banks struggle and the Federal Reserve renders another rate decision, potentially breaking all-time highs — and staying there.

The research firm said in a report it views China's reopening as the "single biggest demand driver" for a recovery in oil demand this year.

Regulators and officials across the European Union have been nervous about potential contagion to their own banking sector.

The Federal Reserve hiked interest rates by a quarter point, as markets had expected. They didn't expect Powell's warnings on the economy.

Chinese tech giant Tencent reported Wednesday better-than-expected quarterly revenue, helped by growth in ads within its growing "video accounts" business.

Relativity Space, a 3D-printing specialist, launched the inaugural flight of its Terran 1 rocket late on Wednesday night.

The euro pushed higher against the U.S. dollar following comments from the European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde that inflation is "still high."

"The Fed is not really giving enough credence to the idea that tighter credit means things weaken in a fairly quick manner," Wells Fargo's Mike Schumacher says.