Almost three years ago, I became obsessed with gold. I’d been watching the price shoot up for two decades. By December of 2023, gold was an eye-watering $2,000 an ounce, inflated by the anxiety of wealthy investors and governments. They worried about terrorist attacks and wars and financial instability and, lately, disease. Gold, they reasoned,…
But few of his crypto actions have attracted as much attention or scrutiny as his memecoin. Unveiled three nights before the presidential inauguration in January 2025, $TRUMP emerged from a partnership between Mr. Trump and a longtime associate, the serial entrepreneur Bill Zanker. When the coins went on sale, the Trump family and its business…
On this week’s episode, I’m trying to answer a question that’s haunted my investment strategy for years: What is cryptocurrency actually for? It’s up, it’s down. Sometimes it’s a centerpiece of Trumpian economic policy. Sometimes it’s ransom money for crossing the Strait of Hormuz. Sometimes it’s going to replace the dollar or help the middle…
Not long after the 2024 presidential election, the cryptocurrency entrepreneur Justin Sun bought $75 million in digital coins from World Liberty Financial, the Trump family’s crypto start-up. World Liberty said it was “honored” to work with him. Mr. Sun, known for his globe-trotting promotion of the crypto industry, called World Liberty an “excellent project.” Now…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, December 19. The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) has announced the official exchange rates for December 19, Trend reports via CBA. The official exchange rate of the US dollar to the manat remained unchanged at 1.7 manat. The exchange rate for one euro was 1.9921 manat, one Turkish lira was 0.0397…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 27. The Central Bank of Azerbaijan (CBA) has announced the official exchange rates for November 27, Trend reports via CBA. The official exchange rate of the US dollar to the manat remained unchanged at 1.7 manat. The exchange rate for one euro was 1.9722 manat, one Turkish lira was 0.0401…
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, November 22. President of Iran Masoud Pezeshkian has signed a decree on implementing the law on the denomination of the country’s currency (rial), Trend reports via the Iranian Presidential Administration. The Iranian President signed a decree on the implementation of the law of the Central Bank of Iran on the denomination…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 12 November 2025 23:39 (UTC +04:00) Currency exchange at Iran’s Center for Exchange of Currency and Gold (ICE) totaled $69.5 million on November 11. According to ICE data, trades included $22.1 million, 89.2 million UAE dirhams, 8.7 million euros, 92.1 million Chinese yuan, and 15 million Russian rubles. …
Shorouk Express BAKU, Azerbaijan, October 23. The Central Bank of Iran (CBI) has released the official exchange rates for foreign currencies as of October 23, Trend reports. According to the rates announced by the CBI, the value of 1 currency went up, while 45 currencies dropped compared to October 22. The official rate for $1…
Shorouk Express Economy Materials 15 October 2025 21:58 (UTC +04:00) Interested participants can obtain detailed tender documentation and additional information from the State Bank for Foreign Economic Affairs of Turkmenistan on business days between 9:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Access to paid information is limited If You already have a account,…
