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Bitcoin dropped to the lowest level this year as pressure mounts on the embryonic digital-currency sector, with global central bankers raising questions of viability and government regulators increasing scrutiny. The biggest virtual currency fell as much as 5.1pc to $5,832.68 (€5,000) yesterday, piercing the previous low of the year of $5,920.72 (€5,074) that was set […]

GAN, the gaming software company headed up by Dermot Smurfit Jr, has raised £7.5m (€8.6m) as it continues its expansion in the US. The funds have been raised on the back of a US Supreme Court ruling which last week struck down a federal law that has severely restricting sports betting there since 1992. The […]

GAN, the gaming software company headed up by Dermot Smurfit Jr, has raised £7.5m (€8.6m) as it continues its expansion in the US. The funds have been raised on the back of a US Supreme Court ruling which last week struck down a federal law that has severely restricting sports betting there since 1992. The […]

Europe will face a gas shortage and price spike as soon as the next decade if it doesn’t decide quickly to boost imports from Russia as gas purchases from the US or Qatar fail to match demand, Kremlin energy giant Gazprom told Reuters. US President Donald Trump’s administration has said it intends to level the […]

A major shipping company is under attack. With help from a corrupt executive, an international hacking syndicate called Scorpius, has penetrated the computer networks of Fast Freight Ltd. The hackers have taken control of servers and compromised the systems that control Fast Freight’s vessels and its portside machinery. The company’s cybersecurity consultants have 48 hours […]