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ACTION movie legend Steven Seagal has been forced to hand over more than $ 300,000 in settlements over his involvement in a cryptocurrency investment. The Securities and Exchange Commission – the US version of the Financial Conduct Authority – says that the film star and musician failed to disclose he was being paid by a cryptocurrency firm to promote its ...

THE FTSE 100 has dropped by nearly 13 per cent in the biggest collapse since the financial crisis in 2008. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

The pound plummeted against the euro by around -1.1 percent, as the UK threatened to walk away from UK-EU trade talks, leaving the pairing trading at around €1.172. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

The pound US dollar exchange rate fell by -0.3 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around $ 1.286. Downing Street announced that it was prepared to walk away from a UK-EU trade deal in June if there was a lack of progress. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE City of London, and the UK’s financial sector generally, will roar even louder now the shackles of the European Union have been cast off, former Tory leader Iain Duncan Smith has predicted. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

BITCOIN has been dealt a crippling blow after the latest push to break $ 10,000 was swatted away with a spectacular rejection that saw the cryptocurrency driven back to below $ 9,200. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

STOCK MARKETS around the world have felt the effects of the coronavirus outbreak since the deadly illness first emerged in December and this week the Dow Jones took a financial hit. What is happening to the stock markets? Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE POUND euro exchange rate fell by -0.4 percent today, with the pairing currently trading around €1.190 after Michel Barnier, the Eurozone’s chief Brexit negotiator, said that he expects UK-EU trade talks to be “very difficult”. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

THE pound slumped against the dollar after Tuesday’s rebound was squashed by pandemic fears, leaving the pairing trading around $ 1.292. Daily Express :: City and Business Feed

Global acceptance of cryptocurrencies has been given a massive boost from an unlikely source – The Simpsons. A wacky song-and-dance routine explaining crypto, distributed ledger technology and blockchain take up a two-minute slot on the 30-year-old cartoon’s latest episode where the ever-curious Lisa Simpson is given a lesson in digital assets by The Big Bang Theory’s Jim Parsons. Daily Express ...