The long-awaited upgrade of Ethereum, the blockchain chain behind ether, could become a reality soon. The purpose of the so-called Merge (“fusion” in English) is to make this technology more scalable, secure and sustainable. This upgrade could turn ether into the largest cryptocurrency by market valueahead of bitcoin. At the moment, the final schedule for … Read more
The third vice-president and minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge, Teresa Ribera, has indicated that they hope to make operational in “three or four weeks” the “Iberian exception” agreed this Friday by European leaders and which will allow Spain and Portugal to adopt measures to lower energy prices. In this sense, Ribera explained … Read more
The war in Ukraine has been the final boost to the scenario of rising prices that existed before the conflict. In addition, this has blown up all the forecasts launched by the European Central Bank at the end of 2021. The scenario now handled by the ECB shows a price increase of 5.1% this year, … Read more
Elon Musk is the richest person in the world, person of the year for Time magazine last year… and also a person known for speaking on many occasions more than necessary. Above all, he seems to have a special fondness for making predictions. And while sometimes the founder of Tesla and SpaceX gets it dead … Read more
In recent weeks, we have discussed in the newspaper the advisability of publish the rumor that the government is going to limit the profits and dividends of companies, essentially electricity and oil. No matter how many barbarian tribes there are in this misgovernment, more prepared to celebrate carnivals than to manage crises, I think there … Read more
The new and strict covid closures in some Chinese regions threaten to affect the production of its factories again and, therefore, hit global supply chains again. That is why factories are beginning to create ‘bubbles’ of employees isolated for weeks in the facilities so that production does not stop. The largest covid-19 outbreak in the … Read more
Good words but no solutions. This is the summary of the meeting that this Friday afternoon took place between the organizers of the strikes, the National Platform in Defense of Transport, and the Minister of Transport, Rachel Sanchez. On your way out, Manuel Hernandez, president of the platform, has affirmed that they will continue with … Read more
25/03/2022 – 11:11 Updated: 17:52 – 03/25/22 The European Commission and the United States have reached a historic energy agreement that will allow them to cut off Russian gas supplies. Brussels will guarantee a stable demand of 50 bcm/year of additional US LNG until at least 2030, which represents a purchase valued at more than … Read more
Valladolid/Madrid 24/03/2022 – 15:22 Updated: 10:10 – 03/25/22 The Government will include in the package of measures to alleviate the effects of the war in Ukraine that it will approve on Tuesday the authorization so that farmers can take advantage of the 10% fallow and areas of ecological interest for the cultivation of sunflower and … Read more
The oil market is facing a totally unexpected situation and one that is unparalleled in modern history. In just over a year, this market has undergone an absolute and radical turnaround. If in mid-2020 the problem was the lack of space to store all the oil that was left over (consumption collapsed with the pandemic), … Read more