Hong Kong has issued its first batch of licences for fiat-backed stablecoins, marking a major step in the city's push to develop regulated digital currencies in global finance and trade.
iPhone-maker Apple led smartphone shipments in the first quarter, growing 5% year-on-year, even as overall global shipments remained under pressure due to a shortage of memory components and weak consumer sentiment, Counterpoint Research said on Friday.
The European Union and Washington are closing in on an agreement to coordinate on producing and securing critical minerals, Bloomberg News reported on Friday.