The crypto -streak founded by the Russians launched a derivative of Gram Pavel Durov. In the first month of trading, he went up four times Photo: Wikimedia Commons To earn on the excitement around the GRAM cryptocurrency, it is not necessary to be Pavel Durov or the investor of the project. The Xena cryptocurrency was able to attract those who were not able to earn on the ICO Telegram, launched a derivative based on the future price of Gram.

The US Federal Reserve System (FRS) today kept the base interest rate and predicted that there would be no increases until the end of the year. The regulator acknowledged that the country's economic growth is slowing down and decided not to tighten the policy. More. The Fed left the rate at the level of 2.25-2.5%. Unless something completely unexpected happens to the US economy, there will be no rate hikes until the end of the year. Back in December, the Fed was expecting two raises.

US President Donald Trump seems to believe that the report on the “Russian investigation” by Special Counsel Robert Mueller is not dangerous for him personally. Today, he called for it to be made public, which means that the president will not be able to use his executive privilege and close the information even partially without a big scandal. More. "Let's release. Let people see,” Trump told reporters.

The day after Nursultan Nazarbayev left the post of President of Kazakhstan, his eldest daughter Dariga became the speaker of the Senate of the country. Starting to prepare for the transfer of power several years ago, the first president of Kazakhstan unequivocally stated that he would not inherit it. However, the new position of Nazarbayeva and the history of her relationship with her father are forced to think about whether she will become a new successor.

A derivative of the GRAM token on the Xena Exchange crypto -rope from the moment of launch in late February grew from $ 2.2 to $ 8.25. The instrument launched by the exchange reflects the expected cost from launching token for free sale. In October last year, Hash Crypto Investment Bank predicted the cost of GRAM $ 5.9 at the end of 2019. Read more.

Russians feel not the happiest nation-in the ranking of the happiest countries of the world according to the World Happiness Report, the UN Russia has occupied the 68th line of 156. The main obstacles to the happiness of Russians are a high level of corruption and limited freedom of choice. Read more. Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, New Zealand, Canada and Austria turned out to be the happiest countries.

Andrey Belousov confirmed to Forbes that he has known Artem Avetisyan for a long time, but “over many years of service, I learned to separate personal relationships and official ones.” Belousov is sure that Calvey's arrest was a surprise for Avetisyan himself.

The Bank of Russia published and offered to discuss a draft code of good faith for financial market participants. The banks themselves asked about the etiquette or “code of honor” of the Central Bank after the story with Sergey Gavrilov from Alfa Capital. More. The Central Bank wants every financial institution that has signed the code to note this on its website or on the website of an industry association.

Facebook will ban the targeting of ads for housing, work and financial services by gender and age - this is how the company will fight discrimination against social network users in advertising after accusations from journalists and public organizations. Facebook has already banned settings based on nationality, religion, and sexual orientation. The changes will affect not only the United States, but also all countries in which Facebook is present. More.

Senator Suleiman Kerimov has again become a defendant in a tax evasion case, according to the French newspaper Nice-Matin. According to the publication, he has already been charged, but was released on bail of 20 million euros. More. At the request of the Ministry of Finance, the Nice prosecutor's office again suspected Kerimov of tax evasion when buying real estate on the Cote d'Azur, the newspaper writes.

The resignation of the President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev could be an example for Vladimir Putin, but he will hardly take him into service, the Western media and experts unanimous. First of all, the Russian president will need to ensure his security - especially if he does not manage to agree on the creation of a new state with Belarus and remain in power in this way.

"Subsidiaries" of foreign banks topped the rating of the most reliable banks according to Forbes. The top three are Unicredit Bank, Raiffeisenbank and Rosbank. It is followed by large Russian banks - Sberbank and VTB. In general, over the year, the number of the most reliable banks has increased - this time 30 banks fell into the category against 13 in 2018. More.

Holding Alisher Usmanov aggravates competition with Yandex Photo: Wikimedia Commons Mail.ru Group is negotiating the purchase of a large Russian car sharing car sharing service, The Bell found out. Now the largest player in this market is Yandex. Internet holdings continue to advance on each other's heels in each segment, which is easy to deliver.

Mail.ru Group may have its own carsharing - as The Bell found out, Alisher Usmanov's holding is negotiating the purchase of a stake in the fourth largest Russian operator YouDrive. The largest player in the Russian car sharing market is Yandex. Internet holdings are already competing in the taxi, food delivery and online retail markets. Deal. Mail.ru Group is in talks to buy car sharing service YouDrive, three people with knowledge of the talks told The Bell.