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GBA Business Confidence Index increment on record high

Resumption of normal travel boosts business confidence HONG KONG, Apr 17, 2023 - (ACN Newswire) - Standard Chartered and the Hong Kong Trade Development Council (HKTDC) today released the GBA Business Confidence Index (GBAI) for the first quarter of 2023. The current performance for "business confidence" jumped 11.8 points to 51.3, which was also the first above-50 print since the fourth quarter of 2021. The expectations index leapt to 61.5, the 16.4 points jump was the biggest on record since GABI was launched in the second quarter of 2020. The

BREATHE! Convention Announces Campaign Message To Counter Marketplace FUD: “The Web3 Revolution Is Just Starting”

LAS VEGAS, NV Feb 7, 2023 - BREATHE! Convention has recently announced its main campaign message for this year’s BREATHE! Convention: “The Web3 Revolution Is Just Starting.” This message reflects the rapidly growing interest in Web3 adoption, in addition to other new tech sectors including: Blockchain Cryptocurrency DeFi Metaverse NFTs “We’re reaching a point where communities across the world are waiting for something new to happen in the Web3 space,” said Public Relations Director Brian Edmiston. “What is crucial right now in this economic climate is for professionals to have

Is the Future Digital?

These days you can’t scroll through YouTube without encountering videos foretelling the end of crypto and the collapse of the global financial system. The clickbait culture that invaded traditional journalism has now spread to citizen journalism too, but how realistic are all of these dramatic claims? Fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) pervade the mainstream media. So much so that even people with little knowledge of the technology claim it’s all going to zero. If you’re looking for bottom signals this is the equivalent of everyone FOMOing in at the top.

The Government Blockchain Association (GBA)’s EMEA Lead to speak at UK House of Commons

Wednesday 19th October 2022 from 17:30-19:00 (BST), theAll-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Blockchain Chair in the House of Commons, Martin Docherty-Hughes MP, has invited Ms. Priya Guliani, (the Government Blockchain Association’s Regional Lead for Europe, Middle East, and Africa), to speak at the APPG Evidence Meeting on Sustainability & Climate Change: Energy Consumption & Other Issues. This meeting is part of the APPG’s work on blockchain in the UK Parliament, and part of a series of APPG meetings to make the policymakers aware of blockchain technology's developments, applications, and regulatory implications.