What’s next for Bitcoin ETFs?
What’s next for Bitcoin ETFs?
Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter.
Poland secures EU concession to limit food exports from Ukraine, Ron DeSantis ends his bid for the White House, investors turn to BlackRock and Fidelity for new crypto products, the US oil and gas industry is struggling to recruit Gen Z workers, and AI dominates Davos.
Mentioned in this podcast:
US bitcoin ETFs pull in $871mn in first three days of trading
The US shale magnate trying to sell oil and gas jobs to Generation Z
The top takeaways from this year’s World Economic Forum
Poland secures EU concession to limit food exports from Ukraine
Ron DeSantis drops out of White House race and endorses Trump
CREDIT: World Economic Forum
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Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”