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One of the world’s largest online platforms, eBay, has announced it is buying clothing resale platform Depop for $1.2 billion, part of a strategy to attract a younger audience and strengthen its position in the secondary fashion market, Logos Press reports.
The difficulty of mining bitcoin has increased by 15%. This is the largest increase since 2021, according to Logos Press.
A group of Moldovan startups after seven months of preparation has already managed to attract investments and grants totaling $2.4 million. The rest are at the stage of full readiness for financing, Logos Press reports.
Bitcoin trading remained volatile on Thursday, rising to around $67,000 after briefly falling to around $65,900, according to Logos Press.
In 2020-25, the 15 largest buyers of gold increased their official reserves of this asset by almost 2 thousand tons. During this period, the price of gold increased by more than 230%, according to Logos Press.
The Cabinet of Ministers has approved the rules for issuing travel vouchers. Starting from January 1, Moldovan employers will be able to pay for their employees’ vacations inside the country, Logos Press reported.
US fast food restaurant chain Steak ‘n Shake, which introduced bitcoin payment acceptance in May 2025, said it has “significantly” increased its sales, Logos Press reports.
Cryptocurrencies started the shortened week in the U.S. on a downward trend, with bitcoin dipping below the $67,000 mark on Tuesday, breaking out of a narrow weekly range of $68,000-$70,000, according to Logos Press.
India’s gold imports have shown a sharp jump in early 2026. According to the country’s Ministry of Commerce and Industry, the volume of purchases of the precious metal abroad reached $12.07 billion in January, Logos Press reported.
Moldova attracted a net inflow of $458.4 million in foreign direct investment in 2024, bringing total FDI to $5.471 billion, Logos Press reported.
Amid the surge in gold prices, a disturbing trend has emerged in the vintage watch market: some dealers and private owners have begun melting down watches for the value of the metal, according to Logos Press.
Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed concern over the current state of prediction markets and warned that the growing reliance on uninformed speculators threatens the viability of the sector, according to Logos Press.
In early 2026, cocoa futures fell below $4 thousand per ton for the first time since November 2023, breaking a two-year growth. Recall that the market reached its peak values at the end of 2024 – at that time quotes exceeded $12 thousand per ton. Despite a drop of about 70%, the cost of raw materials still remains high and continues to restrain demand, according to Logos Press.
Europe’s largest food retailer, French chain Carrefour has announced the sale of its Romanian division. The buyer is Paval Holding from Romania, owned by the Paval brothers. Thus, Romanian Carrefourt will be completely under local management, reports Logos Press.
The Ministry of Health is launching a new Drug Inventory Monitoring System (SIMSM) that will allow real-time tracking of medication availability across the country, Logos Press reports.
Ilon Musk’s social media platform X will soon allow users to trade stocks and cryptocurrencies directly from their news feeds as the company begins to develop financial services as well, according to Logos Press.
In the Netherlands, authorities are preparing to pass a law that will require tax residents of the country to pay an annual tax of about 36% on the actual income from savings and investments in cryptocurrencies, even if the assets are not sold, according to Logos Press.
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) announced that it has gained access to one of the largest and most important financial markets in the world – China Interbank Bond Market (CIBM), Logos Press reports.
South Korean company Hanwha Aerospace has begun construction of an artillery gun factory in the Romanian city of Petresti, Logos Press reported.
For the housing market in Spain last year was the best in the last 15 years: a third of the houses (about 206 thousand objects) were purchased without attracting mortgages, according to Logos Press with reference to Spanish News Today
