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Russian Rouble and U.S. Dollar banknotes are seen in this illustration taken, February 24, 2022. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/IllustrationTop banker: This is 'hot war' not Cold WarKostin: Dollar use will be hurt by West's sanctionsKostin: China moving towards removing currency restrictionsKostin: Record VTB profit this yearKostin: VTB to sell one of biggest grain tradersMOSCOW, June 9 (Reuters) - The end of the dominance of the U.S. dollar is nigh as the Chinese yuan rises and the rest of the world sees the peril of the West's failed attempt to bring Russia to...

Euro zone saw winter recession, more challenges aheadEvotec tops STOXX 600 after Citigroup upgradeTelecoms dragged by Vodafone sharesSTOXX 600 flat, FTSE 100 down 0.3%June 8 (Reuters) - European shares were subdued on Thursday as rate-sensitive technology shares and consumer staples slipped on expectations of further interest rate hikes by major central banks, while a sharp slide in Vodafone shares weighed on the telecoms sector.The pan-European STOXX 600 index (.STOXX) was flat, with the rate-sensitive technology sector (.SX8P) down 0.3%.Britain's FTSE 100 (.FTSE) led losses among regional peers, with export-heavy consumer...

NEW YORK, June 7 (Reuters) - Big U.S. hedge fund and family office investors on Wednesday cautioned that despite the U.S. economy showing resilience, a recession and more bank failures remained likely in an environment of persistent inflation.U.S. investor Stanley Druckenmiller, chairman and chief executive officer at Duquesne Family Office, said he still expected a hard landing for the U.S. economy - a scenario where the Federal Reserve's rate-hiking pushes the economy into a recession."I think the probabilities would suggest that Silicon Valley Bank, Bed Bath & Beyond, they're probably...

NEW YORK, June 6 (Reuters) - The top U.S. securities regulator sued cryptocurrency platform Coinbase on Tuesday, the second lawsuit in two days against a major crypto exchange, in a dramatic escalation of a crackdown on the industry and one that could dramatically transform a market that has largely operated outside regulation.The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday took aim at Binance, the world's largest cryptocurrency exchange. The SEC accuses Binance and its CEO Changpeng Zhao of operating a "web of deception".If successful, the lawsuits could transform the crypto...