Interest rate hikes by central banks can be seen all over the world. The Israel central bank is yet another institution that has decided to tackle the inflation by hiking the interest rates. The monetary committee of the country decided half a percentage point rate hike, from 0.75 % to 1.25 %, which is the biggest move since 2011.

Matt Schulz, chief credit analyst for LendingTree, has recently stated that the average annual percentage rates (APR) for new credit cards reached record levels. The borrowing rate rose to 20 % as of June, more than 6% increase from the pre-pandemic levels. Schulz also stated that he believes that this is nowhere near the top.

The current inflation numbers in Spain showed that the inflation in the country jumped from 8.7 % to about 10.2 %. With double digit inflation in one of the biggest countries in the Europe, the European Central Bank will need to speed up its monetary tightening efforts and become more hawkish, if it wants to stop this metric from growing.

During the current G7 meeting, the leaders of the most advanced economies agreed on establishing "Climate Club," an effort that will follow joint rules and standards in the fight against global warming, without the spats over green tariffs. Its main goal should be establishing transparent climate mitigation policies to reduce emissions intensities.

Ukraine will receive more support in its war against the Russian invasion. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and French President Emmanuel Macron said that this is the critical moment for the course of conflict. They believe that with their support there is an opportunity to turn the tide in the war, thus they agreed to step up their work.

The central bank of Norway has increased the benchmark deposit rate by 0.5% to 1.25%, the biggest rate hike since 2002. Until now, the Norges Bank was rather careful with the hiking. The Norges Bank was one of the first central banks to start hiking last year, however, the more aggressive approach came just now.

Just moments ago, AstraZeneca has stated that it will buy a biotechnology firm TeneoTwo for 1.27 billion dollars. The move should help with the "cancer portfolio" of AstraZeneca, since the U.S.-based TeneoTwo has been testing some experimental treatments such as T-cell engager, which are used to fight the cancerous cells.

The EU Listing Act, which is supposed to be put forward by the end of this year, should help incentivize mainly deep technology companies to open up and raise funds in Europe. The main reason behind attracting an expected 47 billion dollars is the ease with which the founders will be able to keep the control over the firm once it goes public.

Bitcoinblack has just released a new crypto card in cooperation with Visa. The card should have no spending limit policy and will be issued only to 10 000 people. It will offer different benefits and perks for the high-net-worth individuals in the cryptospace from access to luxury mansions, airport lounges, private jets any much more.

Interest rate hikes by central banks can be seen all over the world. The Israel central bank is yet another institution that has decided to tackle the inflation by hiking the interest rates. The monetary committee of the country decided half a percentage point rate hike, from 0.75 % to 1.25 %, which is the biggest move since 2011.

Duke Energy, the second largest power company in the United States, is reportedly studying Bitcoin mining. The results of this research should help the company with onboarding of the miners on the grid. Before that, the company is going to test its findings on micro-grid with different energy sources.

According to Germany's road traffic agency, almost 60 000 Teslas model Y and 3 may have a glitch. The software flaw can cause a breakdown of the eCall, which are designed to contact emergency responders in the event of a serious accident. KBA, the German watchdog that specified found this glitch, stated that 59 129 vehicles can have this problem.