Leonie Zeumer

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In a time when journalists are being assassinated strategically and called “the enemy of the people,” a group of female journalists and writers are courageously raising their voices and educate others how to do the same.
Based out of the Kurdistan Region capital of Erbil, ZHIN Magazine, a print and online news publication, promotes free media and encourages women and girls to take a front seat in society.
The publication is an example of how a by-women-for-women magazine leads the fi...

A UK charity will publish a series of short films in October as the Rwandan genocide still weighs heavy on survivors, but seems largely forgotten by the rest of the world.
As part of an ongoing awareness series, C force for Change (CFOR) is documenting its reconciliation work between perpetrators and survivors who live next to each other in the East African communities of Kigali.
More than two decades after the genocide in 1994, where about 800,000 Rwandans were killed in the space of 100 day...

A group of protesters campaigned against the detention of refugees and migrants in Libya in front of the Italian Embassy in London on Wednesday.
With signs saying ‘stop sponsoring slavery’ and ‘respect and save refugees’, demonstrators from the Eritrean, African and European community wanted to raise awareness of the thousands of refugees and migrants that have been intercepted by the Libyan Coast Guard.
Organiser of the protest Micael Sham Kyriakakis, 33, said: “People sign petitions and arg...

London’s transport watchdog TravelWatch is holding a public board meeting tomorrow after a public consultation into plans to close 51 ticket offices across the capital.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers (RMT) is calling on the mayor to halt Arriva London (ARL) and Transport For London’s plans.
The union is warning of severe safety issues without present staff and believes closures would mean more delays for customers.
RMT general secretary Mick Cash said: “RMT has war...

My interview with the creator of well-known podcast ‘What Bitcoin Did’, turned out to be a truly enjoyable chat. Peter is charming, funny and unapologetically honest, which made an hour talking to him seem like 10 minutes. We discussed his legal quarrels with Craig Wright, how rock bottom can change your perspective, ambitious new projects and the role Bitcoin has played in it all.
Leonie: Can you give us an update on your defamation lawsuit involving Craig Wright?
Peter: There’s a limited am...

Leonie Zeumer is a bi-lingual on-air field reporter and broadcast journalist.

Well known brands already have blockchain platforms up and running but are keeping it a secret, Crypto Curry Club founder Erica Stanford told Coinlist.
The cryptocurrency millionaire had to sign non-disclosure agreements before being led on guided tours through companies’ latest blockchain projects.
“They’ve already got fully working platforms up and running, making money for them, but they don’t want anyone to know about it”, she said.
“I think in some cases they don’t necessarily want the n...

Longtime crypto adversary President Xi hails blockchain a ‘breakthrough technology’ as China’s central bank is now preparing to launch its state-backed cryptocurrency at the beginning of next year.
The announcement of Xi’s u-turn on digital currency saw an immediate rise in the value of Bitcoin, at the time of writing $9,337, and appears to have added some enthusiasm within the industry by adding a certain degree of legitimacy to the cryptocurrency.
With other leaders like France’s President ...

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It’s a busy week for the UK, and not just because of the pending eurozone Brexit summit at the end of the week.
On Tuesday we get the latest data on unemployment and wages, both of which continue to be strong, despite signs of a slowdown elsewhere in the economy. Then on Wednesday, we get the latest date on inflation, which is currently sitting at around the Bank of England’s target rate of 2%. We also get the latest official...

As cryptocurrency cannot seem to shake off its association with scams, hacks and criminal behaviour, adoption into our everyday lives has been progressing somewhat slowly, contrary to the immense potential the underlying technology has to offer.
Hence Cointelligence Co-Founder On Yavin believes that we are still in the midst of a crypto winter, but nonetheless sees a bright future, he told Coinlist.
Running an impartial research consultancy and education business within the industry, On is at...

Frankreich’s Finanz Minister Bruno Le Maire folgend, hat nun auch Kanzlerin Angela Merkel’s Kabinett eine Blockchain Strategy beschlossen, die den Kampf gegen weitere digitale ‚parallel Währungen‘ ansagt, berichtet Reuters am Morgen.
Regulatorische Hürden
Die deutsche Regierung will in enger Zusammenarbeit mit Europa verhindern, dass Stablecoins, wie Libra, eine alternative Währung zu Fiat werden.
Reuters zitiert Finanz Minister Olaf Scholz: „Wir müssen die Verbraucher und die staatliche Souv...

Welcome to Thursday’s Money Minute – in which we preview the big stories of the day in just 60 seconds.
It’s all about the European Central Bank today. The announcement is made at 1:45pm UK time. But the real market-moving meat will come in ECB boss, Mario Draghi’s press conference at 2:30pm.
Markets expect an interest rate cut as a bare minimum. The key eurozone rate is already sitting at negative 0.4%, but Draghi is expecte...

2009 begann ein radikaler Wandel in der Technologie und der Digitalisierung von Währungen. Blockchain wird bereits schon heute von den größten Unternehmen der Welt eingesetzt.
Die Adaption der Technologie wächst und sie wird immer weiter in unserem Alltag integriert. In diesem Video schauen wir uns die Entwicklung von Blockchain innerhalb der letzten 10 Jahre an und erwägen, was die Zukunft bringen könnte. Von der Immobilien Industrie bis zum Gesundheitswesen – unser Video veranschaulicht die...

By definition, a market analyst is a ‘person that assesses the conditions that affect a marketplace’. Through thorough research and analysis, they are supposed to predict the unpredictable, giving us insight into the future of the stock market.
With predictions from a market analyst, we hope to make the next profitable bet on the market.
Yet, XTB’s chief market analyst David Cheetham does not see himself as the wizard of analytics.