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What is ‘staking’ of digital assets and cryptocurrencies? How does it work and what kinds of returns people can expect from staking at the moment?
What is ‘staking’ of digital assets and cryptocurrencies? How does it work and what kinds of returns people can expect from staking at the moment?
Natural gas prices have been on a tear in 2021. Natural gas has been heralded as a bridge fuel to a low carbon future. Emerging from the depths of the COVID pandemic, a broad global demand recovery in sync with the energy transition has led to the recent surge in natural gas prices. As governments have not yet committed clearly enough to a low-carbon future, we expect the switch back from gas to coal for power generation to alleviate the tightness in the natural gas market and cap further upside.
Uncertainty has been growing over Beijing’s willingness to support State-Owned Enterprises (SOEs) evident from a series of defaults by SOEs since the second half of 2020. A confluence of reasons has led to a sharp increase in default rates of companies in both onshore and offshore Chinese markets.