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비트코인 거래소 해킹 소식으로 가격이 하락했다는 내용이 중심이다. 홍콩 Bitfinex 거래소에서 약 6,500만 달러(약 12만 개 단위) 상당의 비트코인이 도난당했으며, 거래소는 모든 디지털 화폐 거래를 중단하고 보안 침해를 조사 중이다. 코인데스크 기준 비트코인 가치는 전날보다 약 10% 하락했고, 2014년 Mt. Gox 사태 때처럼 가격이 30% 폭락할지 우려가 나온다. 유럽 은행 실적도 함께 다뤄졌다. HSBC는 상반기 이익이 29% 감소했고, 소시에테제네랄은 이익이 8% 증가했으며, 그리스 은행 신용등급은 S&P에서 선택적 디폴트에서 CCC+로 상향되었다. 유럽 주가는 소시에테제네랄 약 4%, HSBC 약 3% 상승으로 출발했다. 아시아 증시는 홍콩 약 1.5% 하락, 일본 닛케이 약 1.9% 하락으로 마감했다. 일본 정부의 경기부양책 발표에도 투자자 반응은 미온적이었다. 리우 올림픽 공식 상품 판매가 호황이며, 공식 판매 업체는 40%의 연간 매출을 3주 만에 올리고 있다. 포켓몬고 관련해서는 뉴저지 주민이 무단 침입 피해로 집단소송을 제기했다. 이 영상에서는 대상 자산에 대한 1~3개월 가격 방향 예측 발언이 나오지 않았다.
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No distancing now though, because Steven Carroll is very close to me here on the other side of the set. The value of Bitcoin is slumping, Stephen. This is after an exchange in Hong Kong was hacked. That's right. Some $65 million worth of Bitcoin has been stolen from the Bitfinex exchange. That's almost 120,000 units of the digital currency.
The Hong Kong exchange was one of the biggest trading platforms for US dollar transactions in Bitcoin over the past month. Bitfinex has now halted trading in all digital currencies while it investigates the security breach. But the value of Bitcoin has taken a thumping. According to CoinDesk, it's down 10% since yesterday.
For many, this leak will bring back bad memories of the collapse of the Mt. Gox exchange in 2014, which saw prices plummet by 30%.
Let's talk about European banks now on the program. They've had a pretty bad week so far. Steven has some raw results out today, and we'll start with HSBC.
Its profits fell by 29% in the first half of the year because of market volatility fueled by China's economic slowdown and Britain's vote to leave the European Union. The slowdown was even sharper in the three months to the end of June, when pre-tax profits fell by 45% to 3.6 billion.
There was better news for French bank Societe Generale. Its profits in the second quarter beat expectations, rising 8% to just under 1.5 billion. But that figure was boosted by the sale of its stake in Visa rather than by an increase in revenues. Low interest rates hit earnings at its retail banking division in France, where profits fell by 5%.
Good news too for Greece's embattled banks. The ratings agency Standard & Poor's has upgraded its assessment of Alpha Bank, Eurobank, the National Bank of Greece, and Piraeus Bank. S&P now classes them as CCC+ instead of "selective default." That's still far from investment grade, though. This comes after Greece partly relaxed the capital controls it imposed more than a year ago.
How are the markets reacting to all that, Stephen? European shares started the day in the green. Good news for investors in Societe Generale, anyway: their shares were up almost 4% in Paris after their results. Credit Agricole also published results that beat expectations, and its shares were up 3% in Paris and London. HSBC was also up more than 3% despite reporting that fall in profits.
Over in Asia, Hong Kong is back in business today after being closed yesterday because of the typhoon, but it's trading down about 1.5%. We've also seen more falls on the Japanese markets as investors react to the stimulus plan announced by the Japanese government yesterday. The Nikkei in Tokyo was down almost 1.9% at the close.
Let's talk about the Olympics once again. We're doing the business news now, and the merchandise is already flying off the shelves in Rio, isn't it? Yes. Merchandise is a big earner not only for the organizers of the Olympics but also for retailers who've obtained permission to make T-shirts and other products emblazoned with the logo. Brazilian authorities have been cracking down on the sale of counterfeit versions of the products.
As Josh Vardy now reports, Brazil's Sugarloaf... sorry, Brazil is seeing an Olympics-sized business. This hangar of official merchandise, spread over 1,800 square meters, houses everything Rio 2016-related, from T-shirts to key rings to sandals. Over 3,000 different products, with a stream of eager customers to buy them. Around 20,000 people are expected to pass through here every day.
"You have to really go for it when you're inside. So it's really cool to wear the Olympic logo." "Yeah, especially when we're back in France. We can show that we were there."
The official mascot toys draw a lot of attention, but at €30 each, they're too pricey for many. "I love them. They're so cute. I would really love to get some for my grandchildren, but I can't. They're too expensive."
Rio de Janeiro expects 500,000 visitors over the next three weeks, and local businesses hope to make big profits. The police, along with the Olympic Committee, have come down hard on counterfeits, which are now rarely seen on the streets. This wholesaler is one of three authorized to print and sell official Olympic merchandise. "We won the tender, which means we have to pay a cut to the Olympic committee on every item sold. But then we pay ourselves with the profits."
While 12% of every sale goes to the owners of the Rio 2016 brand, this seller is making 40% of his annual sales in just three weeks. An item that retails for €9 costs €3 to make. While the city of Rio itself will see little of this money, it hopes the brand will help further boost tourism by giving it a global platform.
Now, to the makers of the mobile game Pokémon GO, which we're talking about once again. They're facing legal action in the United States, which is quite funny, actually. The hugely popular mobile game sees users try to catch virtual monsters in real-life locations, but that's causing problems for some property owners in the United States.
One of them has filed a case against developer Niantic, Nintendo, and The Pokémon Company over people trespassing on his property while looking for Pokémon. The New Jersey resident says that at least five people knocked on his door asking if they could go into his back garden to play the game. The man is seeking class action status for his legal case on behalf of everyone affected by people playing the game like that.
"Having people turn up at your door saying, 'Sorry, would you mind? I found a Pikachu in your back garden!'" Coming when they're not welcome, and luckily...
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