Crypto broker Genesis halts withdrawals

UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt is set to unveil a massive package of tax rises and spending cuts, crypto broker Genesis Trading suspended withdrawals, and Iraq is reeling from a massive corruption scandal. 


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Crypto broker Genesis Trading halts withdrawals at lending unit

Hunt prepares bid to repair Britain’s tarnished economic reputation

Iraq reels from $2.5bn tax ‘heist of the century’  

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