Ben Bartenstein

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  • Nvidia H100 chips inside a server room at the Yotta Data Services Pvt. data center, in Navi Mumbai, India, on Thursday, March 14, 2024. Yotta Data Services is buying thousands of Nvidia chips to offer AI capabilities in India. Photographer: Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesTech

    U.S. mulls letting UAE buy over a million leading Nvidia chips

    By MacKenzie Hawkins, Jenny Leonard, and others
  • Saudi Minister of Energy Prince Abdulaziz bin Salman al-Saud arrives for the 186th Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) meeting in Vienna on June 3, 2023. (Photo by JOE KLAMAR / AFP) (Photo by JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    Higher gas prices could soon hit U.S. drivers as Saudi Arabia doubles down on oil production cuts

    By Grant Smith, Fiona MacDonald, and others
  • AUXERRE, FRANCE – MAY 21: Lionel Messi of PSG, left Gideon Mensah of Auxerre during the Ligue 1 Uber Eats match between AJ Auxerre (AJA) and Paris Saint-Germain (PSG) at Stade de l’Abbe Deschamps on May 21, 2023 in Auxerre, France. (Photo by Jean Catuffe/Getty Images)Lifestyle

    Saudi Arabia wants to pay soccer star Lionel Messi a reported $400m a year as part of soft power push into sports, art and music

    By Sam Dagher, Ben Bartenstein, and others
  • Gautam Adani, billionaire and chairman of Adani Group, during an event at the Port of Haifa in Haifa, Israel, on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2023. Adani, the Indian billionaire whose business empire was rocked by allegations of fraud by short seller Hindenburg Research, said his company will make more investments in Israel. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images

    Inside the selloff in Adani Group stocks that wiped out market value of more than $80 billion in a week: ‘The dust is not yet settled’

    By P R Sanjai, Ben Bartenstein, and others
  • Secretary General of OPEC Haitham al-Ghais, speaks at the COP27 climate conference in Egypt’s Red Sea resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh on November 16, 2022. (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP) (Photo by AHMAD GHARABLI/AFP via Getty Images)Finance

    OPEC+ opts to ‘hunker down’ amid surging volatility and market uncertainty, holds steady on oil production

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others
  • A representative greets an attendee on the Bitica Coin booth during the Dubai Crypto Expo at the Festival Arena in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. An already bad year for cryptocurrencies took another turn for the worse after a $568 million hack affecting Binance Coin became the latest in a string of security incidents to buffet digital assets. Photographer: Christopher Pike/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Companies lured to ‘crypto hub’ Dubai have regrets thanks to FTX and Sam Bankman-Fried

    By Ben Bartenstein and Bloomberg
  • Saudi Arabia's Minister of Energy Abdulaziz bin Salman.Retail

    OPEC tries to keep oil prices high and cuts output by 2 million barrels in a move that Biden calls ‘unnecessary’

    By Salma El Wardany, Grant Smith, and others
  • Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, speaks at the Blockchain Week Summit in Paris, France, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The three-day conference brings together the brightest minds, business professionals and leading investors to help you navigate the blockchain industry, according to the event’s organizers. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesThe Coins

    Bankers following Binance boss CZ are turning Dubai into the ‘Wall Street of Crypto’

    By Ben Bartenstein and Bloomberg
  • Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, speaks at the Blockchain Week Summit in Paris, France, on Wednesday, April 13, 2022. The three-day conference brings together the brightest minds, business professionals and leading investors to help you navigate the blockchain industry, according to the event’s organizers. Photographer: Benjamin Girette/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesFinance

    Binance will cut back services in Russia as sanctions finally hit crypto trading

    By Ben Bartenstein, Jake Rudnitsky, and others
  • Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud, MBS, Saudi Arabian politician who is the crown prince, deputy prime minister, and minister of defense of Saudi ArabiaInternational

    Saudi prince wants Wall Street to help fund $500 billion plan for a floating Silicon Valley in the desert

    By Vivian Nereim, Matthew Martin, and others