Bloomberg While Bitcoin’s record-high grabs attention, its crypto compatriot Ethereum is continuing to broaden its appeal beyond the software programming crowd. Before this year, most investors’ first stop was Bitcoin, according to Michael Sonnenshein, managing director at Grayscale Investments LLC, which has investment products that track both and allows investments from institutional and accredited investors only. But the Ethereum blockchain, …

Bloomberg Oil rose for a fifth straight week with support from an Opec+ deal and hopes for another round of US stimulus. Futures in New York and London closed at fresh nine-month highs, with signs that momentum is building towards a fiscal stimulus plan that could provide an immediate demand boost, before a vaccine is widely available. Prices had already …

Bloomberg Centrica Plc, the biggest supplier of energy to UK homes, has resumed talks over a potential sale of its North Sea oil and gas venture after putting the plans on hold earlier this year. The London-listed company is in discussions with “a number of parties” regarding a sale of its controlling stake in Spirit Energy Ltd “but hasn’t restarted …