Saturday's News Links

[Reuters] Bitcoin drops below $20,000 to lowest since December 2020 

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Crypto’s Excruciating Week Has Traders Bracing for Next Crisis

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Charting the Global Economy: Fed Leads Barrage of Rate Hikes

[MarketWatch] From Great Resignation to Forced Resignation: Tech companies are shifting to layoffs after a huge ramp up in hiring

[Reuters] Ukraine's fight grinds on, Boris Johnson pledges long-haul support

[Fox] Putin lambasts US as acting like 'God's messenger,' claims world order is changing

[AP] Explainer: How did Russia-Ukraine war trigger a food crisis?

[Yahoo/Bloomberg] Private Equity’s Crisis First-Timers See Playbook Shredded

[Reuters] Exclusive: India's Russian coal purchases spike despite sanctions

[Reuters] Spain battles wildfires as it swelters in heatwave

[Reuters] Millions stranded as floods ravage parts of Bangladesh, India, more rain forecast

[WSJ] The Crypto Party Is Over

[WSJ] Rising Inflation and Interest Rates Heap Pressure on Emerging Markets

[FT] Private equity chiefs fear waking up with ‘a terrible hangover’

[FT] Japan ‘odd one out’ in pursuing vast bond-buying programme