Goldman Sachs predicted Brent at $110 in case of complete lifting of restrictions in China, and Tinkoff will unblock securities transferred to non-trading accounts – these and other important news for the morning of Thursday, January 12, in our daily review.

The cost of Brent crude oil could rise to $110 per barrel by the third quarter of 2023 if China and other Asian countries completely lift restrictions related to COVID-19. This was stated by Jeffrey Currie, head of commodities research at Goldman Sachs, on Bloomberg TV.

Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, is struggling to hold onto assets, Forbes writes. Following the collapse of rival exchange FTX, investors have been withdrawing their cryptocurrencies in recent weeks, and despite CEO Changpeng Zhao’s assurances that the situation has stabilized, the outflow of funds is accelerating. According to Defillama, a cryptocurrency data company, customers withdrew $360 million on Jan. 6.

Broker Tinkoff (LON:TCSq) Investments promised to transfer back to trading accounts the securities, which it had previously temporarily transferred “under lock and key” – to non-trading accounts – by the end of the week. This is stated in a message in its Telegram channel. “This will return liquidity to investors and also allow them to close individual investment accounts,” the broker said.

Greece and Malta are behind other European Union member states in freezing the assets of Russia and Russians hit by sanctions, Reuters wrote, citing an internal European Commission document and the words of a knowledgeable source.

The U.S. corporation Apple is working on the creation of a laptop with a touchscreen display, the first such computer may be released in 2025 as part of a major upgrade of the MacBook Pro, Bloomberg reported citing sources.