Local Wisconsin governments would receive a 20% share of the state’s sales taxes for a $576 million funding infusion and the ability — with voter support — to raise the sales tax under a plan Gov. Tony Evers will include in his proposed biennial budget next week. Evers initially made the pledge on revamping of
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In this week’s newsletter, read about how Yuga Labs settled a lawsuit with one of the creators of a copycat nonfungible token (NFT) collection. Learn how the Bitcoin Ordinals creator fixed the first instance of porn uploaded to the protocol and how YouTuber Coffeezilla tricked MMA fighter Dillon Danis into promoting fake NFTs. In other
Spencer Platt | Getty Images News | Getty Images New York is the most rent-burdened metro area in the U.S., according to a new report from Moody’s Analytics. A household with the median income in the Big Apple would need to pay nearly 69% of earnings to rent the averaged-priced apartment there, the research division
In this article LUMN GOOGL UA FTNT Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT Rafael Henrique | Lightrocket | Getty Images Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading Wednesday: Lumen Technologies — Shares fell 22.5% after the cloud network data company reported a fourth-quarter loss of about $3.1 billion. Its earnings guidance for the
The United States Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said on Feb. 7 that the “disinflationary process, the process of getting inflation down,” has started but it is still in its very early stages. He cautioned that strong data would be met with more rate hikes. Though the comments are mixed, they triggered buying in the
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis made waves in September for a costly (and legally questionable) anti-immigrant stunt that saw nearly 50 migrants flown from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. DeSantis and other Florida officials have defended the flights on two main grounds: first, as an opportunity to expose liberal hypocrisy, and second, as a
President Joe Biden vowed Tuesday to keep Social Security and Medicare on their current course toward insolvency, promising to block any congressional attempts to reduce benefits in the two major entitlement programs. And Republicans loudly agreed. “If anyone tries to cut Social Security,” Biden said during the State of the Union address, “if anyone tries
Console Wars — Nintendos Switch becomes the third bestselling console ever The PlayStation 2 is still the bestselling console of all time. Samuel Axon – Feb 8, 2023 1:32 pm UTC Enlarge / The Nintendo Switch (OLED model).Nintendo reader comments 13 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share
GOT PRIVACY? — Mysterious leak of Booking.com reservation data is being used to scam customers Somehow, scammers keep accessing customer reservation details, other private data. Dan Goodin – Feb 8, 2023 1:20 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images reader comments 9 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Reddit
Crypto giant Binance reportedly processed almost $346 million in Bitcoin BTC/USD for the Bitzlato digital currency exchange, thefounder of whichwas arrested by U.S. authorities last week for allegedly running a "money laundering engine," according to blockchain data, Reuters reported. What Happened: The Department of Justice announced on Jan. 18it had charged Bitzlatos co-founder and majority
Consumer intelligence researcher Talkwalker recently released its eighth annual Social Media Trends Report for 2023. They overview 10 key trends in social media, and although the report is not Web3-centric, one can see the influence of Web3 directionally on social media overall. The report predicts that 2023 will be a breakout year in Web3 social
A ‘For Sale’ sign is posted in front of a single family home on October 27, 2022 in Hollywood, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images Mortgage rates continued to fall last week, and both current homeowners and potential homebuyers reacted swiftly. Total mortgage application volume, including refinances and loans to purchase a home, jumped 7.4%
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File transfer service giant Wetransfer announced Monday it is collaborating with blockchain platform Minima to offer a non-fungible token (NFT) minting product in March. Wetransfer’s announcement details that users leveraging the Minima cooperative will be able to mint NFTs from a mobile device or computer. Wetransfer and Minima Partnership Aims to Bring NFT Minting to
Municipals were weaker once more, while U.S. Treasury yields rose out long, and equities ended up. Triple-A benchmark yields were cut up to seven basis points, depending on the scale, pushing the one-year above 2.50%. The last time the one-year was above 2.50% was Jan. 10. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 53%, the five-year
Citigroup cut three positions from its municipal ranks last week, including that of veteran public finance banker Thomas Coomes, who had co-led the firm’s Midwest region which is based out of Chicago. The bank also let go Daniel Daley and Marc Livolsi in the New York office, according to multiple sources. Coomes, a managing director,
Federal Reserve chair Jay Powell has warned that the US central bank might have to raise interest rates more than expected by investors because it will probably take a “significant period of time” to tame inflation given stronger labour market data. Powell’s comments to the Economic Club of Washington on Tuesday were his first since
Avalanche (AVAX) witnessed a meteoric start to 2023, gaining 98% in 30 days, and traders are now curious about whether the rally will extend throughout February. AVAX’s year-to-date gains for 2023 have outpaced those of Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH). Recent reasons for AVAX’s rally can be attributed to an Amazon partnership announcement on Jan. 11.
MetaMask eyes a multichain-friendly future with the ongoing development of Snaps allowing future blockchain integrations and extensions to its browser-based service. 1905 Total views 26 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 Interview Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT MetaMask Snaps aims to facilitate a multichain future, allowing the Ethereum-based wallet