Fiji elects a pro-Bitcoin prime minister, signaling a positive future for Bitcoin adoption in the pacific island nation. 3158 Total views 58 Total shares Listen to article 0:00 News Ho-ho-ho! Get Limited Holiday Trait!Collect this article as an NFT A newly elected pro-Bitcoin Prime Minister has taken office in the Pacific Islands of Fiji. The
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The U.S dollar-Argentine peso exchange rate escalated during December, with the Argentine fiat currency reaching new historic lows as citizens ran to exchange their holiday payments for dollars. The U.S. dollar reached a value of 356 pesos on December 28, losing almost 10% during just one week, and threatening to spur a more significant inflationary
The EU is debating a bloc-wide response to the abrupt end of China’s zero-Covid containment policy, as capitals across the world seek to contend with surging infections in the country. Giorgia Meloni, Italy’s new prime minister, called on Thursday for the EU to follow Rome’s move to test all air arrivals from China for coronavirus
With record inflation, rising interest rates and crashing stocks, this year didn’t leave the real estate market unscathed. In March, Forbes contributor Mike Maher asked the pressing questions: Will the housing market continue to bubble? Will it burst? Is there even a bubble? By December, the answer was here: The steeply rising home prices brought
What is Volatility? -The magnitude of the change -It is independent of direction, it refers to the change of ups and downs Why is it Important? -The more volatile the market is, the crazier it gets -Trends are harder to spot when they are more volatile -Swing trading becomes riskier -It is better to stick
Kevin Matras talks about delta and how it can help you decide which options to get into.
Jeremy Blosson, Cofounder and CEO of Strikepoint Media, moderated the panel The Key To Winning Customers In Bear Markets" at Benzinga's Fintech Deal Day. Earlier this year, amid growing concerns of a recession, platforms were dealing with a crisis of confidence. After the FTX fiasco, platforms are now facing a crisis of trust. The panel
As many as 1.2 million New Jersey drivers will begin paying more for their auto insurance in the new year under a bill Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law that increased the minimum amount of liability insurance drivers need to have in the state. Drivers affected by the controversial law can expect to pay around
SoFi Technologies Inc.'sSOFI shares jumped almost 10% on Wednesday after CEO Anthony Noto registered an insider purchase of $5 million in 1.1 million company shares. The personal finance and online bank had been experiencing headwinds as the Biden administration once again extended the payment pause on federal student loans, which according to a Bank of
This is a terrible idea — Startup Make Sunsets promises to disrupt… the stratosphere? Claims to sell geoengineering warming offsets but can’t currently validate anything. John Timmer – Dec 28, 2022 7:57 pm UTC Enlarge / Stratospheric aerosols can make for great sunsets, regardless of how they get there.Rachel Dulson reader comments 0 with 0
The current real estate industry is rife with inefficiencies and inequality. On December 7th, Celligence and Sun West Mortgage President and CEO Pavan Agarwal, spoke at the Benzinga Future of Crypto Conference to explore how blockchain is democratizing real estate and how Celligence is disrupting the industry status quo by putting the power into the
Ad Astra — Top US launch companies of 2022The Ars Technica power ranking The top three were easy to choose. After that, things got tough. Eric Berger – Dec 28, 2022 1:00 pm UTC Enlarge / A Falcon 9 rocket launches the OneWeb-1 mission to orbit on Dec. 8, 2022. Trevor Mahlmann reader comments 73
Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee’s plan to expand the scope of the state’s restrictive public-private-partnership laws has met mixed reaction from state lawmakers, who reconvene in January. The governor’s “Build With Us” plan proposed in early December includes provisions that would allow for P3 toll lanes on existing highways in the state, which now has no
Municipals were weaker in spots Wednesday as outflows from mutual funds continued. U.S. Treasuries were mixed and equities ended down. Triple-A benchmark yields were cut up to five basis points, depending on the scale, while UST yields fell up to five basis points out long. The three-year muni-UST ratio was at 60%, the five-year at
Gold has been an outperformer in 2022 compared to the United States equities markets and Bitcoin (BTC). The yellow metal is almost flat for the year while the S&P 500 is down more than 19% and Bitcoin has plunged roughly 64%. The sharp fall in Bitcoin’s price has hurt both short-term and long-term investors alike.
Steve Newcomb is a Silicon Valley veteran with a long list of achievements. He built software for trading energy in the 90s, was a pioneer in adding email to phones, and helped create the back end of the Bing search engine under Peter Thiel’s mentorship. Today, he heads up development for Berlin-based Matter Labs, which
Broadband year in review — Comcast debacles dominate Ars Technicas biggest ISP horror stories of 2022 $210,000 fee for Comcast Internet, a plan to block competition, and more ISP stories. Jon Brodkin – Dec 28, 2022 12:16 pm UTC EnlargeGetty Images | Smith Collection/Gado reader comments 3 with 0 posters participating Share this story Share
Experts have been warning for months that there could be major issues delivering enough power to customers along the country’s Eastern corridor this winter if unseasonably cold temperatures hit, and those experts have now been vindicated. According to reports on Christmas Eve day, the powerful winter storm that saw temps plunge to record lows throughout
2020 and 2021 saw a massive expansion of digital offerings across nearly every industry. Many organizations implemented new partnerships to offer digital commerce and payment tools, or even invested in creating their own tools to address the abrupt and urgent need created by the pandemic. This trend was particularly evident in the digital health market,