Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is hoping to boost the number of people testing its upcoming decentralized exchange (DEX) platform by giving away $100,000 in tokens. Announcing the news on Twitter on Friday, Binance CEO Changpeng “CZ” Zhao said: “To test the hell out of @Binance_DEX, we are giving away roughly $100,000 USD equivalent, in REAL $BNB, as reward
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The cryptocurrency world is noticing TRON. The blockchain network is developing a host of new legitimate platforms on its protocol. Now, notorious crypto enthusiast, John McAfee, loves one of the latest: TRON’s VibraVid platform. TRON’s VibraVid and Further Protocol Developments One of TRON’s most anticipated projects is BitTorrent Speed (expected in Q2 according to the website). Its purpose,
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Sustainability was a major concern while building on the water. Exterior cladding of the house is fiber cement panels. The screen in the corner of the house is made of ipe wood and forms an enclosure for bicycle storage. A common dock is used to get from the floating home back to dry land. The
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View Bitcoin dropped 9.3 percent yesterday on the back of high volumes, invalidating the triangle breakout witnessed last Monday. A UTC close below $3,714 today would validate Sunday’s bearish outside reversal candle and open the doors to levels below $3,400. The longer duration charts are signaling bearish exhaustion, however, and any drop to $3,400 or below
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Moody’s Investors Service upgraded New York City’s general obligation bonds to Aa1 from Aa2 Friday. Moody’s said the upgrade, which affects about $38 billion of GO debt, “reflects continued strengthening and diversification of New York City’s economy, reducing its reliance on volatile financial services. The city’s competitive advantages include a young and highly skilled labor
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Ernst and Young (EY), the court-appointed monitor for QuadrigaCX, has finally provided blockchain addresses for the ailing crypto exchange’s cold, or offline, bitcoin wallets. And aside from $400,000 worth of bitcoin that was accidentally sent to the cold wallets in early February, they are empty, meaning $100 million of the cryptocurrency is still missing. EY released
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Lawmakers in California have introduced a new bill geared towards cannabis companies. Assembly Bill 953 was introduced on February 21st. This new piece of legislation would allow cannabis-related businesses to pay taxes and fees in digital currency—more specifically, in stablecoins. Assembly Bill 953 If passed, Assembly Bill 953 would allow all California-based tax offices (state, city, and
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Group of young business people in smart casual wear working together in creative office photo credit: GettyGetty A few days ago, this Times article came out, causing quite a stir. All sorts of speculation was flung about. Are co-working providers now soliciting investment from buy-to-let landlords? Is this going to fuel a bubble? Will hapless investors
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Longtime municipal strategist Stephen Winterstein will leave the research side of the municipal and fixed income market to assume a newly-created role as municipal bond client sales and product manager at Market Axess, the firm confirmed. Winterstein, most recently managing director of research and chief municipal fixed income strategist at Wilmington Trust Investment Advisors, Inc.,
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Puglia’s ancient vines define its landscape.Lana Bortolot Remote, rugged, rural and not as sexy as its Italian counterparts in Sicily, Rome or Florence, Puglia has been somewhat of a wallflower. But perhaps not for much longer. A recent real estate story in the New York Times featured a one-story villa compound outside San Vito dei
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Minnesota trimmed about $500 million off its previously projected $1.5 billion surplus in its annual February revenue forecast, putting a damper on some of the new spending and bonding proposed by Gov. Tim Walz. “Minnesota’s budget and economic outlook has weakened since November” when the last formal forecast was published, according to Minnesota Management and
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A cryptocurrency project that appears to have raised at least $20 million through a referral-based marketing scheme has been advertising false information about its team members, a CoinDesk investigation has found. Launched on Dec. 2, BHB claims to offer an ethereum-based solution for peer-to-peer lending, but by Jan. 18, local media reports were already accusing the
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Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sidestepped a verbal hand grenade in his Congressional testimony on Tuesday. Sen. John Kennedy, R-LA, asked Powell where he stood on recent trial balloons to restrict the ability of corporations to buy back stock. Powell reflected for a moment and said that the allocation of capital has always been left
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Check out the companies making headlines after the bell: L Brands shares fell more than 8 percent in extended trading after posting mixed fourth-quarter earnings and weak full-year guidance. The retail company posted $4.85 billion in revenue, compared to the $4.88 billion forecast by analysts. Earnings per share were $2.14, beating Wall Street’s expectation of
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JPMorgan Chase held their annual investor day yesterday. The company’s CEO, Jamie Dimon, was involved in a question-and-answer session and answered a few questions about the bank’s latest venture, the JPM Coin. The world’s first bank coin was originally meant for cross-border remittances, but it seems the bank may have other ideas for it down
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