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[ABC NEWS] Governor Jared Polis announced the plan on social media Thursday. Colorado will become the first state to accept cryptocurrency as payment for state taxes and fees, Governor Jared Polis announced Wednesday. Polis said the state, which was also the earliest to use blockchain technology for government infrastructure, will […]
[Forbes] ILLUSTRATION BY PATRICK WELSH FOR FORBES Who hacked The DAO in 2016, diverting 3.6 million ether? We identify the apparent hacker — he denies it — by following a complicated trail of crypto transactions and using a previously undisclosed privacy-cracking forensics tool. Ethereum, the second biggest crypto network, is […]
[CNBC Health & Science, Getty] New omicron infections in the U.S. have plummeted 90% from a pandemic high in a little over a month. The U.S. is reporting about 84,000 new cases per day on average, according to data compiled by Johns Hopkins University, down from a pandemic high of […]
[USA TODAY] Tuesday is National Margarita Day and one of the grandest palindromes of 2022. While Margarita Day, an all-day party for America’s most common tequila-based cocktail, is annually held on Feb. 22, this year there are more deals with a focus on two-for-one since the date is 2/22/22 when written out numerically. There are […]
[CNBC] Bitcoin may not see a bull market until late 2024 or the beginning of 2025 if past price cycles are any indication, according to Du Jun, co-founder of cryptocurrency exchange Huobi. He told CNBC that bitcoin bull markets are closely tied to a process called halving, which occurs every […]
[CNN] After a mild end to the weekend for many states, Old Man Winter will make a comeback as we start off the new workweek. “Temperatures will be 10 to 20 degrees below average over the northern tier states by Monday morning,” the Weather Prediction Center said Saturday. And that’s just […]
[CNBC, AP] Amazon’s grocery endeavors have cost many billions of dollars over the past 15 years but have yet to yield a coherent strategy. As of mid-December, Amazon.com and Whole Foods accounted for a combined 2.4% of the grocery market over the past 12 months, according to research firm Numerator. […]
[Fortune] Maybe cryptocurrency isn’t “rat poison” after all? Those were once the words of Warren Buffett, the famous investor called the “sage of Omaha” for knowing things before the rest of the market. Now his money is saying otherwise. Specifically, his company Berkshire Hathaway has bought $1 billion worth of stock in […]
[CNBC, Getty Images] Walmart Chief Financial Officer Brett Biggs said the retailer’s own research shows consumers are paying attention to prices, even if they aren’t trading down to cheaper brands or buying smaller packs. The big-box retailer said it has the same number of “rollbacks,” or temporary price reductions as […]
[CNBC, Reuters, Getty Images] The U.S. dollar index was little changed on Thursday as investors weighed comments by U.S. President Joe Biden that war appeared imminent after shelling on the Ukraine front line, while they were reassessing the probability of a 50 basis point hike at the Federal Reserve’s March […]