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Chainlink’s New Acquisition From Cornell University Could Transform Blockchain For Good

[Forbes] Chainlink, the most widely used decentralized financial data source, securing over $3bn in value, announced today that it has acquired DECO from Cornell University. According to the Smartcontract.com (creator of Chainlink)’s co-founder Sergey Nazarov, DECO, is an improvement on how to utilize HTTPS/TLS, for data transmission across the internet, developed by […]

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Federal benefits recipients who are owed stimulus money must act by Sept. 30 to get it

[USA TODAY, GETTY IMAGES] After the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act authorized economic stimulus payments for American families, the IRS sent out more than 160 million payments via direct deposit or check. Months after those payments were received, lawmakers have been struggling to come to a consensus on how […]

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Jeff Bezos Becomes The First Person Ever Worth $200 Billion

[Forbes, Getty Images] The world’s richest person, Jeff Bezos, is wealthier than he’s ever been. Early Wednesday he crossed a milestone previously unseen in the nearly four decades Forbes has been tracking net worths: With Amazon stock edging up 2% as of Wednesday afternoon, Bezos’ net worth is up by $4.9 billion, making […]

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Trump DOL, SEC Fail To Warn 401ks About Massive Private Equity Dangers

[Forbes, Getty Images] Trump’s U. S. Department of Labor is pushing 401k sponsors to include the highest cost, highest risk, most secretive “private equity” investments ever devised by Wall Street in the retirement plans they offer to America’s workers. Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Jay Clayton claims […]

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