The Lightning Network is a second-layer solution built on top of the Bitcoin (BTC) blockchain and its primary objective is to address the Bitcoin network’s scalability issues. It also allows for faster and cheaper transactions by facilitating off-chain payments through a network of payment channels. The Lightning Network has gained traction since its launch in
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In this week’s newsletter, read about how the team behind Bitcoin Ordinals plans to drive the development of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin and find out why metaverse platform The Sandbox requires Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for staking. In other news, learn why NFT gas usage is on a downward trend, and don’t forget
The government can take private land and property for public use through eminent domain in the United States. This authority can benefit communities and be used to achieve economic growth and prosperity, but it can also harm minority groups. In the coming decades, we will need eminent domain more than ever to overcome the challenge
A potential buyer walks in to view a home for sale during an open house in Parkland, Florida, May 25, 2021. Carline Jean | Tribune News Service | Getty Images Mortgage interest rates soared across the board last week, with the rate on the government’s low-down-payment option increasing to the highest level in 21 years.
Puerto Rico’s June economic activity index rose 3% from June 2022 and 0.4% from May 2023, but the average monthly growth for fiscal year 2023 was 0.3%. Compared to the figure for June 2013, the economic activity index was down 2%. “Unless there is production, we cannot make headway,” Heidi Calero, economist and president of
Municipals improved Tuesday following a flight-to-quality rally in U.S. Treasuries while the new-issue calendar got underway led by a retail offering for New York City. Equities ended down following Moody’s Investors Service downgrades of several mid-sized U.S. banks. Triple-A yields fell by three to six basis points while USTs fell the same. The two-year muni-to-Treasury
Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetise one of its biggest threats. The discussions, confirmed by four people familiar with the matter, aim to strike a partnership for an industry that is grappling with the implications
The S&P 500 index is currently trading only 6% below its all-time high, which was reached in January 202. Traditionally, such a situation would be seen as a bullish sign for risk-on assets, including commodities and cryptocurrencies, but this time, it appears that investors have been using the stock market as a means of protection
Moon and Brick, two tokens created by users of social media platform Reddit, are up 48% and 443%, respectively, in the past week after being listed on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. In an Aug. 7 announcement, Kraken announced the listing of Moon and Brick for spot trading and perpetual futures. At the time of publication, users could only deposit
The price of Cardano (ADA) risks falling by over 20% in August as it enters a breakdown stage of a classic technical pattern that could be offset by some promising fundamentals. ADA price risks falling to June lows Dubbed Bump-and-Run-Reversal (BARR), the pattern develops when excessive speculation drives the prices higher quickly, eventually leading to
In this article MTB SATS PLTR UPS HIMS LOW HD Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A UPS worker checks an Amazon box to be delivered in New York. Eduardo Munoz | Reuters Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Sagimet Biosciences — Shares of the biopharmaceutical company popped 31% following an upgrade
Authorities in New Jersey have several new proposals to mull for the development of wind farms in coastal waters. After the close of its third round of submission, the New Jersey Public Utilities Bureau will now review proposals from hopefuls seeking an early stake in the development of offshore energy as the state presses plans
My parents were in their 20s when they bought their first home. It was the 1950s, Midcentury Modern, (my mother’s favorite furniture style) was just modern, and the house, a Dutch colonial in Brooklyn with four bedrooms, one full bath and two half baths, cost them about $25,000. That would be about $285,000 today, adjusted
In this article PYPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of PayPal headquarters on February 02, 2023 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal on Monday launched a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin to help facilitate payments as its latest addition to its suite of crypto services. It’s
Municipals were lightly traded and little changed for a typical summer Monday while U.S. Treasuries pared back some of Friday’s gains and were weaker out long. Equities were in the black to close the session. While triple-A yield curves were little changed the past two sessions, some damage was done last week, leaving market participants
Meta has axed a team that used artificial intelligence to create the first database of more than 600mn protein structures, in a signal the company is abandoning purely scientific projects in favour of building moneymaking AI products. The social media giant had employed a group of about a dozen scientists on a project called ESMFold,
Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman are two of the most successful investors in the world, but they have taken opposing views on the bond market in recent months. Only one can be right. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says he is shorting US Treasuries. if long-term inflation is 3% not 2%, the 30y Treasury yield could
Bitcoin coins are seen at a stand during the Bitcoin Conference 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2023. Marco Bello | Reuters It’s put up or shut up time for the SEC on a bitcoin ETF. The Securities and Exchange Commission is required to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to ARK’s
Europe’s biggest companies have suffered at least €100bn in direct losses from their operations in Russia since President Vladimir Putin’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, according to analysis by the Financial Times. A survey of 600 European groups’ annual reports and 2023 financial statements shows that 176 companies have recorded asset impairments, foreign exchange-related charges
Bitcoin (BTC) continued its boring price action over the weekend, indicating that the bulls and the bears are not waging large bets as they are uncertain about the next directional move. Nevertheless, traders should continue to keep a close watch because a period of consolidation is usually followed by an increase in volatility. Although it