This is where property taxes increased the most last year — it’s not in California or New York

Today’s home buyers could be in for a shock when the tax man comes calling. In 2021, around $328 billion in property taxes were imposed on single-family homes across the country, according to a new re...

The Ethereum community debates when the ‘Merge’ will happen

Ethereum Protocol Developer Tim Beiko said earlier in the week that the Merge will not happen in June, as previously stated. Persistent delays have plagued Ethereum’s transition to a Proof-of-Stake pr...

A retired nurse lost $43,000 to bitcoin — watch out for red flags online

A New York retired nurse lost $43,000 of her life savings to bitcoin scammers, after transferring the money to them through a malicious computer pop-up – an unfortunate reminder to be vigilant when it...

Monero community set to blitz CEXs in coming ‘Monerun’

The Monero community is driving support to withdraw XMR in a coordinated effort called “Monerun” on April 18 in response to “shady practices involving paper Monero,” by centralized exchanges (CEXs). T...

Community tries to understand why

The Bitcoin Lightning Network integration started to take off among the cryptocurrency exchanges worldwide. However, some of the world’s largest crypto trading platforms seemingly are not in the hurry...

‘Please help!’ It seems like I have been paying my child’s student loan forever. How much longer must I pay it off?

Dear Quentin, It seems like I have been paying my Parent PLUS Loan forever. Someone told me that when my husband passed away, even though we were divorced at the time, I wouldn’t have to keep paying t...

Mortgage rates soar to highest level in over a decade — even wealthy home buyers are feeling the pain

Mortgage rates are soaring, and no one is being spared. The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate mortgage was 5% as of the week ending April 14, representing an increase of 28 basis points from the pr...

Shiba Inu community has already burnt 2.41bn coins

Shiba Inu tokens burning has shrinked its total current offer. Over the past week 2.41 billion SHIB tokens were burned therefore shrinking the whole supply of the popular domestic dog culture token an...

Wikimedia community supports proposal to stop foundation from accepting crypto donations

Requests for comments on a proposal urging the Wikimedia Foundation to stop accepting donations in cryptocurrency have closed, with the majority of users voting in favor. According to a Tuesday update...

Most Wikipedia Community Members Want Crypto Donations Banned: Poll

The online pushback against proof-of-work cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin shows no sign of letting up. A three-month-long poll conducted by the Wikimedia Foundation, which oversees funding for Wikipedia...

Music NFT Platform VoiceStreet Is Recruiting KOLs and Community Leaders

Place/Date: – April 14th, 2022 at 7:37 am UTC · 4 min read Source: VoiceStreet VoiceStreet KOL League-Voice Gang In order to better support musicians from all over the world, VoiceStreet will in...

Wiki Community Decides to Halt Crypto Donations

Alex Dovbnya The wiki community has supported halting cryptocurrency donations, with few dissenting crypto voices failing to sway vote The wiki community has voted in favor of halting cryptocurrency d...

Wiki Community Votes against Accepting Crypto Donations

The Wiki Community has voted against accepting cryptocurrency donations and unveiled at least three reasons to take such a decision. According to The Register, the proposal was made by Wikipedia admin...

Logan Paul’s Latest NFT Project Reignites Community Anger

The launch of Logan Paul’s latest non-fungible token (NFT) project has instantly sparked anger from the crypto community who want him to be held accountable for creating and promoting a string of high...

Community contributors ask Wikimedia Foundation to ban crypto donations

The Wikimedia contributor community has requested that the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit that funds Wikipedia and other sister projects, should cease accepting donations in cryptocurrency, follow...

‘The weight of this debt is crushing’: I’m 74, and a retired speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200K. Am I obliged to pay it off?

Dear Quentin, I have not seen anyone address student-loan debt for people over 70 years of age. I am a 74-year-old retired  speech-language pathologist with a student-loan debt of $200,000.  I’m on a ...

How Onliners Metaverse is Set To Build A Unified Powerful Online Community

With tech giants gearing up to pioneer the metaverse, onlookers have argued that conflicting priorities will result in a fragmented collection of 3D realms without interoperability thereby creating a ...

OpenLeverage live on the Kucoin community chain

The permissionless protocol enables margin trading opportunities for users and creates opportunities for projects and long-tail tokens on the KCC Chain. OpenLeverage, a permissionless lending and marg...

I’ve been paying my student loan for 37 years, but now I’m earning $11K a year

How to get out of student loan debt Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: I have a student loan from 1984 that I defaulted on. I am 72 years old and have been paying through a deduction in my Supplementa...

‘It put everyone in a weird position’: Our waitress said a 20% service fee was added to cover benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip. Is this normal?

I went to brunch last weekend and, when the server handed us the bill, she said a 20% service fee was added to cover her benefits and health insurance, but that it was not a tip.  I am absolutely supp...

Community Benefit Or Corporate Boondoggle?

A general view of Highmark Stadium, current home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, before a game against … [+] the New England Patriots on December 6, 2021 in Orchard Park, New York. (Photo by T...

Binance Labs Invests in Community Gaming

Binance Labs, the venture capital and innovation arm of digital asset trading platform Binance, announced that the company has participated in Community Gaming’s $16 million Series A investment round....

Make Estimated Quarterly Tax Payments on Roth Conversions. Or Penalties Will Bite.

Dreamstime Text size Have a question about saving for retirement or your personal financial situation? Whatever the question, Barron’s Retirement can try to help. Email [email protected], and we ...

These inflation protection funds are on sale

Actual panic about inflation seems to be spiraling upward. But investments that will try to protect us from the ravages of inflation seem to be getting cheaper. Weird, right? Only on Wall Street. But ...

Opinion: The best retirement investment strategy Generation Z can learn from boomers

Generation Z will soon surpass millennials as the most populous generation on earth, with more than a third of the world’s population counting themselves as Gen Z. And this group is motivated to retir...

Keep a Lid on Social Security Taxes and Medicare Costs. Consider Roth Conversions.

If you’ve become a 401(k) millionaire or amassed large sums in other tax-deferred retirement accounts, you can potentially shave your lifetime taxes by hundreds of thousands of dollars by converting p...

As food prices hit an all-time high, more Americans have abandoned online grocery shopping and returned to supermarket aisles

More Americans are browsing again — in grocery-store aisles rather than online. With U.S. states abandoning mask mandates in public places, and more retailers dropping requirements for masks — and the...

Shopify Bitcoin payments integration triggers legal questions from the community

Following the announced integration of the payment app, Strike, with e-commerce platform Shopify to accept Bitcoin (BTC) through the Lightning Network, the crypto community raised concerns over the le...

I’m 61, left my job due to medical reasons, and made $150,000 from the sale of my home. I’d like to work for at least another 5 years. Can I still retire? If so, how?

Dear Quentin, I recently sold my house and had to leave my job due to a medical issue that was easily resolved, and I am now fine. I have approximately $150,000 in my checking account from the sale of...

Crypto Lobby Condemns Community for Trolling EU Lawmakers

Alex Dovbnya Online onslaught unleashed by members of the cryptocurrency community has attracted strong criticism from lobbying groups In a letter to members of the European Parliament (MEP) obtained ...

Community Gaming is looking to expand crypto Esports

Community Gaming is a competitive gaming platform that is expanding its footprint into Latin America and Southeast Asia. Recently, the firm has closed a $16 million Series A funding spherical junction...

Crypto Twitter unites to raise funds for community member’s cancer treatment

When a respected member of Crypto Twitter and the Deadfellas nonfungible token (NFT) community detailed the immense financial burden of his cancer treatment, the crypto community demonstrated its kind...