Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies have been thrust into the global limelight by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine—though the bitcoin price has failed to rally, triggering a serious Coinbase warning. Subsc...
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Meet Erin Collins, National Taxpayer Advocate for the IRS
Erin M. Collins Source: Erin M. Collins If you’re one of the millions of Americans grappling with IRS issues, you may not realize there’s another option for your unresolved problems. The T...
‘Not the Best Look From Vanguard’: Community Conversations
Readers can’t get enough of a story about a lawsuit filed against the indexing giant. In fact, the story generated record traffic for Barron’s Advisor (in less than 48 hours). Other stories that are s...
Inside The Movement To Build A National Covid Memorial
A scalable memorial proposed by Marked by Covid—seen in a prototype here—would allow visitors to virtually view a helix of Covid-19 victims’ photographs using augmented reality technology. Marcos Luty...
Ukraine’s PrivatBank stops Bitcoin purchases with the national currency, the hryvnia
TL; BR Breakdown PrivatBank which is the largest savings bank in Ukraine has blocked purchasing of Bitcoin using Ukraine’s national currency, the hryvnia. The bank announced the move just a day after ...
How Do You Define National Security? An Important Question As China Continues Its CBDC Push
HodlX Guest Post Submit Your Post Recent reports note that Wang Jingwu, vice president and chief risk officer of Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, authored a whitepaper which detailed for th...
Lia Thomas Is NCAA’s First Transgender DI National Champion
Pennsylvania’s Lia Thomas gestures as she holds the trophy after winning the 500-yard freestyle at … [+] the NCAA swimming and diving championships Thursday, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tec...
US lawmakers discuss crypto’s role in sanctions, national security and humanitarian aid
Industry experts and lawmakers who spoke at a hearing of the United States Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs clashed on how the country should handle digital assets used for illi...
Remember the stock market before the war in Ukraine? JP Morgan says negativity is overblown, offers 4 hedges
“Markets appear to have been trafficking in an odd mix of hope, fear and uncertainty.” That was Mizuho Bank, summing up the state of play for markets since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine nearly three we...
Crypto Mixers: UK’s National Crime Agency Calls for Regulations
The UK’s NCA has recently signified its plans to regulate the cryptocurrency mixing services that enable illicit users to disguise their activities. Lately, this cryptocurrency technology has fl...
Saudi Arabia Considers Accepting Yuan Instead of Dollars for Chinese Oil Sales
Saudi Arabia is in active talks with Beijing to price some of its oil sales to China in yuan, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would dent the U.S. dollar’s dominance of the global pet...
Crypto Mixers Appear in Crosshairs of UK’s National Crime Agency
Alex Dovbnya The UK’s National Crime Agency wants to regulate cryptocurrency mining services, which allow bad actors to cover their tracks The National Crime Agency of the United Kingdom has iss...
Opinion: Ukraine War Likely Has Triggered Lasting Bear Market
If historical precedent offers any guidance, the currently high valuations of the S&P 500, which remain elevated even after recent declines, mean that a prolonged bear market is likely in the near...
Fed to hike interest rates Wednesday, undeterred by lack of visibility on Russia-Ukraine war’s impact
On Saturday, a strong late winter storm caused havoc on the East Coast, particularly in Pennsylvania, with drivers experiencing severely reduced visibility as winds blew snow across the roads. Speed l...
Hang Seng slumps 3% over COVID lockdown worries, oil falls as Russian attacks in Ukraine intensify
BANGKOK (AP) — Stocks were mixed in Asia and oil prices fell Monday as uncertainty over the war in Ukraine and persistently high inflation kept investors guessing about what lies ahead. Tokyo and Sydn...
Opinion: The Fed needs to target a floor for the 10-year Treasury, in addition to radically raising the fed funds rate
Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell faces the toughest task since Chairman Paul Volcker tamed the Great Inflation of the 1970s and early 1980s. And a lot of the pressures driving the most virulent ...
National Bank of Romania greenlights Elrond’s acquisition of Twispay
TL;DR Breakdown A payment processor and a registered Electronic Money Institution, Capital Financial Services S.A. Twispay, has been acquired by Elrond. The acquisition will involve the sale of Capit...
Italy’s National Team Strikes Sponsorship Deal With Adidas, Replacing Puma As Kit Supplier
LONDON, ENGLAND – JULY 11: Giorgio Chiellini, Captain of Italy lifts The Henri Delaunay Trophy … [+] following his team’s victory in the UEFA Euro 2020 Championship Final between Ita...
Biden Signs Executive Order Establishing National Crypto Policy Across 6 Key Priorities – Regulation Bitcoin News
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed a “historic” executive order on crypto assets, establishing “a national policy for digital assets across six key priorities,” the White House stated. The executive ...
National Archives Reportedly Sends More Trump-Era Records To Jan. 6 Panel
Topline The National Archives and Records Administration has provided the House committee investigating the Capitol riot with a new batch of Trump Administration documents, a trove that may include ma...
National Security at Stake With Biden’s Crypto Executive Order
Digital assets like bitcoin (BTC) do introduce risks for immediate U.S. national security objectives that require federal agency action and coordination, but there are deeper, more significant nationa...
Russian national, Olive Allen, Burning passport will donate to Ukraine’s relief funds
Olive Allen, a Russian native and artist who has lived in the United States for over 11 years, has burned her home country’s passport in order to raise awareness and funds for Ukraine’s cu...
Asian markets tumble as oil prices shoot higher amid calls for more sanctions against Russia
TOKYO — The price of oil jumped more than $10 a barrel and Asian markets were sharply lower Monday as the conflict in Ukraine deepened amid mounting calls for harsher sanctions against Russia. Brent c...
National average for a gallon of gas tops $4, the highest price at the pump since 2008
Fuel prices are displayed at gas stations on March 03, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Increasing demand and dwindling supplies coupled with global supply uncertainty driven by the war in Ukraine have driv...
The Russia-Ukraine war is fueling the ‘biggest supply shock to global grain markets’ in living memory
Wheat futures have surged by more than 40% over the last five days, on track for the biggest weekly rise since at least 1959 as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine crimps exports of the crucial food grain an...
Russian national will use sales of her burning passport NFT to support Ukraine
Olive Allen, a Russian national and artist who has lived in the United States for more than 11 years, has burned her mother country’s passport in the hopes of raising awareness and funds related to th...
Average national gasoline price surges to $3.83 a gallon, the highest since 2012
Fuel prices are displayed at gas stations on March 03, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois. Increasing demand and dwindling supplies coupled with global supply uncertainty driven by the war in Ukraine have driv...
As Russia presses its war with Ukraine, here are 10 aerospace and defense stocks expected to rise up to 39%
No matter when the shooting stops and Russia’s war in Ukraine comes to an end, it seems clear from actions taken by European countries that we’re entering a period of increased defense spending. Below...
Hillary Clinton Urges Regulation of Crypto Exchanges for National Security Purposes in Wake of Russian Sanctions
Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is imploring cryptocurrency exchanges to deny access to Russian users as part of the United States’ broader effort to apply economic pressure after Vladimir P...
Oil Prices Tumble Below $100 and Keep Falling. Here’s Why.
Text size U.S. oil prices fell more than 6% early Tuesday, to below $97 a barrel. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Oil prices extended their slump on Tuesday as West Texas Intermediate crude futures fell be...