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Cryptocurrencies as a means to a cashless society
The report is called “Fear and favouring of digital currency” and aims to study the sentiment of different realities that make up the economic system, with a view towards the future cashless society. ...
Biden open to canceling $10,000 in student loans per borrower — what that means for your budget, credit score and tax bill
If $10,000 vanishes from your student debt, you may want to celebrate. This is a question millions of student loan holders may be facing soon if President Joe Biden proceeds with a controversial plan ...
Stoney Society NFTs Announce Partnership with Monegraph
Perhaps one of the more interesting signs of the NFT sector becoming more popular are the tremendous amount of resources being developed across multiple sectors of the crypto space and beyond. Only a ...
Elon Musk says workers should return to the office or quit. It’s a big gamble: ‘Tesla is kick-starting its own local Great Resignation’
Elon Musk is giving his employees an ultimatum. Tesla’s TSLA, -2.36% chief executive officer and founder responded Thursday to an apparent leaked email that called on employees to return to the offic...
ChainsCom Unveils Deep Space Society
[PRESS RELEASE – Tel Aviv, Israel, 31st May, 2022] Chains.com, a multi-product MetaFi blockchain startup is celebrating the 500,000 users milestone by launching Deep Space Society – a collection of un...
‘Should we wait to see how the market plays out?’ I want to purchase a rental home. Is this a good time?
Dear MarketWatch, Is it a good time to buy an investment home to rent out, or should we wait off on it? We live in Arizona, but the home I’d be buying is located in El Paso, Texas. It would involve ta...
Beth Saradarian Initiates Crypto Donations for Rutland County Humane Society
The Rutland County Humane Society has agreed to accept crypto as a donation method. In an interview, Beth Saradarian – executive director of the organization – says that while she doesn’t expect a lot...
‘I have great plans for myself’: My girlfriend doesn’t understand how her student loan works and rents a pricey apartment. What if we marry — and divorce?
My girlfriend and I have been in a relationship for seven months, and it is getting more serious. I don’t expect us to get married in the next year but I like to plan ahead and if things keep working ...
Bank of America is raising its hourly minimum wage to $22 — here’s how many people don’t even come close to pay like that
Bank of America workers are getting a pay bump at the end June when minimum wages climb to $22 as a part of the major bank’s longstanding plan to get its starting rate to $25 by 2025. It’s good news f...
The Great Resistance is here. Companies and employees are in a battle of wills over returning to the office.
Amy Faust Liggayu, 32, a market-research project manager based in Tinley Park, Ill., and mother of a 7-month-old son, never imagined she would have a life where she could spend five days a week with h...
Bill Gates doesn’t own crypto because it doesn’t ‘have valuable output,’ isn’t ‘adding to society,’ he says on Reddit
Bill Gates doesn’t own cryptocurrency because he “likes investing in things that have valuable output,” he told readers on a Thursday “ask me anything” Reddit thread. ...
Opinion: This plan to tax the ultrarich is much simpler and better than Biden’s idea
President Joe Biden and Senate Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-OR) have proposed different ways to tax unrealized capital gains every year. Their shared goal is understandable, with trillions of ...
Crypto Has No Valuable Output — It’s Not Adding to Society Like Other Investments – Featured Bitcoin News
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has explained why he does not own any bitcoin or other cryptocurrencies. “I like investing in things that have valuable output,” Gates said, adding that crypto is “not ...
‘The dip is your friend’: Why some advisers are telling young investors to buy stocks, despite stagflation fears roiling markets
How low can stocks go? This question has made investors nervous, as they fear one bottom after another. The answer: Pick a number. Some analysts say brace for further drops, others expect a bounce. Wa...
5 smart money moves for your first 5 years of retirement
When you dream of retirement, you figure you’ll finally enjoy worry-free living. But the first few years can prove surprisingly tense. A big cash outlay or costly divorce can upend your best-laid plan...
Bill Gates Says He Doesn’t Own Crypto Because It Doesn’t Add Value to Society
The legendary founder of Microsoft and the world’s fourth-richest person, Bill Gates, has recently bashed bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, saying that they have no value and do not contribute anyth...
Bill Gates Says He Is Not Invested In Crypto Because It is Valueless to Society
– Advertisement – The former world’s richest person does not have any love for crypto. Bill Gates, the co-founder of popular tech company Microsoft disclosed that he does not own any crypt...
A larger share of younger investors say they’re not afraid to buy the dip in the pursuit of long-term gains — but there’s one big caveat
The stock market is taking on a deepening red hue as steep sell-offs continue, but a new report says some younger retail investors are seeing red meat for ‘buys.’ Fewer than two in ten people, 18%, sa...
‘I partially support my partner of 12 years as his business is, sadly, failing’: I’m 33, and have $300,000 in company stock. Should I sell those shares to pay off my debt of $56,000?
I am 33 years old, I currently make just over $120,000 a year, including an annual bonus, and my company has gifted me with around $300,000 in equity in the firm, although our stock is brand new, so i...
‘Rebalancing during this pullback is a great idea’: 6 questions to ask your financial adviser right now as stocks continue to tumble
First, consider this general guide on investing: it’s about playing the long game instead of hyperventilating over headlines and doing something drastic, financial advisers say. Now file that statemen...
‘We do not plan on getting married’: I’m moving into my boyfriend’s home. He bought it a year ago and paid off 25% of his mortgage. How do I get a stake in his home that’s fair to both of us?
My boyfriend and I would like to move in together in the next year or so. He bought his house about a year ago, and he has paid off about 25% of it. We both would like for me to gradually become a par...
NFTs Are More Than Profile Pictures, 5 Ways Non-Fungible Tokens Change Society
Anurag Batham is working as a fundamental writer for The Coin Republic since 2021. He likes to exercise his curious muscles and research deep into a topic. Though he covers various aspects of the cryp...
Our retirement system hurts the middle class
America has a vast and elaborate system of public policies supposedly designed to help us all save for retirement and avoid the catastrophe of a penurious and poverty-stricken old age. But does this s...