EU Urges End to Israel’s Lebanon Offensive Ahead of UN Meeting

As far as I can tell, Donald Trump is the first American president in my lifetime to be actively engaged in business while serving as President of the United States.  I have no memory of Eisenhower, Kennedy, Nixon, Ford, Carter, Reagan, George H.W. Bush, or George W. Bush starting and running businesses while occupying the Oval […]

Bitcoin Mining & The Electricity Grid: A Quiet Savior Authored by Joakim Book via The Mises Institute, With all eyes on the winter storm raging through America last month, a silent hero was working in the background to keep the lights on. And I don’t primarily mean the emergency workers or the teams of electricians, foresters, and engineers that keep the power lines up and ice-free; these guys operate very much in the foreground, the public well aware of their critical work. Before and during winter storms, the electricity supply becomes strained and household demand...

Circle Plunges Most Ever On Stablecoin Legislation, As Tether Prepares Full Audit Circle Internet Group, the issuer of the USDC stablecoin, plunged the most on record as investors reacted to potential stablecoin regulation changes that could make the firm’s cryptocurrency less attractive to large holders, as it would be stripped of interest payments. Concerns that a competitor is readying a move into the US market also hurt Circle’s share price. The stock declined as much as 22%, its steepest intraday drop ever, and leading losses across crypto-linked equities. Coinbase fell as...