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Jack Dorsey's Block Seeks US Trust Bank Charter For Bitcoin, Stablecoin
Jack Dorsey's Block Seeks US Trust Bank Charter For Bitcoin, Stablecoin
Authored by Ezra Reguerra via Cointelegraph,
Jack Dorsey's payments company Block seeks to establish a federally regulated trust bank to provide custody services for Bitcoin and stablecoins.
Block said Tuesday it had submitted an application to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to create Builders Bank & Trust, an uninsured national trust bank.
If approved, the bank would operate under OCC supervision and offer custody and related fiduciary services.
Block said the charter would give its custody operations a consistent...
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Three-Quarters Of Refugee-Linked Households In Vienna Rely On Taxpayer Handouts
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Via Remix News,
Three-quarters of households in Vienna connected to migrants from popular asylum-origin countries are unable to support themselves without government benefits, according to figures analyzed by Statistics Austria.
The analysis, cited by Kronen Zeitung, covered approximately 103,000 households across Austria containing at least one recognized refugee, asylum-seeker, or person granted subsidiary protection from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, Somalia, or Chechnya in the Russian Federation.
Vienna recorded by far the highest rate of welfare dependence. About 75 percent of the households examined in...
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Entering The Gates Of Lies: Unmasking The Climate Version Of Theranos
Entering The Gates Of Lies: Unmasking The Climate Version Of Theranos
Authored by Sydney Rodman via RealClearEnergy,
One of President Trump's campaign promises was eliminating climate scams. As net-zero climate policies fade into the shadows, another climate scam is biting the dust.
Bill Gates's daughter, Phoebe Gates, may not have her father's entrepreneurial talent, but she, too, frequently peddles climate alarmism. Mr. Gates, however, renounced climate doomerism last year in a widely-shared memo.
A recent media investigation determined the younger Gates and her cofounder, climate influencer Sophia Kianni's self-described sustainable e-commerce startup, Phia,...
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Why Record Heat Failed To Lift US Natural Gas Prices
Why Record Heat Failed To Lift US Natural Gas Prices
Authored by Julianne Geiger via OilPrice.com,
Henry Hub natural gas averaged $2.93 per million British thermal units from June through August, 6% below the same period last year, even with the Lower 48 posting its hottest July on record.
Average temperatures across the Lower 48 reached 77°F in July, according to NOAA, pushing electricity demand higher as air conditioners ran harder.
Solar and wind took a large share of that extra power demand.
Solar generation increased by an estimated 19.4 billion kilowatt-hours from June...
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