The Biden administration will ban US investment into quantum computing, advanced chips and artificial intelligence sectors in China, as it ratchets up efforts to ensure the Chinese military does not benefit from American technology and capital. President Joe Biden on Wednesday issued an executive order establishing the prohibitions, which will largely affect private equity and
In this week’s newsletter, read about how the team behind Bitcoin Ordinals plans to drive the development of nonfungible tokens (NFTs) on Bitcoin and find out why metaverse platform The Sandbox requires Know Your Customer (KYC) checks for staking. In other news, learn why NFT gas usage is on a downward trend, and don’t forget
A bipartisan group of U.S. senators is asking the Internal Revenue Service to clarify regulations that govern nearly 3,000 hospitals in the country operating as privately owned, not-for-profit organizations. The total number of hospitals in the U.S. is just over 6,100, per the American Hospital Association. Not-for-profit hospitals are exempt from paying most federal and state
Bitcoin (BTC) can easily end up below $25,000 next month, says one longtime market observer. In a new BTC price outlook, Timothy Peterson, founder and investment manager at Cane Island Alternative Advisors, put the odds of a dip to local lows at 50/50. BTC price may see “last big dip” in September While Bitcoin bulls
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Puerto Rico’s June economic activity index rose 3% from June 2022 and 0.4% from May 2023, but the average monthly growth for fiscal year 2023 was 0.3%. Compared to the figure for June 2013, the economic activity index was down 2%. “Unless there is production, we cannot make headway,” Heidi Calero, economist and president of
As of early August, $12.5 million emerged as the sweet spot for record sales on Southern California’s tony Palos Verdes Peninsula. Two properties—a 6,000-square-foot estate in Palos Verdes Estates and a 10-acre hilltop residence in Rolling Hills Estates—sold for the top price in the last six months. The home was designed to showcase expansive coastal
Google and Universal Music are in talks to license artists’ melodies and voices for songs generated by artificial intelligence as the music business tries to monetise one of its biggest threats. The discussions, confirmed by four people familiar with the matter, aim to strike a partnership for an industry that is grappling with the implications
Cincinnati voters in November will decide whether to greenlight a plan pitched by city leaders to sell a 338-mile freight railway line and use the money to create a permanent investment fund to support infrastructure needs. If approved, the deal would mark one of the few instances of true asset recycling in the U.S. The
Moon and Brick, two tokens created by users of social media platform Reddit, are up 48% and 443%, respectively, in the past week after being listed on cryptocurrency exchange Kraken. In an Aug. 7 announcement, Kraken announced the listing of Moon and Brick for spot trading and perpetual futures. At the time of publication, users could only deposit
The S&P 500 index is currently trading only 6% below its all-time high, which was reached in January 202. Traditionally, such a situation would be seen as a bullish sign for risk-on assets, including commodities and cryptocurrencies, but this time, it appears that investors have been using the stock market as a means of protection
The price of Cardano (ADA) risks falling by over 20% in August as it enters a breakdown stage of a classic technical pattern that could be offset by some promising fundamentals. ADA price risks falling to June lows Dubbed Bump-and-Run-Reversal (BARR), the pattern develops when excessive speculation drives the prices higher quickly, eventually leading to
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In this article PYPL Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A sign is posted in front of PayPal headquarters on February 02, 2023 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images PayPal on Monday launched a U.S. dollar-backed stablecoin to help facilitate payments as its latest addition to its suite of crypto services. It’s
Municipals were lightly traded and little changed for a typical summer Monday while U.S. Treasuries pared back some of Friday’s gains and were weaker out long. Equities were in the black to close the session. While triple-A yield curves were little changed the past two sessions, some damage was done last week, leaving market participants
Meta has axed a team that used artificial intelligence to create the first database of more than 600mn protein structures, in a signal the company is abandoning purely scientific projects in favour of building moneymaking AI products. The social media giant had employed a group of about a dozen scientists on a project called ESMFold,
A preliminary deal to restructure more than $186 million taxable Puerto Rico Industrial Development Company bonds at 100% of original par was reached last week, which some sources suggest is a signal of a larger deal with parties in the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority negotiations. The Puerto Rico Fiscal Agency and Financial Advisory Authority
Warren Buffett and Bill Ackman are two of the most successful investors in the world, but they have taken opposing views on the bond market in recent months. Only one can be right. Billionaire investor Bill Ackman says he is shorting US Treasuries. if long-term inflation is 3% not 2%, the 30y Treasury yield could
Bitcoin coins are seen at a stand during the Bitcoin Conference 2023, in Miami Beach, Florida, U.S., May 19, 2023. Marco Bello | Reuters It’s put up or shut up time for the SEC on a bitcoin ETF. The Securities and Exchange Commission is required to give a thumbs up or thumbs down to ARK’s