Final financing deals are nearly complete for two long-planned commuter rail projects billed as transformational for the Northwest Indiana corridor that sits in the shadow of Chicago along the Lake Michigan shoreline. Both Northern Indiana Commuter Transportation District projects achieved major milestones in June. The Indiana Finance Authority closed on a $203.3 million federal Railroad
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The bitcoin mining operation Marathon has announced the company has secured 254 megawatts of new hosting deals with the option to increase to 324 megawatts (MW). Marathon’s latest expansion deals should support the bitcoin mining firm’s intended goal of securing approximately 23.3 exahash per second (EH/s). Marathon Secures 254 MW of Bitcoin Mining Capacity —
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Municipal bond fund flows have a direct impact on borrowing decisions made by issuers held in the fund, argues an academic paper presented Tuesday at Brookings Municipal Finance Conference that sheds light on the little-studied question. But the relationship may appear less clear in the real-world experiences of some market participants. The impact, if any,
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While a tentative date for The Merge has been pencilled in by developers, and even though it’s quite possible it could be delayed once again, Ethereum’s hashrate has dropped 26.26% during the last 45 days. 18.21% of the hashrate loss took place after June 30, as Ethereum’s global hashrate slipped from 1,190 terahash per second
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A ballot initiative that would have raised taxes on wealthy Californians to fund pandemic prevention and public health programs will appear on the 2024 ballot. Max Henderson, the startup investor who led efforts, told California Healthline they delayed the measure, because concerns about COVID-19 are being crowded out by economic pressures. “Our goal was to
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ConsenSys is set to tokenize smart contract and security auditing services through the upcoming auction of eight “timeboxed” TURN tokens. The Ethereum-focused blockchain software company has developed the offering through its smart contract audit service ConsenSys Diligence. TURN, short for Time-Unit Representative NFTs, will create an open marketplace for security auditing services, which are in
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Four U.S. metros experienced double-digit inflation in the second quarter–Phoenix, Atlanta, Tampa and Miami–and all four were among the most popular migration destinations for Redfin.com users, according to a new report from Redfin, a technology-powered real estate brokerage. These destinations have the highest inflation rates partly because they’re attracting so many new residents and experiencing
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