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US agencies unveil ‘crypto sprint’ for 2022 as regulatory debate heats up

U.S. financial regulators on Tuesday released an inter-agency policy agenda for regulating cryptocurrencies, as discussions unfold about how to provide oversight for the booming market. The so-called “crypto sprint,” as officials call it, sketches out a to-do list for 2022 that will offer crypto players more clarity on the rules of the road. It summarizes plans by the Federal Reserve, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) for which… Source link

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Bitcoin Bond Plan Sends El Salvador’s Dollar Debt Diving

(Bloomberg) — Plans for a $1 billion Bitcoin bond in El Salvador sent the nation’s dollar-denominated bonds to an all-time low. Most Read from Bloomberg El Salvador’s dollar denominated notes due in 2050 slumped to 63.4 cents on the U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the lowest on record. The Central American country’s debt has been among the world’s worst performers so far this week as investors consider whether President Nayib Bukele’s plan to sell sovereign Bitcoin bonds closes the door on… Source link

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Binance founder fires back at Tesla CEO Elon Musk

The war of words between Binance founder and CEO Changpeng Zhao and Tesla CEO Elon Musk is heating up. Musk tweeted at Zhao on Tuesday after the cryptocurrency exchange limited withdrawals of dogecoin. “Well, I don’t intend to be sassy on Twitter… In his tweet he said I am shady,” said Zhao, known as CZ in crypto circles, on Yahoo Finance Live, when asked about the recent Twitter exchange.  “I am not aggressive by nature, but not submissive or cowardly when it comes to defending our… Source link

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‘We don’t know what we’re up for here in the next couple of months,’ nurse practitioner explains

If the coronavirus pandemic has shown public health professionals anything, it’s that no one can predict what’s to come next. “You learn really quickly that none of us are soothsayers,” Dr. James Simmons, a Los Angeles-based hospitalist nurse practitioner, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video above). “You don’t want to be a future teller. Who knows what the future is going to happen? I really point to the Delta variant as a big example of how a lot of places thought we were done with… Source link

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Why tax increases in 2021 could make make it harder to balance the budget in coming years

The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act on Nov. 19. Though the bill would implement several tax increases, it’s a far cry from Democrats’ initial ambitions for raising revenue through taxes. On the campaign trail Joe Biden vowed to raise the corporate income tax rate to 28% from 21%. In the end, the bill contains a less aggressive 15% corporate minimum tax. Likewise on individual taxes: Lawmakers floated several ideas, including raising the top individual tax rate to… Source link

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Stock futures open slightly higher as tech-led drop

Stock futures opened slightly higher Monday evening after a mixed session, as investors further mulled the market implications of Federal Reserve Jerome Powell’s renomination to lead the central bank. Contracts on the S&P 500 rose. Earlier, the blue-chip index set an all-time intraday high before pulling back to end in the red, with a drop in technology stocks dragging on the index. The Nasdaq underperformed with a drop of more than 1%, while the Dow ended narrowly in the green. Shares of… Source link

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Why Yandex Stock Crashed 10% Today

What happened Russian tech stock star Yandex (NASDAQ:YNDX) fell 10.2% through 3:15 p.m. ET on Monday — and you can probably blame Russian President Vladimir Putin for that. As the English-language The Moscow Times said this morning, currently both the Russian ruble and Russian stocks are “in the red as talk of military confrontation spooks investors.”  Image source: Getty Images. So what For weeks, diplomats have been warning that the Russian… Source link

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