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The emergence of Web3, a vision of the internet built on blockchain-based, decentralized systems, has many investors licking their chops because of its financial upside. Meanwhile, others are betting on Web3’s downfall. The rise of NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, in popularity and demand may be the clearest indication of Web3’s promise. “NFTs will be ubiquitous,” Brandon Buchanan, founder and managing partner of Meta4 Capital, a crypto-focused investment management firm, told Yahoo… Source link

It was almost 10 p.m. on a Thursday night, and Ali Watkins was walking around the capital following instructions texted by a stranger. One message instructed her to walk through an abandoned parking lot near Washington, D.C.’s Dupont Circle, and then wait at a laundromat. Then came a final cryptic instruction: She was to enter an unmarked door on Connecticut Avenue leading to a hidden bar. The Sheppard, an upscale speakeasy, was so dimly lit it was sometimes hard to see the menu, let alone… Source link

No new stimulus checks coming, but are you one of 17 million Americans leaving free money on the table? Most of the time, people leap at the chance for free money. After all, it’s been months since the third stimulus check from Congress, and yet a petition for a fourth payment is still closing in on 3 million signatures. So then, why are 10% of working Americans missing out on thousands in free cash that’s been available for a very long time? Even if you know about these programs and you don’t… Source link

Jeff Arview had been kicking around in different jobs. An Army veteran who served in Iraq, after he was discharged he suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder and fell into addiction, which led to arrests. Moving on and getting a job was a challenge. “Even though I was a veteran, because of that criminal history, I was unable to gain employment, which made it really tough,” Arview said. At times, he fell into homelessness. Arview is far from alone. The unemployment rate among formerly… Source link

President Joe Biden pleaded with unvaccinated Americans to get their COVID-19 shots, as he rolled up his sleeve for his third dose Monday. “The most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” he said, adding that it is now a pandemic of the unvaccinated. Biden cited the needed recovery of the U.S. economy and overall safety and protection of fellow Americans. “About 23 percent haven’t gotten any shots. And that distinct minority is causing …an awful lot of damage to the… Source link

Vaccinating Americans with their first or second shots is more urgent than giving boosters, according to one infectious disease expert, given that unvaccinated individuals generally experience the worst outcomes when infected with COVID-19. “What I’m seeing here on the ground level in Alabama and other areas with low vaccination is that a lot of the morbidity, a lot of the bad outcomes, are not in individuals who lack a booster,” Dr. Ellen Eaton, assistant professor at the University of… Source link

Wealthy people are bracing for potentially higher taxes that could hit their bank accounts as soon as this year, while lower- and middle-income Americans could end up enjoying tax breaks from Uncle Sam that were originally only temporary. Last week, the House passed a $3.5 trillion budget plan that may ultimately include numerous Democratic proposals for taxing high-income earners and corporations and expanding tax credits for middle- and low-income earners. Democrats are still writing the… Source link

As the U.S. reaches a daily average of 100,000 COVID-19 hospitalizations for the first time since January, doctors are urging more Americans to get vaccinated, saying it is “key” to getting control of the virus. “You’ve got to promote vaccination. And people keep saying to me, ‘Well, the people who are vaccinated, what do they have to worry about?” NYU Langone Health’s Dr. Arthur Caplan told Yahoo Finance Live. “But it’s the unvaccinated who irresponsibly are filling up our ERs,… Source link

Surges of confirmed coronavirus cases and hospitalizations in several U.S. states are causing health professionals to sound alarms about the continued spread of the highly contagious Delta variant, the transmission of which is being primarily driven by unvaccinated individuals. “Unfortunately, a lot of hospitals nationally are seeing more and more cases getting hospitalized,” Dr. Payal Patel, an infectious diseases physician at the University of Michigan, said on Yahoo Finance Live (video… Source link

New weekly jobless claims dipped last week to come in near consensus estimates, trending down but still coming in well above pre-pandemic levels as the labor market’s recovery trudges forward. The Labor Department released its weekly jobless claims report on Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET. Here were the main metrics from the print, compared to consensus estimates compiled by Bloomberg: Initial unemployment claims, week ended July 31: 385,000 vs. 383,000 expected and a revised 399,000 during prior… Source link