On this episode of Decentralize with Cointelegraph, United States policy reporter Turner Wright and opinion editor Rudy Takala speak to listeners about their experiences at the ETHDenver conference from Feb. 24 to March 5. Wright arrived in time to interview industry experts, check out a “hacker house” and watch developers go through BUIDLWeek. Takala talks
Ohio filed a civil federal lawsuit against Norfolk Southern Corp. that seeks to ensure residents and the state receive long-term compensation for lost taxes and economic and environmental damage caused by the February toxic train derailment in East Palestine. Local, state and federal authorities are overseeing water and air quality testing and Norfolk Southern’s disposal
Florida’s most prominent issuer official is on board with pending legislation to limit the ability of issuers around the state to shape the municipal bonds they sell. House Bill 3, which cleared two committees this week, would prohibit bond issuers from issuing an environmental, social, and corporate governance bond or paying for a third-party verifier
A call to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority’s senior help line led to dozens of brokers compensating investors who overpaid for defaulted Florida bridge bonds due to a complex and rarely used bond price calculating method. The complaint came in February 2021 from an investor who had bought Santa Rosa Bay Bridge Authority capital appreciation
The United States equities markets tumbled on March 15 after Saudi National Bank, Swiss Bank Credit Suisse’s largest investor, said it will not be able to provide any more funding to Credit Suisse due to regulatory limitations. Investors are nervous because Credit Suisse, which has large U.S. and global operations, warned on March 14 that
Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on Wednesday presented a long list of measures to boost UK economic growth, but the medium-term outlook remained relatively unchanged. Hunt said his was a Budget for “long-term, sustainable, healthy growth that pays for our NHS and schools, finds jobs for young people, and provides a safety net for older people”. It
Jeremy Hunt delivered a tax bonanza to 2mn of the highest-earning pension savers in an attempt to stem the wave of early retirement, a core tenet of the chancellor’s “back to work” Budget. The big surprise in Hunt’s speech was scrapping from April the lifetime allowance of £1.073mn on pension pots, which has limited the
British businesses will be offered £27bn in tax relief for the next three years to boost company investment as the government seeks to jump-start economic growth. In his Budget, Jeremy Hunt, the chancellor, set out plans to make the UK “the best place in Europe for companies to locate, invest and grow” with incentives to
The previous six months should have been extremely beneficial to Ether’s (ETH) price, especially following the project’s most significant upgrade ever in September 2022. However, the reality was the opposite: Between Sept. 15, 2022 and March 15, 2023, Ether underperformed by 10% against Bitcoin (BTC). The ETH/BTC price ratio of 0.068 had been holding since
Following Openai’s release of GPT-4, a deep learning and artificial intelligence product, crypto assets focused on AI have spiked in value. The AGIX token of the Singularitynet project has risen 25.63% in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, four out of the top five AI-centric digital currencies have seen double-digit gains against
British motorists will save £100 on average after the government retained a 5p per litre discount on fuel duty for a further year, prompting warnings from carmakers and public transport campaigners that the move would slow the uptake of electric vehicles. The measure, which was introduced last year to help offset the soaring cost of
The problematic fact at the heart of UK chancellor Jeremy Hunt’s “Budget for growth” is that the latest data shows Britain’s economy is still extremely sluggish. The average annual growth rate from the eve of the coronavirus pandemic was forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility fiscal watchdog at only 1 per cent. That expectation
Bitcoin (BTC) kept bears sweating near $25,000 on March 15 as encouraging macroeconomic data combined with concerns over banking crisis contagion. PPI offers “great signs” on Fed pivot Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView showed BTC/USD recovering from a 24-hour comedown to see highs of $25,273 on Bitstamp. The pair reacted positively to the
Cosmos climbed by as much as 5% in Wednesday’s session, as the token remained close to a multi-week high. Cryptocurrency markets consolidated recent gains in today’s session, with the global market cap down by 0.24% as of writing. Solana continued to trade above $20.00, as prices consolidated. Cosmos (ATOM) Cosmos (ATOM) was once again in
Mayors of England’s two biggest city regions outside London have been granted greater financial flexibility in the Budget as well as new powers in sectors including transport, housing and skills. The deals follow months of negotiations between the central government and the mayors of Greater Manchester and the West Midlands, following a commitment in last
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Extra pension tax breaks for higher earners, more free childcare for working parents and all-around help with energy bills top the list of the chancellor’s measures for consumers, householders and savers. Pensions allowances for higher earners will rise in an effort to discourage early retirement. The £40,000 cap on tax-free annual pension contributions — frozen
According to reports, Shanghai Pudong Development Bank may acquire the China-based subsidiary of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB). Authorities in the Chinese city of Shanghai reportedly back the acquisition, which may help minimize the impact of SVB’s shutdown. In its statement following SVB’s demise, SPD Silicon Valley Bank reportedly said its operations remained stable. Shanghai Authorities
The fall of Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank, the second and third largest bank failures in U.S. history, will likely force regulators to take a closer look at depository institutions and their related affiliates and is prompting a Dodd-Frank like scenario where muni leaders may be called to testify in front of Congress to
As a result of the continuing crisis in the banking sector, bond yields fell even further early Wednesday with municipals continuing to follow U.S. Treasuries in a flight to quality as market volatility persists. UST yields fell 44 basis points on the two-year, now yielding 3.799%, and 26 basis points at 10 years, yielding 3.409%,
The UK government will extend its energy price cap for households by an additional three months as it seeks to shield consumers during the cost of living crisis. The Energy Price Guarantee, which has capped typical annual energy bills at £2,500 this winter, will continue from April to June, saving a typical household £160 during