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It took Vignesh Sundaresan and Anand Venkateswaran a few minutes to realize that they had set aside $ 69.3 million for a digital artwork stored in a JPEG file, which coincidentally secured …
Read More »Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sells NFT from first tweet for $ 2.9 million
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold a digital version of his first tweet for more than $ 2.9 million more than two weeks after announcing a digital auction for …
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The chairman of the US Federal Reserve cautioned that Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies were “ not really useful as a store of value, ” but added that the central bank itself is …
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NEW YORK (AP) – A year ago the terrifying free fall for the stock market came to an abrupt end, ushering in one of its longest streaks. On March 23, 2020, the …
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NEW YORK (AP) – A trade bottleneck stemming from the COVID-19 outbreak has American businesses eagerly awaiting Asian goods, while off the coast of California, dozens of container ships are at anchor, …
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BEIRUT (AP) – Stores closing, businesses bankrupt and pharmacies with empty shelves: In Lebanon these days, fistfights break out in supermarkets as shoppers scramble for subsidized milk powder, rice and cooking oil. …
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#ApesTogetherStrongPhoto: Jorge Guerrero (fake images) the WallStreetBets subreddit has helped drive $ 383, 000 in donations to a gorilla conservation organization this week. The previous sentence it would have been barely intelligible …
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