Asset management giant Franklin Templeton is partnering with SBI Holdings to establish a new cryptocurrency exchange-traded fund (ETF) management company in another major development for crypto ETFs. The two firms officially signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the joint venture on July 26, according to an announcement shared with...

Japan crypto ETFs boosted by Franklin Templeton and SBI Holdings partnership

The Independent

 Inflation in the 20 countries that use the euro ticked up to 2.6% in July, stubbornly above the European Central Bank's target and complicating the ECB's next decision on whether to cut interest rates and boost growth as the economy struggles to stage a convincing recovery after more than a year of stagnation. Inflation rose from 2.5% in June, according to official figures Wednesday from the EU statistics agency Eurostat. Services inflation, a figure closely watched by the ECB, remained elevated at 4.0%, down from 4.1%The uptick will intensify discussions around the ECB's next move at its Sept. 12...

Inflation ticks up in Europe, complicating the European Central Bank's next move

Digital currency-backed exchange-traded funds will likely make their way into “model portfolios” toward the end of 2024, according to BlackRock’s chief investment officer for exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In a Bloomberg interview on July 29, BlackRock’s investment chief for ETF and Index Investments, Samara Cohen, was asked about...

Crypto ETFs to hit ‘model portfolios’ toward year end — BlackRock

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

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Bucks County Beacon

Conservatives have done the United States a huge favor by explaining in detail what they’ll try to do if Donald Trump is reelected. Project 2025 , a “presidential transition project” of the Heritage Foundation, helpfully lays out how a group of former Trump officials would like to transform the country into a right-wing dystopia where the rich thrive and the rest of us die aspiring to be rich.

Project 2025’s Plan to Gut Medicare and Medicaid

Colorado State

David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Kentucky State

Northern Kentucky Tribune

Kentucky’s Community Actions Partnerships have announced the starts date for the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) Summer Subsidy, aimed at helping Kentucky households offset summer cooling costs.

LIHEAP Summer Subsidy program to help with summer cooling costs to begin enrollment July 16

The Motley Fool

Super Micro Computer could still have a lot of upside potential.

1 Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Before It Soars 84%, According to Loop Capital

California State

The HD Post

CALIFORNIA – Proposition 33, Justice for Renters Act, will be on the California ballot, November 5, for voters to decide on removing a rent control ban. According to Ballotpedia, a "yes" vote repeals the Costa-Hawkins Rental Housing Act (1995), which will allow cities and counties to limit rent on any housing.

Prop. 33 will allow California voters to decide on removing rent control ban

Illinois State

Every year, new laws that were passed the prior year go into effect on July 1. In 2024, a number of new laws will begin this Monday. Among them include higher wages for tipped employees, a gas tax increase, and driver's licenses for undocumented immigrants.

New Laws July 1: Driver's Licenses for Undocumented Migrants, Raises for Tipped Workers, and More

J. Souza

Royal Caribbean’s Utopia of the Seas, a $1.35 billion behemoth of the sea, has recently been introduced to the world since its maiden voyage on July 19th. The ship, boasting nearly 5,700 passengers and a crew of over 2,200, offers an array of amenities designed to cater to multi-generational families on shorter 3- and 4-day itineraries.

Cruise Passengers Not Happy About Feature on World's Newest Mega Ship

Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs are reporting $4.139 billion in losses as lenders write off mounting debts that customers can’t honor. In its latest earnings report, Citigroup says its net credit losses, which are debts that the firm does not expect to collect, hit $2.28 billion in Q2 of this year.

Bank of America, Citigroup and Goldman Sachs Report $4,139,000,000 in Losses As US Lenders Witness Major Spike in Unrecoverable Debt

The people behind a recent so-called “governance attack” on lending and borrowing protocol Compound Finance has agreed to rescind their controversial proposal in place of an alternative. The proposal from the Compound governance voting bloc “Golden Boys” narrowly passed on July 28 despite community opposition, leading to accusations...

‘Golden Boys’ behind Compound ‘governance attack’ agree to rescind proposal

The Current GA

Since 2020, the condition known as long COVID-19 has become a widespread disability affecting the health and quality of life of millions of people across the globe and costing economies billions of dollars in reduced productivity of employees and an overall drop in the work force .

Expert: Long COVID puzzle pieces are falling into place – picture is unsettling

Ripple is set to advance fintech innovation in Brazil. San Francisco-based blockchain company Ripple recently announced a new tie-up with Fenasbac in order to promote fintech opportunities in Brazil with the help of the Next accelerator program. Notably, Ripple picked Brazil as its first company for targeted investment. The company...

Ripple Betting Big on Brazil

Nashville, TN

On July 26, in a keynote speech at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Michael Saylor, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of MicroStrategy Inc., presented a transformative view of Bitcoin as the key to solving our economic challenges. His talk emphasized the revolutionary potential of Bitcoin as a long-term asset, contrasting it with the limitations of traditional financial and physical assets.

$13 Million Bitcoin by 2045, Predicts MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) Co-Founder and Executive Chairman

Wyoming State

WyoFile

The Wyoming Democratic Party is calling on U.S. Rep. Harriet Hageman to apologize for calling Vice President Kamala Harris a diversity, equity and inclusion hire. “It took only three days for Harriet Hageman to disgrace herself on national television by launching a reprehensible and racist attack on Vice President Kamala Harris,” the WDP wrote in a statement .

Wyoming Dems demand Hageman apologize for calling Harris a ‘DEI hire’

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

Reuters

TAIPEI (Reuters) -The chairman of Taiwan's top financial regulator said his agency has contingency plans for any possible outcome of the U.S. presidential election, regardless of whether it is Donald Trump or Kamala Harris who prevails. "We definitely have plans in place," Jin-lung Peng, the chairman of Taiwan's Financial Supervisory Commission (FSC), told Reuters in an interview on Wednesday, but declined to give details.

Taiwan's top financial regulator Peng prepared for US election outcome

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Slovenia launches EU's first digital sovereign bond via BNP Paribas

Slovenia has issued the first digital sovereign bond in the European Union. The bond was issued and placed by BNP Paribas. It had a nominal size...

Slovenia launches EU's first digital sovereign bond via BNP Paribas

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