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California Passes Landmark Bill Requiring Contract Workers To Be Labeled As Employees (#GotBitcoin?)
Despite objections from Uber and Lyft, Gov. Gavin Newsom has said he would sign labor bill that could reshape the gig economy. California Passes Landmark Bill Requiring Contract Workers To Be Labeled As Employees (#GotBitcoin?) California passed landmark employment legislation that challenges the business model of such “gig-economy” companies as…
California Takes Aim At NCAA Pay Ban (#GotBitcoin?)
College athletes in state could get endorsement deals under bill banning schools from enforcing association’s compensation rules. California Takes Aim At NCAA Pay Ban (#GotBitcoin?) California legislators voted to require schools in the state to allow their athletes to earn endorsement money, setting up a collision with the National Collegiate…
Trump Concedes Economic Defeat Trumponomics Will Result In Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?)
Blaming ‘boneheads’ at the Fed, president says U.S. is missing out on opportunity. Trump Concedes Economic Defeat Trumponomics Will Result In Negative Interest Rates (#GotBitcoin?) President Trump renewed his call for lower interest rates and his criticism of the Federal Reserve Wednesday, saying on Twitter that the Fed should reduce…
U.S. Corporate Insiders Selling Shares At Fastest Pace Since 2008
Investors watch for signs of whether insiders put more or less money into their own companies. U.S. Corporate Insiders Selling Shares At Fastest Pace Since 2008 (#GotBitcoin?) Insiders at U.S. corporations are selling shares at a pace not seen since before the financial crisis a decade ago. Insiders are people…
Fed Chair Says Agency Monitoring Crypto But Not Developing Its Own (#GotBitcoin?)
Chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Jerome Powell said that the United States Federal Reserve is monitoring digital currencies carefully, but not working on its own at the moment. Fed Chair Says Agency Monitoring Crypto But Not Developing Its Own (#GotBitcoin?) Speaking at a forum in Zurich, Switzerland, on…
Number of Uninsured Americans Rises For First Time In Decade (#GotBitcoin?)
Reversal comes after 2010 Affordable Care Act expanded insurance coverage to millions of Americans. Number of Uninsured Americans Rises For First Time In Decade (#GotBitcoin?) The number of Americans without health insurance climbed to 27.5 million in 2018, according to new federal data that shows the first increase since the…
Scientists Discover New Evidence of the Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs (#GotBitcoin?)
New rock samples in Mexico show how a city-sized asteroid wiped out dinosaurs 65 million years ago. Scientists Discover New Evidence of the Asteroid That Killed Off the Dinosaurs (#GotBitcoin?) Drilling into the seafloor off Mexico, scientists have extracted a unique geologic record of the single worst day in the…
Median U.S. Household Income Slows As U.S. Job Openings Cool
Median income was $63,179, essentially flat from a year earlier after three years of increases. Median U.S. Household Income Slows As U.S. Job Openings Cool (#GotBitcoin?) American incomes remained essentially flat in 2018 after three straight years of growth, according to Census Bureau figures released Tuesday that offer a broad…
Wesley Snipes Is Launching A Tokenized $25 Million Movie Fund (#GotBitcoin?)
Liechtenstein Cryptoassets Exchange (LCX) is tokenizing a $25 million movie fund together with renowned Hollywood actor Dr. Wesley Snipes. The news was reported by Cointelegraph auf Deutsch on Sept. 9. Wesley Snipes Is Launching A Tokenized $25 Million Movie Fund (#GotBitcoin?) Dr. Snipes is an American actor, film producer, master…
Documents Tie Mexican Mogul To Company At Center Of Fraud Probe (#GotBitcoin?)
Presidential ally is linked to Europe-based entities with large shares in Fertinal, whose sale to state-owned Pemex is under investigation. Documents Tie Mexican Mogul To Company At Center Of Fraud Probe (#GotBitcoin?) A prominent ally of Mexico’s president who is one of the country’s richest businessmen has financial ties to…
Mystery 94K BTC Transaction Becomes Richest Non-Exchange Address (#GotBitcoin?)
The recipient wallet of the $1 billion Bitcoin (BTC) transaction on Sept. 6 is now presumed to be the first richest non-exchange address. Mystery 94K BTC Transaction Becomes Richest Non-Exchange Address (#GotBitcoin?) The recipient wallet of the massive 94,504 Bitcoin ($1.031 billion) transaction is the top richest Bitcoin address that…
A Crypto Fix For A Broken International Monetary System (#GotBitcoin?)
The international monetary system is broken. Helping to fix it poses a huge opportunity for the cryptographers behind cryptocurrency and blockchain technology. A Crypto Fix For A Broken International Monetary System (#GotBitcoin?) Now they have one of the stewards of that system in their corner: Mark Carney, the outgoing Bank…