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23. 5. 2021 No Responses

21 Ultrarunners “Froze To Death” In Extreme Weather

The Chinese media announced on May 23 that 21 athletes, including China’s marathon champions, died at the Gansu ultramarathon due to the extreme weather. The death list includes Liang Jing, 31, China’s ultramarathon record holder, Huang Guanjun, 34, winner of the...

21. 5. 2021 No Responses

Greenpeace to stop accepting Bitcoin donations

Greenpeace to stop accepting Bitcoin donations over environmental concerns. roof of work is proof of burning,” is fast becoming the dominant view of Bitcoin (BTC) among those who are serious about tackling the climate crisis. The words are from a...

20. 5. 2021 No Responses

Putin orders plan for evacuation of Russians from Gaza

Putin orders plan for evacuation of Russians from Gaza as Moscow warns Israel that more civilian casualties are unacceptable. Russia is preparing for a potential mission to rescue its own citizens, and those of former Soviet states, from war-torn Gaza...

15. 5. 2021 No Responses

Neandertal DNA shows two waves of migration across Eurasia

Neandertal DNA recovered from cave mud reveals that these ancient humans spread across Eurasia in two different waves. Analysis of genetic material from three caves in two countries suggests an early wave of Neandertals about 135,000 years ago may have been ...

14. 5. 2021 No Responses

TSMC is considering a 3 nm foundry in Arizona

TSMC—Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, the chip foundry making advanced processors for Apple, AMD, and Qualcomm—is beefing up its plans to build factories in Arizona while turning away from an advanced plant in Europe. Last year, TSMC announced t...

13. 5. 2021 No Responses

JPMorgan, Wells Fargo Starts Credit Cards For People With No Credit Scores

After a year of clamping down on new credit card, mortgage, and commercial loan issuance in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, US commercial banks are planning to issue credit cards to people with no credit scores. WSJ reports JPMorgan, Wells...

11. 5. 2021 No Responses

Thiel-Backed Group Inject $10 Billion Into EOS DEX

Block.one, a blockchain platform whose long-time backers include billionaire VC Peter Thiel, is launching a crypto exchange that seeks to combine attributes of traditional bourses with the benefits of decentralized finance. The exchange – will will be kn...

8. 5. 2021 No Responses

Goldman Sachs announces a new crypto trading team

Goldman Sachs has informed employees of a new cryptocurrency trading desk. It is the first time the US bank has formally acknowledged involvement in crypto-trading. The crypto team will report to Goldman partner, Rajesh Venkataramani. Goldman Sachs formally a...

7. 5. 2021 No Responses

Over 180 Israeli intellectuals warn ICC

Don’t rely on Israel to probe war crimes, over 180 Israeli intellectuals warn ICC. More than 180 Israeli intellectuals, authors and academics have called on the International Criminal Court (ICC)’s chief prosecutor not to accept Israel’s ow...

26. 4. 2021 No Responses

JP Morgan launches Bitcoin Fund for rich clients after years of bashing cryptos

Ever since JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon first denounced bitcoin way back during the heady crypto-rally of 2017 (shortly before analysts revealed that JP Morgan’s asset-management arm was seemingly buying the dip on behalf of its wealthy clients via a...

23. 4. 2021 No Responses

Market Cap Of Money-Losing Companies Surpasses Dot Com Bubble Record

In a recent note from SocGen’s Andrew Lapthorne, the cross-asset strategist summarizes the ongoing market insanity delightfully, saying that “there is an increasingly large number of weird and wonderful signs of market excess, from surging crypto c...

22. 4. 2021 No Responses

Earth Day 2021 – Restore Our Earth

Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the anniversary of the birth of the modern environmental movement in 1970. Let’s take a look at the last half-century of mobilization for action: ORIGINS OF EARTH DAY Earth Day 1970 gave...

19. 4. 2021 No Responses

WHO rejects COVID passport schemes

The World Health Organization (WHO) has staunchly rejected the use of Covid passports to reopen travel in a meeting of its emergency committee, over concerns that vaccinations alone won’t prevent the transmission of the virus. Reiterating their previously st...

6. 4. 2021 No Responses

IMF Introduces World Currency

It is no joke, something big happened last week. The IMF is going to give out loans in SDR. Special Drawing Rights are IMF’s currency. By itself, they’re nothing special, but the IMF has always lent in U.S. Dollars. That they are...

31. 3. 2021 No Responses

White House Unveils Details of $2.25 Trillion Infrastructure Plan, Massive Tax Hikes

After weeks of waiting with investors hanging on every new detail, President Joe Biden is expected to unveil the first part of his sweeping economic reform/redistribution plan on Wednesday afternoon. As Biden’s press secretary Jen Psaki revealed over th...

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