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Key Takeaways From 31 December 2025, any crypto-asset activity in Lithuania without a MiCA license will be treated as illegal. Authorities may impose sanctions ranging from fines and website blocking to criminal prosecution. Share this article Crypto firms in Lithuania that continue operating without the necessary MiCA license after December 31 will be considered in […]
The XRP Ledger (XRPL) is ending the year with major technological developments after a year that saw it gain significant adoption and milestones. On Dec. 24, Denis Angell, a lead software engineer at XRPL Labs, announced the integration of âpost-quantumâ cryptography and native smart contracts into AlphaNet, the project’s public developer network. The âQ-Day’ inevitability […]
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A reader asks: My question is about the potential troubles coming. Letâs say the market goes down 20% or even 30%. Would I be happy? No. But, investing for more than 12 years already (mostly DCA) â I am thinking about this kind of decline as a âtime travelâ back two or three years back. […]
Yves here. This post gives a brief look at the political turmoil at the time of Jesusâ birth and how his family was presumably not on great terms with the Romans. A wag pointed out how Christians gloss over some other operative difficulties: A betrothal means celibacy. Itâs hard to hide a pregnancy. How did […]
Key Takeaways According to BlackRock’s strategists, the labor market is cooling but not breaking, which supports a pause or very limited cuts rather than aggressive easing next year. More cuts would only come if the labor market deteriorates sharply, which they say is not their base case. Share this article The Federal Reserve is expected […]
Chile has made a hard pivot. In a decisive Dec. 14 runoff, JosĂ© Antonio Kast, a conservative former congressman and leader of the Republican Party, won the presidency with roughly 58% of the vote over leftist Jeannette Jara. It marks Chile’s starkest rightward shift since the return to democracy. Markets took it as a deregulatory […]
ï»żThere are 70+ million baby boomers. Roughly half of them are currently retired. Nearly 12k boomers will be retiring every day from now until the end of this decade. This group controls more than $85 trillion of wealth. Not all of that wealth will be spent down. A lot of it will be passed down […]
Great White Sharks Were Scared Out of Their Habitat by Just 2 Predators ScienceAlert (Chuck L) The Return of the Weirdo Ted Gioia Were classical statues painted horribly? Works in Progress (Anthony L) This remarkable book about a âwild boyâ reveals what makes us human Washington Post (Anthony L) What makes you human? Julian Macfarlane […]
Key Takeaways Bitcoin’s hash rate dropped 4%, the largest decline since April 2024. Historical data analyzed by VanEck shows price gains often follow hash rate drops. Share this article Bitcoinâs network hash rate dropped 4% over the last month, the steepest decline since April 2024. VanEck notes that negative hash rate growth has historically led […]
