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Zimbabwe Announces New Currency Called the ZiG, Backed by Gold: Zimbabwe, in its latest bid to end the serial slide of the local dollar, has replaced it with a ...
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Zimbabwe Announces New Currency Called the ZiG, Backed by Gold
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Dollar's dominant reserve currency status to endure, says Morgan Stanley: The U.S. dollar's dominant reserve currency status is likely to endure partly because ...
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Dollar's dominant reserve currency status to endure, says Morgan Stanley
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Will Zimbabwe’s new ZiG currency be a hit or another failure?: Zimbabwe’s new currency, the ZiG, made its debut month and a number of Zim economists have given ...
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Will Zimbabwe’s new ZiG currency be a hit or another failure?
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Social Security Update Expands Benefits Nationwide: New changes to calculations mean SSI recipients could get more money each month starting later this year.
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Social Security Update Expands Benefits Nationwide
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US nods to 'serious' Japan, S.Korea concerns over slumping currencies: The United States, Japan and South Korea agreed to "consult closely" on foreign exchange ...
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US nods to 'serious' Japan, S.Korea concerns over slumping currencies
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Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency, the ZiG, is on a roll: Zimbabwe’s fledgling new currency has steadily gained since its launch on Monday.
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Zimbabwe’s new gold-backed currency, the ZiG, is on a roll
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Sharp dip in rupee sparks NRI remittance surge - News | Khaleej Times: Remittance inflows to India in 2023 stood at $125 billion
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Sharp dip in rupee sparks NRI remittance surge - News | Khaleej Times
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Police arrest six, seek three others in Canada's largest gold heist: Canadian and U.S. authorities said on Wednesday six people have been arrested and three more ...
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Police arrest six, seek three others in Canada's largest gold heist
Quick Glance: Six Arrested in $22M Airport Gold Heist, Inside Job Unveiled
  • Six individuals were arrested for the multimillion-dollar gold heist at Toronto's Pearson International Airport.

  • Police identified it as an 'inside job' and charged nine suspects in connection with the crime.

  • Investigations revealed that former Air Canada employees were allegedly involved in the theft.

  • The criminals intended to use the stolen gold and cash to finance illegal firearms trafficking into Canada.
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Why the US dollar is setting off alarm bells around the world: Suddenly, tension and uncertainty have gripped financial markets, making them highly volatile.
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Why the US dollar is setting off alarm bells around the world
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Dollar ascendant as Fed cut bets pared, jawboning props up yen: The U.S. dollar hovered near a 4-1/2-month high against major peers on Tuesday as traders rushed ...
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Dollar ascendant as Fed cut bets pared, jawboning props up yen
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San Antonio's USAA lays off another 220 employees: The big insurance and financial services company declined to say which departments were hit or how many of the ...
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San Antonio's USAA lays off another 220 employees
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Atlanta residents have a retirement ‘magic number’; many are far from it: According to a new study, Atlantans have saved only about $80,000 of a needed $1 ...
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Atlanta residents have a retirement ‘magic number’; many are far from it
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A Warren Buffett autograph across a sheet of dollar bills sold for $20,740: This isn't the first time Warren Buffett's signature on US currency has hit the ...
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A Warren Buffett autograph across a sheet of dollar bills sold for $20,740
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and 'Ponzi scheme' : JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just launched another scathing attack on the biggest crypto and said ...
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JPMorgan's Jamie Dimon calls bitcoin a 'fraud' and 'Ponzi scheme'
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The authorities in Ivory Coast's biggest city, Abidjan, have announced a ban on begging to try to combat what they call urban disorder ... Show more
Quick Glance: Africa: Egypt's President Sisi Sworn in for Third Term
  • Egypt's President Abdul Fattah al-Sisi is set to be sworn in for a third consecutive six-year term.

  • Power has been restored in Tanzania after a nationwide blackout caused by a technical fault.

  • Mali parties are calling for elections 'as soon as possible' following the end of the extended transition period.

  • In the Democratic Republic of Congo, Judith Suminwa Tuluka has been appointed as the country's first female prime minister.
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Reactions after The Reserve bank of Zimbabwe introduced a new currency called the ZIG, which is going to be backed by gold ... Show more
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Fans Considering Legal Action After Disney Kart Racer Changes Battle Pass Monetization
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Fans Considering Legal Action After Disney Kart Racer Changes Battle Pass ...
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Revealed: Sh75 billion tax stalls M-Pesa's split from Safaricom: Telco has been under pressure to separate its lucrative mobile money unit from its telcoms ...
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Revealed: Sh75 billion tax stalls M-Pesa's split from Safaricom
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Retiring at 65? Older Investors Say It's No Longer Feasible | Money: About 70% of older investors say they won't be able to retire at 65 years old ...
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Retiring at 65? Older Investors Say It's No Longer Feasible | Money
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Money blog: Nationwide adverts starring Dominic West banned: Nationwide ads featuring actor Dominic West have been banned over claims the bank would not be ...
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Money blog: Nationwide adverts starring Dominic West banned
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Local tortoise Midsize Sedan up for national pet name competition: Nationwide Insurance's Wacky Pet Names competition attracted the San Antonio reptile ...
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Local tortoise Midsize Sedan up for national pet name competition
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RBI to soon launch app to enable retail investors to participate in govt bonds: Mumbai, Apr 5 (PTI) The Reserve Bank on Friday announced the launch of a mobile ...
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RBI to soon launch app to enable retail investors to participate in govt ...
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Express View on 90 years of RBI: Prepare for upcoming challenges: From changes in payment mechanisms, and the central bank digital currency ...
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Express View on 90 years of RBI: Prepare for upcoming challenges
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The postmodern US revolution in empire-building: There is always more than one meaning to any quotable quote. And one of the most quoted in the annals of ...
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The postmodern US revolution in empire-building
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Digital currency: Is it the future of money?: CBDCs are a form of digital currency regulated by a country's central bank. They are similar to cryptocurrencies ...
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Digital currency: Is it the future of money?
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SWIFT planning launch of new central bank digital currency platform in 12-24 months
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SWIFT planning launch of new central bank digital currency platform in ...
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As yuan skids, markets bet more depreciation is in store: China's yuan is sliding and market participants suspect authorities are deliberately but slowly ...
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As yuan skids, markets bet more depreciation is in store
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China's yuan declined to a four-month low against the dollar on Friday, breaching a key threshold and prompting state-owned banks to step in to defend the ... Show more
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Yen falls to 34-year low against dollar: The yen hit a 34-year low against the dollar on Wednesday, just over a week after the Bank of Japan announced a ...
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Yen falls to 34-year low against dollar
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Commentary: Bitcoin is starting to look like more than a passing fad: The most popular cryptocurrency is making a remarkable comeback, and the bulls may be ...
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Commentary: Bitcoin is starting to look like more than a passing fad
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YOURSAY | Stop giving excuses over ringgit’s slide : ‘Seek professional advice and be bold in implementing solutions.’
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YOURSAY | Stop giving excuses over ringgit’s slide
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Malaysian ringgit falls to lowest level in 26 years: The Singdollar was trading at RM3.568 at 7pm on Feb 20.
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Malaysian ringgit falls to lowest level in 26 years
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Sweden Ski Resorts With Snow Win Over Travelers From Alps: Climate change has made it impossible to guarantee snow in many ski resorts—but not those in the ...
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Sweden Ski Resorts With Snow Win Over Travelers From Alps
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Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox Has Unique Currency That Must Be Bought From the Microsoft Store Before Spending In-Game - IGN
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Final Fantasy 14 on Xbox Has Unique Currency That Must Be Bought From the ...
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Between MTN and Airtel who is giving investors better returns? : The two telecoms, which have some of the largest market valuations, have excited a largely quiet ...
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Between MTN and Airtel who is giving investors better returns? 
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Cuba seeks UN food aid as economic crisis deepens: Scarcity strikes Cuba with milk and bread being in short supply amid a deepening hard currency crisis ...
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Cuba seeks UN food aid as economic crisis deepens
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Despite storms, lousy drivers, Nationwide hit record revenue in 2023: Driven by the success of its financial services operations, Nationwide posted record ...
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Despite storms, lousy drivers, Nationwide hit record revenue in 2023
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Malaysian ringgit within a whisker of its 1998 record low: The Singdollar was trading at 3.555 ringgit at 10.06am.
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Malaysian ringgit within a whisker of its 1998 record low
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Loved One Day? It’s because Indians love to yearn: Thanks to shows like ‘One Day’ and ‘Normal People’, pain, regret and yearning are rapidly regaining currency ...
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Loved One Day? It’s because Indians love to yearn
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How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback: "Funny money” continues to impact the world's economy.
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How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback
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Pharmacies nationwide report outages in wake of cyberattack: A leading health-care technology company is experiencing a network outage due to a "cyber security ...
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Pharmacies nationwide report outages in wake of cyberattack
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How Hackers Stole $50,000 of Yoghurt – Cargo Theft Skyrockets to $130M in 2023: Cargo theft is rising with the latest statistics pointing to losses exceeding ...
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How Hackers Stole $50,000 of Yoghurt – Cargo Theft Skyrockets to $130M in ...
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SWIFT Successfully Conducts Second CBDC Sandbox Connector Test: SWIFT, the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, has unveiled the findings ...
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SWIFT Successfully Conducts Second CBDC Sandbox Connector Test
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Nuclear fusion will power superhuman AI, says ChatGPT boss: Sam Altman says he believes computing power will become the ‘currency of the future’
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Nuclear fusion will power superhuman AI, says ChatGPT boss
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My plan to protect Americans’ financial privacy in a digital economy: The United States’ leadership in the global economy will continue to be driven by our core ...
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My plan to protect Americans’ financial privacy in a digital economy
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M’sia records 11.5 billion e-payment transactions in 2023: Electronic payment (e-payment) adoption among Malaysians continued to increase in 2023 to 11 ...
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M’sia records 11.5 billion e-payment transactions in 2023
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Nationwide members deserve a vote on Virgin deal – but won’t get one: With the £2.9bn acquisition having big sway over its future, owners should have a say ...
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Nationwide members deserve a vote on Virgin deal – but won’t get one
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Malaysian government not ignoring ringgit’s decline: PM Anwar: KUALA LUMPUR: The Malaysian government is not ignoring or taking the decline of the ringgit ...
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Malaysian government not ignoring ringgit’s decline: PM Anwar
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Hong Kong Starts Phase 2 of e-HKD CBDC Pilot: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has launched the second phase of its central bank digital currency (CBDC) ...
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Hong Kong Starts Phase 2 of e-HKD CBDC Pilot
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Man admits using fake $1,000 note to buy cough syrup and sleeping pills: He also verbally abused a doctor who refused to prescribe him cough syrup and grabbed ...
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Man admits using fake $1,000 note to buy cough syrup and sleeping pills
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Farm insurer joins others in pulling back from Iowa after increased storms: Iowa is continuing to lose insurers as weather takes a toll: ' 'Iowa is taking a ...
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Farm insurer joins others in pulling back from Iowa after increased storms
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Trump indicates he might be tolerant of cryptocurrency if elected: Buyers of his branded sneakers paid a lot of money for them, sometimes in crypto ...
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Trump indicates he might be tolerant of cryptocurrency if elected
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U.S. Fed Chair Powell Says 'Nowhere Near' Pursuing CBDC, Won't Spy on Americans: The Federal Reserve chairman said his agency isn't anywhere close to making ...
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U.S. Fed Chair Powell Says 'Nowhere Near' Pursuing CBDC, Won't Spy on ...
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launches New CBDC Project To Support Tokenization: The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has announced Project Ensemble ...
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Hong Kong Monetary Authority Launches New CBDC Project To Support ...
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Nigeria's Central Bank Enlists Gluwa Nigeria to Boost eNaira Systems, Adoption: Adoption of the central bank digital currency pales in comparison to cash use in ...
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Nigeria's Central Bank Enlists Gluwa Nigeria to Boost eNaira Systems ...
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Airbnb To Start Charging A 2% Cross-Currency Guest Fee: The new Airbnb fee is set to go into effect on April 1. Here’s what to know.
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Airbnb To Start Charging A 2% Cross-Currency Guest Fee
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Zhu Su pumps Milady to $19K, Alchemy Pay crypto bank, HK tokens: Asia Express: Zhu Su helps pump Milady floor price, Singapore's Alchemy Pay to open crypto ...
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Zhu Su pumps Milady to $19K, Alchemy Pay crypto bank, HK tokens: Asia ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong’s ‘cutting-edge’ central bank digital currency pilot burnishes blockchain credentials, boosts international financial hub status ...
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EXCLUSIVE: Hong Kong’s ‘cutting-edge’ central bank digital currency pilot ...
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Analysis: Ringgit's record-breaking decline could trigger public unhappiness, spell political trouble for Malaysia PM Anwar
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Analysis: Ringgit's record-breaking decline could trigger public ...
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Vladimir Putin denounces US dollar's foreign policy dominance: "To use the dollar as a tool of foreign policy struggle is one of the biggest strategic mistakes ...
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Vladimir Putin denounces US dollar's foreign policy dominance
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Five US Senators Sign Bill To Oppose Biden’s Digital Dollar CBDC Plan: Five US senators, led by Senator Ted Cruz, have introduced a bill aiming to prohibit the ...
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Five US Senators Sign Bill To Oppose Biden’s Digital Dollar CBDC Plan
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What Happened in Crypto Today: Bitcoin Keeps Going Up: From Bitcoin hitting $59k to the US prefering Ethereum over other coins, here is a 2-minute breakdown of ...
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What Happened in Crypto Today: Bitcoin Keeps Going Up
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California home insurance crisis: Nationwide subsidiary to leave state: Crestbrook, a subsidiary of Nationwide that is focused on wealthy clients ...
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California home insurance crisis: Nationwide subsidiary to leave state