Dozen Crypto Companies Await Portugal License Despite Bank Account Closures

The central bank of Portugal is now reviewing 12 requests from businesses that want to provide crypto-related services in the country. Binance Among Cryptocurrency Platforms Seeking Authorization in Portugal The crypto firms need a license from Banco de Portugal to work in the country, still considered one of Europe’s most crypto-friendly jurisdictions. Among the applicants to enter […]

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Shark Tank Star Kevin O’Leary Buys the Bitcoin Dip — Says Crypto ‘Desperately Needs Policy’

Kevin O’Leary shared his crypto market outlook and investment strategy during this bear market in an interview with Stansberry Research, published Thursday. «There has been a knee-jerk reaction against bitcoin miners lately because of ESG concerns but they’re also self-correcting by getting into nuclear and hydropower, which you know is plentiful in some countries like Norway,» O’Leary explained. […]

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Is Putin Targeting Civilians in Ukraine? What the Evidence Shows

With Ukraine claiming that Russia has committed as many as 25,000 war crimes, more than a dozen organizations are busy putting together indictments that they hope will eventually land soldiers, commanders and even Vladimir Putin in court. Newsweek examined the 25 top incidents of civilian deaths in the war. That two-month investigation has found that there is some truth […]

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$10.3 Million Settlement Reached in First COVID Vaccine Mandate Class Action Suit Involving Healthcare Workers

“”This classwide settlement providing compensation and the opportunity to return to work is the first of its kind in the nation involving COVID shot mandates. This settlement should be a wake-up call to every employer that did not accommodate or exempt employees who opposed the COVID shots for religious reasons. Read original article. Source: LIBERTY COUNSEL […]

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New England Journal of Medicine: Unvaccinated COVID Patients Are Contagious for LESS Time Than those Vaxed or Boosted.

Astudy published in the New England Journal of Medicine showed that people vaccinated against COVID-19 remained contagious with the virus for a longer period of time than their unvaccinated counterparts. From July 2021 through January 2022, researchers studied 66 participants who contracted COVID-19, including 32 people with the Delta variant and 34 with the Omicron variant. When the data […]

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Trudeau moves forward with fertilizer reduction climate policy

PM Justin Trudeau has decided to move forward with his cap on nitrogen emissions by reducing fertilizer use even as provincial Agriculture Ministers beg him to stop. As per a Government of Saskatchewan news release, both Alberta and Saskatchewan’s Ministers of Agriculture have expressed «profound disappointment» in Trudeau’s decision to attempt to reduce nitrogen emissions from fertilizer. «We’re […]

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The Economy Needs a Volcker Moment

Readers of the Mises Wire are most likely familiar with the Volcker moment. This was when former Fed chair Paul Volcker, in the face of steep price inflation, skyrocketed rates to nearly 20 percent. While critics of the Volcker moment complain that such a move also skyrocketed unemployment to almost 11 percent, it cannot be ignored that the price inflation […]

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