NEXT SHOES TO DROP? Fresh off the LUNA / UST implosion, crypto analysts are speculating on where else the sector might take further hits. Bitcoin has managed to hold an average line in the 30-thousand dollar range over the last week or so. But it’s down 40 percent since April of 2021. Most alt-coins have...
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WILL LUNA UST STABLECOIN CRASH USHER IN US CBDC?
There are literally thousands of articles detailing how the Terra blockchain network and its major stablecoin assets, LUNA (TERRA) and UST experienced the worst flame out in crypto history. Quick summary (with a nod to The Observer): The trading price of UST, which was designed to maintain a 1:1 peg to the U.S. dollar, dropped...
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NEW FUND TRACKS DOWN IDEAS THAT ARE “OUT THERE”
Science is inherently conservative. Scientists with novel ideas typically can’t get research or development funding until they can show some evidence an idea is sound—and they can’t show an idea is sound until they have funding to chase it down. That’s where Linked-In co-founder David Sanford comes in. Sanford has recruited donors, including his Linked-In...
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PURIFIED DIAMOND CHIP STORES DATA FROM A BILLION BLU-RAY DISKS
Engineers at Japan’s Saga University have revolutionized diamond data storage. Diamonds are important materials in quantum computing, the evolving technology that amplifies computing power and speed by orders of magnitude, which we have highlighted previously in “Computer Completes Billion-Year Task in Three Minutes” (15 Dec 2020) and “Quantum Computing Comes to the Desktop” (19 Oct...
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TWEAKING ALUMINUM TO ACT LIKE RARE, EXPENSIVE METALS
A host of chemical reactions needed to manufacture electronics, industrial chemicals, and similar things depend on rhodium, lanthanum, and other rare, costly metals as catalysts—ingredients in a reaction that make it happen but aren’t changed or consumed in the process. Now researchers at the University of Minnesota have invented a “catalytic condenser” that tweaks plain...
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WEAPONS VS UNARMED ASSAILANTS?
By Bradley J. Steiner, American Combato Self-defense bears not the slightest relation to competition or sport of any kind—regardless of popular present mythology—no matter how “tough,” “rugged,” “demanding,” or supposedly “devoid of rules” any sport or competitive venue may be. People who fail to understand this will simply pay for their error one day when...
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WASHINGTON WANTS TO RAMP UP WEAPON SALES TO TURKEY
The Biden administration wants to send Turkey advanced weapons for its F-16 fleet and new jets as Washington and Ankara try to mend ties after years of tension. The Wall Street Journal reported that the proposal calls for the shipment of 40 new F-16s to Turkey and other advanced weapons and equipment for its current fleet,...
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FROM NEUTRAL TO NATO: FINLAND, SWEDEN WANT TO JOIN NATO; TURKEY STANDS IN THE WAY
When Russian President Vladimir Putin launched the invasion into Ukraine on 24 February, he said that his country’s “special operation” was a preemptive move to terminate NATO’s “endless” expansion toward Russia. Now that expansion has grown as Finland and Sweden announced that they will begin the process of seeking NATO membership due to Russia’s invasion...
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U.K. GEARS UP FOR WWIII: READY TO JOIN FIGHT IF SWEDEN AND FINLAND FIGHT RUSSIA
Boris Johnson, the British Prime Minister, said Wednesday that the United Kingdom would come to the defense of Finland and Sweden if attacked. Johnson, who has been one of the most outspoken critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin, also promised the countries that the U.K. would provide security assurances during any transition into NATO, the Financial...
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HUNGARY REFUSES TO AGREE TO BAN RUSSIAN OIL
A top EU official said in an interview last week that the bloc is determined to get Hungary to sign on to an all out Russian oil ban, a debate that has shown fissures in the bloc. “We are very much determined to work with Hungary and the rest of the EU member states to...
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