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Wisconsin ended fiscal 2023 on June 30 with record-high balances of $7.07 billion for its budget and $1.8 billion in its rainy day fund, the state announced Monday. General purpose revenue tax collections totaled almost $21 billion, up 2.1% from fiscal 2022, which ended with a nearly $4.3 billion budget balance, according to a 2023
“We’re contorting ourselves to pass through the keyhole of tyranny.” Edward Snowden’s words to the audience at the packed Genesis Stage hall at Bitcoin Amsterdam stressed the preeminent cryptocurrency’s ever-increasing importance in a world beset by creeping government surveillance, devaluing fiat currencies and restrictive policies. The renowned whistleblower’s address summed up a recurring theme during
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Hospitals in Gaza are likely to run out of fuel within 24 hours, putting the lives of thousands of patients at “immediate risk”, the UN warned as Israel lays siege to the enclave in response
Bitcoin (BTC) cruised into a new weekly close on Oct. 15 as “ultra boring” trading conditions still offered hope of a $27,000 breakthrough. BTC/USD 1-hour chart. Source: TradingView “Ultra boring” BTC price may yet surprise at weekly close Data from Cointelegraph Markets Pro and TradingView tracked a typically sideways weekend, with BTC price volatility absent
A Reuters journalist has been killed and six journalists were injured after shelling in southern Lebanon.  “We are deeply saddened to learn that our videographer, Issam Abdallah, has been killed,” said a Reuters spokesperson. The shelling occurred during an exchange of fire along the border with Israel, during which there have been sporadic artillery exchanges
Prospective buyers visit an open house for sale in Alexandria, Virginia. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters The housing market is dealing with a number of “tricky” dynamics, according to Tracy Kasper, the president of the National Association of Realtors. “What we’ve experienced over the last probably 12 to 18 months is what I really like to
Hossein Amirabdollahian (back left) and Hassan Nasrallah (back right) meet in Beirut Iran’s foreign minister met the leader of Hizbollah in Lebanon on Friday to discuss “the responsibilities everyone has and the positions that must be taken regarding these historical events and dangerous developments” in Gaza, a spokesperson for the Tehran-backed militant group said. Hossein Amirabdollahian’s
Mainstream Bitcoin (BTC) adoption won’t happen until it bridges to the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM) — the first point of entry for many real-world assets moving on-chain, a Web3 executive argues. Speaking to Cointelegraph, the founder of cross-chain infrastructure firm Botanix Labs, Willem Schroé, claimed Bitcoin “needs to start playing in the EVM world” for