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First Mover Americas: Circle Argues Stablecoins Aren’t Securities in Response to SEC’s Binance Lawsuit

This article originally appeared in First Mover, CoinDesk’s daily newsletter putting the latest moves in crypto markets in context. Subscribe to get it in your inbox every day. Latest Prices Top Stories Stablecoin issuer Circle has intervened in the Securities and…

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OpenTrade Unveils Tokenized U.S. Treasuries Offering as Tokenization Race Gains Steam

Blockchain-based lending and yield platform OpenTrade has rolled out Friday a tokenized U.S. Treasury bill pool, the company said. The offering is accessible to individual accredited investors, regulated institutions, companies, funds and decentralized autonomous organizations, according to the firm’s press release.…

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Master The Lease: 8 Expert Tips For Commercial Landlords To Maximize Their Property’s Potential

Ryan McKenzie - CCIM, SIOR Associate, VP @ Kidder Mathews, 50-year family tradition in CRE/IRE. When facing the economic headwinds of commercial real estate, landlords often grapple with striking the right balance between achieving their financial goals and ensuring their properties…

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Circle Rolls Out Open-Source Protocol to Help Build Tokenized Credit Markets

Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial on Friday rolled out a smart contract codebase called Perimeter Protocol that aims to serve as an open-source foundation to build tokenized credit markets. The company said in a blog post that Perimeter can support a…

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Five Branding Strategies Startups Can Learn From Established Businesses

Zaheer Dodhia, CEO of Logo Design, is an entrepreneur who’s launched multiple startups, including ZillionDesigns, PCStore, CashforUsedLaptop These days, small business is big business, and it’s especially true in business-to-business markets. It’s often said that as much as 20% of startups…

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Improving Pakistan’s IT Services Trade Model: A Step Toward Success

Khurram Akhtar - Co Founder of ProgrammersForce. While other countries were advancing in the tech industry, Pakistan was battling poor broadband infrastructure, inadequate human resources and deteriorating security issues. These issues kept Pakistan’s tech and IT industries from advancing. Pakistan cannot…

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Prime Minister accused of ‘evoking conspiracy theories’ with plan to restrict traffic calming measures

The Prime Minister has today been accused of "considering evoking conspiracy theories" following reports his upcoming Party Conference speech is set to include an attack on traffic calming measures that local authorities have deployed to tackle air pollution and improve road…

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Fire Brigades Union: UK ‘woefully under-prepared’ for increasing wildfire threat

A stark new report into the UK's resilience to wildfires from the Fire Brigades Union (FBU) has revealed a "dangerous" lack of UK-wide strategy, planning, and investment, warning that cuts and under-resourcing mean people and property are facing a growing threat.…

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Fireblocks Acquires Tokenization Firm BlockFold for $10M

Crypto custody tech company Fireblocks has acquired tokenization firm BlockFold to service the financial industry's largest institutions. The acquisition will expand Fireblocks' capabilities in tokenization - allowing traditional assets to be traded on the blockchain - including token customization, orchestration, distribution…

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‘Deplastify’: European food giants accused of failing to make progress in tackling plastic pollution

Nestlé, Danone, and McDonalds France are among nine major food and beverage companies to come under fire today, after being accused of failing to do enough to reduce their use of plastic.  A new report was published this week to mark…

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Fact Checkers Take Stock of Their Efforts: ‘It’s Not Getting Better’

The momentum behind organizations that aim to combat online falsehoods has started to taper off.After President Biden won the election nearly three years ago, three of every 10 Americans believed the false narrative that his victory resulted from fraud, a poll…

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Fortnite Developer Epic Games Lays Off 16% of Staff Following Metaverse-Inspired Transition

Video game developer Epic Games is laying off around 16% of its employees following a metaverse-inspired transition of its popular online game Fortnite. The layoffs affect 830 of Epic Games' employees, CEO Tim Sweeney said in an email to employees on…

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From Hyperloop To Net Zero: Why A Big Pivot Can Be Good For Business

“Start with something fun and ambitious and then move into something critical,” says Grzegorz Marecki, CEO and founder of Edinburgh-based infrastructure planning startup, Continuum Industries. And that happens to be the trajectory his company has taken. Continuum Industries was created to…

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Circle Intervenes in Binance’s SEC Case, Argues Stablecoins Aren’t Securities

Stablecoin issuer Circle has intervened in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s case against major crypto exchange Binance, arguing that financial trading laws shouldn’t spread to stablecoins whose value is tied to other assets. In June, regulators charged Binance with multiple legal…

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How These Three Mental Health Advocates Are Transforming Pain Into Purpose

Trigger warning: discusses suicide prevention. In an effort to raise awareness around National Suicide Prevention Month, Jessica Abo sat down with several entrepreneurs and mental health advocates to learn their stories and what they’re doing to save lives. If you or…

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Sam Bankman-Fried Scoops Help CoinDesk Win Major Journalism Award

CoinDesk journalists won a Gerald Loeb Award, widely considered the top prize in financial and business journalism, for exposing the shaky foundation beneath Sam Bankman-Fried’s cryptocurrency empire and then vividly documenting the industry giant’s rapid, groundshaking and sometimes bizarre demise. Ian…

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Looming Federal Government Shutdown Threatens Small Business Growth And Productivity

Each year, Congress is responsible for passing appropriations bills that fund government agencies, such as the Small Business Administration, Department of Commerce, the Department of Defense, as well as federal programs including Medicare and Social Security. If Congress isn’t able to…

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‘Misguided’: £1.5tr investor group slams government over green policy rollback

Aviva Investors, the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum, and Jupiter Asset Management are among a raft of major investors to have this week warned Prime Minister Rishi Sunak that his rollback of green policy measures could hurt inward investment in the…

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Pensions regulator issues first-ever climate reporting fine to ExxonMobil Pension Plan

The Pensions Regulator (TPR) has issued a fine against the ExxonMobil Pension Plan for failing to report against the Taskforce for Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) requirements, in the first of its kind against a pension scheme. The fine of £5,000 was…

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