Last updated: April 19, 2024 18:25 EDT | 1 min read A member of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) who is emphatically critical of Bitcoin and crypto may lose her spot at the agency’s high table on June 5, government records would suggest.Per the SEC’s website, Commissioner Caroline A. Crenshaw was sworn into her position alongside Commissioner Hester M. Peirce (aka “Crypto Mom”) on August 17, 2020. Both have terms that are due to expire on June 5 – less than 50 days from today.SEC Commissioner Approaches End Of TermAccording to Fox Business journalist Eleanor Terret, recent White House…

Sometimes, when making difficult political decisions, it’s useful to ask: what would Reagan do? Right now, it seems to be one of those times. House Republicans are faced with foreign aid funding bills that are not popular. On a procedural rule vote in order to bring the funding bills to the floor today, 55 Republicans opposed it. A small handful even want to take down Speaker Mike Johnson.  There are measures in those funding bills that many conservatives don’t like and there are measures that many conservatives believe should’ve been in the bills and aren’t. What would Reagan do? I…

Pro-Palestinian student protesters resumed a third day of demonstrations Friday at Columbia University, saying their resolve has strengthened despite mass suspensions and arrests. “This is the moral thing to do,” said Eliette, 25, who uses they/them pronouns and declined to give their last name out of fear of retaliation from the school.The Columbia graduate student was one of 113 people arrested Thursday after the university asked police to break up a tent encampment students had set up early Wednesday on its south lawn in support of Gaza. Columbia President Nemat “Minouche” Shafik said in a memo to police that the protesters had…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 13:48 EDT | 4 min read Best Crypto to Buy Now April 19 – Bitcoin, Dogwifhat, THORChain / Source: CryptonewsWith the Bitcoin halving now just hours away, investors are asking whether BTC is the best crypto to buy now.BTC’s issuance rate to miners will drop by 50% in just over 8 hours, as per nicehash.com. It will fall from the current 6.25 BTC tokens per block to 3.125 BTC tokens per block. The Halving is Coming. #Bitcoin pic.twitter.com/JCD677j4Md — Michael Saylor⚡️ (@saylor) April 19, 2024This will reduce Bitcoin’s annual inflation rate to around 1%. And,…

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New York    Caitlyn Pratt is an avid Aldi shopper, so much so that she crosses state lines a few times a month, driving 45 minutes from her home in Heavener, Oklahoma to the nearest Aldi in neighboring Arkansas. The distance doesn’t bother her if it means she can do these three things: Stay within budget for her household needs, skip Walmart, and most importantly, indulge in a fun little affordable treasure hunt in a place that Aldi superfans have dubbed the “aisle of shame.” Aldi, a privately-held German discount grocer that touts a Walmart-like sales pitch of everyday low…

Anti-Israel protesters near Columbia University were heard shouting pro-Hamas slogans this week as demonstrations geared up at the private campus. “We are Hamas!” one aggressive protester was captured shouting on video. When a person asked her, “You’re Hamas, wow! You’re what? You’re Hamas?” she answered, “We are all Hamas, pig!” Another person could be heard calling, “Long live Hamas!” On Thursday, more than 100 anti-Israel protesters were arrested as they set up an encampment on campus that continued on Friday. MORE WILD ANTI-ISRAEL PROTESTERS DESCEND ON COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY LAWN VOWING TO ‘HOLD THIS LINE’ In response to Fox News asking about protesters shouting “We…

Taylor Swift released her highly anticipated eleventh album Friday, and it is expected to be a boon for record stores. The pop star’s “The Tortured Poets Department” (TTPD) album made its official debut overnight, roughly 2½ months after she revealed her plans to release it.Adrian Lee, purchaser for The Sound Garden in Baltimore, told FOX Business Friday the store has “had a number of people interested in purchasing” all four exclusive vinyl variants of Swift’s new album and “ended up with hundreds of pre-orders” for TTPD. The album is also expected to help drive more sales for The Sound Garden,…

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The Great Gatsby is set to open in under a week, on Thursday, April 25 at The Broadway Theatre. Direct from a sold-out world premiere at Paper Mill Playhouse last fall, the show features music & lyrics by Tony Award nominees Jason Howland and Nathan Tysen, a book by Jonathan Larson Grant winner Kait Kerrigan, and is staged by award-winning director Marc Bruni and choreographer Dominique Kelley.Check out a first look at the cast in action below!  The Great Gatsby stars Tony Award-nominated Broadway sensations Jeremy Jordan (Newsies, “Smash”) and Eva Noblezada (Hadestown, Miss Saigon). Joining Jordan and Noblezada in the principal cast are Noah J. Ricketts (“Fellow Travelers”, Frozen) as Nick Carraway, Samantha Pauly (Six) as Jordan Baker, Sara Chase (“The Unbreakable Kimmy…

Officials are investigating a video that showed a Colorado Rockies coach sitting in the cockpit during a team flight— a major security violation. The incident unfolded on a charter flight operated by United Airlines on April 10 from Denver to Toronto, the Wall Street Journal reported. Team hitting coach Hensley Meulens posted the clip on his Instagram, which was later deleted after it circulated online. In the clip, Meulens is seen sitting behind the controls in the captain’s seat in the cockpit. He gives the camera a thumbs up and the person filming pans to a uniformed United flight officer in the co-pilot…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 14:01 EDT | 2 min read Binance co-founder He Yi expressed optimism about former CEO Binance CZ’s legal situation and the exchange’s future at a Dubai event. Binance co-founder He Yi provided insights into Changpeng Zhao’s (CZ) legal situation at a Dubai event on April 19, expressing optimism despite his upcoming sentencing in the United States.This follows CZ’s plea deal, which resulted in his departure from Binance and the company’s substantial $4.3 billion forfeiture.While a potential sentence of up to 10 years exists, sentencing guidelines suggest a more probable term of 12 to 18 months,…

As open fighting between two of the Middle East’s best-armed players worsens, more than a million Palestinian lives hang in the balance.Israel on Thursday attacked Iran, in retaliation for an April 13 attack from Iranian drones and missiles, which was itself a retaliation for the Israeli bombing of an Iranian consulate on April 1.Iran downplayed the significance of the strike, with state media saying it caused no major damage. The U.S., Israel’s military lifeline, did so too. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told reporters the Biden administration “has not been involved in any offensive operations” and seeks “de-escalation and [to]…

In a new survey of women ages 18-59 conducted by Origin, the country’s leading provider of women’s pelvic floor and whole-body physical therapy, reveals that the generational divide also hits below the belt. “There’s this myth that pelvic floor issues are only impacting women later in life, but the rates among millennials were either higher or as high as Gen X,” says Carine Carmy, Origin’s co-founder and CEO, of the study’s results.Released yesterday, the company’s study conducted in partnership with market research giant Ipsos, found that 8 in 10 women, many of them millennials, are dealing with pelvic health problems.…

Dia Dipasupil/FilmMagic; Sarah Morris/FilmMagic Stevie Nicks has officially entered the TTPD chat. The Fleetwood Mac singer-songwriter, 75, penned the opening prologue poem for Taylor Swift’s latest studio album, The Tortured Poets Department, which was released on Friday, April 19. Fans who purchased the vinyl or CD copy were treated to Nicks’ handwritten words in the insert, alongside a simple dedication: “For T and me….” “He was in love with her / Or at least she thought so / She was brokenhearted / Maybe he was too,” Nicks began. “Neither of them knew / She was way too hot to handle…