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Pro-Bitcoin Donald Trump Becomes the 47th President of the United States

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Donald J. Trump has officially emerged victorious, claiming the presidency for a second time as the 47th President of the United States. With a critical victory in Pennsylvania and a decisive win in Wisconsin, Trump clinched the presidency by surpassing the 270 electoral votes needed to secure his return to the White House. These key battleground states, which were closely contested throughout the campaign, proved pivotal in pushing Trump over the threshold, solidifying his victory. Trump’s final electoral tally reflects significant support across much of the Midwest and South, with…

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United Kingdom’s digital pound meets public backlash — Why?

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British society is both civil and democratic, so it wasn’t unexpected that the government of the United Kingdom would “consult” the public before signing off on a digital version of the British pound. The response it received may have been surprising, though. The public canvassing conducted jointly by His Majesty’s Treasury and the Bank of England between February and June of 2023 drew some 50,000 responses, and it unleashed a “public backlash,” according to The Telegraph — a U.K. newspaper — with “widespread public concern about privacy as well as…

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