South Korea bans Crypto, Ethereum hit an all time high. MoneyGram and Ripple team up. Arizona considers letting residents pay taxes with digital currency. John Detrixhe, future of finance reporter at Quartz weighs in on all the latest headlines.
South Korea is planning to put a ban on trading virtual currency in the nation. The new causing Bitcoin to drop.
A new bill submitted to the Arizona Senate could allow people to pay taxes with crypto. The bill, introduced Tuesday, has been referred to the Arizona Senate Rules Committee for further deliberation. A similar effort was undertaken in New Hampshire in 2016. But concern over bitcoin's volatile price ultimately led to the bill's failure.
John Detrixhe, future of finance reporter at Quartz takes a look at the top hubs for cryptocurrency. Including Moscow, Silicon Valley, New York and London.
The Department of Transportation is investigating a Delta Air Lines flight where passengers were stuck in extreme heat while waiting on a flight on the tarmac.
Billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott's first open call for grants yielded 6,353 applications from nonprofits — meaning candidates have at least a 4% chance of being selected for a $1 million grant.
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes fell in June to the slowest pace since January, as a near-historic low number of homes for sale and rising mortgage rates kept many would-be homebuyers on the sidelines. The national median sales price fell on an annual basis for the fifth month in a row, though fierce competition led to about one-third of homes selling for more than their list price.
