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Welcome back to The Interchange, where we take a look at the hottest fintech news of the previous week. If you want to receive The Interchange directly in your inbox every Sunday, head here to sign up! We’re looking at a bunch of news — from new unicorns, to a fintech doing good, to one that shut down, to another that did layoffs. Here we go! The first unicorn in 2024 is likely to be a fintech It’s a bold statement, I know. Reaching the $1 billion valuation milestone — aka, becoming a unicorn — is what startups live for. The number…

Pro-Bitcoin candidate Javier Milei. Pro-Bitcoin president elect Javier Milei. Those sentences have been repeated all over by several outlets, content creators, or social media accounts focused on the Bitcoin space, all encouraging that Argentina’s new president will enact policies that favor the growth of the ecosystem in what has for long been one of the leading nations in terms of adoption in the region. But why?On July 26, 2016, Milei made his first appearance on the Argentine late night show Animales Sueltos, hosted by his now friend, journalist and TV presenter Alejandro Fantino. There, Milei’s appearance, combined with his shaggy…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain We are biodiversity researchers—an ecologist, a mathematician and a taxonomist—who were locked down together during the COVID pandemic. Being restricted to the house, it didn’t take long before we began to wonder how many species of plants and animals we were sharing the space with. So we set to work counting them all. We guessed we would find around 200–300, and many of our colleagues guessed the same. There was nothing extraordinary about our 400 square meter block of land in Annerley, a suburb of Brisbane in Queensland, Australia. Roughly half the block was occupied by…

Councillors from Brighton and Hove City Council agreed to the recommendations which include restrictions on advertising foods with high fats, sugar or salt. The ban will affect council bus and taxi shelters across the city. Council leader Bella Sankey said: “Advertising is constantly adapting and there are many products that used to be advertised that are no longer permitted. It’s important that we make this move to prioritise the health of our residents. “Evidence shows the link between junk food advertising and an increase in buying and eating unhealthy foods. Restricting what foods can be advertised is just one of…

Location : The A34 southbound between the junctions with the A44 and the A420 . Reason : Congestion. Status : Currently Active. Return To Normal : Normal traffic conditions are expected between 14:15 and 14:30 on 10 December 2023. Delay : There are currently delays of 10 minutes against expected traffic. Source link

Jump to Recipe This crab rangoons air fryer recipe is an incredible appetizer or party food! It’s quick and easy to make restaurant-quality air fryer crab rangoons. Post includes Weight Watchers points. Crab rangoons are a popular appetizer in Asian restaurants. Thin wontons are filled with a cream cheese and crab meat mixture and then deep-fried until they are crispy on the outside and soft and tender on the inside. But this crab rangoons air fryer recipe lets you ditch all the oil and enjoy crispy air fryer crab rangoons that are every bit as delicious as their deep-fried counterparts. …

Hitachi’s UK operation has taken a multimillion pound writedown on the value of its plant in County Durham, as concerns mount over the future of the UK’s train manufacturing sector. In its latest company accounts, Hitachi revealed a £64.8m impairment to the value of its plant in Newton Aycliffe, citing issues including a production gap and inflation. Britain’s train manufacturers are reeling from a slowdown in rolling stock orders. Low passenger demand and increasing home working since the pandemic have decimated rail operator’s finances across the country, restricting orderbooks. The French giant Alstom is currently consulting on up to 1,300…

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Web3 protocol Blast has reached $823 million in total value locked (TVL) just weeks after its controversial launch in mid-November, with a 26.5% gain over the past seven days, according to data from DefiLlama. Behind Blast’s speedy growth is its unique business model. The protocol is a scaling solution for the Ethereum network and offers native yields to users who stake their funds. Users staking are promised a 4% yield on Ether (ETH) and a 5% yield on stablecoins.However, the protocol’s emergence has been marked by challenges and unpopular developments. On Nov. 30, Blast revealed that a user staking on the protocol…