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How To Stake Tezos (XTZ) Token

Tezos is a Proof-of-Stake-based, open-source blockchain network that allows assets, and applications to upgrade themselves. This generic and self-amending crypto-ledger protocol supports meta upgrading i.e the protocol can evolve by amending their code. Users that stake Tezos can participate in protocol governance that includes upgrades to the core protocol and to the amendment process itself.…

El Salvador to use energy from volcanos for crypto mining after Bitcoin Law receives green signal

El Salvador has been making news lately after openly embracing Bitcoin [BTC]. The country’s president seemed to be weighing in on the advancement of crypto in the region. Just as El Salvador garnered a thumbs up from Congress, its president, Nayib Bukele, revealed his plans to spruce up crypto adoption efficiently. The crypto community was…

Does the Medline mega-deal herald the return of giant buyouts?

BUYOUT SHOPS are neck-deep in dry powder. Earlier this year the world’s private-equity firms were sitting on $1.9trn in unspent capital. This month three of the biggest, Blackstone, Carlyle and Hellman & Friedman, reportedly agreed to pay $34bn for control of Medline, a supplier of medical equipment. It will be the biggest leveraged buyout since…

Will commercial jets break the sound barrier once again?

FOR 27 YEARS Concorde epitomised jet-setting glamour. Yet its elegant delta wings came with the ear-splitting noise of thirsty military-derived engines; champagne was served in a cramped cabin with small seats; and cruising at twice the speed of sound, which just about halved the time for an Atlantic crossing, cost twice the regular business-class fare.…