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Senators Ask Treasury to Probe if Russia Can Use Crypto to Get Around Sanctions

Senators Ask Treasury to Probe if Russia Can Use Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
Senators Ask Treasury to Probe if Russia Can Use Crypto to Get Around Sanctions
March 02, 2022  |  Cryptocurrency

Four Democratic U.S. senators Wednesday requested Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen explain how her department plans to get cryptocurrency companies to enforce economic sanctions on...

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PYMNTS Blockchain Series: Litecoin Is the ‘Silver’ to Bitcoin’s ‘Gold’
PYMNTS Blockchain Series: Litecoin Is the ‘Silver’ to Bitcoin’s ‘Gold’
March 02, 2022  |  Blockchain

Throughout this series of articles, we’re looking at the top blockchains in cryptocurrency to help you make sense of the alphabet soup of so-called “altcoins”...

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Wells Fargo, Brand Exec Retooling Bank’s Image to Part Ways
Wells Fargo, Brand Exec Retooling Bank’s Image to Part Ways
March 02, 2022  |  Banking

Wells Fargo will be replacing Barri Rafferty, who was the point person for rehabilitating the bank’s image, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday (March 2)....

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Netflix Suspends Russia Projects, Acquisitions
Netflix Suspends Russia Projects, Acquisitions
March 02, 2022  |  Streaming

Netflix will be stopping all future projects and acquisitions in Russia due to that country’s invasion of Ukraine, Reuters reported Wednesday (March 2). Get the...

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Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
Amazon to Shutter Physical Bookstores, Focus on Grocery Opportunities
March 02, 2022  |  Amazon

Amazon will be closing its physical bookstores, including “Amazon 4-Star” locations and mall pop-up locations, narrowing its brick-and-mortar locations to focus on groceries, Bloomberg wrote...

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Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix’s ‘Next’ Move Is Gaming
Today in the Connected Economy: Netflix’s ‘Next’ Move Is Gaming
March 02, 2022  |  Connected Economy

Today in the connected economy, Netflix gets into gaming with its planned acquisition of Next Games, while delivery service Gopuff expands across France. Plus, a...

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EMEA Daily: China Will Sit Out Russia Sanctions; UK Regulator Bans Crypto Floki Inu Ad
EMEA Daily: China Will Sit Out Russia Sanctions; UK Regulator Bans Crypto Floki Inu Ad
March 02, 2022  |  International

In today’s top Europe, Middle East and Africa news, count China out of joining the West’s sanctions against Russia for its war on Ukraine, and...

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SoFi Adds Record 523,000 New Members in Q4, Lauds Product Growth
SoFi Adds Record 523,000 New Members in Q4, Lauds Product Growth
March 02, 2022  |  Earnings

SoFi Technologies, which offers digital financial services, reported its quarterly results on Wednesday (March 2) and said the company had been growing in members exponentially....

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Amazon Closes Book on Bookstores, Focuses Brick-and-Mortar on Grocery, Retail 
Amazon Closes Book on Bookstores, Focuses Brick-and-Mortar on Grocery, Retail 
March 02, 2022  |  Amazon

At first glance, it might seem at least a bit ironic that Amazon would be shuttering bookstores. Get the Full Story Complete the form to...

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