“Within the lower than 24 hours since megastar Will Smith completely broken his public picture by slapping Chris Rock, a person half his measurement, the cryptosphere has launched at the least two tasks purporting to by some means put the occasion on the blockchain. Regardless of no apparent logical connection between crypto and The Slap Heard Around the World, the newly minted digital belongings even seem to have generated some gross sales.” (CoinDesk columnist David Z. Morris) … “At a ‘Metaverse Cocktail Hour for Fashionistxs,’ hosted by Money Labs, it was abundantly clear who had MANA and who didn’t. My avatar was dressed plainly, with a default coiffure and a default black turtleneck. Customers with fancier gear – huge units of wings, bear costumes, swarms of digital butterflies – stole the highlight.” (CoinDesk columnist Will Gottsegen) … “Among the many digital asset guidelines the administration is trying to replace are amending the mark-to-market guidelines to incorporate digital belongings; requiring reporting by sure taxpayers of overseas digital asset accounts; offering for data reporting by monetary establishments and crypto brokers; and treating loans of securities as tax-free to incorporate different asset courses and “deal with revenue inclusion. The administration estimates that modernizing these guidelines will convey in nearly $11 billion in income between 2023-2032, with greater than $4.8 billion coming from the primary yr of making use of mark-to-market guidelines to digital belongings.” (CoinDesk) … “After falling throughout the peak of COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020, the charges at which so-called prime-age employees –these aged 25 to 54 – are working or searching for work has rallied again to pre-pandemic ranges. But, with the economic system rising sooner than in many years, demand for labor has outpaced the provision of employees – at the least on the wages and advantages employers are providing.” (The New York Times)
