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A first-of-its-kind municipal bond backed by bitcoin is moving closer to issuance after receiving a sub-investment-grade rating from Moody’s Investors Service, marking a major step in the convergence of digital assets and traditional public finance. The proposed $100 million issuance, structured by the New Hampshire Business Finance Authority (BFA), earned a Ba2 rating — two notches below investment grade, according to Bloomberg reporting. If completed, the deal would represent the first municipal bond backed by bitcoin collateral, opening a potential new pathway for institutional capital to access the asset class through regulated fixed-income markets. Under the proposed structure, bond payments…

Tyrion Lannister, known as the ‘Imp of Casterly Rock,’ embodies the spirit of perseverance through his cleverness and self-acceptance. His poignant line, ‘Never forget what you are, for surely the world will not. Make it your strength,’ highlights the importance of owning one’s vulnerabilities. The Imp of Casterly Rock, Tyrion Lannister is another one of ‘Game of Thrones’ most inspiring characters. The dwarf son of Tywin Lannister, he survived in a world filled with giants through his wit, his confidence, and his strength to command a room. Although he is known as ‘The Imp’ in a derogatory sense, he repurposes…

Shreyas Iyer (Pic credit: IPL) NEW DELHI: Punjab Kings may have opened their Indian Premier League 2026 campaign with a thrilling win, but skipper Shreyas Iyer found himself in trouble with the league for a slow over-rate during the match against Gujarat Titans in New Chandigarh on Tuesday.PBKS edged GT by three wickets in a tense chase, riding on a superb debut performance from Cooper Connolly, who struck an unbeaten 72 off 44 balls. However, the victory was followed by disciplinary action, as the IPL confirmed that Iyer had been fined Rs 12 lakh for maintaining a slow over-rate —…

Karnataka 2nd PUC result 2026 Karnataka 2nd PUC result 2026: The Karnataka School Examination and Assessment Board (KSEAB) is expected to announce the 2nd PUC results on the official website, kseab.karnataka.gov.in or karresults.nic.in. Going by past trends and official indications, the results are expected to be declared in the first or second week of April. The Karnataka 1st PUC results were released yesterday, March 31, 2026. Officials are likely to release the results through a formal press conference before activating the scorecard link on the official websites, kseab.karnataka.gov.in and karresults.nic.in. Students will be required to enter their registration number and…

Join Our Telegram channel to stay up to date on breaking news coverage Despite a significant decline in trading sales volume and a +30% drop in total market value in 2025 compared to 2024, new asset issuance has accelerated in 2026, leading to a surge in trading sales volume. The Del Mundos is one of the newest NFT collections in the NFT market. In this article, we shall explore more about this new NFT collection, which is taking the NFT space by storm. The Del Mundos NFT Overview Launched January 20, 2026, the Del Mundos is a non-fungible token collection…

The Indian Rupee (INR) opens higher against the US Dollar (USD) on Wednesday after a holiday due to the Shri Mahavir Jayanti the previous day. The USD/INR pair slumps to near 93.65 from the all-time high of 95.22 posted on Monday, as a significant de-escalation in the Middle East war, following comments from both the United States (US) and Iran signaling their willingness to end the war, has improved the appeal of risk-sensitive assets.US and Iran show readiness to end Middle East warOn Tuesday, Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian told European Union (EU) Council President António Costa that his country is…

Whether or not we believe in any god, most of us here in the twen­ty-first cen­tu­ry have the impres­sion of divine rulers over­look­ing human­i­ty with at least the­o­ret­i­cal love and benev­o­lence. They for­give us, they have plans for us, they nev­er close a door with­out open­ing a win­dow, and so on. But in the par­tic­u­lar case of the Chris­t­ian God, we’ve all heard that he both giveth and taketh away, even if we’ve nev­er so much as opened the Bible, Old Tes­ta­ment or New. That line comes from the Book of Job, which belongs to the Old, a text whose…

Alec and Hilaria Baldwin’s nine-year-old son landed himself in the hospital while on a recent family holiday after “splitting his head open.”Hilaria, 42, shared photos of Leo lying in a hospital bed as part of an Instagram post, explaining that her family had come to visit her during a work trip before the incident happened.In the post the nine-year-old can be seen lying in a hospital bed with a doctor leaning over him. Other photos show an upclose shot of bandages on his forehead.Hilaria shared photos of Leo lying in a hospital bed as part of an Instagram post. (Instagram)”I…

Regrouting blackened bathroom tiles; filling out a commercial tax return; cleaning the mouldering leaves out of a clogged storm drain; grudgingly buying a birthday gift for a racist aunt; reviewing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie… All things that slumber in the dismal depths of your personal To Do list that you try your very best to avoid until time eventually runs out. Among the menial domestic tasks listed above, reviewing The Super Mario Galaxy Movie is perhaps laced with the highest level of residual disappointment, as it involves having to grapple with the notion of wasted talent and group capitulation to cynical corporate homogenisation on an…

Where occupational licensing exceeds genuine public safety needs, it substitutes centralized judgment and political privilege for the preferences of consumers and workers. Introduction: Individual Rights and the Public Good The tension between individual rights and the common good is as old as political theory itself. One area in which this question arises is that of occupational licensing. To what extent can (or should) the government require a license to engage in commercial activity? What are the public safety arguments for that occupational licensing? And what forms can (or should) that occupational licensing take, from fees to examinations, or outside certifications?…