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US Treasury to Create Unlegislated Regulations on Crypto Wallets, Change 'Definition of Money'

Using the fear-tactic buzzwords “terrorist financing” and “money laundering,” the US Treasury Department, under Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen, is set to expand regulations into the cryptosphere without seeking legislation to do so. A rule contai

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A Cashless Economy in Zimbabwe? With Little Cash, There’s Little Choice

Debit card machines are proliferating in churches, supermarkets and nightclubs as anxious Zimbabweans hoard American dollars or take them out of the country.

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Britain’s New 5-Pound Note Is Chewable, Washable and Harder to Fake - NYTimes.com

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Alexander Hamilton to Share Image on $10 Bill With a Woman

The Treasury Department announced Wednesday it will replace the image of its own founder, Alexander Hamilton, on the $10 bill, with a woman as yet to be determined.

I think that this is a good decision, although I am not happy that it means replacing an historically key figure in the founding of the United States.

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If The United States Retires The Penny, Where Will All The Old Ones Go?

I never thought about this before. Then I saw this article!