Last updated: April 19, 2024 13:06 EDT | 1 min read Understanding the implications of the Bitcoin halving on miners and the cryptocurrency market. Bitcoin’s fourth halving event is imminent and will occur just after midnight UTC on April 20 (8 pm ET today), which will reduce the block subsidy reward for miners from 6.25 BTC to 3.125 BTC per block, potentially impacting the cryptocurrency’s price and mining operations.Bitcoin halvings occur automatically every 210,000 blocks or approximately every four years. To understand the importance of this event, let’s examine previous halving events and their historical impact on the industry.A Look…

Ford Motor Co. celebrated the Mustang’s 60th anniversary on Wednesday with the pony car now in its seventh generation, having become an icon of the American auto industry. The Ford Mustang debuted April 17, 1964, at the New York World’s Fair and has carved out a unique legacy in the decades since its launch, even as its features have changed over time.”Mustang has stylistically and performance-wise been a vehicle that appealed to the masses — anybody who wants a cool-looking car that goes fast, Mustang is there for you,” Ford Heritage Brand Manager Ted Ryan told FOX Business. Here’s a…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 13:06 EDT | 4 min read Litecoin Price Prediction as LTC Consolidates at $80 Level – $1,000 LTC Possible? / Source: Cryptonews As the Litecoin (LTC) price consolidates at the $80 level, some are asking whether 10x gains, or even a rally to $1,000 might be possible this crypto bull market.Bitcoin (BTC) rallied to record levels near $74,000 last month. At the same time, Litecoin was only able to rally to highs just above $110 this month.That left it still down around 73% versus its December 2017 record highs at $420. But in light of…

Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. If you have no credit history or a bad credit score, you may have trouble qualifying for a personal loan without a cosigner. Even if you’re approved on your own, a lender may charge you fees and a high interest rate. But the good news is that your credit score isn’t…

PLACENTIA, Calif. () — The homeless crisis has sparked a movement among religious institutions, dubbed “yes in God’s backyard,” or “YIGBY,” to convert their surplus land and underutilized parking lots into affordable housing.A number of projects are already underway across California cities, but institutions often face hurdles trying because their land is not zoned for residential use.A new state law, SB4, hopes to make the process easier.The law will allow religious institutions and nonprofit colleges to use some of their property for low-income housing. Land can be rezoned, bypassing most local permitting and environmental review rules that can be costly…

BEIJING — For more and more people in China, coffee has become their cup of tea.Last year, China overtook the United States as the country with the most branded coffee shops in the world, according to a report by World Coffee Portal. The number of outlets in China grew 58% in 2023 to almost 50,000, compared with about 40,000 in the U.S.The Chinese coffee market used to be dominated by foreign brands such as Starbucks, Tim Hortons of Canada and Costa Coffee from Britain. But they face intensifying competition from Chinese coffee chains such as Luckin, Cotti and Manner, as…

Broadway review by Adam Feldman  David Adjmi’s intimately epic behind-the-music drama Stereophonic has now moved to Broadway after a hit fall run at Playwrights Horizons. At the smaller venue, the audience felt almost immersed in the room where the show takes place: a wood-paneled 1970s recording studiodecked out by set designer David Zinn as a plush vision of brown, orange, mustard, sage and rustwhere a rock band is trying to perfect what could be its definitive album. Some fans of the play have wondered if it could work as well on a larger stage, but that question has a happy answer: Daniel Aukin’s…

Last updated: April 19, 2024 15:42 EDT | 1 min read Telegram and Tether partner to allow USDT payments through The Open Network (TON) and the Telegram wallet, potentially driving stablecoin adoption. Encrypted messaging platform Telegram and Tether have joined forces, enabling users to send USDT payments through The Open Network (TON) and the Telegram wallet, as formally announced by the companies’ founders on Friday at Token2049 in Dubai.USDT Payments On Telegram Via The Open Network and Telegram WalletAccording to the official announcement, Telegram users can now purchase USDT and send the stablecoin to others through TON, an independent blockchain…

Rap beef is as common as inflation in 2024, but one in particular stands out right now.And that’s everybody versus Drake. Drake has feuds that are decades long, but it was Future and Metro Boomin’s “We Don’t Trust You” album that fanned the flames.Kendrick Lamar’s verse on their “Like That” track got the most attention. The Compton rapper called out Drake’s previous sneak disses and crowned himself the top dog over Drake and collaborator J. Cole, rapping, “motherf**k the big three, n***a, it’s just big me.”Drizzy responded with his own diss, “Push Ups.” Along with Kendrick, Future and Metro, he…

Us Weekly has affiliate partnerships. We receive compensation when you click on a link and make a purchase. Learn more! If you want your makeup to stay, it’s important to find a setting powder that works for you. It’s one integral step when it comes to creating great makeup looks, and it can help your pores look like they’ve all but disappeared. There’s one absolutely fantastic powder that’s been floating around social media for some time now, and once we tried it, we knew we’d be coming back for more. Related: This Cult Favorite Setting Powder Makes IRL Filtered Selfies…

The man who set himself on fire outside the New York City courthouse where former President Trump’s hush money trial was being held has been pronounced dead, according to officials.Maxwell Azzarello, 37, of St. Augustine, Florida, died Friday night from his severe burns after lighting himself on fire earlier in the day inside Collect Pond Park near the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse.Azzarello was pronounced dead at about 10:30 p.m., police said, according to the New York Post.At around 1:30 p.m., Azzarello looked through his backpack and threw numerous pamphlets in the air, before he poured accelerant on his body and ignited…

Our goal here at Credible Operations, Inc., NMLS Number 1681276, referred to as “Credible” below, is to give you the tools and confidence you need to improve your finances. Although we do promote products from our partner lenders who compensate us for our services, all opinions are our own. Your credit score affects your ability to get a loan, how much you can borrow, the interest rates you’re eligible for, and sometimes, even whether you qualify to rent an apartment.  When you’re applying for a personal loan, having a good credit score can help you get the lowest available interest…

USC announces no outside speakers or honorees at 2024 graduation ceremony USC announces no outside speakers or honorees at 2024 graduation ceremony 02:28 The University of Southern California is removing outside speakers and honorees from next month’s graduation ceremony after a controversial decision to ban the university’s valedictorian from delivering her commencement speech.”To keep the focus on our graduates, we are redesigning the commencement program,” USC said in a statement Friday afternoon. The administration slated “Crazy Rich Asians” director Jon M. Chu as the commencement speaker for the Class of 2024, according to a recently deleted page from the university’s website. …

Jenna Fischer is a trooper! According to a new interview with People, the Mean Girls actress, who played Ms. Heron in the film, broke her shoulder during a break in filming.“I shot for one day on Mean Girls, and then I didn’t have to shoot for a month. And in that month I went on a ski trip and I fell on a sidewalk and I broke my shoulder…So I had to shoot the rest of the movie with a very newly broken shoulder”Though the situation wasn’t ideal, the actress highlighted some things that the production team did to make the best…

   Not even a beer at the movies is spared from shrinkflation, alleges a lawsuit against Cinemark. And one man is spearheading the fight against what he considers false advertising on his beer pour. The proposed class-action suit, filed this week in a Texas federal court, claims that the theater chain’s 24-ounce drink cups can only hold a maximum of 22 ounces, purposely misleading customers. According to the lawsuit, the lead plaintiff, Shane Waldrop, ordered a 24-ounce beer from a Texas Cinemark theater on Valentine’s Day this year and observed that the 24-ounce container did not seem large enough to…