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Snow in Hawaii? Cold air and moisture deliver snow to the state’s tallest mountain

By AUDREY McAVOY HONOLULU (AP) — Snow fell on Hawaii’s tallest peak this week, briefly turning the mountaintop into a winter wonderland. The summit area of Mauna Kea on the Big Island got about 2 inches (5 centimeters) of white powder. Hawaii is better known for its warm weather, beaches and rainforests. But it’s not unusual for…

SEC Reportedly Considering Classifying XRP as a Commodity

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is reportedly considering classifying XRP as a commodity rather than a security. This discussion is said to have emerged amid ongoing settlement negotiations between the agency and Ripple Labs, potentially signaling a shift in its regulatory stance. SEC Weighs XRP’s Commodity Status According to insiders cited by senior...

Romanian farm stores chain Agroland lists 2028 bonds with 9.5% coupon

Agroland Business System, which operates the largest network of agricultural stores in Romania, listed on the Bucharest Stock Exchange its second issue of registered, dematerialized, unsecured, and non-convertible bonds, with a total value of RON 6.92 million (EUR 1.4 million). The bonds carry a nominal fixed coupon of 9.75% / year, payable semi-annually, with the...

How Riverside County won California’s pandemic economy

While Riverside County may not exude the tech-driven energy of the Bay Area or the coastal creativity of Southern California, its warehouse-powered economy emerged as the state’s top performer during the pandemic era. That accolade comes from my trusty spreadsheet, which found Southern California’s inland powerhouse dominating two key growth trends – population and jobs...

Bitcoin To $10,000? Top Analyst Issues A Stark Warning

An analyst revealed on Friday that Bitcoin might suffer a 91% decline from the coin’s all-time high of $109,000 per coin in January 2025, suggesting that the most popular cryptocurrency could potentially crash. Mike McGlone believes that the firstborn crypto might plummet to a low of $10,000 per coin, reigniting concerns that Bitcoin might experience...

Marius Costin takes over as CEO of Romanian payment services provider Netopia Group

Marius Costin took over as CEO of payment services provider Netopia Group starting March 14, while Niculae Vasile has been appointed the group’s CTO, the company announced. Co-founder Felix Crisan had previously held both roles. Marius Costin, who was previously the CEO of PayU Romania and the CEE CEO of Mokka, will work “to strengthen...

Bitcoin Needs Weekly Close Above This Level To Confirm Market Bottom, Analyst Says

In an X post published yesterday, crypto analyst Matthew Hyland highlighted that according to the weekly timeframe chart, Bitcoin (BTC) is likely to test the support level between $69,000 to $74,000 in the coming months. Is The Bitcoin Bottom In? Hyland noted that BTC’s weekly resistance level currently hovers around the $90,500 level. The analyst...

On-Chain Data Signals Key Test For Solana At $135 Level – Insights

Solana has been struggling since late January, experiencing a sharp decline alongside the broader crypto market. SOL has lost over 60% of its value, with bulls now fighting to hold onto current price levels. Analysts remain skeptical, calling for a continuation of the downtrend as Solana struggles to reclaim higher levels. Despite the negative sentiment,...

UN human rights chief voices horror at Israel’s new Gaza strikes

Volker Türk calls for immediate end to violence and unconditional release of hostages Middle East crisis – live updates The UN’s human rights chief has voiced horror at Israel’s resumption of airstrikes on Gaza that have killed at least 404 people, saying further misery was being inflicted on people “already suffering catastrophic conditions”. In a...

Three major candidates in the race for Romania’s presidency

Based on the available polls, an evaluation of the candidate’s potential, and considering the dynamics of the electoral debates, three major candidates emerge as main players ahead of the presidential rerun scheduled for May: ruling coalition’s candidate Crin Antonescu, the president of far-right party AUR George Simion, and Bucharest mayor Nicusor Dan – running as...

Ethereum Is Retesting A 5-Year Long Trendline – Massive Rally Incoming?

Ethereum is currently consolidating below the $2,000 mark, trading within a narrow range between $1,800 and $1,900 as market uncertainty persists. Bulls have lost control, and speculation about a potential continuation of the bear trend is growing among analysts and investors. With macroeconomic instability, rising trade war fears, and erratic policy decisions from US President...

Leaders uplift youth athletes at LA Women’s History Month event

The future of sports is female. Women professional athletes, industry trailblazers, and local student athletes gathered together Tuesday, March 11, for a Women’s History Month celebration in Los Angeles. The “Play Because It Matters: Women Leading the Way” event, hosted at the LA84 Foundation’s West Adams campus, aimed to inspire and empower the next generation...

Recent Ripple v. SEC Lawsuit Updates, Interesting XRP Price Predictions, and More: Bits Recap March 14

TL;DR Speculation is rising that the case between Ripple and the SEC could conclude before April 16, with the company supposedly negotiating a lower penalty. Analysts foresee a major price surge for XRP in the short term. The X user Crypto General targets $9, while EGRAG CRYPTO predicts an extreme rally to $27-$222, though such...

INTERVIEW Loredana Macaneata, Nuclearelectrica: “Starting with the 2024-2025 academic year, we have launched Romania’s first university degree programs in a dual system”

“Over the next decade, Nuclearelectrica will need to hire over 2,000 people to support our strategic projects. This is why we are investing in a comprehensive, multi-level strategy to build and sustain a pipeline of nuclear talent,” Loredana Macaneata, HR Director, Nuclearelectrica told The Diplomat-Bucharest. “Our approach begins with education and early engagement. There are...

FLock Web3 Agent Model accuracy surpasses GPT-4o and Gemini

[PRESS RELEASE – London, UK, March 12th, 2025] Web3 leader FLock.io has unveiled its milestone FLock Web3 Agent Model—a specialized LLM designed to execute complex tasks with precise function calls and on-chain analytics. Designed to power AI Agent projects with greater efficiency, and has already been snapped up by io.net, OpenGradient, and HashKey Chain. FLock...

Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

Last November, when Azerbaijan hosted COP29, the United Nations’ annual climate summit, it was a sort of coming-out party for the country. Organizers wanted to showcase how their small nation of nearly 11 million, on the western shore of the Caspian Sea, had evolved over its three decades of independence and was ready to play...

No. 4 UCLA embraces gymnastics rivalry with No. 5 Utah

UCLA gymnastics head coach Janelle McDonald made an important phone call on the day that the school announced its move to the Big Ten Conference. “I got on a call with the head coach at Utah at the time and said, ‘We need to keep this West Coast thing going,’” McDonald recalled. The No. 4...

Yosemite under a winter weather advisory Sunday and Monday – up to 12 inches of snow

Yosemite is the focus of a winter weather advisory issued at 10:08 a.m. on Saturday by the National Weather Service. The advisory is valid from Sunday 11 p.m. until Monday, Mar. 17 at 11 p.m. According to the NWS Hanford CA, “Snow expected at elevations mainly above 6,000 feet Sunday night lowering to around 5,000...

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Bitcoin ETFs See a Glimmer of Hope as Inflows Hit a 6-Week High

After weeks and weeks of consecutive days deep in the red, the spot Bitcoin ETFs registered their best day since February 4 in terms of net inflows on Monday. However, the same cannot be said about the spot Ethereum ETFs, as their negative streak has extended to nine days. BTC ETFs’ Return? The spot BTC...

Johns Hopkins to slash nearly 2,000 jobs after losing $800 million in federal grants

More than 2,000 positions related to global health are being cut from the Johns Hopkins University after the Baltimore institution saw $800 million in federal grants disappear, a spokesperson confirmed Thursday. Hopkins’ medical school; the Bloomberg School of Public Health, including its Center for Communication Programs; and JHPIEGO, the university’s health initiative that focuses on...

USC’s NFL prospects try to shine on another rainy Pro Day on campus

LOS ANGELES – It’s one of the reasons players come to USC – the L.A. sunshine, beaming almost every day of the year except, apparently, on Pro Day, the on-campus NFL showcase that also happens to be a major draw for the Trojans. For the third consecutive year, rain fell on the school’s aspiring pro...

Federal judge appears skeptical probationary firings were for performance

By BRIAN WITTE, Associated Press BALTIMORE (AP) — A federal judge repeatedly sounded skeptical on Wednesday that the Trump administration’s mass firings of probationary federal workers were made by the government because the employees couldn’t do their jobs, saying the terminations appeared to be part of a larger goal. U.S. District Judge James Bredar made...

Ukraine ceasefire plans moving to operational phase, Starmer says

UK prime minister accuses Putin of trying to delay peace and calls for ‘guns to fall silent’ Keir Starmer has called for the “guns to fall silent in Ukraine” and said military powers will meet next week as plans to secure a peace deal move to an “operational phase”. The UK prime minister said Vladimir...

Trump says his administration is set to release JFK files with no redactions

By JAMIE STENGLE, Associated Press DALLAS (AP) — President Donald Trump says files related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy will be released Tuesday without any redactions, making good on a promise he made during his campaign. Trump told reporters Monday that his administration will be releasing 80,000 files, though it’s not...

How the color of St. Patrick’s Day went from blue to green

By Bryan McGovern, Kennesaw State University, (THE CONVERSATION) St. Patrick’s Day usually conjures images of partying, Catholicism, Irish nationalism and, perhaps most famously, the color green: green clothes, green shamrocks, green beer and green rivers. So my students are often surprised when I tell them that St. Patrick’s Day was once a solemn feast day...

PayX: The Future of Institutional Crypto Payments in a Rapidly Evolving Market

[PRESS RELEASE – London, United Kingdom, March 13th, 2025] PayX has announced the launch of its pre-sale, introducing an early participation phase for its digital payment platform. Designed to address common challenges in traditional payment systems—such as transaction speed, fees, and security—PayX aims to offer a more efficient and cost-effective global payment solution. The digital...