There’s a standoff in D.C. over which agency should oversee the growing universe of cryptocurrencies. Plus, the vitamin and supplement industry sees a pandemic-era boost.
Pedestrians walk under a Bitcoin cryptocurrency symbol displayed at a cryptocurrency exchange shop in Pristina on January 17, 2022. - Kosovo police on January 8 seized hundreds of cryptocurrency mining machines and arrested one person in the tense ethnic-Serb majority north as the country suffered an energy crisis. Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin are created through solving complex equations -- an endeavour that consumes enormous amounts of energy. Tensions between the Serb-majority area and the ethnic Albanian majority government are running high and Kosovo's government on Tuesday brought in a temporary ban on cryptocurrency mining in an effort to bring down electricity consumption.
The Small Business Administration recently announced changes to its small business size standards, which govern whether a business is eligible for small business contracts and aid. That could help businesses that were near the old size threshold.
Because gun control measures haven’t gone far, schools are investing in security, says The 74’s Mark Keierleber. Those measures come with significant costs.