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foobar via The Variable: Ethereum Proof-of-Stake - Explaining Ethereum's consensus mechanism after The Merge.

Source: https://0xfoobar.substack.com/p/ethereum-proof-of-stake In this article foobar does a deep dive in: -detailed description of Ethereum’s PoS consensus model -comparing with other PoS chains such as BSC, Solana, Avalanche -how Ethereum PoS can recover from malicious attacks -refuting common anti-PoS talking points -discuss the practicalities

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SEC Alert! SEC Charges Empires Consulting Corp. with Fake Trading Scheme that allegedly raised at least $40 million by luring investors with false claims of one percent daily profits, but instead misappropriated large sums of investors' money for personal

Source: https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2022-119 According to the SEC's complaint, since at least late 2020, EmpiresX, based in South Florida, sold investments touting daily profits of one percent earned by a trading "bot" or Nicholas' manual trading. The complaint alleges that, in

Federal Reserve Alert! Atlanta Fed lowers its second-quarter GDP estimate to minus 1%, down from +0.3% on Monday

FINRA Alert Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6120 (Trading Halts) to Conform to Recent Amendments to the SIP Plans and to Make Technical and Clarifying Changes to the Rule

Source (pdf) Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of a Proposed Rule Change to Amend FINRA Rule 6120 (Trading Halts) to Conform to Recent Amendments to the SIP Plans and to Make Technical and Clarifying Changes to the Rule Comments due: 21 days after publication in the Federal RegisterAdditional Materials:

Federal Reserve RRP Alert! Federated Hermes U.S. Treasury Cash Reserves is no longer a reverse repo counterparty, effective June 29

Per u/OldmanRepo (the definitive source on all things RRP): They don’t use the RRP. Simply go through their monthly holding lists. https://www.federatedinvestors.com/products/mutual-funds/us-treasury-cash-reserves/is.do Go to characteristics and scroll down to their bimonthly holding list pdfs This looks to be a nothing