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Investment advisors held more than $4.7 billion worth of U.S.-based spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds as of the end of the second quarter.

New "BitVM2" paper from Robin Linus and a team of co-authors marks a leap forward from the initial design. Project would rely on advanced cryptography and a novel design to facilitate a secure "bridge" for transferring bitcoins from the main network to auxiliary networks known as "rollups." Unlike the earlier incarnation, BitVM2 is "permissionless," allowing anyone to challenge suspicious transactions, not just a fixed set of operators.

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The S&P 500 was up 1.6% on Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024, as a strong retail sales report underscored the resilience of U.S. consumers.

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New efforts to convert some types of commercial fishing to ropeless gear that is safer for rare whales will be supported by millions of dollars in funding, federal authorities said. Federal fishing managers are promoting the use of ropeless gear in the lobster and crab fishing industries because of the plight of North Atlantic right whales. The whales number less than 360, and they face existential threats from entanglement in fishing gear and collisions with large ships.

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