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[Link] $35m chalets, $14,000 bottles of wine and $700 tips: Russians made this town rich. Now they have vanished

Read: 10/4/2022 www.abc.net.au

Before the war against Ukraine started just over a month ago, the exclusive French ski resort of Courchevel was buzzing with wealthy Russians. They constituted 7 per cent of its tourist population, but in terms of the town's income, Russia's elite were a goldmine.

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[Link] Ukraine Canceled Crypto Airdrop Because Unethical Investors Wanted ‘Profit’

Read: 13/3/2022 www.vice.com

Soon after Russia invaded Ukraine, crypto donations started to pour in from around the world as people rushed to help the country in its defense against a foreign aggressor.

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[Link] RBA governor Philip Lowe signals central bank is open to retail digital currencies

Read: 9/12/2021 www.theguardian.com

Australia’s Reserve Bank has flagged support for a retail form of digital currency, with governor Philip Lowe outlining ways that tokens, rather than regular dollars, might circulate more freely in the economy.

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[Link] Another Porn Site Says Banks Forced It to Stop Paying Sex Workers

Read: 2/12/2021 www.vice.com

Throughout December, models can keep selling content as usual. On January 1, however, all content on the site will be free. AVN and AVN Stars did not immediately respond to requests for comment. 

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[Link] Westpac admits to charging 11,000 dead customers, ASIC sues for 'widespread' breaches

Read: 29/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) has launched six court cases against Westpac for alleged, widespread compliance failures that affected thousands of deceased consumers.

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[Link] India Has Millions of Crypto Investors. A Proposed Ban Has Them Petrified.

Read: 25/11/2021 www.vice.com

In a move that has led to panic selling among local crypto investors, the Indian parliament announced on Nov. 23 that it is deliberating a bill that seeks to “prohibit all private cryptocurrencies in India” to pave the way for a single official digital currency to be issued by the government.

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[Link] Father and Son Help Crack Unsolved 1969 Bank Robbery

Read: 15/11/2021 www.nytimes.com

Theodore J. Conrad pulled off one of the biggest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history. The case eluded officials for decades, until an obituary appeared online and family secrets began to unravel. The boy watched as his father, John K.

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[Link] Australia's largest bank is getting into cryptocurrency. Here's why its competitors aren't

Read: 4/11/2021 www.abc.net.au

After one major Australian bank this week announced it'll give customers the option of trading crypto currencies, such as Bitcoin, on its existing banking app, you might have expected others to follow. However, they have told the ABC they will not at this stage.

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[Link] Coinbase Goes Nuclear After SEC Threatens to Sue Over Crypto Loans

Read: 8/9/2021 www.vice.com

Notably, the fine print states that Coinbase is not a bank and funds lent through the service would not be protected by FIDC or SIPC insurance, which insure funds held in US savings accounts and financial instruments like stocks, respectively.

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[Link] Zip plunges into the red as global expansion costs bite

Read: 25/8/2021 www.afr.com

Key Points Revenue ($m) 403.2, up 150.4% from year-earlier 161.0 Pre-tax loss($m) -718.3 compared with year-earlier 20.6 Net loss ($m) -652.5 compared with year-earlier -19.9 No dividend declared.

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[Link] School banking programs banned in Canberra from July

Read: 10/2/2021 www.abc.net.au

School banking programs, like Commonwealth Bank's Dollarmites program, will be banned from ACT schools from July, after a motion was unanimously passed in the Legislative Assembly yesterday afternoon.

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