Unfortunately, most schools and colleges have blocked some websites from being accessed when using the school Wi-Fi. So, why do schools block Discord? This guide has explained why Discord is blocked at school and how you can bypass the blocking and access it while using the school Wi-Fi. Please continue reading to learn more details regarding the topic. Why Is Discord Blocked at School? Many schools have blocked some websites from being accessed using the school Wi-Fi....

People use Facebook for a variety of reasons. They share photos, write their opinions on a specific topic, post funny memes, share news or simply talk to one another. Facebook also has different groups where like-minded people can discuss shared interests and hobbies. For most people, the goal of sharing and posting content is to get maximum visibility and engagement. This can be tracked via likes, comments, and shares of a post and the buzz it has created in the community....

In particular, the IFC is supporting a blockchain-enabled platform for trading carbon offsets in an effort to increase institutional investors’ support for climate-friendly initiatives in emerging markets, according to a Reuters report on August 17. The IFC hopes that adopting blockchain, a digital database containing information that can be openly shared across a huge decentralized network, would enhance the usage of carbon offsets to a larger level than more conventional ways....

According to the agency, the market downturn can be equated to the dot-com bubble, where most companies were wiped out with formidable entities standing out, said WEF’s Digital Currency Governance Consortium official Dante Disparte in a blog post published on January 2. Indeed, the WEF pointed out that the future of cryptocurrencies will be guided by the regulatory outlook while acknowledging the role of blockchain technology in the general financial sector....

To this end, the group has enlisted Deloitte, one of the Big Four Firms, which will help it develop a platform to offer the retailer’s 11 million-strong customer base a “new investment concept”, according to an El Confidential report on March 24. The decision is the result of a months-long “internal debate on the suitability of venturing into this world of alternative investments”, and includes the creation of a new company called Bitcor, which will allow clients to trade digital assets like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH)....

Many investors are kicking themselves for not having put money into Bitcoin in its “early days,” wondering how much money even just $1 put into Bitcoin back then would be worth now. According to data calculated by Finbold, investors who bought $1 worth of Bitcoin in January 2013 when the digital asset was trading at $13.30 would have seen their investment grow to be worth $1,417 as of January 13, when the price of one BTC was $18,881....

As equity markets recovered from this week’s earlier drop, Bitcoin’s price rose, and the world’s most valuable cryptocurrency may encounter resistance between $50,000 and $55,000 over the weekend. Indeed, Bitcoin’s price is trading at $48,871 at the time of publication, up 3.44% in the previous 24 hours and 3.56% in the last week, with a market dominance of 43.7%, according to CoinMarketCap data. It appears that Bitcoin and crypto buyers, in general, were encouraged by the Coinbase statement on Thursday that it would add more than $500 million in cryptocurrency to its portfolio....

In a now-deleted tweet on November 15, Burry stated that the moment for gold to rise would be when crypto-related scandals merge into what he termed a ‘contagion.’ Burry’s comments come as gold continues to rally despite the prevailing macroeconomic factors driven by rising inflation and possible continued interest rate hikes. In particular, gold hit a 60-day high, trading at $1,780. Crypto market remains depressed amid piling scandals It is worth noting that the crypto space has been impacted by myriad scandals that have significantly contributed to the depressed prices....

Nassim Nicholas Taleb’s now popular “The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable“ is a book about epistemology, probability, risk, and psychological biases. As such, it’s more of a book on how NOT to invest rather than how to invest. The term black swan itself has entered the common financial vernacular and is used to describe an outlier event entirely outside of the realm of predictable expectations, which has a disproportionate impact on future developments....

Speaking during an interview with Yahoo Finance on August 27, Belfort noted that his 2017 stand was due to the view that the asset was a scam while suggesting Bitcoin had properties of a fraudulent project. Impact of 2018 crypto winter Furthermore, Belfort stated that following the growth of cryptocurrencies, he believed a regulatory crackdown would push the asset to zero since it likely posed a threat. At the same time, he explained how the 2018 crypto winter changed his mind....

Data acquired by Finbold.com indicates that as of October 2020, the top leading podcast publishers in the United States hit 1.06 billion downloads and streams globally. iHeartRadio leads with about 266 million downloads accounting for about 26% of the downloads. NPR has the second-highest download at 219 million, followed by New York Times’ 155 million downloads at streams. PRX has the fourth-highest downloads and streams at 8 million, while ESPN/ABC closed the top five categories with 74....

Specifically, 14 members of the U.S. Congress urge the agency to pursue “a comprehensive analysis as it relates to understanding the potential environmental effects of digital asset mining,” according to the letter addressed to EPA’s Administrator Michael S. Regan, which crypto analyst Dennis Porter published in his tweet on June 17. One of the co-signatories, Senator Cynthia Lummis confirmed the authenticity of the letter, dated June 16, by retweeting it....

Needless to say, such stocks are rare, but not impossible to find, especially in an environment with a hawkish Federal Reserve (Fed), whose rate hikes are causing stocks and other “risky” assets to fall, offering investors opportunities to pick up potential multibaggers. Accordingly, Finbold analyzed the universe of stocks and located two potential multibaggers to keep on a watchlist, one from the world of small-cap growth stocks and the second from the more established large-cap universe....

For example, if you bought $10,000 worth of Enbridge stock back in 1995, your investment would now be worth $112,000. After accounting for dividend reinvestments this figure almost doubles to $217,000. However, similar to any other form of investment, dividend stocks also carry certain risks. Here are the three most important factors you need to consider while identifying dividend-paying companies. Dividend yield The dividend yield is expressed as a percentage of the company’s stock price....

On Wall Street, expectations were $0.52 EPS and $2.1 billion in revenue. Equally important, the management of the company, in a letter to shareholders, said that this quarter was the most profitable one on record for the firm. Further, the letter mentioned that the firm has almost $10 billion cash on hand, thus approving a $2 billion share repurchase program. Airbnb posts strong guidance Additionally, guidance given for the third quarter seemed as a continuation of the positive momentum seen during Q2, as the highest revenue in its history is expected along with stable and increased bookings....

The shares rebounded slightly after Wall Street Journal reported that US lawmakers are planning to exclude Alibaba along with Baidu (NASDAQ: BIDU) and Tencent (OTCPK: TCEHY) from the list of banned Chinese companies. Previously, Alibaba, Baidu, and Tencent along with other dozen companies were scrutinized for possible addition to the Dept. of Defense list of companies that are supporting China’s military. The bearish trend is also supported by speculations related to Jack Ma’s missing, but he is not missing and “laying low,”, according to news reports....

Klarna announced the new development on the 5th of March, stating that Ant Financial took a minority stake in the firm. The stake acquired by Ant was not more than 1%, as confirmed to Reuters by an anonymous source. Klarna is an app that allows its users to “buy now and pay later.” It accomplishes this strategy by picking up the tab for its users and then sends them an invoice for the payment....

Having traded around the $20,000 zone for the better part of June, a section of market analysts opine that it may be too early to call a bear market bottom. By press time, Bitcoin was trading at $19,900, a drop of about 5% in the last 24 hours. The weekly chart shows that Bitcoin is down almost 3% as the asset struggles to gain upward traction, according to CoinMarketCap data....

Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has spent almost $35 billion between 2016 and 2018 to build a stake in technology titan. Berkshire’s second-quarter earnings results indicated that it has held $111.7 billion of Apple stock as of June 30. This means that Berkshire has tripled its money in the past few years. Apple is still Berkshire’s favorite stock Apple accounted for almost 40% of the overall portfolio at the end of the second quarter while $4 billion of Apple’s stock sale in the September quarter would only make a small percentage change in the overall stake....