By The Conversation Commercial spaceflight companies such as Virgin Galactic and Blue Origin are now offering exclusive opportunities for celebrities and civilians to travel to space. Traditionally, astronauts have been subject to rigorous training and medical scrutiny before going to space, and the risk of death from natural causes was considered remote. But in this new era of space tourism, it appears medical …
By Jeanne Sahadi | CNN Business If you’re among the millions of people who use payment apps like PayPal, Venmo, Square, and other third-party electronic payment networks, you could be affected by a tax reporting change that goes into effect in January. Payment app providers will have to start reporting to the IRS a user’s business transactions if, in aggregate, they total …
The Sandbox game map, owners are free to imprint on their lands any image, often used for logos. Note the Atari estate in the bottom right and CoinMarketCap’s estate in the top right. Rose Law Group has been advising clients on their due diligence and purchases of property and businesses in the various metaverse platforms. Rose Law Group has recently helped …
By Ryan Brown | CNBC “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary is a big believer in non-fungible tokens — he even thinks they have a shot at becoming bigger than bitcoin. O’Leary, the chairman of O’Shares Investment Advisers, said his belief in NFTs stems from the idea that can they prove ownership of real-world items, such as designer watches or flash cars, digitally …
By Ashwin Rodrigues | Morning Brew In the world of cryptocurrency, and Web3 more broadly, imperfect metaphors abound. Ethereum is a “dark forest,” and the right-click button on a computer mouse is now a stand-in for an entire mindset. Add “gas” to the growing list. Gas fees don’t denote actual liquid fuel consumption or environmental impact, they’re more like a …
By Shanti Escalante-De Mattei | Art News “I have been hacked. All my apes gone. This just sold please help me,” wrote gallery owner Todd Kramer, of New York’s Ross + Kramer Gallery, in a since-deleted tweet posted on December 30. A phishing scam had drained his Ethereum wallet of 15 NFTs valued at a total of $2.2 million, including four apes from the “Bored …
By Adriana Loya | 12 News A new Scottsdale ordinance is set to make sure short-term and vacation rental owners are held accountable for what happens at their properties. Scottsdale’s city council unanimously approved updates to local ordinances that will require vacation and short-term rental property owners to provide an emergency contact to the city and increase monetary penalties. The …
By Michelle L.D. Hanlon, University of Mississippi, and Greg Autry, Arizona State University | CNN On November 15, 2021, Russia destroyed one of its own old satellites using a missile launched from the surface of Earth, creating a massive debris cloud that threatens many space assets, including astronauts onboard the International Space Station. This happened only two weeks after the …
By Kristin Shaw | Forbes For the fifth year in a row, automotive enthusiast brand and classic vehicle insurance provider Hagerty has donned its prognostication hat and compiled what it calls the Bull Market list. Drawing from its own vast database of market information, the company’s analysts take a crack at predicting what the hot sellers are going to be before values …
