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‘Godzilla Minus One’ Stomps Past $50M As Deep Freeze Grips U.S.; ‘The Iron Claw’ In Top 10; ‘The Zone Of Interest’, ‘American Fiction’ Expand – Specialty Box Office – Deadline
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A Comprehensive Look at the New Paypal Stablecoin, Its Control Dynamics, and ‘Freeze’ Option Trending on Social Media – Altcoins Bitcoin News – Bitcoin News
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BNB token dips 7%, and SEC pushes for emergency order to freeze Binance US assets: CNBC Crypto World – CNBC Television
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The Student-Loan Freeze Is Ending. Prepare to Pay Up. – The Wall Street Journal
- The Student-Loan Freeze Is Ending. Prepare to Pay Up. The Wall Street Journal
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Davos 2023: Cowed crypto crowd feel winter freeze at WEF
DAVOS, Switzerland, Jan 19 (Reuters) – In the snow and ice on the main drag in Davos, the impact of the crypto winter is plain for WEF attendees to see.
Last May, the dressed-up shop fronts that line both sides of the Promenade street running through the Swiss ski resort were dominated by crypto firms, rolling in bitcoin.
Now there are just a handful and the executives who have made it to Davos have swapped their hoodies for blazers, despite sub-zero temperatures outside.
Some of those from the digital industry which have set up shop on the fringes of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting were quick to distance themselves from cryptocurrencies.
“I hope there’s an increased focus on utility value and practical applications of the technology, and less focus on retail investors chasing meme coins,” Jeremy Allaire, CEO of USDC stablecoin issuer Circle, said.
“There was a lot of nonsense,” Allaire told the Reuters Global Markets Forum.
Former Reserve Bank of India Governor Raghuram Rajan believes last year’s plunge in digital assets allows investors to focus on the true value of the technology.
“We’re at the right place now in terms of crypto,” he said.
Executives in Davos said they are now all about blockchain technology, proper controls and regulation, and the promise of disruption that it holds for financial services and beyond.
“We are an infrastructure, plumbing play. We build infrastructure today for digital assets, which is crypto. Tomorrow it will be different assets,” said Dmitry Tokarev, chief executive of Copper, which provides custody services.
“I would question some of the stuff that I saw, ‘What is the return on that?'” Tokarev added, referring to the big presence of crypto companies at the last WEF meeting, which was unusually held in May as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have been always ignoring the noise. All our partners were here last year. They are here this year,” Tokarev added.
The world of digital assets has changed drastically since May, with the value of the crypto market plummeting and some of the major crypto companies going under as investors pulled back from riskier assets in the face of rising interest rates.
The market capitalization of crypto currencies has shrunk by $1.4 trillion, a third of its value from peaks hit in late 2021 and some of the best-known crypto firms are under stress or have gone under, including the collapse of crypto exchange FTX.
“There is a place for trading use cases but they cannot be the singular focus, we need to move to more real use cases and put attention there,” said Denelle Dixon, CEO of Stellar Development Foundation, which supports the Stellar blockchain.
‘DODGED A BULLET’
While interest remains in the technology, the conversation is turning to responsibility.
Colm Kelleher, chairman of Swiss bank UBS (UBSG.S), told a WEF panel that blockchain technology will help reduce costs for banks. But he said the industry needed to figure out the basics, such as anti-money laundering controls.
“We kind of dodged a bullet,” Kelleher said, noting that the collapse in the value of crypto currencies had not caused systemic problems. “We did have investors who did want to invest in coinage. And we had to draw a line on what was suitable for those investors,” he added.
Yat Siu, co-founder of Hong Kong-based blockchain gaming developer Animoca Brands, was supportive of the firms in Davos.
“These are companies with serious cash positions and revenue generating companies,” Siu said. “They’re billion dollar enterprises.”
Crypto is trying to establish its presence, SkyBridge Capital founder Anthony Scaramucci said, adding “there’s nothing more establishment than the World Economic Forum.” Scaramucci maintains a bullish stance on crypto despite losses last year.
Back on the Davos Promenade, some signs of crypto’s lost swagger endure.
Parked right outside a pavilion promoting blockchain early in the week was a bright orange Mercedes.
On the hood, instead of the carmaker’s insignia was a copper-colored symbol for bitcoin.
The tires carried a slogan in white: “In Bitcoin we trust”.
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Additional reporting by Lananh Nguyen in Davos, Stefania Spezzati and Lisa Mattackal; Editing by Alexander Smith
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New York Con Edison Customers Urged to Converse Energy Amid Winter Freeze – NBC New York
Two major utility companies asked customers to cut back late Saturday amid the holiday weekend’s punishing below-freezing temperatures and strain on demand.
Con Edison and National Grid released alerts late Christmas Eve asking for cutbacks in gas and electricity use by its customers in New York.
“The call for conservation covers Con Edison’s 1.1 million natural gas, 3.5 million electric customers and its steam customers in Manhattan and will remain in effect until further notice,” the Con Edison alert read.
Temperatures plunged into the single digits on Saturday, wreaking havoc for many New Yorkers trying to dry out or shovel out from Friday’s winter storm. The sudden drop in degrees is putting a strain on utilities in addition to the increased demand for natural gas, Con Edison said.
The companies hope a voluntary reduction can help keep the lights on.
Con Ed offered the following conservation tips:
- Set thermostats at the lowest comfortable temperature. Each degree lower reduces energy usage and decreases heating costs.
- Use appliances only as needed. Turn off the lights in unoccupied rooms. Turn off television sets, computers and other appliances that are not in use.
- Hold off on using appliances such as dishwashers, washing machines and dryers until the conservation request is lifted, if possible.
- Make sure heating vents are not blocked by furniture, carpeting or anything else that could obstruct the flow of heat.
National Guard had these suggestions for gas reduction:
- Turn your thermostat down just five degrees for residences if you are at home, and to 60 degrees if you are not at home or operating a business.
- If possible, avoid using fireplaces, clothes dryers and other appliances that use gas, which are not critical to safety or health.
“Ensuring safe and reliable service for our customers and the communities we serve is our number one priority and concern,” National Grid Chief Operating Officer Ross Turrini said.
National Grid’s ask for energy reduction goes out to its 1.9 million customers in Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island and Long Island through Christmas afternoon.
Curbing energy use is voluntary and asked of nonessential needs; neither company is asking to sacrifice safety during the current cold snap.
U.S. deep freeze forecast to break Christmas Eve records
Dec 24 (Reuters) – An arctic blast gripped much of the United States on Saturday driving power outages, flight cancellations and car wrecks, as plummeting temperatures were predicted to bring the coldest Christmas Eve on record to several cities from Pennsylvania to Georgia.
Temperatures are forecast to top out on Saturday at just 7 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 13 Celsius) in Pittsburgh, surpassing its previous all-time coldest Christmas Eve high of 13 F, set in 1983, the National Weather Service (NWS) said.
Cities in Georgia and South Carolina – Athens and Charleston – were likewise expected to record their coldest daytime Christmas Eve high temperatures, while Washington, D.C., was forecast to experience its chilliest Dec. 24 since 1989.
The flurry of yuletide temperature records were predicted as a U.S. deep freeze sharpened by perilous wind chills continued to envelope much of the eastern two-thirds of the nation into the holiday weekend.
The freeze already produced fatal car collisions around the country with CNN reporting at least 14 dead from weather-related accidents.
The arctic cold combined with a “cyclone bomb” of heavy snow and howling winds roaring out of the Great Lakes region on Friday and into the Upper Mississippi and Ohio valleys wreaked havoc on power systems, roadways and commercial air traffic.
Extreme winter weather was blamed for at least five deaths on Friday.
Two motorists were killed, and numerous others injured, in a 50-vehicle pileup that shut down the Ohio Turnpike in both directions during a blizzard near Toledo, forcing an evacuation of stranded motorists by bus to keep them from freezing in their cars, officials said.
Three more weather-related fatalities were confirmed in neighboring Kentucky – two from car accidents and one a homeless person who died of exposure.
Freezing rain and ice from a separate storm in the Pacific Northwest made travel treacherous there as well on Friday.
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BORDER TO BORDER
From the Canadian to the Mexican border and coast to coast, some 240 million people in all were under winter weather warnings and advisories of some sort on Friday, according to the weather service.
The NWS said its map of existing or impending meteorological hazards “depicts one of the greatest extents of winter weather warnings and advisories ever.”
With energy systems across the country strained by rising demand for heat and storm-related damage to transmission lines, as many as 1.8 million U.S. homes and businesses were left without power as of early Saturday morning, according to tracking site Poweroutage.us.
The disruptions upended daily routines and holiday plans for millions of Americans during one of the busiest travel periods of the year.
The American Automobile Association had estimated that 112.7 million people planned to venture 50 miles (80 km) or more from home between Friday and Jan. 2. But stormy weather heading into the weekend likely ended up keeping many of them at home.
At least 3,741 U.S. flights were canceled on Saturday, with total delays tallying 10,297, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. More than 5,000 flights were cancelled on Friday, the flight tracking said.
The city of Buffalo and its surrounding county on the edge of Lake Erie in western New York imposed a driving ban, and all three Buffalo-area border crossing bridges were closed to inbound traffic from Canada due to the weather.
The severe weather prompted authorities across the country to open warming centers in libraries and police stations while scrambling to expand temporary shelter for the homeless. The challenge was compounded by the influx of migrants crossing the U.S. southern border by the thousands in recent weeks.
Bitter cold intensified by high winds extended through the Deep South to the U.S.-Mexico border, plunging wind chill factors to single digits Fahrenheit (minus 18 to minus 13 Celsius) in El Paso, Texas. Exposure to such conditions can cause frostbite within minutes.
Reporting by Rich McKay in Atlanta; Additional reporting by Joel Schectman, Gabriella Borter, Tim Reid, Lisa Baertlein, Erwin Seba, Susan Heavey, Laila Kearney, Alyson McClaren, Aleksandra Michalska, and Scott DiSavino; Writing by Steve Gorman; Editing by Jonathan Oatis, Aurora Ellis, William Mallard and Diane Craft
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Chicago weather forecast: After several inches of snow accumulation from winter storm, deep freeze moves in across area
CHICAGO (WLS) — Bitterly cold temperatures have moved in Friday across the Chicago area following a winter snow storm.
Across the city and downtown Friday, people are bracing for the frigid temperatures, with some shoveling the snow that came Thursday night.
Wind chills Friday morning reached as low as -40 in some areas and air temperatures below zero. The cold is forecast to continue with wind chills staying well below zero through the day.
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The snow moved in Thursday and punished the Chicago area into the evening hours. Now we are left with high winds and bitter cold.
Hundreds of flight cancellations at O’Hare, Midway airports again Friday with brutal cold
Some suburbs saw several inches of snow accumulation Friday.
Snow Totals
Streator: 2.5 inches
Romeoville: 2.5 inches
Elmhurst: 2.3 inches
Peotone: 2.3 inches
St. Charles 2 inches
Downtown: 2 inches
The brutal cold comes with many dangers any skin that is visible to the air could get frostbite very quickly.
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The weather is still creating hazardous conditions on Chicago area roadways, with ice and blowing snow.
In northwest Indiana, Indiana State Police Sergeant Glen Fifield said lanes of I-65 were blocked over the I-94 overpass because trucks couldn’t get up over the incline. INDOT workers arrived with sand and trucks were then able to make it up the incline.
Fifield said roads there had very poor visibility with dozens of crash overnight.
Indiana State Police say crews will remain out on the roads through the evening hours to make sure drivers get to their destinations safely.
In the south suburbs, some drivers said the roads are actually pretty easy to drive on right because they’re so little traffic.
There are some icy spots along the way where people say they’re taking it slow, but for the most part those snow plows have cleared the way for drivers.
Mike Machi has been braving this entire storm in a trip from Boston to Milwaukee and things got a little dicey for him last night.
“I was gonna push through last night and I was like I can’t see,” Machi said. “The wind with the weather change I couldn’t see so I just parked it at a hotel for the night. I’ll finish the trip when I can see and it’s still bad out there with the wind.”
So drivers will continue to deal with those high winds throughout the day
Chicago warming centers available at 6 locations across city
IDOT spokesperson Maria Castaneda said while most of the snow has been cleared from expressways, the freezing temperatures reduce the effectiveness of road salt. Castaneda also said drivers should be worried about black ice on bridges and overpasses.
Metra is running a Saturday schedule on Friday. The cold temperatures has forced Metra to reduce top speeds for trains, causing some delays.
The winter weather is also creating problems at Chicago’s airports during the busy holiday travel season.
Meanwhile, in downtown Chicago, Tricia Sheridan headed home from an overnight nursing shift feeling every bit of the bitter weather.
“It just stings the eyes,” Sheridan said. “You feel like you immediately have icicles on your eyelashes. Burns the nose. Try to keep everything covered up.”
People in the Loop dressed in several layers, but it still doesn’t feel like enough.
Ronnie Knowles had to go out to get to work at Navy Pier, waiting for a warm CTA bus to arrive seems like an eternity.
“You have to be dressed for it because it’s definitely cold because I’m wearing layers to make sure that I’m warm enough to get where I’m going,” Knowles said.
The temperature on a bank sign along Wacker Drive read nine degrees below zero. Combine the gusty conditions with that arctic number and it amounts to feeling more like -30.
Eric Courtney says Chicagoans are made for this.
“It’s beautiful,” she said. “It’s Chicago. What more can I say?”
Meanwhile, while some are running last minute holiday errands, many are planning on staying inside until this cold snap passes.
“Home for the rest of the day,” Romeo Lee said. “Sit in the house and nothing else. I’m not even coming back out for today. Last night was enough for me.”
Heat Ordinance:
Chicago law requires residential buildings to have indoor temperature to be at least 68 degrees from 8:30 a.m. to 10:30 p.m.
The minimum is 66 degrees during the other hours. Landlords and building owners can face fines.
Call 311 to report inadequate heat. For more information, visit: www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/bldgs/supp_info/chicago-heat-ordinance.html.
ComEd prepares for power outages
ComEd said it is in position to assist people quickly in the event of power outages.
ComEd customers can text OUT to 26633 (COMED) to report an outage and receive restoration information as well as following ComEd on Twitter or on Facebook. Customers can also call 1-800 EDISON1 (1-800-334-7661), or report outages via the website at ComEd.com/report or use the ComEd app.
Stay tuned to ABC7 Eyewitness News and ABC7Chicago.com for the latest forecast and snowfall amounts as the winter storm approaches.
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