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Jerome Powell is struggling to shed his label as the lowest-rated US Federal Reserve chairman in nearly a quarter century, as inflation persists and high prices irritate US consumers, according to a new Gallup poll. The survey shows 39% of US adults say they have a “great deal” or a “fair amount” of confidence that the Fed chairman would do the right thing ...
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There are currently around 19.5 million Bitcoin in circulation and the cryptocurrency is programmed to have a total supply of 21 million. The final 1.5 million or so are locked away, waiting for users with powerful computers to release them through Bitcoin mining. Bitcoin mining is like a digital treasure hunt. Armed with powerful computer hardware, miners ...