May 17, 2024
Funds

Opinion | Fuzzy maths on climate change funding fails world’s most vulnerable

My concerns billowed last week as I read an assessment of the funds needed to build our carbon-free future, and to get us to a “net zero” world by 2050. According to the Carbon Policy Initiative, climate finance will need to rise to US$8.1 trillion to US$9 trillion by 2030 and to be sustained above

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Crypto

Your Crypto Project Needs a Sheriff, Not a Bounty Hunter

On April 18, Avi Eisenberg was convicted of fraud for his October 2022 exploit of Mango Markets. The case has grabbed particular attention because Eisenberg quickly acknowledged executing the $110 million attack, and characterized his tactics not as a crime, but as a “highly profitable trading strategy,” leaning on his interpretation of the dictum that

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Funds

Downtown Business Association uses grant funds to strengthen security patrols

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — The Downtown Business Association wants to stop the trend of smashed windows and plywood apart of downtown businesses by ramping up patrols with Citiguard Security Services. The DBA got a grant of $50,000 towards the project and some businesses are seeing progress. Downtown Bakersfield is getting more beautiful these days and

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Property

Security service parts ways with ABQ property owner

The walls of Peterson Properties LLC. are covered with security video. “We have a thousand cameras,” Doug Peterson said. “Across 52 properties and there is more to do.” Peterson owns those properties and he said he needs to get up to 3,000 cameras. However, one of his locations has been causing problems. “The property we’re

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Funds

Starving the UN of funds will cause irreversible harm – POLITICO

The U.N.’s humanitarian work with partners is more important and complex than ever — not just in terms of saving lives, but also stabilizing communities and countries. And what we do in Chad does matter to those in Chicago, Copenhagen or Canberra, even if it’s far. Within days of the Sudan conflict starting, for example,

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Crypto

Ledger to change transaction signing process after exploit, promises to return funds

Crypto hardware wallet provider Ledger will enact changes to transaction signing processes after a Dec. 14 exploit in the Ledger Connect Kit software library. “We are aware of approximately $600,000 in assets impacted, stolen from users blind signing on EVM DApps,” Ledger wrote in a Wednesday X post. It’s “committing to work with the DApp

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