The White House wants US space agency Nasa to develop a new time zone for the Moon - Coordinated Lunar Time (LTC).
Because of the different gravitational field strength on the Moon, time moves quicker there relative to Earth - 58.7 microseconds every day.
This might not seem like much, but it can have a significant impact when trying to synchronise spacecraft.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-68722032
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White House wants Moon to have its own time zone
The US government has asked Nasa to develop a way to keep track of time on the Moon.
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The social network X (ex Twitter) calculated that the initial power of the “Kaliningrad burner” (aka “Baltic jammer”) has increased since December 23 and began to affect the operation of GPS navigation in 10 European countries: Poland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The type of device affecting GPS throughout eastern and northern Europe is still unknown.
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🚨🚨🚨 JUST IN : EU 🇪🇺 regulators may require DeFi frontends to obtain a MiCA license in 2025.
Only KYC compliant online frontends will be allowed, publishing normal DeFi frontend internet domains impossible.
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“Heard today that there’s a good chance all EU national financial regulators will interpret DeFi frontends to require a MiCA license. This would make DeFi frontends on normal internet domains, as we know them today, impossible. Only fully decentralized, local, downloaded frontends…” - Rune from Maker DAO on upcoming Euro regulations. - 𝕏/@RuneKek
“Heard today that there’s a good chance all EU national financial regulators will interpret DeFi frontends to require a MiCA license. This would make DeFi frontends on normal internet domains, as we know them today, impossible. Only fully decentralized, local, downloaded frontends…” - Rune from Maker DAO on upcoming Euro regulations. - 𝕏/@RuneKek
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🇺🇸 ❌️ 🛢 US Cancels Latest Oil Reserve Refill Plan Amid High Prices
🔶️ The Biden administration won’t move forward with its latest plans to buy oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising prices.
🔶️ The Energy Department said it was “keeping the taxpayer’s interest at the forefront” in its decision not to purchase as many as 3 million barrels of oil for a Strategic Petroleum Reserve site in Louisiana. The plan for the barrels to be delivered in August and September had been announced in mid-March.
🔶️ “We will not award the current solicitations for the Bayou Choctaw SPR site and will solicit available capacity as market conditions allow,” the department said. “We will continue to monitor market dynamics.”
🔶️ The move follows a rally in crude prices, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate on Tuesday breaking above $85 a barrel for the first time since October. The Biden administration has a target to buy oil at $79 or lower to refill the reserve, though spent an average of about $81 a barrel in its latest purchase of 2.8 million barrels late last month.
🔶️ The Energy Department has been slowly refilling the emergency oil supply after it reached a 40-year-low following the administration’s unprecedented drawdown of a record 180 million barrels in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It currently holds about 363 million barrels, according to Energy Department data, down from almost 600 million at the start of 2022.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/us-cancels-latest-oil-reserve-refill-plan-amid-high-prices
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🔶️ The Biden administration won’t move forward with its latest plans to buy oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising prices.
🔶️ The Energy Department said it was “keeping the taxpayer’s interest at the forefront” in its decision not to purchase as many as 3 million barrels of oil for a Strategic Petroleum Reserve site in Louisiana. The plan for the barrels to be delivered in August and September had been announced in mid-March.
🔶️ “We will not award the current solicitations for the Bayou Choctaw SPR site and will solicit available capacity as market conditions allow,” the department said. “We will continue to monitor market dynamics.”
🔶️ The move follows a rally in crude prices, with US benchmark West Texas Intermediate on Tuesday breaking above $85 a barrel for the first time since October. The Biden administration has a target to buy oil at $79 or lower to refill the reserve, though spent an average of about $81 a barrel in its latest purchase of 2.8 million barrels late last month.
🔶️ The Energy Department has been slowly refilling the emergency oil supply after it reached a 40-year-low following the administration’s unprecedented drawdown of a record 180 million barrels in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. It currently holds about 363 million barrels, according to Energy Department data, down from almost 600 million at the start of 2022.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-03/us-cancels-latest-oil-reserve-refill-plan-amid-high-prices
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US Cancels Latest Oil Reserve Refill Plan Amid High Prices
The Biden administration won’t move forward with its latest plans to buy oil for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve amid rising prices.
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The project seeks to build a "usable" solution to integrate tokenized commercial bank deposits with central bank money using smart contracts and programmability, officials at the Bank for International Settlements said.
https://www.reuters.com/markets/imf-world-bank-bis-first-tokenisation-collaboration-2023-11-28/
https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2024/04/03/central-bank-group-starts-tokenization-project-to-enhance-monetary-system/
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IMF, World Bank and BIS in first 'tokenisation' collaboration
Three of the world's cornerstone institutions - the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank and the Bank for International Settlements - are to work together for the first time to "tokenise" some of the financial instruments that underpin their global…
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ICYMI: There's now Coinbase Litecoin Futures!
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NEW: Big banks are now reaching out to #Bitcoin miners directly to buy #Bitcoin because of "supply shortages on exchanges."
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🇪🇺❌ 🇺🇸 💸 🤝 🇺🇦 — 🇺🇸 Politico | NATO ministers’ doubts, fears and eye-rolls over €100B Ukraine plan | Making military aid to Kyiv more predictable would send a message to Russia that it won’t win the war, said the alliance chief | April 3, 2024:
"BRUSSELS — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wants a revolution in how the alliance finances and arms Ukraine, but his plan drew a mixed response from NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday.
The secretary-general's idea is to take the politics and uncertainty out of military aid to Ukraine by setting up a five-year, €100 billion fund and having the alliance shoulder more of the weight in organizing arms for Kyiv.
"We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul," Stoltenberg said ahead of the meeting, "so that we rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments. Less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges.
(...)
After the presentation, some ministers rolled their eyes at the €100 billion number, wondering where it came from, said a diplomat speaking on condition of being granted anonymity.
Hadja Lahbib, Belgium's foreign minister, warned: "It is dangerous to make promises that we cannot keep."
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"BRUSSELS — NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg wants a revolution in how the alliance finances and arms Ukraine, but his plan drew a mixed response from NATO foreign ministers on Wednesday.
The secretary-general's idea is to take the politics and uncertainty out of military aid to Ukraine by setting up a five-year, €100 billion fund and having the alliance shoulder more of the weight in organizing arms for Kyiv.
"We must ensure reliable and predictable security assistance to Ukraine for the long haul," Stoltenberg said ahead of the meeting, "so that we rely less on voluntary contributions and more on NATO commitments. Less on short-term offers and more on multi-year pledges.
(...)
After the presentation, some ministers rolled their eyes at the €100 billion number, wondering where it came from, said a diplomat speaking on condition of being granted anonymity.
Hadja Lahbib, Belgium's foreign minister, warned: "It is dangerous to make promises that we cannot keep."
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NATO ministers’ doubts, fears and eye-rolls over €100B Ukraine plan – POLITICO
Making military aid to Kyiv more predictable would send a message to Russia that it won’t win the war, said the alliance chief.
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