An Indonesian 22-year-old makes $1M by selling NFT selfies on OpenSea
01/21/2022 12:54 PMAn Indonesian college student has reportedly become a millionaire by selling nonfungible token (NFT) versions of his selfies on the OpenSea NFT marketplace. Sultan Gustaf Al Ghozali, a 22-year-old computer science student from Semarang, Indonesia, converted and sold...
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Canada Sees Oil Investment Rise 22% In 2022
01/21/2022 12:04 PMInvestments in crude oil this year in Canada could rise by as much as 22 percent, according to the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers. While this is an improvement over 2021, the expected spending total of US$26.2 billion (C$32.8 billion) is still much lower...
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Tilbury LNG plant expansion moves to environmental assessment phase
01/20/2022 11:42 AMThe FortisBC Tilbury natural gas plant has moved ahead another step towards expansion. Both the federal and provincial governments decided last week to move forward with environmental assessments of the proposed project to build a new storage facility and expand...
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Bank Of Russia Calls For Ban On Crypto Mining And Trading
01/20/2022 11:28 AMLike many governments, Russian financial regulators have had a complicated relationship with cryptocurrencies. Back in October, Russian leader Vladimir Putin praised cryptocurrencies as a possible tool to help dismantle the global dollar-based financial system. That...
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Bank of America predicts Tesla’s EV market share in the US will drop to 19% in two years
01/20/2022 10:59 AMTesla has dominated electric vehicle (EV) sales in the US. The Texas-based automaker held a commanding 79% share of the EV market in 2020. That number dropped a bit in 2021, down to 66.3% through the first half of the year, according to registration data from...
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England Ends All COVID Passports, Mask Mandates, Work Restrictions
01/19/2022 2:13 PMRestrictions including COVID-19 passes, mask mandates, and work-from-home requirements will be removed in England, UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on Wednesday. Johnson also suggested that self-isolation rules may also be thrown out at the end of March as...
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Fruit and veggie outages in Canada get worse with trucker shortages
01/19/2022 1:51 PMExtreme weather and supply-chain snarls are among the reasons for shortages in grocery stores. Here’s another: Unvaccinated truck drivers. In Canada, where as much as 90% of the country’s fruits and vegetables come from the US during the winter, a vaccine mandate for...
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Bitcoin hodlers ‘under siege’ at $42K as 30% of BTC supply flips from profit to loss
01/18/2022 1:16 PMBitcoin (BTC) hodlers face a crucial week in more ways than one as $42,000 rekindles a familiar battle. As noted by on-chain analytics firm Glassnode on Monday, 30% of the BTC supply is now at a loss — historically, this has been a key number to defend for bulls....
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Canadians’ financial confidence plunges to record-low: Report
01/18/2022 11:04 AMThe cost of living is rising, and the added burden is weighing heavily on Canadians’ view of their personal finances. A new report published today (Jan. 17) shows that confidence in meeting everyday expenses and reducing debt has weakened in the first quarter of 2022...
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Big Fat Idea – Mortgage Check Time
01/17/2022 3:10 PMKyle Green of the Green Mortgage Team joins Mike to share the latest numbers on variable and fixed options, whether you should try and renew early, blend and extend or something completely different. And a sooner rather than later heads up for folks purchasing rental...
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