Juneteenth: Many slaves knew about Lincoln’s executive order emancipating them. The news was widely covered in Texas newspapers—with an anti-abolitionist spin—and Black people would have overheard white people discussing it in private and in public.
New Jersey-based Celsius, which has around $11.8 billion in assets, offers interest-bearing products to customers who deposit crypto with its platform. It then lends out cryptocurrencies to earn a return
After Celsius’s announcement, bitcoin touched an 18-month low of $22,725, before rebounding slightly to around $23,265. No.2 token ether dropped as much as 18% to $1,176, its lowest since January 2021.
The Federal Reserve kicks off its two-day meeting on Tuesday. Most analysts had expected the central bank to raise interest rates by half a percentage point for a second consecutive month, but a stronger-than-expected inflation report last week has markets believing an even bigger move could be coming. Economy, recession and Inflation