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Virtual Currency Case Could Determine CFTC?s Power Over Crypto

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In January, the CFTC filed the lawsuit in federal court, alleging that a Nevada-based company, its founder, technology entrepreneur Randall Crater, and another individual defrauded more than $6 million from customers seeking to buy My Big Coin. District Judge Rya Zobel in Boston is due to hear arguments in the case on Thursday (June 14).

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

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Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Separately, Daimler has been testing its own autonomous trucks in Nevada since May 2015. Aptiv hits the road for testing.

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Power Trip: New Technologies From Tesla, Mercedes, Ikea, And Others Could Hold The Key To Widespread Solar Adoption

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SolarReserve’s Crescent Dunes plant, in Tonopah, Nevada, is the first commercial plant in the United States using this technology. Recently, however, regulators have begun moving away from peaker plants. It doesn’t need to be replaced during the entire lifecycle of a utility plant, which can go past 30 years.