Tag: Rico
IRS probes crypto traders using Puerto Rico tax breaks: Report
Prosecutors from the United States and agents from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) are reportedly investigating wealthy crypto traders and fund man [...]
Puerto Rico Extends 4% Tax Incentive to Crypto and Blockchain Activities
“A win for Puerto Rico,” said a blockchain trade association executive.
www.coindesk.com [...]
Mango Markets Exploiter Eisenberg Arrested in Puerto Rico
According to the unsealed complaint, Eisenberg manipulated the price of perpetuals contracts (a type of futures contract popular in crypto markets) fo [...]
Early MakerDAO Developer and Stablecoin Pioneer Found Dead in Puerto Rico
Nikolai Mushegian, an early developer of MakerDAO, the largest decentralized finance protocol, as well as a contributor to multiple crypto projects, w [...]
MakerDAO co-founder Nikolai Mushegian dies at 29 in Puerto Rico
Nikolai Mushegian, a co-founder of the cryptocurrency lending platform MakerDAO and the decentralized Dai (DAI) stablecoin, was found dead in Puerto R [...]
Biden passes the empathy test. Puerto Rico needs more.
“People are angry. People are hurt,” said Gina DeJesus, an organizer with the activist group New York Communities for Change who is in Puerto Rico. [...]
Biden Will Visit Puerto Rico to Survey Storm Damage
Utility companies are still working to restore power to thousands of customers on the island nearly two weeks after Hurricane Fiona made landfall.
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Biden Will Visit Puerto Rico to Survey Storm Damage
Utility companies are still working to restore power to thousands of customers on the island, nearly two weeks after Hurricane Fiona made landfall.
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Biden to announce $60M to bolster flood protections in Puerto Rico
The president and first lady Jill Biden will visit the municipality of Ponce, which was one of the regions most devastated when Hurricane Fiona drop [...]
DHS waives Jones Act for Puerto Rico to supply fuel after hurricane
The Department of Homeland Security’s choice to suspend the Jones Act — which typically allows only U.S.-flagged ships to transport maritime cargo be [...]
Biden declares major disaster in Puerto Rico to energize Fiona recovery
Biden approved an emergency declaration on Sunday. But the major disaster declaration allows FEMA to directly help individuals pay for temporary hous [...]
Fiona swipes Turks and Caicos; Puerto Rico faces big cleanup
Premier Washington Misick urged people to evacuate. “Storms are unpredictable,” he said in a statement from London, where he had attended the funeral [...]
Fiona dumps more rain on Puerto Rico; troops rescue hundreds
The storm stripped pavement from roads, tore off roofs and sent torrents pouring into homes. It also took out a bridge and flooded two airports.
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Why Puerto Rico has no electricity and catastrophic flooding from Hurricane Fiona
Puerto Rico is currently experiencing “life-threatening and catastrophic flooding” after Hurricane Fiona made landfall on the island this weekend a [...]
Three Reasons Puerto Rico Is in the Dark
Hurricane Fiona’s devastation partly reflects several factors that preceded the storm.
www.nytimes.com [...]