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Why unwanted fridges are piling up at recycling centres across England and Wales

Capacity has been overwhelmed by heatwaves that have pushed white goods to breaking point “In…

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Help-to-buy scheme delivered ‘very high value for money,’ review finds

Exclusive: George Osborne’s programme to reduce costs for first-time buyers delivered £25bn in social value…

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Leading UK retailers ‘breaking law’ by not refunding customers for returned goods, Which? finds

Consumer group says online shops routinely failed to reimburse delivery costs of unwanted purchases or…

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Live updates: Bitcoin slides from nearly $80,000 as Senate votes on Clarity Act

Senators take a procedural vote on the crypto market structure bill later Tuesday. Bitcoin has…

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XRP Ledger is one vote away from starting its next big payments upgrade

Batch V1.1 would let users bundle up to eight linked transactions into one operation, with…

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U.S. DOJ seeks $61 million in what it calls Iran’s crypto-laundered black market oil sales

Prosecutors have filed a civil forfeiture complaint against what they call Iran’s illegal crypto proceeds…

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Solana transactions just got more than 3 times bigger, giving an edge over Ethereum

Transaction V1 raises Solana’s limit to 4,096 bytes from 1,232, giving developers more room for…

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Democrats send counteroffer to Republicans over Clarity Act provisions

Democratic Senators were said to be meeting late Monday to discuss the latest proposed draft…

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U.S. House panel shares crypto tax bill ahead of hearing later this week

The House Ways and Means Committee published a crypto tax bill addressing de minimis transactions,…

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Bitcoin slips to $77,800 as Senate Clarity Act vote nears and oil prices climb

Bitcoin pulls back from $79,000 as the Senate prepares to vote on the Clarity Act…

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