# New ASEAN blockchain consortium targets cross-border cooperation

# New ASEAN blockchain consortium targets cross-border cooperation

“# New ASEAN blockchain consortium targets cross-border cooperation ” Blockchain associations from Australia and five Southeast Asian nations are joining forces to promote blockchain development and education. Blockchain organizations from Australia, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia and the Philippines signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday to promote blockchain collaboration in the Asia Pacific, Business Times reports….

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# TeraBlock exchange raises .4M to develop crypto newbie-friendly interface

# TeraBlock exchange raises $2.4M to develop crypto newbie-friendly interface

“# TeraBlock exchange raises $2.4M to develop crypto newbie-friendly interface ” U.K.-based crypto exchange TeraBlock announced the completion of a funding round which would reportedly provide an on-ramp for new crypto users. In an announcement today, TeraBlock said it had secured $2.4 million in funding from major investors including AU21 Capital, Blockchain.com, Blocksync Ventures, BTX…

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#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school

#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school

“#Where 2021 NYC mayoral candidates send their kids to school” As co-chair of the mayor’s School Diversity Advisory Group, Maya Wiley advocated to end the city’s Gifted and Talented program, the specialized high-school exam and all admission “screens” — calling them racially discriminatory. “There should be no discriminatory admissions policies, period,” Wiley, the mayor’s former…

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#How Congress is pushing for schools to teach anti-Americanism

#How Congress is pushing for schools to teach anti-Americanism

“#How Congress is pushing for schools to teach anti-Americanism” Congress has been busy introducing bills supposedly to improve American civics education but really to stoke anti-American neo-racism.  In classic top-down fashion and with titles such as The Civics Learning Act, these federal initiatives would impose identity politics on all American schools with things like Critical…

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#Dalton headmaster quits while Brearley dad writes scathing letter

#Dalton headmaster quits while Brearley dad writes scathing letter

“#Dalton headmaster quits while Brearley dad writes scathing letter” As the headmaster of the famed Dalton School resigned over controversial race-based curriculum and policies, another storied Manhattan prep school faced a father’s public wrath over the same issue. Dalton School’s Jim Best announced he was leaving Friday to pursue “other exciting and inspiring opportunities” after…

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#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021

#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021

“#Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2021” The Issue: A New York teacher’s essay criticizing the use of “Critical Race Theory” in schools. Anyone who reads Paul Rossi’s essay on his experience with Critical Race Theory in a private school cannot help but recall the history of China and the USSR (“Lesson in wrong…

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# Thai SEC says investors should have crypto trading experience

# Thai SEC says investors should have crypto trading experience

“# Thai SEC says investors should have crypto trading experience ” Thailand’s Securities and Exchange Commission has clarified its guidelines to stipulate that those trading cryptocurrencies in the country should have some foundational knowledge. In a Facebook Live video from the Thai SEC today, secretary-general Ruenvadee Suwanmongkol said the regulatory body’s proposed guidelines now say…

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