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Premium e-bike brand Gocycle unveils the sleekest-looking cargo bike you've ever seen

February 2, 2024
If you know anything about Gocycle, you’ll know that they make fancy electric bikes designed with sleek, exotic designs. Now, the company is leaning hard into its lightweight, futuristic design legacy as it unveils the new Gocycle CXI Family Cargo Bicycle. And it makes sense, considering that Gocycle’s founder and designer Richard Thorpe was formerly an engineer at McClaren. That same…
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EV shopping beats buying an ICE vehicle, according to buyers

February 2, 2024
Electric vehicle buyers reported the highest satisfaction with the process last year. With 80% of new EV buyers saying they were “highly satisfied” with the process, buying an EV was reportedly much easier than an ICE vehicle. EV buyers are happier with the process Although overall satisfaction with the car buying process improved in 2023, it’s still down from its peak in 2020. According…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 31, 2024

February 2, 2024
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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Russia Open to the Use of Crypto in Foreign Trade Says Central Bank Governor

February 2, 2024
The Russian Central Bank is discussing the possible use of central bank digital currencies as a payment method in foreign trade, according to Elvira Nabiullina, the bank’s governor. Nabiullina stated that while Russia is opposed to the use of crypto payments in domestic transactions, the country is open to the idea of using cryptocurrencies in foreign trade. Russia Supports Use of Crypto in…
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Tether's 'Record-Breaking' Q4 Profit Partly Attributed to Gold and BTC Price Appreciation

February 2, 2024
In the last quarter of 2023, Tether Holdings Limited registered a “record-breaking net profit of $2.85 billion.” Overall, the stablecoin issuer’s net profit in 2023 topped $6.2 billion. Tether’s secured loans ($4.8 billion), which are collateralized by highly liquid assets, were “fully covered by the undistributed accumulated profits known as excess reserves ($5.4 billion).” Bitcoin…
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