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Ukraine received more than $50 million in crypto donations after the country’s official government Twitter account posted its Bitcoin and Ethereum wallet information.

It’s Okay to Opt Out of the Crypto Revolution

technologyreview.com

Since the 1960s, the share of highway spending funded by user revenue (mostly gas taxes) has declined from better than 70 percent to less than 50 percent, the report shows. In 2012, taxpayers — not highway users, but taxpayers — provided $69 billion for highways nationwide.

You Don't Drive? Doesn't Matter: You'll Still Pay at Least $1,100 a Year So Others Can

Patrick Kerkstra

In that work, they are also turning to companies like Sidewalk Labs spinoff company Replica, a platform that provides cities with data about their built environment that encompasses mobility, spending habits, land-use, water and energy. The company's "superpower," according to CEO Nick Bowden, is producing privacy-friendly, high-fidelity data to help government agencies make better policies and decisions.

Replica CEO Talks Data Privacy and Lessons Learned From Portland Metro Project | Smart Cities Dive

Cailin Crowe

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