Now it’s turn for bordering countries of Jordan and other things: Jordan is an Arab kingdom in the Levant region(UPSC-2022 PYQ) of the Middle East 1.Syria to the north 2.Iraq to the east 3.Saudi Arabia to the south 4.Palestinian territory of the West Bank 5.Israel to the west. MNEMONIC can be :SPIIS (Saudi - Palestine(remember west bank) - Iraq - Israel - Syria) Jordan is almost landlocked but has a short coastline at the Strait of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea. Jordan's port city Aqaba, is located there, the country's only access to the world's oceans. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea is the Earth's lowest elevation on land. The main water source into the Dead Sea is "The Jordan River". It is a salty lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and West Bank(Palestine) to the west. It doesn't share border with Lebanon. #Prelims2024
Now it’s turn for bordering countries of Jordan and other things: Jordan is an Arab kingdom in the Levant region(UPSC-2022 PYQ) of the Middle East 1.Syria to the north 2.Iraq to the east 3.Saudi Arabia to the south 4.Palestinian territory of the West Bank 5.Israel to the west. MNEMONIC can be :SPIIS (Saudi - Palestine(remember west bank) - Iraq - Israel - Syria) Jordan is almost landlocked but has a short coastline at the Strait of Aqaba, an arm of the Red Sea. Jordan's port city Aqaba, is located there, the country's only access to the world's oceans. Dead Sea: The Dead Sea is the Earth's lowest elevation on land. The main water source into the Dead Sea is "The Jordan River". It is a salty lake bordered by Jordan to the east and Israel and West Bank(Palestine) to the west. It doesn't share border with Lebanon. #Prelims2024
Like a stock, you can buy and hold Bitcoin as an investment. You can even now do so in special retirement accounts called Bitcoin IRAs. No matter where you choose to hold your Bitcoin, people’s philosophies on how to invest it vary: Some buy and hold long term, some buy and aim to sell after a price rally, and others bet on its price decreasing. Bitcoin’s price over time has experienced big price swings, going as low as $5,165 and as high as $28,990 in 2020 alone. “I think in some places, people might be using Bitcoin to pay for things, but the truth is that it’s an asset that looks like it’s going to be increasing in value relatively quickly for some time,” Marquez says. “So why would you sell something that’s going to be worth so much more next year than it is today? The majority of people that hold it are long-term investors.”
To pay the bills, Mr. Durov is issuing investors $1 billion to $1.5 billion of company debt, with the promise of discounted equity if the company eventually goes public, the people briefed on the plans said. He has also announced plans to start selling ads in public Telegram channels as soon as later this year, as well as offering other premium services for businesses and users.
